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City players who have polarised opinion
It is interesting to see the arguments start again about whether Gary Madine is any good or not, now that he has finally scored a goal, except not for us, but someone else.
He seems to really polarise opinion in the Cardiff City fanbase rather like Richard Langley did when he played for us, as did Mats Moller Daehli.
My Dad never liked Doug Livermore and yet I suspect that he was a pretty steady player for us.
Who else should be on the list?
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
It is interesting to see the arguments start again about whether Gary Madine is any good or not, now that he has finally scored a goal, except not for us, but someone else.
He seems to really polarise opinion in the Cardiff City fanbase rather like Richard Langley did when he played for us, as did Mats Moller Daehli.
My Dad never liked Doug Livermore and yet I suspect that he was a pretty steady player for us.
Who else should be on the list?
Josh Low got blamed for everything
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Peter Whittingham, at both the start and end of his City career, polarised opinions. In between, one of the greatest City legends ever.
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
It is interesting to see the arguments start again about whether Gary Madine is any good or not, now that he has finally scored a goal, except not for us, but someone else.
He seems to really polarise opinion in the Cardiff City fanbase rather like Richard Langley did when he played for us, as did Mats Moller Daehli.
My Dad never liked Doug Livermore and yet I suspect that he was a pretty steady player for us.
Who else should be on the list?
Does Madine really Polarise opinion? I imagine that opinions range from “total shite, waste of money” to “might not be as shite as everyone thinks and not really given a chance. But proabaly still a waste of money”. Langley did polarise opinion because he played loads of game and people still couldn’t agree whether he was good or crap.
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speedyblue
Josh Low got blamed for everything
LOL - I always quite liked him.
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
It is interesting to see the arguments start again about whether Gary Madine is any good or not, now that he has finally scored a goal, except not for us, but someone else.
He seems to really polarise opinion in the Cardiff City fanbase rather like Richard Langley did when he played for us, as did Mats Moller Daehli.
My Dad never liked Doug Livermore and yet I suspect that he was a pretty steady player for us.
Who else should be on the list?
McPhail and Kavanagh.
Or McFail and Crab-anagh as many called em.
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EastbourneBlue
McPhail and Kavanagh.
Or McFail and Crab-anagh as many called em.
Really?
I think that Kav is considered a bit of a 'legend' by most City fans.
And McPhail did a good job too - a really nice footballer, if not the quickest or most energetic :-( .
(us discussing this is the very definition of polarising opinion! ;-) )
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Bobby Dandruff
LOL - I always quite liked him.
Josh Low had speed, but his crossing was pretty crap. From his crosses the ball always seemed to end up in Row Z of the Canton Stand, or on the concrete terracing of the Grange End
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Definitely mcphail, Langley, bothroyd at times
McCormack?
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The 2018/19 Cardiff City squad. Not even joking.
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Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
It is interesting to see the arguments start again about whether Gary Madine is any good or not, now that he has finally scored a goal, except not for us, but someone else.
He seems to really polarise opinion in the Cardiff City fanbase rather like Richard Langley did when he played for us, as did Mats Moller Daehli.
My Dad never liked Doug Livermore and yet I suspect that he was a pretty steady player for us.
Who else should be on the list?
Like your dad , I though Doug was cracking footballer
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McPhail and Whitt's stand out for me always picked up the moaners , had a few stand up rows in the crowd about them too .
How about the magical Alan Lee , lad liked a pint as well , allegedly shot form the Bob Bank touch line once and scored , well did from where I was sat , lol
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Bobby Dandruff
LOL - I always quite liked him.
Was in the Division 3 team of the season when we went up in 2000/01.
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life on mars
McPhail and Whitt's stand out for me always picked up the moaners , had a few stand up rows in the crowd about them too .
How about the magical Alan Lee , lad liked a pint as well , allegedly shot form the Bob Bank touch line once and scored , well did from where I was sat , lol
Would be a much smaller thread if you asked which players hadn’t :hehe:
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John Toshack even though Shankley rated him many fans at that time didnt
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I sat by a guy through the Kav years who thought he was crap
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I think an XI of opinion polarisers would absolutely batter an XI of inexplicably loved players
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Rjk
I think an XI of opinion polarisers would absolutely batter an XI of inexplicably loved players
Yes, this is a very good point.
:hehe:
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life on mars
McPhail and Whitt's stand out for me always picked up the moaners , had a few stand up rows in the crowd about them too .
How about the magical Alan Lee , lad liked a pint as well , allegedly shot form the Bob Bank touch line once and scored , well did from where I was sat , lol
Wasn't that game on TV (Derby maybe?) as I'm sure that I remember that?
And then he turned out to be rubbish. :-(
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Rjk
I think an XI of opinion polarisers would absolutely batter an XI of inexplicably loved players
Eddie Johnson would be captain of the inexplicably loved players.
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Optimistic Nick
Eddie Johnson would be captain of the inexplicably loved players.
Schwinkendorf would be in there somewhere too.
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I think it’s easier to list the players that didn’t divide as there’s a lot of criticism for most of our players, now and in previous years
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Rjk
I think an XI of opinion polarisers would absolutely batter an XI of inexplicably loved players
Correct
I seem to recall Hudson dividing opinion and a target for the boo boys because he was keeping Darcy Blake our of the team :hehe:
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Steven Caulker. Have to say I rated him but I know quite a few who thought his positioning and reading of the game was awful.
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Manga. Lots of people rate him whereas I think that he is appalling. Possibly the worst passer of the ball in the Premier League.
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Neil Alexander. I thought he was excellent & made "that save" as Trashton Gate. Others had a different opinion.
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Taunton Blue Genie
Manga. Lots of people rate him whereas I think that he is appalling. Possibly the worst passer of the ball in the Premier League.
Hes not even the worse passer of the ball in our defence.
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Nigel Vaughan upset a few back in the day, scored a last minute winner against the Jacks and still had half the Bob Bank booing him.
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Bobby Dandruff
Wasn't that game on TV (Derby maybe?) as I'm sure that I remember that?
And then he turned out to be rubbish. :-(
Yes 5-2 I think , mad game.
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Taffy Blue in Berkshire
Rhys Weston
Old half a sock , bloody cruel not letting im have a full length pair , 7 caps for Wales as well .
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Hilts
Hes not even the worse passer of the ball in our defence.
:hehe:
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Derek Showers
( I think that's the 6th time I've posted his name on various posts like this )
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McPhail used to get murder on here, I always liked him though
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delmbox
McPhail used to get murder on here, I always liked him though
God what I'd give for some of his through balls , into the feet of strikers runs in the box.
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life on mars
Derek Showers
( I think that's the 6th time I've posted his name on various posts like this )
Yes!
But he was rubbish really.
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Toggs
Nigel Vaughan upset a few back in the day, scored a last minute winner against the Jacks and still had half the Bob Bank booing him.
Good one.
I’d agree with that.