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Whitts
He was dropped by Scoular for long periods and ended up going to non league Hereford. If the only criteria is reputation, then he probably is the best, but if we’re talking about performances while a Cardiff City player, then he isn’t surely? He was clearly past his best when he came here. The list of candidates would look a lot different than it does in this thread if reputation was the criteria, with the likes of, for example, Ivor Allchurch, Mike England, Gerry Francis, Kevin Ratcliffe, Robbie Fowler, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Trevor Sinclair, KasperSchmeichel and Gary Medel to consider.
Agreed.
And in the last 50 years - Robin Friday.
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Fair comment but may I say, wrong conversation.
If the thread was "The Player who was best for CCFC" then I would agree, Friday was a complete box of frogs.
As a gifted player, he was a flawed genius. The most exciting & charismatic player I have seen in my 55 years at City.
Leon Jeanne
That magic word "If". But the OP didn't stipulate the criteria did it?
As I've already pointed out the OP did not ask for the person who played best for us, only the best player who ever played for us.
It is easy to change the question to give your self the right answer, people do it on here all the time.
Bale - 2022
Bothroyd and Whittingham for me.
For Bothroyd to get an England cap playing for little Cardiff City says it all about his talent/form around that time. He was unreal.
Whitts needs no blurb- best Championship player of all time, cannot be questioned.
In terms of the greatest player ever to play for us it has to be John Charles. If he had been English he would have been knighted. It’s a pity that he was way past his best and had a seriously gammy knee when he played for us.
In terms of Robin Friday there is no doubt he had been extremely talented when he played for Reading. However, due to his lifestyle and attitude the law of diminishing returns set in early in his career. His reputation went before him, big clubs wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole and when Reading eventually got fed up with him we were the only ones mug enough to buy him. When he was with us he missed more than half the games he was eligible for be being in jail, suspended, injured or couldn’t be a*sed. Sadly, glimpses of his real ability were precious few with us. A real waste of a life. I’m sure he could have been a great player had his attitude been different. With Robin Friday it’s a case of what might have been. Outside of Reading and Cardiff, Robin Friday will be primarily remembered for a great photo and a completely untrue story of what was supposed to have happened in Brighton.