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  1. #1

    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Going back a bit....Gary Stevens and Ronnie Moore.

  2. #2

    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Quote Originally Posted by islandblue View Post
    Going back a bit....Gary Stevens and Ronnie Moore.
    I was just about to add Gary Stevens and noticed you had beat me to it.

    Derek Showers another. Was back up to Adrian Alston but his 2 goals at Charlton on the first day of the 1976 season is one of my favourite memories watching City.

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    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Alan Knill

    Eddie May signed him on loan in 1993 as he was good in the air

    Legendary kit man Harry Parsons disagreed 'Douglas Bader was good in the air too but he was a sh1t footballer just like Knill'

    I really hope this tale is true as Knill was sh1t

    Other players who we have fond memories of but really weren't that good
    Jason Perry
    Nicky Richardson
    Steve Lynex
    I always liked Steve White but he wasn't much cop in reality.

  4. #4

    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    I am one of those who is on the 'wrong' side of the McPhail divide, clever player good technical ability but he has been so over hyped since he stopped playing for us. Yes he was a good championship midfielder but I have seen some people say (on here) he is the best player they have seen at Cardiff and have even seen some put him into Cardiff all-time-X11 teams, I think that's a joke but football is all about opinions I guess!

  5. #5

    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Quote Originally Posted by binman View Post
    Alan Knill

    Eddie May signed him on loan in 1993 as he was good in the air

    Legendary kit man Harry Parsons disagreed 'Douglas Bader was good in the air too but he was a sh1t footballer just like Knill'

    I really hope this tale is true as Knill was sh1t.
    Although, didn't Alan Knill win one cap for Wales against the Netherlands and played Marco Van Basten out of the game ?

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    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Quote Originally Posted by Enoch Mort View Post
    Although, didn't Alan Knill win one cap for Wales against the Netherlands and played Marco Van Basten out of the game ?
    Considering his limited abilities, Knill has had an impressive career. 564 Football League appearances with Halifax, Swansea, Bury, Cardiff, Rotherham and Scunny, then manager at Rotherham, Scunny, Bury and Torquay, and currently a Premier League assistant manager at Sheffield United.

  7. #7

    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Quote Originally Posted by binman View Post
    Alan Knill

    Eddie May signed him on loan in 1993 as he was good in the air

    Legendary kit man Harry Parsons disagreed 'Douglas Bader was good in the air too but he was a sh1t footballer just like Knill'

    I really hope this tale is true as Knill was sh1t

    Other players who we have fond memories of but really weren't that good
    Jason Perry
    Nicky Richardson
    Steve Lynex
    I always liked Steve White but he wasn't much cop in reality.
    Perry and Richardson did good jobs for us.

    Steve Lynex was absolutely useless. I doubt anyone who saw him play for us would say anything else.

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    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    And I would just like to re-illiterate Aron Gunners,

    I find the CDM position a funny one, some people are just blind to the value of those players, but the amount of un-seen work they do that allows others to play good football is huge. Like your Kevin Nolan's and Scot Parker's. Everyone says what do they do? they do not score regular, passing is limited and not graced with technical ability or skill.. yet the team wins when they play and falls apart when they do not.

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    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    QUOTE=chris lee;5011202]And I would just like to re-illiterate Aron Gunners,

    [/QUOTE]
    Bit of a slur on the Icelandic education system:

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    Re: Players you rated but seemed to divide opinion?

    Quote Originally Posted by chris lee View Post
    And I would just like to re-illiterate Aron Gunners,

    I find the CDM position a funny one, some people are just blind to the value of those players, but the amount of un-seen work they do that allows others to play good football is huge. Like your Kevin Nolan's and Scot Parker's. Everyone says what do they do? they do not score regular, passing is limited and not graced with technical ability or skill.. yet the team wins when they play and falls apart when they do not.
    Kevin Nolan wasn’t a DM?? Scored loads of goals.

    Parker’s technical and passing ability was far from limited.

    What a bizarre couple of examples to use.

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