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John Charles, End of thread
The OP didn't ask who was the best we had seen, he asked who was the best! John Charles stand head and shoulders above all the others,
Name me another city player that a foreign club has erected a statue of to remind young supporters of his greatness and in gratitude for his ability and his loyalty.
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.
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.
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.