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I remember Mark Gavin being a very good crosser, but maybe time has turned him into a better player than he really was in my memory. That wing combination of dave smith (blistering pace) and gavin (guile and craft) is probably the best I can remember.

In saying that I don't recall anyone curling the ball like Eliasson. His crosses seem very dangerous.

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2 minutes ago, Selred said:

Freeman used to be on the money from set pieces to be fair.

I do get excited each time Eliasson gets his left foot onto the ball, wish we still had Djuric really.

Rarely the case the times I saw him.

Other that the 2-1 in LJs first game (Ipswich?) they seemed to mostly be overhit and go for a goal kick.

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21 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Can anyone name a better crosser of the ball we've had? I can't think of one. No doubt people will say Tinman, but I'd rather attack Eliasson's crosses than Tinman's very accurate, but floaty ones. That bend and dip is amazing, and he's so consistent with them as well. It's scary to think his crossing will probably improve even more as he reaches his mid 20s and develops more power in that left peg.

Back in the day Walshie and Dave Smith had decent delivery and going way back, Clive Whitehead used to put some beauties across the box. Tins and Micky Bell were none to shabby, nor Darren Barnard.

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13 minutes ago, cityal said:

I remember Mark Gavin being a very good crosser, but maybe time has turned him into a better player than he really was in my memory. That wing combination of dave smith (blistering pace) and gavin (guile and craft) is probably the best I can remember.

In saying that I don't recall anyone curling the ball like Eliasson. His crosses seem very dangerous.

Gavin on one wing and the train that was Dave Smith on the other was fantastic to watch, no wonder super Bob scored 30 plus goals that season

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17 minutes ago, Selred said:

Freeman used to be on the money from set pieces to be fair.

I do get excited each time Eliasson gets his left foot onto the ball, wish we still had Djuric really.

Here’s one for Kodjia

14 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said:

Rarely the case the times I saw him.

Other that the 2-1 in LJs first game (Ipswich?) they seemed to mostly be overhit and go for a goal kick.

Agree he wasn’t as consistent, but when he got it right, it was impossible to defend.

 

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22 minutes ago, Judda said:

I still don't know. Think fans are getting over excited about him but I'm not convinced YET...

He hits a few great balls but some decision making and touches are terrible... personally still undecided on him....

Tin hat time!

He's only 22......he'll get even better, given time and more body strength.

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35 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Can anyone name a better crosser of the ball we've had? I can't think of one. No doubt people will say Tinman, but I'd rather attack Eliasson's crosses than Tinman's very accurate, but floaty ones. That bend and dip is amazing, and he's so consistent with them as well. It's scary to think his crossing will probably improve even more as he reaches his mid 20s and develops more power in that left peg.

I hated Tinmans set pieces, always looked so easy to defend 

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23 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Back in the day Walshie and Dave Smith had decent delivery and going way back, Clive Whitehead used to put some beauties across the box. Tins and Micky Bell were none to shabby, nor Darren Barnard.

I seem to recall Clive Whitehead putting corners behind the goal quite regularly. 

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31 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

It’s the dip that often catches defenders and goalkeepers by surprise, that’s his trick. It just causes chaos for defence to deal with and often leaves us with a big goal scoring opportunity.

More of the same please.

Seems to get good pace on his crosses as well.

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38 minutes ago, harrys said:

Gavin on one wing and the train that was Dave Smith on the other was fantastic to watch, no wonder super Bob scored 30 plus goals that season

I have a memory of a breakaway goal when Dave Smith tore down the wing while Robbie Turner was the sole attacker in the middle. He hit the cross from way out wide and put it perfectly on his nut. 

May be rose tints but wide players nowadays just don't seem to have the same crossing ability as the old fashioned, specialist wingers. Maybe they did less covering back then and practiced over and over hitting the big man's head so just got better at it.

Or maybe my memory is just a bit biased.

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3 minutes ago, robin_unreliant said:

I have a memory of a breakaway goal when Dave Smith tore down the wing while Robbie Turner was the sole attacker in the middle. He hit the cross from way out wide and put it perfectly on his nut. 

May be rose tints but wide players nowadays just don't seem to have the same crossing ability as the old fashioned, specialist wingers. Maybe they did less covering back then and practiced over and over hitting the big man's head so just got better at it.

Or maybe my memory is just a bit biased.

You didn’t watch Gary Marshall, Gordon Owen, etc then!!! ?

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43 minutes ago, harrys said:

Gavin on one wing and the train that was Dave Smith on the other was fantastic to watch, no wonder super Bob scored 30 plus goals that season

Completely agree. I loved that Gavin/Smith combination. At times it was like the ball was glued to Gavin’s boots as he beat players at will with his trickery. Smith was less skilful but seemed unstoppable once he was in full flow belting down that left wing. We were superb going forward that season and words fail me in trying to describe how good Bob Taylor was.

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1 minute ago, Offside said:

Completely agree. I loved that Gavin/Smith combination. At times it was like the ball was glued to Gavin’s boots as he beat players at will with his trickery. Smith was less skilful but seemed unstoppable once he was in full flow belting down that left wing. We were superb going forward that season and words fail me in trying to describe how good Bob Taylor was.

Some of the best football I've seen by City in my 40 years watching.  We had a little spell where Iain Ferguson was up front and he was a really clever foil for Bob Taylor, having been used to the Turner/Taylor combo.

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1 hour ago, Lew-T said:

It’s the dip that often catches defenders and goalkeepers by surprise, that’s his trick. It just causes chaos for defence to deal with and often leaves us with a big goal scoring opportunity.

More of the same please.

Great example of this was Sunday’s second goal. 1 yard into the box the ball was too high for their centre back to head (he tried), 2 yards inside the box Matty was chesting it to Watkins.

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6 hours ago, pillred said:

what is the reason these clips don't play when I click on them can never watch them, any ideas?

Do you see the embedded tweet or a text link?

I sometimes see a text link on my phone and if I click it it just disappears, I have found that if I long press the link and choose open in a new tab from the resulting context menu, the link works. Something to try if your scenario is similar.

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