robc Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Almost every week on MOTD you will see a Premiership player score with a worldie from outside the box. I am talking about players hitting the ball with real power from 30-35 yards and often with very little backlift. Down the years there have been some great footballers who were/are particularly gifted in this regard. Players like Peter Lorimer, Charlie George and more recently Harry Kane could/can all hit ‘screamers’. It has long struck me, especially during our record breaking run without a win at Ashton Gate, that we have had pitifully few players with this unique ability down the years. Now and again of course City will score with an unexpectedly powerful strike from an unlikely source – a player who catches a ball perfectly, most often from a free kick, but it tends to be a one off . More often than not our strikes from distance end up with a comfortable save for an opposing keeper or will balloon over the bar (Weimann anyone?). I struggle to name more than two or three players from each of the 7 decades that I have watched the City who had the sort of striking ability that I am talking about. It would be interesting to hear others feelings. My list of those that could genuinely hit rockets from outside the box is as follows- The 60s Peter Hooper The 70s John Galley The 80s Rob Newman, Superbob, Alan Walsh The 90s Shaun Goater, Tins The 00s Mickey Bell, Lee Trundle The 10s Joe Bryan, JET The 20s None so far We could really do with players with this particular ability now! To create something out of nothing ……. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Bakinson has done so twice, Brownhill could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBB Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Brownhill vs Cardiff was a decent strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Matty James looks likely too. Last night’s efforts….the two outside the box were from a drive forward where Benda made a relatively comfy diving save and the other one that was going just wide but got deflected straight to the keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Johnson and Holden discouraged shooting from outside. Under those two we were regularly way, way below the average number of long range efforts per team. Johnson loved his box entries and didn't want us hitting speculative strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLRed Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Brownhill, David noble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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