Oh Louie louie Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Alison came back with swindon, i recall, when they won the leauge in the mid 90s. They had paul allen playing too i recall. When he won those 3 50 50 tackles on the trot that day, the place erupted like we won the european cup! When allen, won those tackles, i recall nugent scoring for us. Pretty sure was vs plymouth? Another striker signed by jj, we got value out off. The chief was a good signing, no doubt about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Jacki and Robbie “Carnage” Turner together up front. Alan Walsh on the left. Howard Pritchard on the right Football would be fun to watch again. They would rip The Championship apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 hour ago, SecretSam said: Seriously? First time I watched him, I was stunned. I knew immediately there was no way we could keep him. I remember him destroying Luton at their place, and a Luton fan saying to me after “that kid Cole is absolute class” ... well he did bang out some monster tunes in the ‘80s - you can’t beat a bit of Stool Pigeon ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRobin Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Sam Vokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 There are loads of great players mentioned above, but out of those ex-City players who could still get into the side now and do a job I would have (off the top of my head): Tammy Ayling Webster Brownhill Eliasson Magnússon (I know I criticised him a lot for giving the ball away, but there was definitely a good player in there - and his long throws were amazing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturny Posted August 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, bcfcredandwhite said: There are loads of great players mentioned above, but out of those ex-City players who could still get into the side now and do a job I would have (off the top of my head): Tammy Ayling Webster Brownhill Magnússon (I know I criticised him a lot for giving the ball away, but there was definitely a good player in there - and his long throws were amazing) I remember the first time I watched Magnússon vs Newcastle at the gate, I thought he was one of the best defenders i'd seen play for us. Won everything thrown at him. There was a fair amount of criticism of him on here that season too, I was always puzzled by it. Maybe I only saw his best games. He was in the defensive line up Vs those prem clubs Watford, Stoke, Crystal palace and Man Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Danny Haynes ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, Sturny said: I remember the first time I watched Magnússon vs Newcastle at the gate, I thought he was one of the best defenders i'd seen play for us. Won everything thrown at him. There was a fair amount of criticism of him on here that season too, I was always puzzled by it. Maybe I only saw his best games. He was in the defensive line up Vs those prem clubs Watford, Stoke, Crystal palace and Man Utd. I think he was a big confidence player. I imagine that's often the case for younger players coming from abroad. Under Johnson, there was a recurring theme with many of our foreign players that moved on.. all looked lacking in confidence. Magnússon, Diony, Engvall.. I know he's English but Taylor Moore also. I think that was a big weakness of Johnson - he didn't seem able to man-manage players particularly well. I appreciate football management is tough and managing young men with lots of money and big egos is a challenge in itself - but there does seem to be a fair few players who've left the club who seem quite resentful towards Johnson. It's strange because Johnson comes across as a good man. I think he was and is learning on the job to an extent and real man management qualities take years to perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Of player available now, I'd probably want Ayling back. Fills a position we have problems with, and he's developed as a player since his time with us - and he was good then! We seem to get rid of him because the club and Lee Johnson decided to overreact to media storm [a storm in a pee-cup!] that was not of his making. I think the unfairness of that rankled with Luke. Tammy would be great, but unrealistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Slippin cider said: Danny Haynes ….. There were times when he looked absolutely brilliant. Fast, direct and dangerous. Amazed his career went downhill so fast. Another player who I don't think has been mentioned - Leroy Lita when he first broke through. People talking about Michail Antonio and how we lack a player like him - think Lita is the closest we've had. I also really rated Steve Brooker when he was fit, looked great at times for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 50 minutes ago, Sturny said: I remember the first time I watched Magnússon vs Newcastle at the gate, I thought he was one of the best defenders i'd seen play for us. Won everything thrown at him. There was a fair amount of criticism of him on here that season too, I was always puzzled by it. Maybe I only saw his best games. He was in the defensive line up Vs those prem clubs Watford, Stoke, Crystal palace and Man Utd. He had good games - and great games (hence he's in my list here). For me, Magnússon was brilliant in the tackle - but then, after all that good work, he'd look up and pass the ball short, straight back to the opposition - when even blindly hoofing it forward would have been safer!! I DID criticise him for this, but that doesn't mean I didn't rate him. Composure in making a clearance can be trained into players - look at Flint for example; when he first arrived he was great in the air but pretty poor with his feet. He settled down and became really rather good with his feet. I seriously thought that we could do this with Magnússon and I was very disappointed when he left us - for a cheap price too. I'd have him back now, definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, billywedlock said: Billy wedlock You can’t pick yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedorDead BCFC Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Bob Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdliketoRogerMoore Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 4 hours ago, GrahamC said: Bad enough to score twice against Liverpool, a hat trick against Birmingham at home, to score 15 league goals in a season playing up front for an Osman side (the next highest was 6), when his “support” was Ian Baird & Liam Robinson (who got 9 between them). Wayne had a very long career at Championship level after us at Swindon & Huddersfield, Marcus Stewart said he was the best strike partner he had. What would Stewart know, eh? He was only the top English goal scorer in the Prem once at Ipswich.. Dogshit? That’s your original statement. Is if had made the joke about Liam Robinson that would be more like it he was seriously shit! the Chief was a handful and never stopped working for the team too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Keith Curle & Rob Newman as CBs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Lee Johnson ..... I'll get my coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey54 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Norman Hunter. Brought so much quality and experience to us. Much more than a hard tackler. Could outjump most strikers and hit fifty yard passes straight into the path of a player. Hit a mean free kick too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveInSA Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 6 hours ago, GrahamC said: Bad enough to score twice against Liverpool, a hat trick against Birmingham at home, to score 15 league goals in a season playing up front for an Osman side (the next highest was 6), when his “support” was Ian Baird & Liam Robinson (who got 9 between them). Wayne had a very long career at Championship level after us at Swindon & Huddersfield, Marcus Stewart said he was the best strike partner he had. What would Stewart know, eh? He was only the top English goal scorer in the Prem once at Ipswich.. Dogshit? That’s your original statement. That man in bold. Worst player I've ever seen in a city shirt. Period. (I missed the Bas Savage reign of terror). And for me, Bob Taylor. What a peach of a player he was, with Turner, such a handful. You always thought we would score 2 a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHienz Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Gerard Lavin. Was going to plump for Nicky Shory however Lavin could really rifle a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 7 hours ago, GrahamC said: Bad enough to score twice against Liverpool, a hat trick against Birmingham at home, to score 15 league goals in a season playing up front for an Osman side (the next highest was 6), when his “support” was Ian Baird & Liam Robinson (who got 9 between them). Wayne had a very long career at Championship level after us at Swindon & Huddersfield, Marcus Stewart said he was the best strike partner he had. What would Stewart know, eh? He was only the top English goal scorer in the Prem once at Ipswich.. Dogshit? That’s your original statement. Wow, Marcus Stewart as a benchmark. Allison replaced Taylor. Taylor played (and scored) in the Prem. But hey, Allison scored a hat-trick, so he must have been tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, SecretSam said: Wow, Marcus Stewart as a benchmark. Allison replaced Taylor. Taylor played (and scored) in the Prem. But hey, Allison scored a hat-trick, so he must have been tremendous. Allison did not replace Taylor, he replaced Turner, they were here at the same time until Lumsden decided he wanted a Polish pisshead to provide entertainment, rather than goals. Dziekanowski replaced Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Allison did not replace Taylor, he replaced Turner, they were here at the same time until Lumsden decided he wanted a Polish pisshead to provide entertainment, rather than goals. Dziekanowski replaced Bob. Not sure that's quite right, you know...but it was a long time ago. Where did Turner go? Jacki is fondly remembered, and had ability to burn, but I agree - pissed away more talent than most players ever had to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, SecretSam said: Not sure that's quite right, you know...but it was a long time ago. Where did Turner go? Jacki is fondly remembered, and had ability to burn, but I agree - pissed away more talent than most players ever had to start with. Turner was sold to Plymouth in the same summer that we signed Wayne Allison from Watford as part of a deal that saw Mark Gavin join them, this was under Jordan. Lumsden felt Bob was struggling so sold him to West Brom & bought Dziekanowski from Celtic, a horrendous deal for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Turner was sold to Plymouth in the same summer that we signed Wayne Allison from Watford as part of a deal that saw Mark Gavin join them, this was under Jordan. Lumsden felt Bob was struggling so sold him to West Brom & bought Dziekanowski from Celtic, a horrendous deal for us. Take your word for it, Allison was still bobbins, mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 5 hours ago, billywedlock said: Billy wedlock 5 hours ago, Davefevs said: You can’t pick yourself He's been dead for so long I think the timebar's been lifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Like a couple have said above, I’d have Ade Akinbiyi. And if I can have three, I’ll take Ade Akinbiyi, Tony Thorpe and Soren Anderson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 24 minutes ago, SecretSam said: Not sure that's quite right, you know...but it was a long time ago. Where did Turner go? Jacki is fondly remembered, and had ability to burn, but I agree - pissed away more talent than most players ever had to start with. Perhap's we need a pissed up XI? Or players that played better when they'd had a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Nicky Hunt …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 Mike Gibson in goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 22 hours ago, Hampshire reds said: norman Same here, saw him on his debut at the Baseball Ground. With Norman in the middle you feared nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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