BS34Red Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Had injury not wrecked his career then Billy Mercer would have turned out to be one of the best in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Opinion and conjecture My top 5 keepers in my time watching City are Sinclair, Welch, Mercer, Basso and James. Fact Anyone that puts Steve Phillips in their top 5 either: - has only watched City when Steve Phillips is in goal - has memory issues or - is Steve Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Rollason Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I remember seeing Keith Welch produce the best goalkeeping display since I've been watching them when we drew 1-1 away at Sunderland... save after save!! If it wasn't for him it probably would've been a very embarrassing scoreline. If I remember rightly he also saved a pen from either Kevin Phillips or Niall Quinn (cant remember which). Best keeper I've seen since I've been watching City although Basso at the time would be 2nd. wasnt Steve Phillips in goal for that game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie_Turner Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 wasnt Steve Phillips in goal for that game? If we are talking of the 1-1 draw at the stadium of light it was Welch. Saved a Kevin Phillips penalty and produced save after save. Soren Anderson equalised in the last minute, day light robbery for us to take a point home that night to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Charismatic though hé undoubtedly was , i remember several occasions when hé pulled out "injured" for matches this made me concerned about his dependability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 If we are talking of the 1-1 draw at the stadium of light it was Welch. Saved a Kevin Phillips penalty and produced save after save. Soren Anderson equalised in the last minute, day light robbery for us to take a point home that night to be fair. The game was on sky on a weeknight If I remember right? Will always remember me and the old man going mental when Anderson scored and pissing ourselves, was complete robbery!! On another note, FairPlay to original poster for making something up, getting 120 replies and it being all over Facebook and twitter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Basso brought much more to this Club than just his playing ability. He was a Character that most loved. He brought a feel good factor and 'belief'. The Chant 'always believe' came about because of him. We had a feel good factor and what he brought was positivity. Both on the field and in the changing room. He is similar to Scott Murray in many of those respects. If we had 11 players with his ability, passion and belief, we would go far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTCiderRed Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Bring basso back for 1 game so we can all sing OOOOOOOO Baaaassoooooo, then retire him again. No point in looking to the past, surely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTCiderRed Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Thought I saw Basso in The Galleries this morning. TK Maxx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Opinion and conjecture My top 5 keepers in my time watching City are Sinclair, Welch, Mercer, Basso and James. Fact Anyone that puts Steve Phillips in their top 5 either: - has only watched City when Steve Phillips is in goal - has memory issues or - is Steve Phillips Ronnie Sinclair rarely gets a mention, I loved him! Fair enough it was a long time ago but sometimes I wonder what people would have been writing regarding some players on forums such as this if they were available then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Basso brought much more to this Club than just his playing ability. He was a Character that most loved. He brought a feel good factor and 'belief'. The Chant 'always believe' came about because of him. We had a feel good factor and what he brought was positivity. Both on the field and in the changing room. He is similar to Scott Murray in many of those respects. If we had 11 players with his ability, passion and belief, we would go far. Nice post agree with a lot of it. We have no characters in the squad bar maybe Albert its very hard to love any of the rest literally zero personality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 *David James was not a bad keeper for us, he just didn't warrent his wage, but that wasn't his fault. I have rarely been as excited about us signing a player than the day that my contacts told be he was at AG completing his move to us - although it never lived upto the hype, US, little Bristol City, signing the man who had only months earlier been playing in goal at the World Cup for England, was astonishing! Hmmm, probably England's worst WC squad ever and James's inclusion over Hart was part of the farce. James did have it once, but it was all long gone by the time he started bouncing the ball off his chest into the path of opposition strikers at AG. With regards to Basso - no thanks. That was then, this is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Heaton would of saved the Windass goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I remember seeing Keith Welch produce the best goalkeeping display since I've been watching them when we drew 1-1 away at Sunderland... save after save!! If it wasn't for him it probably would've been a very embarrassing scoreline. If I remember rightly he also saved a pen from either Kevin Phillips or Niall Quinn (cant remember which). Best keeper I've seen since I've been watching City although Basso at the time would be 2nd. I was in a bar in Corfu watching that game with 3 Sunderland fans bragging on about how brilliant they were and how they were going to thrash us! Most of the game made for difficult viewing, but the look on their faces when we equalised was priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Alistair Durden on twitter: "I'm told there's no truth in the rumours of Basso returning to Bristol City. Former Doncaster keeper Gary Woods is not joining them either" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Alistair Durden on twitter: "I'm told there's no truth in the rumours of Basso returning to Bristol City. Former Doncaster keeper Gary Woods is not joining them either" Good, on both counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Glad we can put that one to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy bird Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 June is the time for silly rumours +the basso one was right up their! Where did it originate from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Course there's no truth, op made it up and is probably pissing his pants Fair play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Welch was top class. The game at Sunderland was one of the best goalkeeping displays i have seen fro a City keeper. Ironically, it was a Welch mistake which gifted them the goal in the 1-1 draw !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Opinion and conjecture My top 5 keepers in my time watching City are Sinclair, Welch, Mercer, Basso and James. Funny that, I'd put David James in my top 5 WORST goalkeepers to play for City. I've never seen a City keeper push the ball in front the oppositions strikers so often, or drop so many crosses or let the ball squirm under him. In fact, I've never seen a City come right out to the edge of the box and manage to punch the ball into his own net!!! Weirdly though, I think James used to be amazing (but for other teams) - one of his performances for Watford at AG back in the earlier 90's was MOTD stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Funny that, I'd put David James in my top 5 WORST goalkeepers to play for City. I've never seen a City keeper push the ball in front the oppositions strikers so often, or drop so many crosses or let the ball squirm under him. In fact, I've never seen a City come right out to the edge of the box and manage to punch the ball into his own net!!! Weirdly though, I think James used to be amazing (but for other teams) - one of his performances for Watford at AG back in the earlier 90's was MOTD stuff. James was physically one of the best keepers of all time. Jumping, agility, tall, quick but always lacked conviction and was so error prone. We got him as his physical side was on the way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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