Ace footballers you might have forgotten about

[Reaper]

I don't think we can afford to carry a player like that - one who contributes very little most of the time other than goalscoring. Not in midfield anyway.

Tony Daley LMAO

David White - ace for City but had a disastrous England debut in Spain and never seemed to recover.

David Hirst - ****ing awesome, awesome striker. Better than Shearer but ruined by injuries.

You laugh at Tony Daley and then stick a defender made attacker in? hmmmmmmmm
David Hirst was never an awesome player in my book

[Rich]

I don't think we can afford to carry a player like that - one who contributes very little most of the time other than goalscoring. Not in midfield anyway.

Tony Daley LMAO

David White - ace for City but had a disastrous England debut in Spain and never seemed to recover.

David Hirst - ****ing awesome, awesome striker. Better than Shearer but ruined by injuries.

Ah, David Hirst!

I went to school with a lad called Jonathon Scargill, he was an excellent goalkeeper, in the Schmicheal mold - big, blonde with excellent responses and a brilliant penalty saver. Anyway, it wasn't long before he was spotted and signed to Wednesday and quickly progressed through the ranks to 3rd choice (and he was probably 16/17 at the time) so spent most of the week training with the first team squad. Anyway, one of the stories he tells is of David Hirst giving him £20 after the first session of training and asking Jon to run to the butty shop for 5 bacon butties. Obviously, Jon being a junior did what he was told and came back with the 5 butties and change, he passed one over along with the change and enquired who he needed to pass the other sandwiches to, at which point Hirsty told him that all of them were for him, which he then proceeded to scoff the lot. True Story.

Sadly the beer got to Jon and he was released by various clubs before packing it in, he was 27 (I think)

[Imy]

What about Mark Walters ?

Good for Rangers crap for us.

[Shaggy]

No way- Shearer was AWESOME, could score all types of goals - sheer brilliant. I wish we'd signed him.

Not disputing that, but Hirst was better IMO. Man United were trying to sign Hirst and not Shearer at the time they were paired up front for England.

[Imy]

Kanchelskis (sp?)

[Reaper]

Ravenelli - Loved the way opponents bounced off him

[Shaggy]

They would have to do what Lampard does in terms of bringing th eball forward or play behind Torres. I think it is a gross simplification to say that Lampard only contributes goals. One of our main problems is that we fail to get the ball from our defensive third to attacking third quickly enough. Lampard is brilliant at instigating this. With Mashcer and Gerrard on it we are a very low percentage team from deep - either to conservative allowing the opposition to get back or trying long Hollywood balls.

The area of getting the ball out from defense quickly was exactly what Arsenal struggled with last season and have fixed with the improvement in Flamini IMO. There are more than one way to solve the problem as that shows but it is a problem and needs solving.

And back the main topic it is easy to forget how good Dwight Yorke was.

You are describing Lampard at his best. Often he does nothing in games. Literally nothing.

You laugh at Tony Daley and then stick a defender made attacker in? hmmmmmmmm
David Hirst was never an awesome player in my book

Who is the defender made attacker????

Hirst was a fabulous, fabulous striker with everything in his locker. Like I said, United weren't trying to sign Shearer back then - it was all about Hirst. They bid £5m for him (a huge sum at the time) but Wednesday rejected it.

He also has the record for the hardest recorded shot ever – about 127mph at Highbury. It hit the bar and nearly snapped it in half.

[dww]

You are describing Lampard at his best. Often he does nothing in games. Literally nothing.

To an extent in that he has been less like that in the last year or so but when Chelsea one the league both times it was a defining feature of their game.

[Reaper]

Shaggy, As the man in the orthopedics shoes once said.. "I stand corrected"

I was thinkin of Paul Warhurst, not David hirst..

[knockers]

Matthew Le Tissier - Top player, shame he never went to a big club to show what he could do although I was very glad he didn't end up at Manure as Redface Ginsoak was mean't to be after him for years.

[Shaggy]

Ah, David Hirst!

I went to school with a lad called Jonathon Scargill, he was an excellent goalkeeper, in the Schmicheal mold - big, blonde with excellent responses and a brilliant penalty saver. Anyway, it wasn't long before he was spotted and signed to Wednesday and quickly progressed through the ranks to 3rd choice (and he was probably 16/17 at the time) so spent most of the week training with the first team squad. Anyway, one of the stories he tells is of David Hirst giving him £20 after the first session of training and asking Jon to run to the butty shop for 5 bacon butties. Obviously, Jon being a junior did what he was told and came back with the 5 butties and change, he passed one over along with the change and enquired who he needed to pass the other sandwiches to, at which point Hirsty told him that all of them were for him, which he then proceeded to scoff the lot. True Story.

Sadly the beer got to Jon and he was released by various clubs before packing it in before he was 27 (I think)

Doesn’t surprise me one jot.

Like Fowler, Hirst’s potential was curtailed by injuries but the boozing, bad diet and all-round unprofessionalism didn’t help. Hirst was a huge drinker – apparently him and John Sheridan were absolutely hardcore.

Shaggy, As the man in the orthopedics shoes once said.. "I stand corrected"

I was thinkin of Paul Warhurst, not David hirst..

Funnily enough we've been discussing Warhurst in the other thread.

[Reaper]

It did strike me as a little odd when I thought thats who ya meant

[Shaggy]

It did strike me as a little odd when I thought thats who ya meant

I bet!

Although he did have one phenomenal season.

[Warren]

Jackie Dzienowski was an absolute cracking player but as with many others I believe drink (and a penchant for shagging other players wives!!) took its toll on him.

[simey85]

He was ****e! The Frank Lampard of his day - a knack for scoring goals but absolutely ****e with the ball at his feet. Hated Platt then, hate him even more now - the big, fat-headed Manc *******.

To be fair to him you don't play for arsenal sampdoria and juve if your ****e!