David Pleat appreciation thread

[fah-q]

Platt or Pleat?

[fah-q]

Of all the 3 times cautioned Curb crawlers, he is my favourite.

[Ben_Itez]

lawrenson to start with.

but I agree Platt is good even if it is just for a few great goals in the late eighties early nineties and a last minute super goal against belgium coutesy of a gazza pass.

Pleat and Taylor are among my favourites too.

Talking of Platt how the **** did he get a coaching role at City!? He talks absolute codswallop as a pundit.

[Zapater]

Taylor's good too - the pair of 'em are about the most insightful around, somewhat unbelievably, although I think Pleat offers more tactical insight than Taylor.

Yes, definitely. The thing I like about him too, is that he sometimes gives his opinion of players now (whom were youth players) from a somewhat scouting perspective. Like in quite a few games, he spoke about Benayoun and being familiar with him when he was still a junior player and saying that he was a striker somewhat in the Owen mould or something. Sometimes he seems a bit simplistic, although he does atleast say something which is somewhat beneficial to hear from. Which is a lot more than you can expect from a lot of other pundits, commentators and "experts".

[Neil Young]

I agree Pleat's good. I'm trying to recall who first called it...

http://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/show...9676#post69676

It's good you chaps have finally caught up.