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Post by mattador78 on Sept 6, 2015 17:27:50 GMT
Just looked at the score and saw they were running a poll on the greatest ever welsh player and saw bale was well in front? Is it just me or would anyone else put john charles and ryan giggs in front of him?
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Sept 6, 2015 17:32:47 GMT
George Berry.
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 6, 2015 17:34:47 GMT
Obviously but he wasnt in the poll to keep things from being a landslide victory for him |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 6, 2015 17:41:57 GMT
I voted before I saw the results and put John Charles as number 1. In his prime he could have got into most of the top 10 international sides at either centre forward or centre half. I saw him live once - a magnificent player who would be in my top British 11 of all time.
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Post by potterblade on Sept 6, 2015 17:43:24 GMT
His stats dominate giggs already and only halfway through his career. Dont know about Charles or Berry
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Post by stokesaint1 on Sept 6, 2015 18:06:37 GMT
Who could ever ignore or forget Ivor Allchurch, John's brother Mel Charles, or Mel Nurse and, of course, there's Leighton James and little Brian Flynn and keeper Gareth Sprake but more importantly, the one and only John Mahoney.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 6, 2015 18:07:57 GMT
TP Jnr
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 6, 2015 18:10:01 GMT
I voted before I saw the results and put John Charles as number 1. In his prime he could have got into most of the top 10 international sides at either centre forward or centre half. I saw him live once - a magnificent player who would be in my top British 11 of all time. Only ever seen him in clips but he was a phenomenal player pretty sure at juve hes still classed as a godlike genius |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Sept 6, 2015 18:24:11 GMT
I voted before I saw the results and put John Charles as number 1. In his prime he could have got into most of the top 10 international sides at either centre forward or centre half. I saw him live once - a magnificent player who would be in my top British 11 of all time. Only ever seen him in clips but he was a phenomenal player pretty sure at juve hes still classed as a godlike genius I was lucky enough to have a chat with him and his daughter at the Football museum (when it was at Preston) shortly before he died. He signed a copy of his autobiography for me.  |
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Post by baystokie on Sept 6, 2015 19:01:23 GMT
Just looked at the score and saw they were running a poll on the greatest ever welsh player and saw bale was well in front? Is it just me or would anyone else put john charles and ryan giggs in front of him? Very difficult to vote for a greatest 'player' as this implies outstanding ability in all positions - this leaves Charles as the most likely player to match the criteria. Easier to vote for greatest keeper/defender/forward in which case Allchurch and Ford also come into contention. Of course, past players get fewer votes as there are fewer of us 'veterans' left to remember them  |
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Post by mattador78 on Sept 6, 2015 19:11:56 GMT
[quoe author=" baystokie" source="/post/4856257/thread" timestamp="1441566083"] Just looked at the score and saw they were running a poll on the greatest ever welsh player and saw bale was well in front? Is it just me or would anyone else put john charles and ryan giggs in front of him? Very difficult to vote for a greatest 'player' as this implies outstanding ability in all positions - this leaves Charles as the most likely player to match the criteria. Easier to vote for greatest keeper/defender/forward in which case Allchurch and Ford also come into contention. Of course, past players get fewer votes as there are fewer of us 'veterans' left to remember them [/quote] Either way even giggs is a legend as such now and his achievments pale bale however in recent memory bale has definitely performed better on an international level for the taffs |
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Post by samba :) on Sept 6, 2015 19:58:26 GMT
Shorely it's mark Hughes
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 7, 2015 1:09:45 GMT
John Charles John Mahoney  Ian Rush Ryan Giggs Gareth Bale. |
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Post by rawli on Sept 7, 2015 6:50:29 GMT
[quoe author=" baystokie" source="/post/4856257/thread" timestamp="1441566083"] Just looked at the score and saw they were running a poll on the greatest ever welsh player and saw bale was well in front? Is it just me or would anyone else put john charles and ryan giggs in front of him? Very difficult to vote for a greatest 'player' as this implies outstanding ability in all positions - this leaves Charles as the most likely player to match the criteria. Easier to vote for greatest keeper/defender/forward in which case Allchurch and Ford also come into contention. Of course, past players get fewer votes as there are fewer of us 'veterans' left to remember them Either way even giggs is a legend as such now and his achievments pale bale however in recent memory bale has definitely performed better on an international level for the taffs[/quote] Part of being a legend is not pretending you're injured every time your country plays. Giggs is lacking in that respect. |
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Ian Rush Ryan Giggs Gareth Bale. 
