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Post by wazbagsbro on Mar 17, 2020 20:58:00 GMT
We all must have been to a game where one player was so much better than everyone else on the pitch that youve never forgot.I certainly have although most are from my teenage years.in no particular order,Steve Mcmannaman,Livpool won one nil and he scored ,he was very young but was absolutely awesome to my young mine and I hated Liverpool with a passion.Dean Saunders for Villa tore us apart single handed and looked like scoring every time he had the ball,can't rem. Year or result.Chris waddle for Sheff Wed when he hit the bar from 30 yards,I chose not to like him and believe Chamberlain was better ,but he wasn't ,in that game especially.So only 3 names, not best players I've ever seen but best single performances that I've always remembered
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 21:12:24 GMT
Pogba in that game that Eddie managed just after Hughes was sacked - that was a masterclass.
Robinho away at MCFC wasn’t bad.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 21:19:17 GMT
Imre Varadi and Tommy Tynan every time they played against us.....
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Post by rawli on Mar 17, 2020 21:27:32 GMT
Sinclair for Blackpool
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 17, 2020 21:30:36 GMT
Bastard was my only comment on that game |
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Mar 17, 2020 21:31:26 GMT
18 year old ( I think) Jermain Defoe on loan at Bournemouth, beat us one nil at home. Couldn't get anywhere near him
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Post by BuckRogers on Mar 17, 2020 21:37:13 GMT
Ginola Newcastle in the 90s at the vic. Probably the first opposing player I saw get a standing ovation from Stoke fans( I think). He was brilliant .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 21:49:45 GMT
Imbula for Porto...looked like zidane
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 21:51:05 GMT
And Charlie Adam for Blackpool when they got promoted and beat us at the Brit in their first season
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Post by lagwafis on Mar 17, 2020 21:54:19 GMT
Ginola Newcastle in the 90s at the vic. Probably the first opposing player I saw get a standing ovation from Stoke fans( I think). He was brilliant . You might be thinking of Peter Beardsley in that game. He scored twice and got a very decent reception from Stoke fans. Ginola got dogs abuse and was accused of diving to Clarkson sent off (theatrics aside, I'd still rate him as one of the best left-wingers I've seen play live, recent Premier League years included) |
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Post by mrcoke on Mar 17, 2020 21:56:05 GMT
Back in 1968-69 season the Nottingham Forest main stand burned down. Consequently Forest played their home games at Meadow Lane.https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/day-flames-ripped-through-nottingham-1895799
The Stoke away match against Forest is burned into my memory cells. The result of a great match on a very poor pitch was 3-3. Stoke took a 3 goal lead if my memory is correct and Forest clawed the game back.
Forest could have won, but for a brilliant save by Banks, one of the best I ever saw.
But the reason Forest saved the game was due to an absolutely brilliant performance by Joe Baker. He was a couple of stone over weight but the Stoke team could not contain him and he ran rings round us. It was undoubtedly one of the best performances I have ever witnessed.
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Post by stantheman on Mar 17, 2020 22:08:09 GMT
Arnie for West Ham. He pulled out pants down and was subbed before he caused a riot.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Mar 17, 2020 22:15:39 GMT
Seem to remember Yaya Toure absolutely running the show down here before.
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Post by rawli on Mar 17, 2020 22:16:45 GMT
Mark Wallington had one of best games I've seen from a keeper. I know it's not running the show but he was amazing.
Hated him for it obviously.
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Post by spiderely on Mar 17, 2020 22:35:50 GMT
Don't genuianly like the guy but Trevor Francis , I think on his debut for Man. city. Destroyed us.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Mar 17, 2020 22:36:24 GMT
Paul Scholes.
Honourable mention to Nathan Dyer playing for Swansea a few years ago. He got subbed in the second half to chants of 'you dont know what you're doing' - might even have been Rodgers as manager.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Mar 17, 2020 22:37:26 GMT
Mark Wallington had one of best games I've seen from a keeper. I know it's not running the show but he was amazing. Hated him for it obviously. Keepers can be tough one's but Gabor Kirally for Palace one year was like the immovable object. Championship game. |
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Post by lordb on Mar 17, 2020 22:42:33 GMT
Ginola Newcastle in the 90s at the vic. Probably the first opposing player I saw get a standing ovation from Stoke fans( I think). He was brilliant . He got dogs abuse! Ludicrous dive to get Clarkson sent off, utterly classless. He was clearly bemused by the wroth of the Stoke fans for the rest of the game and couldn't wait to get off the pitch. Peter Beardsley on the other hand was a class act, he got applauded by the Stoke fans |
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Mar 17, 2020 22:47:33 GMT
Arnie for West Ham. He pulled out pants down and was subbed before he caused a riot. Was just about to post this. Gouranga.  |
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Post by Cast no shadow on Mar 17, 2020 23:05:01 GMT
Dele alli a few years ago, I'm sure he got applauded off.
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Post by stuammo on Mar 17, 2020 23:38:44 GMT
Robbie Fowler in that 0-8 game. Absolute mile ahead
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Post by shipshape on Mar 17, 2020 23:44:49 GMT
Willian always seemed to play well against us - perhaps he's just a good player.
That Man United winger who tore us a new one at Swansea last season.
Ric in that 4 3 defeat at Preston.
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Post by zigazaga on Mar 17, 2020 23:51:44 GMT
Arnie for West Ham. He pulled out pants down and was subbed before he caused a riot. He totally and utterly destroyed Josh Tymon's career in that game. |
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Post by spitthedog on Mar 17, 2020 23:55:52 GMT
Glen Hoddle on his debut scoring at the Vic
George Best at the Vic when he scored 2 goals for their win.
The whole of the Ajax team when they played at the Vic, simply because it was a complete eye opener. We were also brilliant that night, but many of us had never seen football like it.
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Post by zigazaga on Mar 17, 2020 23:56:47 GMT
Got to agree on that. I still remember it now thinking who was that dread locked marauder on the right wing tearing us a new one. |
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Post by shipshape on Mar 17, 2020 23:58:24 GMT
Arnie for West Ham. He pulled out pants down and was subbed before he caused a riot. He totally and utterly destroyed Josh Tymon's career in that game. Really? He was just riled up,for whatever reason. He did that for us too on several occasions. I really don't think Tymons career is defined by that game. |
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Post by stantheman on Mar 18, 2020 0:14:00 GMT
He totally and utterly destroyed Josh Tymon's career in that game. Really? He was just riled up,for whatever reason. He did that for us too on several occasions. I really don't think Tymons career is defined by that game. Tymon came on for injured Eric, then Arnie had a field day |
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Post by StokieBoy31 on Mar 18, 2020 1:46:49 GMT
Paul Scholes. Honourable mention to Nathan Dyer playing for Swansea a few years ago. He got subbed in the second half to chants of 'you dont know what you're doing' - might even have been Rodgers as manager. Definitely when Scholes played against us at the Brit in the 2009/10 season I think it was. We couldn’t get anywhere near him. When they brought Giggs on as a sub he was unbelievable too. |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Mar 18, 2020 2:20:21 GMT
Drogba bullied us several times at home.
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Post by samstokie1 on Mar 18, 2020 8:06:39 GMT
Morata in that 0-4 chelsea game the season we went down, after that game they thought theyd got a world beater
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