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Post by jusarascal on Nov 6, 2008 13:19:42 GMT
Do you think Ricardo Fuller could be the best striker this club has seen since the legendary BIG John Ritchie??
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Post by Danstoke82 on Nov 6, 2008 13:20:14 GMT
Hmm thats a big shout, Ritchie was immense, but there is also Greenhoff, Steino and Thorney. Fuller is definately up amongst it tho, the guy is a legend.
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Post by Danstoke82 on Nov 6, 2008 13:20:40 GMT
Of course, not forgetting Mike Sheron
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Post by ManderBeast on Nov 6, 2008 13:22:21 GMT
Sheron, Thorne, Fuller & Stein are all in the same mould for me....
all absolute great aquisitions to the club at the time..
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Post by lordb on Nov 6, 2008 13:22:28 GMT
been watching since Sept 78
Stein is the best for me.
Fuller is a thrilling player to watch though.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Nov 6, 2008 13:25:30 GMT
Fuller is a class act no doubt about it. But players like Ritchie and Greenhoff did the business year in year out at the top level. Ritchie for example scored at a rate of a goal every two games for over ten years in the top flight and he and Greenhoff both made loads of chances for their strike partners and other players in the team. I'd say both of them were a class above Fuller but he and Steino may be the best we have had since then.
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Post by matt1986 on Nov 6, 2008 13:26:14 GMT
I dont think Fuller should be given a 'legend' status having only scored around 30 odd goals for the club, and given the short time he's been at Stoke?!?!?
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Post by Danstoke82 on Nov 6, 2008 13:25:46 GMT
Hannes Sigurdsson anyone? only joking!
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Post by Danstoke82 on Nov 6, 2008 13:27:19 GMT
I dont think Fuller should be given a 'legend' status having only scored around 30 odd goals for the club, and given the short time he's been at Stoke?!?!? I disagree, the man is immense, every time he gets the ball he creates something, we have been craving that for a long time, he excites the fans and definately ranks alongside other legends such as Steino and Thorney. |
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Post by lordb on Nov 6, 2008 13:29:28 GMT
Fuller must have MADE 30 goals too in that time (@ least) & often out of nothing.
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Post by tazi on Nov 6, 2008 13:29:57 GMT
The only player to ever come close to matching the individual skills of Fuller in a stoke shirt is Peter Beagrie.
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Post by lordb on Nov 6, 2008 13:30:40 GMT
nah,Chamberlain was 10x as talented as Beagrie.
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Post by matt1986 on Nov 6, 2008 13:30:53 GMT
I'm sorry but a 'legend' for me (in football terms) would be players such as:
Alan Shearer
Greenhoff
Le tissier
Players that performed year in year out for their clubs at the highest level
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Post by swampySCFC on Nov 6, 2008 13:31:19 GMT
Or Mark Chamberlain
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Post by jusarascal on Nov 6, 2008 13:34:20 GMT
in many ways fuller and ritchie are alike though both are brilliant in the air (obviously ritchie was better but you cant say that fuller can get up brilliantly) both were tall, both fair nifty on the feet (i'd give flair to fuller but brute force to ritchie) i really like fuller and i do think if he stays he will continue to get alot of goals for stoke city and be rembered as one of the greatest strikers to have ever played at stoke city, hes with ease the best striker to grace The Britannia Stadium
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Post by jusarascal on Nov 6, 2008 13:35:20 GMT
matt1986 you wouldnt class ritchie as a legend then!?! ... u clearly know your stuff
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Post by lordb on Nov 6, 2008 13:35:34 GMT
yes thats true.
only really got Thorne for competition.
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Post by matt1986 on Nov 6, 2008 13:38:37 GMT
matt1986 you wouldnt class ritchie as a legend then!?! ... u clearly know your stuff I just listed a few examples, it wasn't an exhaustive list as you can clearly see  |
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Post by jusarascal on Nov 6, 2008 13:43:12 GMT
in many ways fuller and ritchie are alike though both are brilliant in the air (obviously ritchie was better but you cant say that fuller can get up brilliantly) both were tall, both fair nifty on the feet (i'd give flair to fuller but brute force to ritchie) i really like fuller and i do think if he stays he will continue to get alot of goals for stoke city and be rembered as one of the greatest strikers to have ever played at stoke city, hes with ease the best striker to grace The Britannia Stadium
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Post by birly on Nov 6, 2008 13:58:11 GMT
The only player to ever come close to matching the individual skills of Fuller in a stoke shirt is Peter Beagrie. And NOBODY had the individual skills of Hoekstra. |
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Post by matt1986 on Nov 6, 2008 13:58:30 GMT
heard that somewhere before jusarascal
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Post by jusarascal on Nov 6, 2008 14:00:08 GMT
i know posted it twice for some stupid bloody reason
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