Graeme Souness

[neel]

 

[FantasyIreland]

Souness is a top bloke.

 

[KentBlue]

A voice in the wilderness, but welcome nonetheless. Thanks, G.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Souness is a top bloke.

A truly fantastic player and individual. Many years ago I was involved in organising a charity event for sick children. The keynote speaker cancelled at the last minute and we contacted Graeme in desperation because he was on the patch. He went out of his way to attend and speak off the cuff at the lunchtime event even though the team he was managing at the time (Backburn) had a game that evening. He had less than 24 hours notice and didnt want any publicity just to give his time. And that is not the only good deed he has done in my neck of the woods over the years. To make things better his wife and family are avid City fans from South Manchester.

 

[KentBlue]

A truly fantastic player and individual. Many years ago I was involved in organising a charity event for sick children. The keynote speaker cancelled at the last minute and we contacted Graeme in desperation because he was on the patch. He went out of his way to attend and speak off the cuff at the lunchtime event even though the team he was managing at the time (Backburn) had a game that evening. He had less than 24 hours notice and didnt want any publicity just to give his time. And that is not the only good deed he has done in my neck of the woods over the years. To make things better his wife and family are avid City fans from South Manchester.

Good to hear. Fair play to him.

 

[mexico1970]

Top bloke!

 

[jimharri]

He could be a nasty piece of work on the pitch; there's one infamous tackle he did on an Aberdeen player (I think) while he was at Rangers. It was horrendous. But he does seem to be a sound bloke away from the hostile environment of the football pitch. And he always seemed to be one of the better pundits, not peddling some bullshit agenda against us.

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

Still fucking talking about stripping titles - for fucks sake

 

[Fat Chance]

" what's wrong with Manchester United... is Manchester City"

Graeme Souness

 

[jma]

He could be a nasty piece of work on the pitch; there's one infamous tackle he did on an Aberdeen player (I think) while he was at Rangers. It was horrendous. But he does seem to be a sound bloke away from the hostile environment of the football pitch. And he always seemed to be one of the better pundits, not peddling some bullshit agenda against us.

There's an over the top tackle in a European game for Rangers that is unbelievable. Probably the worst I've seen. Absolutely no attempt to do anything other than hurt the other bloke.

I'm not old enough to remember him playing though, and i might have a different view if I could (i remeber him bejng a bit of a dick as a manager sometimes), but I've a lot of time for the Souness and the sort of person he appears to be in recent years.

 

[jimharri]

He could be a nasty piece of work on the pitch; there's one infamous tackle he did on an Aberdeen player (I think) while he was at Rangers. It was horrendous. But he does seem to be a sound bloke away from the hostile environment of the football pitch. And he always seemed to be one of the better pundits, not peddling some bullshit agenda against us.

Found it....



Jesus!

 

[dennishasdoneit]

There's an over the top tackle in a European game for Rangers that is unbelievable. Probably the worst I've seen. Absolutely no attempt to do anything other than hurt the other bloke.

I'm not old enough to remember him playing though, and i might have a different view if I could (i remeber him bejng a bit of a dick as a manager sometimes), but I've a lot of time for the Souness and the sort of person he appears to be in recent years.

I am old enough to remember him playing, shortly after his transfer from Middlesbrough to Liverpool and I have to say some of his challenges were absolutely brutal. However his playing career was real beauty and the beast stuff...I've watched him do extraordinary ,pin point long distance passes ,straight after bone crunching tackles..and of course he ran the roost during that period of Liverpool dominance over us at Maine rd when they seemed to batter us season in,season out.
Fantastic player in his prime,but brutal with it.

 

[bennyboy]

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

There's an over the top tackle in a European game for Rangers that is unbelievable. Probably the worst I've seen. Absolutely no attempt to do anything other than hurt the other bloke.

It was the way he pointed it his own leg (or was it his sock) afterwards that made it even more notable!

 

[melrose40yarder]

To think he was on his way to us then shredded wheat head shit himself over the fee.2 yrs later we bought Steve Daley.

 

[Vienna_70]

I am old enough to remember him playing, shortly after his transfer from Middlesbrough to Liverpool and I have to say some of his challenges were absolutely brutal. However his playing career was real beauty and the beast stuff...I've watched him do extraordinary ,pin point long distance passes ,straight after bone crunching tackles..and of course he ran the roost during that period of Liverpool dominance over us at Maine rd when they seemed to batter us season in,season out.
Fantastic player in his prime,but brutal with it.

I always thought he was a dirty bastard. A great player, but dirty.

And McMahon after him was almost as bad.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I always thought he was a dirty bastard. A great player, but dirty.

And McMahon after him was almost as bad.

Not quite as mobile as Souness though.

 

[Vienna_70]

Not quite as mobile as Souness though.

He certainly wasn’t by the time he arrived at Maine Road.

 

[Koniec]

I am old enough to remember him playing, shortly after his transfer from Middlesbrough to Liverpool and I have to say some of his challenges were absolutely brutal. However his playing career was real beauty and the beast stuff...I've watched him do extraordinary ,pin point long distance passes ,straight after bone crunching tackles..and of course he ran the roost during that period of Liverpool dominance over us at Maine rd when they seemed to batter us season in,season out.
Fantastic player in his prime,but brutal with it.

I’m old enough to remember his debut for the Huns. Utter bastard.

 

[Blue Feather]

He could be a nasty piece of work on the pitch; there's one infamous tackle he did on an Aberdeen player (I think) while he was at Rangers. It was horrendous. But he does seem to be a sound bloke away from the hostile environment of the football pitch. And he always seemed to be one of the better pundits, not peddling some bullshit agenda against us.

I think they played Arsenal in a League Cup game and if I remember correctly their 'hard man' Peter Nicholas 'did' a scouse player in the first leg. I was listening to the second leg on the radio and while no-one saw what happened Nicholas had to go off and Souness was the nearest player to him, just a coincidence of course......