Best player from our doldrums years (1980 to roughly 2009)

[Manc in London]

It depends what you mean by best player.

Highest quality: Benarbia, Elano and Elk.

Players who got me off my feet, grinning from ear to ear and wanting to go to the game: Gio, Benarbia, SWP and Elano.

Players whose attitude I loved: Power, McNab, Curle, Hendry, Andy Morrison, Uwe and SWP.

Probably a few I have missed out.

Since 2008, I have one clear favourite: David Silva.

Can we have a thread on most irritating players? I want to mention Petrov.

 

[Keeper!]

Never mind Lol. He was better than the likes of Nunes for starters.

Even up to today, Kinkladze is technically the best player ever to pull on our shirt, I would put him at the same level as Messi, Ronaldo and Maradona.

Sadly he was an utter waster, bad attitude, lazy and unprofessional.

He would rather have gone out with Nicholas Summerbee and get shitfaced everynight than work hard and become what should have been one of the all time greats.

 

[Keeper!]

It depends what you mean by best player.

Highest quality: Benarbia, Elano and Elk.

Players who got me off my feet, grinning from ear to ear and wanting to go to the game: Gio, Benarbia, SWP and Elano.

Players whose attitude I loved: Power, McNab, Curle, Hendry, Andy Morrison, Uwe and SWP.

Probably a few I have missed out.

Since 2008, I have one clear favourite: David Silva.

Can we have a thread on most irritating players? I want to mention Petrov.

Petrov was one proper moody *ucker.

 

[GaudinosWheels]

Ederson has just about overtaken Coton for me but TC was an outstanding goalkeeper and what a character.

TC was my childhood hero. Still have him up on a pedestal. My brother in law got me a cameo birthday message from him for my 40th and the room must have been a bit dusty because I definitely had something in my eye.

 

[Keeper!]

TC was my childhood hero. Still have him up on a pedestal. My brother in law got me a cameo birthday message from him for my 40th and the room must have been a bit dusty because I definitely had something in my eye.

And like now half of our fan base hated him because they though Dibble was better, FFS.

 

[GaudinosWheels]

And like now half of our fan base hated him because they though Dibble was better, FFS.

Spot on. Used to sit in the North Stand and TC just exuded this confidence/arrogance that he couldn’t be beaten. How he never played for England (Swales shenanigans aside) is criminal.

 

[Keeper!]

Spot on. Used to sit in the North Stand and TC just exuded this confidence/arrogance that he couldn’t be beaten. How he never played for England (Swales shenanigans aside) is criminal.

The best ever keeper I have seen in a one on one situation, he was simply magnificent, he terrified the opponent because they knew even if they beat him will skill they would be taken out big time.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Can we have a thread on most irritating players? I want to mention Petrov.

We can't as he was the player I was going to mention as my favourite :)

And Damarcus B but that's in part cuz he's a Yank.

 

[kun]

We can't as he was the player I was going to mention as my favourite :)

And Damarcus B but that's in part cuz he's a Yank.

I loved Petrov, really good player. He’s not wrong though, he was a right moody fucker and pretty frustrating.

 

[Manc in London]

Petrov was one proper moody *ucker.

Moody and possibly the softest player to ever wear our colours. When he was annoyed with a teammate on the pitch it would seemingly take him an age to get over it.