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

[Keeper!]

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.

"softest player"
True but we have had our fair share of those.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

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.

Yeah, fair.

I assume others have mentioned Distain who I always liked.

 

[Manc in London]

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.

Surely not! :)

I am guessing you are not going to refer to his emotional intelligence, reliance when the chips were down, team work and willingness to get stuck in :)

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Surely not! :)

I am guessing you are not going to refer to his emotional intelligence, reliance when the chips were down, team work and willingness to get stuck in :)

I played wing growing up so that's why :). I liked Bellamy a lot too but he's a "new boy" by this thread's definition. I didn't say SWP cuz I figure everyone already did.

 

[Manc in London]

I played wing growing up so that's why :). I liked Bellamy a lot too but he's a "new boy" by this thread's definition. I didn't say SWP cuz I figure everyone already did.

If it's any consolation, I would pick Petrov ahead of Rick Holden :)

 

[kingn6]

Not a chance that David James was better than Tony Coton.

He was not closet rag so that makes him better :-)

 

[Irish Blue82]

Tony coton, he saved us from a certain relegation a couple of times.

He would have saved us again if Alan Ball had played once he got fit in 95/96!

 

[PaulPowerScreamer]

Ok, you lot - you've asked for it now.
Bobby Shinton, Stuart Lee.

Beat that.

Kare Ingebrigtsen? Stephen Jordan? (I know some people rated Jordan, I don't remember seeing him have a good game)

 

[I'm With Stupid]

A couple of quality loans in Van Buyten and Foe. I was so pissed off both times when we didn't take up the option to buy and instead pissed the same money it would have cost up the wall on players that were nowhere near as good.

For me, it's SWP. But I supposed technically speaking it was Anelka.

 

[kismet]

Trevor Francis and Nicolas Anelka so far ahead of anyone else we had during that period.

 

[ancoats]

Loved watching David Phillips, Was a very underrated player and had a powerful shot on him
Also Paul Stuart, another great player and very strong on the ball and eye for a goal

 

[East Level 2]

Great shout, he was on a different planet to the rest of the team, an absolute Rolls Royce of a player.

Trevor Francis was such a great player that he managed to play two thirds of the games even though so many fans reckon he was injured 80% of the time. His debut at Stoke was a great day out.

 

[eruptron]

If it's any consolation, I would pick Petrov ahead of Rick Holden :)

Rick Holden the slowest winger the world has ever seen

 

[eastmanc]

Rick Holden the slowest winger the world has ever seen

Ricky Holden was a very average winger.

 

[allyboy]

kinkladze by a mile. Francis only 1 mile behind though.

 

[langy]

David white is up there

 

[Frankie lad]

Clements.
Corrigan.
Curle
Power.
Dunne.
White.
Kinky was the Apple iPhone 16pro of the day.

 

[JGL07]

He would have saved us again if Alan Ball had played once he got fit in 95/96!

Nah. Ball would have thought up a new way to mess City up.

Taking the ball to the corner to waste time when you are in a relegation position takes some beating.

 

[bluesteel]

Coton

Rb? Distin CB? Phelan

SWP Lake Johnson Kinki

Rosler Anelka

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Imre Veradi, unfortunately we signed his brother Oli! :-(