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

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

This is almost as difficult as choosing the worst. Kinkladze was the best for me, worth the season ticket money for him alone.

 

[Blumooniac]

Apart from Lakey, a shout for Paul Stewart.

 

[kingn6]

Anelka was a few levels above and our best striker

(I thought Weah would be)

Distin the most underated defender in PL history is also a good pick.

James was our nest keeper

Horlock was a great midfielder

 

[hilts]

Francis
Anelka
Kinkladze

I have done it in that order because Francis and Anelka had very good careers. Kinklafze shone brightly for a very brief time and was a massive under achiever bearing in mind his talent.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Bernardo. Nooooo, yer fuckin' eejits, not Silva but Corradi!

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Trevor Francis.

I was 8 when we signed him and for a fleeting time in a sky blue shirt he was god! I remember where I was when I was told we'd sold him, I was heartbroken :( I know he was injured a lot, but fuckin hell, an absolute Rolls Royce of a footballer. A year or two later we'd gone from sheer class to the likes of Peter Bodak and Gordon fucking Dalziel. Cheers Mr Shredded wheat head. :(

 

[pride in battle]

Trevor Francis.

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

 

[pride in battle]

I was 8 when we signed him and for a fleeting time in a sky blue shirt he was god! I remember where I was when I was told we'd sold him, I was heartbroken :( I know he was injured a lot, but fuckin hell, an absolute Rolls Royce of a footballer. A year or two later we'd gone from sheer class to the likes of Peter Bodak and Gordon fucking Dalziel. Cheers Mr Shredded wheat head. :(

Nail on head !!

 

[pride in battle]

Anelka was a few levels above and our best striker

(I thought Weah would be)

Distin the most underated defender in PL history is also a good pick.

James was our nest keeper

Horlock was a great midfielder

Distin was a class defender

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Ireland
Kinkladze
Anelka

I'd love to have seen what Pep could have got out of those three.