I think this should only be answered by fans like your goodself, A Blue,who has seen the likes of Bert play.Like you say it's hard to comment on players that you haven't seen.From what you hear off the older fans I don't think many would argue with that list from Ric though.I cringe with embarrassment when Paul Dickov gets mentioned in these sort of lists.A Blue said:Not much arguing with your selection Ric. Although as a previous reply said, I cant comment on players I havn,t seen.
I can go back to Bert, Joey Hayes, Sammy Sambrook etc
Players that lit up my life include Wagstaff ,Johnny Crossan, I remember my Mam buying me a Shirt for Christmas with Matt Grays number on it. Trouble was it was an Everton Shirt (its blue isnt it ? )Cried all christmas , i was 35 at the time.
Ali B, Kinky. We have had some great ones , but Colin Bell stands out above all of them.
Loved TC. Not much help with your list I know, but it brought back memories.
Ric said:Been a while since I originally did this for The Times, but most of the arguments centred on players further down the list and their relative placing. Be interesting, as we enter a new era for City, who people place as their ten greatest players to adorn the sacred blue shirt.
For those who can be arsed reading the full article, it's here:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_city/article5795355.ece" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 795355.ece</a>
For the record, mine were:
10. Neil Young
9. Tommy Johnson
8. Eric Brook
7. Francis Lee
6. Alan Oakes
5. Billy Meredith
4. Frank Swift
3. Peter Doherty
2. Bert Trautman
1. Colin Bell