Who is the Best All-Around Player England Has Ever Produced?

[melrose40yarder]

Seth Johnson

 

[Kippax77]

Kenny Samson was and Luke Shaw is very all round.
Was thinking about Jan Molby as well but remembered he isn't English.... he had a scouse accent

 

[jacko74]

Gascoigne, without a shadow of doubt. The talent he had was off the scale just a shame he had rocks where his brain should be.

I`d turn the tv on just to watch him play the beautiful game.

I'd say its the rocks for brains that actually made him the player he was.

Footballing ability is nothing without also having self-confidence, especially where 'flair' players are concerned.

Most people with any level of intelligence hold a certain degree of self doubt and self analysis which can impede their natural ability.

Gascoigne's lack of intellect meant his self-confidence was off the scale which allowed him to demonstrate his flair completely unencumbered by any hesitancy or feelings of self doubt.

 

[chedinho]

If there’s a better all round player than Paul Lake. Then he’s the best.

 

[davyhulme blue]

Brian robson

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

We'll never know what he would have become, but everyone who saw him play, including knowledgeable City fans at the time, would have put Duncan Edwards in this conversation. By all accounts, at eighteen, he already played like a twenty-five year old. Oh, and also by all accounts, he could play literally any position (except keeper).
My stepfather (who trialled for London Boys) saw those lads. Denis Viollet was the one he always raved about.

 

[Ste68]

We'll never know what he would have become, but everyone who saw him play, including knowledgeable City fans at the time, would have put Duncan Edwards in this conversation. By all accounts, at eighteen, he already played like a twenty-five year old. Oh, and also by all accounts, he could play literally any position (except keeper).
My stepfather (who trialled for London Boys) saw those lads. Denis Viollet was the one he always raved about.

Have heard old time blues insist Edwards’s was destined to be the best player of his generation. Same with Peter Doherty being City’s best ever player. Difficult to judge fairly across generations and so many players lost prime years like Doherty and Matthews. Best I have seen would be between Keegan who made the best of his ability and Gascogne. Rooney in his first tournament was frightening but never really hit those heights often enough to stay in the debate.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Ian Botham.

 

[tommy116]

Roy Race, Close Thread

 

[Cityfan]

CB Fry was meant to be pretty good at most things