Bridgford Ram Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 I have tried to watch the England game but as always they are under performing. My mind started wandering and I came up with this; If you could take 1 player from each of the Brian Clough, Dave Mackay, Arthur Cox and Jim Smith eras to improve the current squad, who would you take and what would your XI be? Clough era - Alan Hinton Mackay era - David Nish Cox era - Dean Saunders Smith era - Paolo Wanchope. Not necessarily the best players from each era - no McFarland, Hector, Todd, George, Wright, Shilton or Stimac but I have picked out what I feel to be the current weaknesses and addressed them, giving me ------------------ Carson ---------------- Wisdom - Davies - Keogh - Nish Lawrence - Johnson - Huddlestone - Hinton ---------- Saunders - Wanchope --------- Have a go, see if you can beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Gladys Hinton King Charlie George Williams Igooooor. Giving: Carson Wisdom. Keogh. Stimac. Forsyth Lawrence. Williams. Huds. Hinton George. Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Great challenge. There's no team in the world that wouldn't be improved by Roy McFarland at his peak. Separating the Clough and Mackay teams is tricky from memory, but I'd love Charlie George in any side so I'm happy to choose him. From Arthur's team it's a choice between Saunders and ooh Mark Wright, but for me Wright was such an incredibly gifted ball playing centre half I'd want him in my team. What do we need from Jim Smith to complete the package? The midfield skills of Asanovic or Eranio or the forward ability of Wanchope or Sturridge? My team is: Carson Wisdom Wright McFarland Lowe Huddlestone Thorne Lawrence George Asanovic Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomarkwright Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 McFarland Archie Gemmill Mark Wright Eranio Carson Wisdom McFarland Wright Forsyth Eranio Gemmill Huddlestone Lawrence Vydra Nugent Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 We don't need to aim so high..... clough - robson mackay - daniel cox - chandler smith - carsley carson wisdom . Keogh. Daniel Robson . Carsley. Huddlestone russell. Vydra . Chandler . Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Oooh this is a great thread. Well done Bridgford my four: From Brian's side Archie Gemmill for his leadership, drive and cussedness and ability; from Dave's side Charlie George because he had everything you would want in a footballer; from Arthur's side Peter Shilton the moaniest keeper I've ever seen, but the best; and from Jim's side Eranio for his movement and genius. Shilton, wisdom, Keogh, Davies, Fozzy (at his best); Thorne; Eranio, George, Gemmill, Lawrence; Martin Christ, the players I haven't picked........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblur Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 cI want a strong defence and I can't have Toddy&Roy Mac,so I've gone for Toddy and Mark Wright.I just have to pick Charlie and Eranio. I think Mason tries too hard and needs to relax more,and if you can't relax in this team,you've got problems.As I like a bit of youth in the team I've gone for Max Lowe,who's impressed me,and I like him going forward.Toddy minded a class act like David Nish through his initial bad spell,so if Max ever got into difficulties,the express tank would look after him. My team:- Carson,Wisdom,Wright,Todd,Lowe,Thorne,Eranio,Bennett,Vydra,George,Lawrence. An alternative poser,but I don't want to muck up the excellent thread, would be to pick 4 from the current squad to somehow try to improve Brian,Dave,Jim and Arthur's teams (one for each,and you have to decide which ones to replace).I've picked George,Tom,Chris& Vyds,but it's going to take me weeks to decide which teams and who to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irobinson Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Mc, King Charles, Deano, Stimac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I've gone for the old 'spine' approach - goalie, central defender, central midfielder, striker. Clough - Boulton Mackay - George Cox - Wright TBE - Eranio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igorwasking Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I'll go; Carson Wisdom Keogh McFarland Forsyth Huddlestone Gemmill Lawrence Vydra Asanovic Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgford Ram Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: Great challenge. 6 hours ago, ilkleyram said: Oooh this is a great thread. Well done Bridgford 5 hours ago, ramblur said: ...I don't want to muck up the excellent thread, Thank goodness for that, I went to bed last night and this thread was on fifty odd views and no replies - I thought that no one liked the thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Real novelty thread Bridgford, Carson Wisdom, Keogh, Stimac, Forsyth Lawrence, Huddlestone, Williams, Hinton Hector, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Archie Gemmill Charlie George Mark Wright Igor Stimac Carson Wisdom Stimac Wright Anya..................................Forsyth Gemmill Kieftenbeld Vydra George Nugent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 For the younger posters can we change it to players from Gregory, Todd, Brown and Jewell eras? That would be a much better challenge! Wasnt around for Clough and Mackay era but from Cox and Smith era I think I would go for Gregory and Eranio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 39 minutes ago, Zag zig said: Real novelty thread Bridgford, Carson Wisdom, Keogh, Stimac, Forsyth Lawrence, Huddlestone, Williams, Hinton Hector, Martin First poster to add King Kev... This gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: For the younger posters can we change it to players from Gregory, Todd, Brown and Jewell eras? That would be a much better challenge! Wasnt around for Clough and Mackay era but from Cox and Smith era I think I would go for Gregory and Eranio. Feuer Wisdom Keogh Hajto Forsyth Lawrence Ducrocq Hudd Johnson Holdsworth Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Clough - Hinton McKay - George Cox - Wright Asanovic I don't think defending if our problem, so bar Wright, who'd do Keogh's job of bringing it out from the back (a lot more elegantly), I've gone for creativity - --------------------------Carson Wisdom-------Wright----------Keogh---------Forsyth ------------------Huddlestone--Johnson George---------------Asanovic----------------Hinton -------------------------Nugent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie G Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Carson Wisdom Keogh Macfarland Lowe McMinn Thorne Rioch Asanovic Vydra Martin Yes Vydra and Martin upfront, they can play together I tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OohMartWright Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 8 hours ago, oomarkwright said: McFarland Archie Gemmill Mark Wright Eranio Carson Wisdom McFarland Wright Forsyth Eranio Gemmill Huddlestone Lawrence Vydra Nugent Martin I read this and thought "Wow that's a strong side", then realised that my "nearly namesake" had picked a team of twelve players!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 43 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: For the younger posters can we change it to players from Gregory, Todd, Brown and Jewell eras? That would be a much better challenge! Wasnt around for Clough and Mackay era but from Cox and Smith era I think I would go for Gregory and Eranio. No because somebody is bound to chose Robbie Savage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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