your favourite 3 players at your club, past or present

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For me

1 McGrath.
2 Bosnich.
3 JPA

Very true Stella, but a stalwart of the Pompey teams, Best Team of the Forties and thru the mid-fifties. Downhill from there.
Think I'm correct in saying that only Billy Wright, Finney and Matthews had played more often for England when Jimmy Dick came to the end of his run, yet the morons who run the Hall Of Fame seem to discount such sustained excellence.

Holymiky wrote:It was a tough one trust me, I changed it a few times too. Plus the players I have selected are ones that I have watched more, I wasn't able to watch as much when the players you mentioned were around, obviously I am aware of them and know that they were brilliant for us.

You aren't much younger than me and I have good memories of the late 90s/early 00s squad. I could add Di Matteo, Hasselbaink and Poyet as my next three. Desailly close and I did like Gronkjaer, probably more so retrospectively as he scored the goal that clinched UCL, saved the club a Poopie ton of debt and ultimately attracted Roman.

CFCNick wrote:

Holymiky wrote:It was a tough one trust me, I changed it a few times too. Plus the players I have selected are ones that I have watched more, I wasn't able to watch as much when the players you mentioned were around, obviously I am aware of them and know that they were brilliant for us.

You aren't much younger than me and I have good memories of the late 90s/early 00s squad. I could add Di Matteo, Hasselbaink and Poyet as my next three. Desailly close and I did like Gronkjaer, probably more so retrospectively as he scored the goal that clinched UCL, saved the club a Poopie ton of debt and ultimately attracted Roman.

Don't get me wrong I know that they were around when I was able to watch I guess I just went with who I have watched more but like I said i am aware of all the players mentioned and realise how good they were for us.

How dare anyone question the great Mikey? He's the only person I know who thinks Ray Wilkins has an X in it

You would have to say that wouldn't you Paul!

It shall never be forgotten

I could probably name a favourite three players of every club in the premier league without having to even look at squads, there's not a club that I haven't liked players at

Go on then

The West Brom one will be interesting. Err...John Hartson...David Burrows...Franck Nouble...

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Arsenal: Henry, Bergkamp, Seaman
Aston Villa: Dalian Atkinson, Alan Wright, Yorke
Burnley: Eagles, Big Brian Jensen, Trippier
Chelsea: Zola, Jimmy Floyd, Cudicini
Crystal Palace: Johnson, Kiraly, Wright (doesnt really count, but I always liked Ian so I'll throw him in even though I don't have a memory of watching football when he played for them)
Everton: Pienaar, Dunc, Unsworth
Hull: Geovanni, Garcia, Bullard
Leicester: Impey, Guppy, Flowers
Liverpool: Owen, Berger, Alonso
Man City: Tevez, Rosler, Silva
Man United: Keane, Scholes, Giggs
Newcastle: Asprilla, Given, Beardsley
QPR: Sinclair, Green, Sir Les
Southampton: Pahars, Bridge, Egil!
Stoke: Crouchy, Begovic (just seems a cracking bloke), Bojan
Sunderland: Phillips, Quinn, Fletcher
Swansea: Ki, Britton, Michu
Tottenham: Parker, Carrick, Zamora (What? Their only good ones have been West Ham boys!)
West Brom: Gera, Wallwork, Darren Moore

Probably. Am I the only one who can never list all 20 clubs in the Prem without checking? I miss about 2 or 3 every time

I'll admit I cheated with the Palace picks, I could only remember Andy Johnson outside of current players

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Started then accidentally exited tab

Arsenal: Henry, Bergkamp, Seaman
Aston Villa: Dalian Atkinson, Alan Wright, Yorke
Burnley: Eagles, Big Brian Jensen, Trippier
Chelsea: Zola, Jimmy Floyd, Cudicini
Crystal Palace: Johnson, Kiraly, Wright (doesnt really count, but I always liked Ian so I'll throw him in even though I don't have a memory of watching football when he played for them)
Everton: Pienaar, Dunc, Unsworth
Hull: Geovanni, Garcia, Bullard
Leicester: Impey, Guppy, Flowers
Liverpool: Owen, Berger, Alonso
Man City: Tevez, Rosler, Silva
Man United: Keane, Scholes, Giggs
Newcastle: Asprilla, Given, Beardsley
QPR: Sinclair, Green, Sir Les
Southampton: Pahars, Bridge, Egil!
Stoke: Crouchy, Begovic (just seems a cracking bloke), Bojan
Sunderland: Phillips, Quinn, Fletcher
Swansea: Ki, Britton, Michu
Tottenham: Parker, Carrick, Zamora (What? Their only good ones have been West Ham boys!)
West Brom: Gera, Wallwork, Darren Moore

Probably. Am I the only one who can never list all 20 clubs in the Prem without checking? I miss about 2 or 3 every time

Good choice for the Villa.
Dalien Atkinson was class and a top charachter.
Loved little Alan Wright, his goal away to Boro was quality.
Yorkie, never a big fan of his as such, was always going to go to a club like Utd.

1 Henrik Larsson
2. Lubo Moravcik
3. Stan Petrov

Honourable mention to Alan Stubbs and Bobo Balde

The Boss wrote:1 Henrik Larsson
2. Lubo Moravcik
3. Stan Petrov
Honourable mention to Alan Stubbs and Bobo Balde

He would probably be my 4th favourite player.
Glad to hear he is coming back as coach.

Great to see him recovering Westi. Remember having an old white Celtic top with Petrov 19 on the back. Loved it.

Was a good player for Villa.
Top guy.

There are some footballers who are morons.
Then there are guys like Stan. Who people look up to.

The Boss wrote:Great to see him recovering Westi. Remember having an old white Celtic top with Petrov 19 on the back. Loved it.

I have the 'support stan' t shirt.

Stan always seemed like a gentleman.

As a side note, a few of the older posters might appreciate this. I remember being at the Milk Cup in portrush with my Granda when I was around 8/9. He pointed to an old man standing watching the football and told me to go over and say hello and ask for his autograph. I had no idea who he was but went on ahead anyway.

Turned out it was Harry Gregg. Stood talking to me and my Granda for a bit. Nice man and glad to say I met him.

Here's mine:

Arsenal: Bergkamp, Pires, Wright
Aston Villa: Platt, Yorke, Saunders
Burnley: Akinbiyi, Eagles, Heath
Chelsea: Zola, Desailly, Gullit
Palace: Wright, Bright, Freedman
Everton: Southall, Lineker, Radcliffe
Hull: Windass, Barmby, Turner
Leicester: Heskey, Izzet, Walsh
Man City: Aguero, Silva, Toure
Newcastle: Gazza, Asprilla, Speed
QPR: Sinclair, Ferdinand, Fenwick
Southampton: Le Tiss, Wallace, Beattie
Stoke: Crouch, Delap, Begovic
Sunderland: Phillips, Quinn, Gabbiadini
Swansea: Trundle, Scotland, Britton
Tottenham: Modric, Berbatov, Sheringham
West Brom: Robson, Regis, Morrison
West Ham: Ince, McAvennie, Cottee

Three favourites from all teams

Scholes
Bergkamp
Suarez

Hero wrote:
West Ham: Ince, McAvennie, Cottee

If you've ever shown your age on here I think that little partnership shows you up! I'm still an Ince fan, but I don't remember him leaving and loved his style of play. Also, he's still West Ham through and through and loves the club regardless.

Love that Hero missed out Liverpool! Also Berger is an odd but fine choice, just never really got going because of injuries.

Arsenal: Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Kolo Toure
Aston Villa: Olof Mellberg, Juan Pablo Angel, Gareth Barry
Burnley: Danny Ings, Steven Fletcher, Graham Alexander
Chelsea: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Claude Makelele, Joe Cole
Crystal Palace: Gabriel Kiraly, Andy Johnson, Danny Granville
Everton: Duncan Ferguson, Thomas Gravesen, Sylvain Distin
Hull: Geovanni, Nick Barmby, Robert Koren
Leicester: Emile Heskey, Muzzy Izzet, Frank Sinclair
Manchester City: David Silva, Nicholas Anelka, Alvaro Negredo
Manchester United: David Beckham, Phil Neville, Luke Chadwick
Newcastle United: Alan Shearer, Andy Carroll, Shay Given
QPR: Djibril Cisse, Loic Remy, Alejandro Faurlin
Southampton: Matthew Le Tissier, Ricky Lambert, Gaston Ramirez
Stoke: Peter Crouch, Asmir Begovic, Steven N'Zonzi
Sunderland: Kevin Phillips, Craig Gordon, Steven Fletcher
Swansea: Leon Britton, Jonjo Shelvey, Nathan Dyer
Tottenham: Scott Parker, Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch
West Brom: Zoltan Gera, Scott Carson, Shane Long
West Ham: Scott Parker, Yossi Benayoun, Andy Carroll

arsenal: silverstre, andy cole, RVP
aston villa: yorke, mcgrath, schmeichel
burnley: eagles, heaton, andy cole
chelsea: wilkins, mata, mark hughes
palace: frazier campbell, zaha, zeki fryers
everton- kanchelskis, p.neville, howard
hull- james chester, paul mcshane, frazier campbell
leicester- de laet, drinkwater, danny simpson
liverpool- owen, ince, beardsley
man city- schmeichel, law, kidd
newcastle: cole, gillespie, obertan
qpr- rio, park, paul parker
saints- higginbotham, danny wallace, shaw
stoke- shawcross, diouf, bardsley
sunderland- o'shea, brown, bardsley
swansea- ???
spurs- carrick, berba, teddy
WBA- fletcher, foster, robbo
west ham- ince, teddy, rio

see what i did there, i cant believe swansea has spoilt it thought i was going to do the whole lot, cant think of any who played for united. well annoying!

Genuinely didn't mean to miss out Liverpool

Would have been Barnes, Beardsley and Fowler

Arsenal: Manu Petit, Bug Tony Adams, Ian Wright Wright Wright
Aston Villa: Apple Pie (Alpay), Wilfried Bouma, Luc Nilis
Burnley: Beast (Brian Jensen), George Boyd, Danny Ings
Chelsea: Dan Petrescu, Pierluigi Casiraghi (poor bloke), Gianluca Vialli
Crystal Palace: Tomas Brolin, Attilio Lombardo, Eddie McGoldrick
Everton: Peter Beardsley, Robert Warzycha, Gary Ablett
Hull: Dean Windass, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Robert Koren
Leicester: Muzzy Izzet, Matty Elliott, Esteban Cambiasso
Liverpool: Paddy Berger, Harry Kewell, Oyvind Leonhardsen
Man City: Paul Walsh, Marc-Vivien Foe (RIP), Paul Bosvelt
Man United: Mark Hughes, Andrei Kanchelskis, Owen Hargreaves
Newcastle: Gary Speed (RIP), Faustino Asprilla, Patrick Kluivert
QPR: Heidar Helguson, Ray Wilkins, Dennis Bailey
Southampton: Marian Pahars, Anders Svensson, Claus Lundekvam
Stoke: Tuncay, Marko Arnautovic, Ryan Shawcross
Sunderland: Asamoah Gyan, Julio Arca, Stefan Schwarz
Swansea: Gylfi Sigurdsson, Michu, Chico Flores
Tottenham: Jurgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu, David Ginola
West Brom: Nwankwo Kanu, Romelu Lukaku, Jason Koumas
West Ham: Julian Dicks, Dean Ashton, Hugo Porfirio

Where has this love for Patrick Berger all of a sudden come from?

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

Hero wrote:
West Ham: Ince, McAvennie, Cottee

If you've ever shown your age on here I think that little partnership shows you up! I'm still an Ince fan, but I don't remember him leaving and loved his style of play. Also, he's still West Ham through and through and loves the club regardless.

Frank and Tony were a force, awesome partnership together and really complimented each other.

Certainly did, not a year goes by that people dont moan about how we cant replicate that partnership.

Patrik Berger is almost entirely because of a montage Sky Sports did with "because you're gorgeous" playing. Lovely left foot too.

Also, Hugo Porfirio is one hell of a pick. Surprised you didnt like Florin Raducioiu too!

Jerome boere? Was that his name? Went a bit mental.

The Boss,
All readers should know about Harry Gregg; pretty much a one-man rescue squad in the first minutes after the Munich crash - heroic doesn't come close to covering it.

Anyone who doesn't know his story, but is interested, should read this Telegraph piece:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2291113/Harry-Gregg-Remember-me-as-a-footballer.html

There's a short BBC interview somewhere, but can't find it for the moment. Well worth letting your fingers do the Googling to dig it out though. Dignified man. Great footballer.

Dolph, I have a signed West Ham shirt with Raducioiu, Futre, all that side plus Harry on it. All the ones in blue have faded to death but all the ones in black are still there. Some great names.

Crimey wrote:Where has this love for Patrick Berger all of a sudden come from?

Euro 96 for me. I'd watched him play twice before then and picked him in my fantasy side, won a grand from The Sun (I think). Still the greatest tournament of my lifetime for me, and he was a big reason for it. Plus, he had fantastic hair, Hall-of-Fame worthy hair.

Arsenal: Platt, Rocastle, Lukic
Burnley: Jenson, Elliot, Alexander
Chelsea, JFH, Zola, Townsend
C Palace: Bright, Morrison, Thomas
Everton: Southall, Sheedy, Beagerie
Hull, Boatang, Barnby, Guzan
Leicester: Dublin, Grayson, Albrighton
Liverpool: Staunton, Houghton, Aldridge
M City: Kinkladze, Quinn, Dibble
M Utd: Webb, D Wallace, Leighton
Newcastle, Given, M Quinn, Krul
QPR: Sinclair, Ferdinand, Penrice
Saints: Benali, Long, Forster
Stoke: Ireland, Sorenson, Walters
Sunderland: Phillips, Quinn, Cuellar
Swasea: Vorm, Dyer, Sinclair
Spurs: Keane, Torsveldt(sp), Ginola
WBA: Brunt, Gera, Kinsella
West Ham: Cole, Cottee, Noble.

kwinigolfer wrote:The Boss,
All readers should know about Harry Gregg; pretty much a one-man rescue squad in the first minutes after the Munich crash - heroic doesn't come close to covering it.

Anyone who doesn't know his story, but is interested, should read this Telegraph piece:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2291113/Harry-Gregg-Remember-me-as-a-footballer.html

There's a short BBC interview somewhere, but can't find it for the moment. Well worth letting your fingers do the Googling to dig it out though. Dignified man. Great footballer.

Kwini, thought you might appreciate it. Read his book a few years back. One of the best autobiographies I've read too.

The Boss,

There's no denying the skills and abilities, occasional flashes of character, of players of today, but there were plenty of greats of the past with truly remarkable real-life stories. I always enjoy reading about them, whether they're before my time or not.
Harry Gregg close to top of the pile.

kwinigolfer wrote:The Boss,

There's no denying the skills and abilities, occasional flashes of character, of players of today, but there were plenty of greats of the past with truly remarkable real-life stories. I always enjoy reading about them, whether they're before my time or not.
Harry Gregg close to top of the pile.

Kwini / The Boss,

Harry Gregg was coming to the end of his playing career when I really started following the game but still feel I can strongly second Kwini's comments about such a fine keeper and an even better man. Boss, you should treasure meeting him and your Granda for giving you the opportunity.

Kwin's comments above are spot on although it should be recognised that there are some heart breaking stories amongst the greats of the past. I can't attach on this old blackberry but have a look in particular at the tragic tale of Hughie Gallacher.

A scoring sensation in Scotland and England between the wars - any Chelsea or Newcastle fan who knows his club will have Hughie in his team. My great uncle was a journeyman professional at the same time and, years later in the 1980s, assured me that Gallacher and Best were the two greatest footballers he had ever played against or watched on the park.

Villa - Platt, Merson, Laursen
Burnley - Alexander, Jensen, Ings
Chelsea - Zola, Di Matteo, Makelele
Palace - Wright, Thomas, Lombardo
Everton - Amokachi, Ferguson, McCall
Hull - Windass, Bullard,
Leicester - Claridge, Izzet, Elliott
Liverpool - Beardsley, Fowler, McManaman
Man City - Goater, Aguero, Kompany
Man United - Scholes, Keane, Blackmore
Newcastle - Asprilla, Albert, Watson
QPR - Sinclair, Ferdinand, Seaman
Southampton - Le Tissier, Kachoul, Dia
Sunderland - Phillips, Quinn, Bould
Swansea - Trundle, Michu, Fabianski
WBA - Kiely, Gera, Dorrans
West Ham - Di Canio, Winterburn, Ashton

Winterburn?! WINTERBURN?! Least if you're throwing an Arsenal bias in you could pick Hartson or Wright!

I'd forgotten that Big John played for the Hammers. Him and Kitson were a great partnership.

Showing my age:

Brooking, Devonshire and Alvin Martin

Good old Alvin

Stuart Pearce
Des Walker
Stan Collymore

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Winterburn?! WINTERBURN?! Least if you're throwing an Arsenal bias in you could pick Hartson or Wright!

Clayton Blackmore was the Utd pick! Scholes and Keane fair enough but then of all the other greats over the years Clayton Blackmore does not spring to mind!

As you probably gathered, it was a slightly tounge in cheek pick Hero! Mainly chose him as one of my mates used to pretend to be Blackmore when we played football after school.

Nakatomi Plaza wrote:As you probably gathered, it was a slightly tounge in cheek pick Hero! Mainly chose him as one of my mates used to pretend to be Blackmore when we played football after school.

Was he sh.t as well?

I thought this was favourite players, not best players?

Azzy wrote:I thought this was favourite players, not best players?

It is.

So why are people getting pilloried for picking obscure players? I forgot Clayton Blackmore ever existed until I saw his name here

Stella wrote:

Nakatomi Plaza wrote:As you probably gathered, it was a slightly tounge in cheek pick Hero! Mainly chose him as one of my mates used to pretend to be Blackmore when we played football after school.

Was he sh.t as well?

Yes! His impersonation mainly consisted of him attempting to toe punt the ball home from long range with his left foot.

Azzy wrote:So why are people getting pilloried for picking obscure players? I forgot Clayton Blackmore ever existed until I saw his name here

I was only jesting about Blackmore, though it's a strange choice.