Rog, Do you think Dorigo was better than Cooper ? I couldn't leave Strachan out - he was pure inspiration , the best player I've ever seen at Leeds. I agree about Harvey - even when he came back in the 80's he was brilliant. I remember one game at Maine Road where he was a one man defence, they just couldn't get round him. A truly brilliant keeper.
I agree about Madeley - I used to will him forward. I reckon he could have scored loads of goals if he'd been a bit more selfish. He could just walk round the opposition with ease. I agree about Woodgate. When we had 4 great centre halves at the club I rated them as follows 1) Woody 2) Lucas 3) Matteo 4) Rio and Rio wasn't bad. --- RM Goodair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies campers for picking up on an old thread, > but I've been having a > few days leave and only picked on the All Time XI > debate yesterday. > > I would have had to have Harvey in instead of > Martyn. Nige was outstanding > for us in the "living the dream" years, but he > wasn't in Harvey's class - > rated top keeper in the 1974 world cup, amongst many > other accolades. To my > mind the biggest mistake the greatest manager ever > to walk shoe leather > made, was not replacing Sprake (great keeper in his > own right) with Harvey > sooner than he did. I'm sure we would have won the > 1970 FA Cup with Harvey > between the sticks and probably another couple of > League Championships, had > he been handed the onion bag custodians job sooner > than he was. > > Moving on to the back four I'll throw my two penneth > in about the Rolls > Royce called Madeley. He was indeed outstanding all > over the pitch, > although he could have been accused of being an > earlier version of Batts in > terms of his reluctance to have a pop at goal; I do > recall him scoring an > outstanding headed goal at Anfield - may have been > Fairs Cup Semi, before we > went on to beat Juve in the final. Undoubtedly his > best position though was > right back, and I would have him in there instead of > Reaney. With all due > respect to Speedy (just how many times did the ball > flatten his nose on the > goal line!), for starters, Madeley won a hell of a > lot more England caps in > that position than Reaney did - pure class. The > rest of the back four picks > itself, although if there was any debate to be had, > it would surround > Woodgate - I'm one of his biggest fans (and have got > in to many a pub > argument about his abilities) and fitness permitting > he is still the best > English defender on the planet at the present time. > If he gets on the plane > to Germany this Summer, our chances of winning > increase immeasurably. As > for Lucas, good as he was, you're having a laugh! > > The midfield looks "set in stone", although > personally I would have found it > very difficult to split Lorimer and Strach. The > other three would walk in > to any team and King Billy is my favourite player of > all time - he would get > in my all time World XI let alone Leeds!! > > Sniffer obviously gets in to the front two. I never > had the privilege of > seeing John Charles play, although I do have a > signed copy of his > autobiography and once had a chat with him in > Leeds/Bradford airport > departure lounge - do you know he thought Maradonna > was the greatest player > of all time? Anyway, I digress, but bow to the > media, his footballing peers > and the OFOTL's on here as to his greatness; must > have been some sight > watching him in full flow. > > We may argue about the make up of the team, but > surely there is no debate as > to who would be managing them. As D's Dad (I think) > posted earlier, what > The Don achieved at Leeds was nothing less than a > miracle. He turned a > nothing, no tradition yo-yo team in to the greatest > club side in the world > and we owe him everything. OFOTL's excepted (I'm no > spring chicken > myself!); I suspect he is the reason, directly or > indirectly, why the vast > majority of us support/love the mighty whites. > > As an aside, with regard to the debate on the worst > manager we've ever had - > in my lifetime, Adamson without a doubt!! > > If you've got this far, thanks for reading! > > Cheers - Rog > > > > Roger M Goodair > Telecoms & ICT Support Manager > University of Bradford > Richmond Road > BRADFORD > BD7 1DP > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > the list administrators accept no liability for the > personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > ___________________________________________________________ Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
