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Waddie

Waddie

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Just had a general chat about football with a neighbour, a Citeh fan in his 70s, and he asked me who was our best player.

Long silence.

Couldn't answer.

Don't think that it was because I couldn't remember their names, just don't think anyone warrants that title.

Bit of a sorry state of affairs eh?
 
Oh Hughie Costello said:
He's been a great signing so far but his flaws have been highlighted on too many occasions in the past 10 games- doesn't command his six yard box and reacts too slow to shots through a crowd of players.
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Point taken, but rather than say who isn't, or why shouldn't, someone be the best player, say who, in your opinion is.
Difficult isn't it?
 
Waddie said:
Actually, thinking about it, Woodman would possibly be my choice at the moment.

Is it a good thing naming your goalkeeper as your best player?
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That was my first thought Waddie, not good naming your keeper…
 
Waddie said:
Just had a general chat about football with a neighbour, a Citeh fan in his 70s, and he asked me who was our best player.

Long silence.

Couldn't answer.

Don't think that it was because I couldn't remember their names, just don't think anyone warrants that title.

Bit of a sorry state of affairs eh?
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Not a sorry state of affairs at all. I bet your neighbour is like most City fans - they struggle to name their best player too 😁
 
It's Brady based on talent.

Never looked anything but classy when he's been played at LWB, and has done ok centrally.

Most assists, and he's miles in front in terms of crosses and key passes. Defensively good too.
 
Waddie said:
Actually, thinking about it, Woodman would possibly be my choice at the moment.

Is it a good thing naming your goalkeeper as your best player?
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No but it's been the case for quite a few years with the odd exception obviously 😀
 
My old man and I got asked by this by an elderly Sunderland fan we got chatting to when we went this season. We both looked at each other and took a fairly long time to reply, before both answering with different players.

In this thread, we've had Woodman, Storey, Brady. None of those are either of the players we suggested to that Sunderland fan.

In fact, we have at least half a dozen players who I could make the argument for, but I don't feel convinced by any of them enough to stick my neck out and say I think they're our best player.

It's not necessarily that I don't even rate our current squad, rather a combination of our lack of squad depth and having a group of players who are roughly about the same level.
 
MattPNE17 said:
My old man and I got asked by this by an elderly Sunderland fan we got chatting to when we went this season. We both looked at each other and took a fairly long time to reply, before both answering with different players.

In this thread, we've had Woodman, Storey, Brady. None of those are either of the players we suggested to that Sunderland fan.

In fact, we have at least half a dozen players who I could make the argument for, but I don't feel convinced by any of them enough to stick my neck out and say I think they're our best player.

It's not necessarily that I don't even rate our current squad, rather a combination of our lack of squad depth and having a group of players who are roughly about the same level.
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As in "average " ? 🙂
 
MattPNE17 said:
My old man and I got asked by this by an elderly Sunderland fan we got chatting to when we went this season. We both looked at each other and took a fairly long time to reply, before both answering with different players.

In this thread, we've had Woodman, Storey, Brady. None of those are either of the players we suggested to that Sunderland fan.

In fact, we have at least half a dozen players who I could make the argument for, but I don't feel convinced by any of them enough to stick my neck out and say I think they're our best player.

It's not necessarily that I don't even rate our current squad, rather a combination of our lack of squad depth and having a group of players who are roughly about the same level.
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The worrying thing is can you see any of the younger players ever reaching Pearson/ Davies level?
 
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