BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Interesting @oldjamfan1, I wouldn't argue with any of those. Like you say, all very subjective. 

I'd actually forgotten how good Wrighty was but watching those recent clips shows he was brilliant coming forward with the ball. Shame for Wrighty that  Le Saux became available, there haven't been many better left backs than GLS. 

We've been lucky to have witnessed both Duff and Sellars, I'd play two left sided players just to accommodate them!

Some Rovers legends in those teams. 

Edited November 23, 2020 by Hoochie Bloochie Mama

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Alan Wright was a much better all round Left Back than Bjornabye.

[Mattyblue]

Loved Scotty, but better than Duff? Never!

 

[oldjamfan1]

Just now, Mattyblue said:

Loved Scotty, but better than Duff? Never!

 

I suspect that will be a pretty widely held view - as evidenced by the trajectory of their careers.

[Oldgregg86]

56 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Picking what I reckon would have been our strongest 2001 side versus what I think is our strongest side of 91/92: 

Friedel v Mimms - much as I thought Mimms was very decent, Brad wins this one for me easily.

Curtis v Brown - not a lot in this one, Curtis was very steady for us but Brown did well in that  1992 team. If I had to rely on one of them though it would be Curtis, so he gets the nod from me

Short v Moran - Craig was a colossus in that side, and made himself an all-time hero on Easter Sunday 2001. However, Moran was a warrior and a fabulous footballer too. His goal at Derby in the play off semi was the epitome of him.

Berg v Hendry - Difficult to choose between these two, at their peak, but here I'm judging Berg at the end of his career and Colin approaching the peak of his, so he edges it.

Bjornebye v Wright - Little Wrighty was a good full back for us, ideal for that Kenny promotion team, but the Norwegian was a class act and quietly went about his business and was a helluva crosser of the ball.

Gillespie v Wilcox - Wilcox chipped in with a few goals in that promotion season and played on the right quite a lot if I remember correctly?  Gillespie had some sensational games though, and him on one wing and Duff on the other was an extraordinary combination of two very different types of winger.

Flitcroft v Atkins - very little to choose between these two to be honest, but I'll give it to Atkins because he was super.

Dunn v Cowans - Dunn was a very talented player when fit, but Sid was world class.

Duff v Sellars - sorry Scottie, Duffer is the best left winger I've ever seen play for Rovers.

Hughes v Newell - it may seem harsh on Sparky, but we really missed Newell when he got injured, and he came back just in time to rescue us.

Jansen v Speedie - Speaking of harsh, Speedie was a pocket dynamo and of course scored plenty of vital goals as well as being viciously hacked onto the Wembley turf on that glorious sunny May day in 1992. However, Matt Jansen was a very special talent and the sort of player you would pay good money to watch.

So the final score is 6-5 to the 2001 team

Obviously this is all my opinion and very subjective. You may not even think that these were the best eleven of each era. Looking at the squads, the 2001 side had good cover in all areas, we all know what happened in 1992 when we got a couple of injuries......

Never saw cowans play. Was he really better than Dunn ? If he was he must of been some player

[oldjamfan1]

13 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Never saw cowans play. Was he really better than Dunn ? If he was he must of been some player

Part of a team that won the (old) First Division and the European Cup, when you had to be champions just to be in it. He was a different class, a much better all-round footballer than Dunny.  Wand of a left foot. And we only saw him at the arse-end of his career so I can only imagine how good he must have been in his prime. Tugay-esque.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Part of a team that won the (old) First Division and the European Cup, when you had to be champions just to be in it. He was a different class, a much better all-round footballer than Dunny.  Wand of a left foot. And we only saw him at the arse-end of his career so I can only imagine how good he must have been in his prime. Tugay-esque.

He was never quite the same player after he broke his leg. We got him after that. Still a very, very good player. As you say more in a Tugay style of director of traffic in central midfield than a Dunny style of runner with the ball.

[oldjamfan1]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

He was never quite the same player after he broke his leg. We got him after that. Still a very, very good player. As you say more in a Tugay style of director of traffic in central midfield than a Dunny style of runner with the ball.

One of my mates - a  pro who played 500+ games including plenty in the prem - played alongside Sid even after he had left Rovers. He said he's the best midfield player he's ever shared a dressing room with.

[DeeCee]

5 hours ago, Colt Seavers said:

    A mix of both sides looks pretty lethal.

 

             Friedel

Berg Hendry Moran Bjornebye

Duff Cowans Dunn Sellars

          Speedie Jansen

Think we'd get promoted with that side? ??

[simongarnerisgod]

2 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

One of my mates - a  pro who played 500+ games including plenty in the prem - played alongside Sid even after he had left Rovers. He said he's the best midfield player he's ever shared a dressing room with.

cowans always had loads of time on the ball, the  sign of a class player,arguably up there with glen hoddle,zico and michel platini as the finest passer of football iv`e ever seen,incredibly only got a handful of england caps,which says a lot about the strength in depth of the england team in the 80`s

[Herbie6590]

Boxing Day at Molineux

 

[oldjamfan1]

Pretty sure that was the game I was sat next to Robert Plant on the main stand.

[Riversider28]

53 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Pretty sure that was the game I was sat next to Robert Plant on the main stand.

There was definitely no Communication Breakdown with that team.

[Gav]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Pretty sure that was the game I was sat next to Robert Plant on the main stand.

Main stand!

Robert Plant!

Dead posh.....

[Mattyblue]

14 years!

 

[oldjamfan1]

Just now, Gav said:

Main stand!

Robert Plant!

Dead posh.....

I didn’t know who he was until it was pointed out to me ?

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

14 years. Jesus wept. I was in the top tier. I remember very little!

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Pretty sure that was the game I was sat next to Robert Plant on the main stand.

I heard that name drop from here!

[Mattyblue]

Just now, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

14 years. Jesus wept. I was in the top tier. I remember very little!

Was it you skinning up behind me?

Edited November 23, 2020 by Mattyblue

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Just now, Mattyblue said:

Was it you skinning up behind me?

If it was near the back then probably! Although I think everyone that was there had someone skinning up behind them

Edited November 23, 2020 by Hoochie Bloochie Mama

[Gav]

7 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

14 years!

 

Amsterdam for 3 days was like a night out in Blackburn late 80’s early 90’s, just tremendous. 
 

[simongarnerisgod]

24 minutes ago, Gav said:

Amsterdam for 3 days was like a night out in Blackburn late 80’s early 90’s, just tremendous. 
 

i was due to go but was ill so i gave my ticket away for next to nothing,the lads who did go also said it was a fantastic trip and the feyenoord lot were complete headcases,did`nt one of them throw their pint of beer at  morten gamst pederson !!!!!!!!

[Colt Seavers]

1 hour ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

I heard that name drop from here!

Beat me to it. Nice to see we were on the same (Jimmy) Page.

[Ozz]

3 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Boxing Day at Molineux

 

Went to that, a rare sight of Russell Beardsmore one of Fergies Fledglings. Pretty dour game IIRC.  Bizarre stadium at that point.

[Gav]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i was due to go but was ill so i gave my ticket away for next to nothing

I don't know why, but giving tickets away put me in mind of this game, what was I thinking........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmn-rMxDjyg