Jump to content

BRFCS

BY THE FANS, FOR THE FANS
SINCE 1996
Proudly partnered with TheTerraceStore.com

BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

Herbie6590
 Share

Recommended Posts

Hoochie Bloochie Mama World Cup

Hoochie Bloochie Mama

Posted
Posted (edited)

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 by Hoochie Bloochie Mama
  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 4.6k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

den
den

A personal, potted history.... walking through centre turnstile on riverside to a packed Ewood for the first time. Awestruck at the scarves, rattles. marching band. seeing Ronnie Clayton lea

den
den

Without doubt, better to have tasted the riches. For me personally Venkys changed the way I saw Rovers. It shouldn’t have done, but it did. Things they can never do though. They can’t take away t

Hoochie Bloochie Mama
Hoochie Bloochie Mama

Rovers fans have a lot to be thankful to Bill Fox for. An often forgotten figure in our ascendancy but the man who laid the foundations. While the rest of our traditional rivals were applying for re-e

Posted Images

Oldgregg86 World Cup

Oldgregg86

Posted
Posted
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

Link to comment
Share on other sites
oldjamfan1

oldjamfan1

Posted
Posted
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.

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tyrone Shoelaces

Tyrone Shoelaces

Posted
Posted
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.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
oldjamfan1

oldjamfan1

Posted
Posted
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.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
simongarnerisgod

simongarnerisgod

Posted
Posted
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

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
simongarnerisgod

simongarnerisgod

Posted
Posted
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 !!!!!!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing


×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.