I don't mind these threads. It takes you back to times when you were young and you can chat about former greats. It's clearly very subjective and more so what when you were born.How often does this appear as a thread on here ...
Depends on who you were brought up on kevin poole made stephen pears look like peter shilton but from my era 1989-to date gets my vote especially given the young back 4 he had infront of him in the 1980s
I don't mind these threads. It takes you back to times when you were young and you can chat about former greats. It's clearly very subjective and more so what when you were born.
It's more refreshing than talking about covid and masks. We used to talk about 'left wing and right wing' on here. I'd click thinking Ripley or how Comfort got injured. I don't bother now as it's probably about politics
How often does this appear as a thread on here ...
Depends on who you were brought up on kevin poole made stephen pears look like peter shilton but from my era 1989-to date gets my vote especially given the young back 4 he had infront of him in the 1980s
Likewise we went from jason steele to shay given (shame he opted to warm stoke's bench than come here for another year or 2)
Everyone remembers schwarzer's penalty save but what about all his howlers over the years ...
Schwarzer, without hesitation. Played most of his career at Boro at the top level and was both a great **** stopper and brilliant in the air.
Pears was a great keeper too, but not on the same level at Schwarzer.
Ah, happy memories. The Schwarzer Conspiracy - he has a clause in his contract that says he has to play if fit, didn't you know?Crossley was superb. Didn’t put a foot wrong. I’d have played him even when the bug Aussie was fit.
I’m just saying, I’d have played him for longer. Including when Schwarzer was back from injury.Ah, happy memories. The Schwarzer Conspiracy - he has a clause in his contract that says he has to play if fit, didn't you know?
Crossley was a good shot stopper and a genuinely nice guy but better than Skippy he was not. For evidence track their respective careers after leaving us.
I've seen Platt and every keeper since and without doubt in my mind Mark Schwarzer is the best we've ever had and one of the best I've ever seen. Closest would have been Shay Given. All keepers make mistakes and keeper mistakes are often costly. You have to remember that changing the rules on passing back to the keeper affected a lot of keepers and makes it difficult to compare stoppers from different eras. Would Jim Platt have been comfortable dealing with a chest high back pass from Curtis without using his hands?
For me Jim Platt, all day longFor sheer consitency has to be Jim Platt?
Don't ever recall him making the howlers you see the so called elite keepers make nowadays.
His only downfall was I never thought he was that good at saving penalties.