Best all-time City team inc. those who left & improved?

AKA "what might have been"
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Horgan -- Bennett -- Delaney -- Barry Murphy
---O'Callaghan -- Gamble -- O'Donovan
-------Doyle --- Long --- O'Flynn (c. 2003)

obvious very attacking choice, not picking danny murphy but think long has done enough to justify a place.

edit: why don't the [center] tags work? :confused:

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- Horgan Daly Bennet Cronin
- Freyne Barry Gamble Woods
------ Caulfield Morley

IMO can only judge people on how they played when at City.

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Originally Posted by pete

IMO can only judge people on how they played when at City.

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thats pretty much the exact opposite of the point of this thread.

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Originally Posted by GavinZac

thats pretty much the exact opposite of the point of this thread.

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I better rename it so. :D

Take out Barry-Murphy as he has downhill (Bury like...) & maybe Delaney.

--------Biscuits------

napier-----Daly-----Murray------Murphy


Roy
O'Donovan---George---Barry------Cahill

------Doyle----------Morley------

So its basically a team of players that are still playing today that have all played for City is what you are looking for?

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Hoggie---Bennett--Muzza---Danny
Roy--------Gamble---------Freyne
Flynny--------Doyle---------Caulfield

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Originally Posted by gustavo

So its basically a team of players that are still playing today that have all played for City is what you are looking for?

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not neccessarily still playing today but the quality has tended to be better recently.

Mel Capleton*
Kevin Murray
Robbie Hedderman
Andrew Packer
Denis Behan
(B)Liam O' Brien
Gerald Dobbs
Chidozie Ukoh
Jason Kabia
Noel Hartigan
James Mulligan

Obviously it's difficult to come up with a formation to suit such a rich array of attacking talent.

(*Sadly never got to witness his talent in person, but his legend earns him his place).

Did chidozie actually ever play? wasnt he just a trialist who didnt get picked with Micky Nwankwo getting picked instead?

you've left out ossie lopes :p

I was privileged enough to see him play for the under-21's, at the same time as Behan was being employed as a central midfielder. He could head the ball about 30 yards more powerfully than most could kick it is my abiding memory. Of course Monsieur Lopes is a far more worthwhile selection, I can't believe he slipped my mind.

-------------------Devine----------------
Daly----Coughlan---Bennett------Delany--
Doyle---Freyne-------Barry-----Gamble---
---George--------Morley or OFlynn-------


Was at the Munich match but not really in a position to judge the earlier players.

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Originally Posted by GavinZac

. . . Micky Nwankwo getting picked instead . . .

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Nwankwo still lived in Cork up until recently at least, and may still do for all I know. I wonder if the Cork City set up did not suit him, or was he just talentless?

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Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy

Nwankwo still lived in Cork up until recently at least, and may still do for all I know. I wonder if the Cork City set up did not suit him, or was he just talentless?

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I think Nwankwo might have been better suited under Ricos management. Dolan giving him five minutes at the end in about four games isn't good for any player, pointless really.

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Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy

Nwankwo still lived in Cork up until recently at least, and may still do for all I know. I wonder if the Cork City set up did not suit him, or was he just talentless?

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Just bumped into the guy this afternoon. He has just come back from Germany, is living in Mallow, and plays football with a local club.:ball:

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Originally Posted by Risteard

Morley or OFlynn-------

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Has to be Morley. In fact he would possibly be first player on the team sheet. If he was around now would be in the Ireland squad. True goal poacher.