Rovers best player ever?

**Red&White Rover** · 26/11/2006, 8:44 PM

Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

agree wit most of them but for me foyzer has to be up dere for talent, him nd faz have 2 be most talented players in the squad atm. and harpal singh of course for a while anyways

foyzer maybe if he shed a few pounds but the other two?

**SligoBrewer** · 26/11/2006, 8:56 PM

for talent. yes

**avvenalaf** · 26/11/2006, 10:07 PM

OK, here is the definitive. These are players I have seen playing for Rovers and the team is in 442

Alan Patterson
Eunan Blake
David Pugh
Chris Rutherford
Graham Fox
Paul McGee
Tony Fagan
Michael Betts
Johnny Armstrong
Brendan Bradley
Johnny Brookes

**Conor H** · 26/11/2006, 10:16 PM

Have any of yee ever spoke to Ski?
I've known him for years....in fact he was my Coach at Salthill Devon for a while and my God does he love himself.I've never met such an egotistical clown in my life.It would actually make you ignore his actual tallents as a player which he makes sure everyone knows he had.

**sligobhoy67** · 26/11/2006, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by Conor H

Have any of yee ever spoke to Ski?
I've known him for years....in fact he was my Coach at Salthill Devon for a while and my God does he love himself.I've never met such an egotistical clown in my life.It would actually make you ignore his actual tallents as a player which he makes sure everyone knows he had.

Thats the reason he only got 15 caps, got ****ed out of QPR snd PNE. He's a **** but he's our **** and he the best player I have ever seen don the bit o'red imo

**red_away** · 27/11/2006, 11:42 AM

I had the priviledge to have seen the 1977 side, 1983 side, 1994 side and misfortune to see many other lacklustre sides in between (the 1983 side performed very poorly!!).

But Harry McLaughlin, in my view is easily worth a place in every side named above on all criteria listed and some besides!

Loyalty, Skill, Contribution, statistically etc, etc - he always gave 110% for the bitored and was often the only player worth the admission fee in the 80's!

**Rovers1** · 27/11/2006, 12:22 PM

from what ive seen Raf Cretaro was our most complete player, Dykes was a great player too though imo

**Royal rover** · 27/11/2006, 12:39 PM

I'm going back only as far as the early/mid 1990's to date - you won't find much wrong with this selection

Ohara
Ryan Cross- class act
Foy-
Dykes
Burns
Kenny
Hastie
Gerry kelly (ex bolton)
Faz
Annand
Moran

Subs
Cameron, Mulligan, o grady,Gilzen-,cretaro,

**Soper** · 27/11/2006, 1:20 PM

Tony ''Goes to Aintree instead of playing a match for us'' Kelly

**Midgit** · 27/11/2006, 4:12 PM

Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

for talent. yes

Talent my hole!!!!! If you think KIETH FOY is the best rovers player ever you do not have a f#ckn clue about football!!!
He is an average player!
Talent? Did you watch him this season? All he did when he got the ball was boot it or shoot! And in fairness to him he scored a couple of screamers but how many shots did he have all season?

**SligoBrewer** · 27/11/2006, 5:27 PM

Originally Posted by Midgit

Talent my hole!!!!! If you think KIETH FOY is the best rovers player ever you do not have a f#ckn clue about football!!!
He is an average player!
Talent? Did you watch him this season? All he did when he got the ball was boot it or shoot! And in fairness to him he scored a couple of screamers but how many shots did he have all season?

you dont know much if you cant even spell his name right...twice

**Red&White Rover** · 27/11/2006, 5:51 PM

Originally Posted by Midgit

Talent my hole!!!!! If you think KIETH FOY is the best rovers player ever you do not have a f#ckn clue about football!!!
He is an average player!
Talent? Did you watch him this season? All he did when he got the ball was boot it or shoot! And in fairness to him he scored a couple of screamers but how many shots did he have all season?

fickle...he has talent quite clearly just not the drive...

**SligoBrewer** · 27/11/2006, 6:27 PM

Originally Posted by Red&White Rover

fickle...he has talent quite clearly just not the drive...

you should have heard the giving out he gave me earlier on for sayin that foyzer had talent

**SligoBrewer** · 28/11/2006, 8:21 AM

Originally Posted by Royal rover

I'm going back only as far as the early/mid 1990's to date - you won't find much wrong with this selection

Ohara
Ryan Cross- class act
Foy-
Dykes
Burns
Kenny
Hastie
Gerry kelly (ex bolton)
Faz
Annand
Moran

Subs
Cameron, Mulligan, o grady,Gilzen-,cretaro,

Originally Posted by Midgit

Ya sure!!! say it enough and you just might convince yourself he is the best player ever to pley in a Rovers jersey!!!
Anybody else but these two gobsh!tes actually think Foy is the best rovers player ever?

There's One... watch urself btw.

**Fivesilver** · 28/11/2006, 12:07 PM

I had the misfortune of being far overseas for the Sanchez/Cotterill era, so I'm only going to mention players I saw a lot of.
It's very 1977-influenced, mainly because that was a phenomenally good team (leaving out Betts, Fox and Hulmes was difficult).
I've also mucked around with positions quite a bit to fit people in.

---------------------- Alan Paterson --------------------
Paul Fielding -------- Tony Stenson ----- Chris Rutherford ----- John Nolan
-------- Tony Fagan -------- Martin Bailey ----- Harry McLoughlin
------- Mick Leonard ------- Brendan Bradley ------ Paul McGee

Honourable mention: Anthony Gorman, Charlie McGeever, Will Hastie, Johnny Kenny, Eddie Annand, Padraic Moran, Tony Kavanagh, Pearse Walsh

I'm sure I'll think of more.

**Red&White Rover** · 28/11/2006, 7:05 PM

midgit i dont think he is Rovers greatest player ever, not by a long shot! but what i am saying is that he has tremendous talent and that is quite clear that he does, but as i said before, just a poor attitude which is a shame. It's not so long ago he was almost a Premiership player.

**Midgit** · 29/11/2006, 3:13 PM

Fair enough!!!

**SligoBrewer** · 29/11/2006, 6:26 PM

Originally Posted by Red&White Rover

midgit i dont think he is Rovers greatest player ever, not by a long shot! but what i am saying is that he has tremendous talent and that is quite clear that he does, but as i said before, just a poor attitude which is a shame. It's not so long ago he was almost a Premiership player.

thats what i felt, but FOR TALENT ALONE, he's up there with any of the the players i have seen play for rovers...

FOR TALENT ALONE... So is Faz