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Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Enjoyed that last night, good footage of some 70's flair players.

Anyone else see it?

80's next time with hoddle etc.

This country really doesnt know how to handle players with a bit of flair.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2015 8:52 am

Gonna have to find this to watch!!!!
Surely the likes of Bowles, Marsh, Currie, Worthington etc were featured?!?!

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Yeah pretty much all of them.

It should be on catch up today.

The Colonel · **Joined:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:49 am **Posts:** 4891

scandalous just how few international caps those players got between them.

And to think they played during the time england failed to qualify for the world cup twice.

Only in england.....

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7648

The Colonel wrote:

scandalous just how few international caps those players got between them.

And to think they played during the time england failed to qualify for the world cup twice.

Only in england.....

Show boat footballers and the people at the top didn't think they were the politically correct players to play for England, big mistake, we will never see the likes of them again, fantastic individual footballers.

klinger · **Joined:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:27 pm **Posts:** 1589

Try asking Worthington, Hoddle, Marsh or Currie to track back and see what the reaction would be.
A fuck right off would be what you'd get.

Bossa Nova · **Joined:** Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:51 am **Posts:** 376

klinger wrote:

Try asking Worthington, Hoddle, Marsh or Currie to track back and see what the reaction would be.
A fuck right off would be what you'd get.

I believe you may have got the same reaction from Pele, Garrincha, Rivelino, Gerson, Kempes and any number of flamboyant players with world cup medals to their name.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Why would you want players as good as that to track back?

Did managers ask zidane to track back?

Did they shite, they made a system that got the best out of them, n let others do the tracking back for them.

The Colonel · **Joined:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:49 am **Posts:** 4891

Its the english disease.

Nowhere else on this planet could someone like Graham Taylor get to be national manager.

Even Bobby Robsons legend makes no comment on the fact that he didnt want to pick Paul Gascoigne. He was forced to.

Or the fact during the world cup of 1986, Robsons first choice was 4 4 2 with Htaely upfront and no place for Beardsley or Hoddle.

Only an injury to Bryan Robson, and a suspension for Ray wilkins, and Hateley being bobbins forced Robson to change. And then, amazingly, England looked good.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Agreed, joe cole was the closest we've had since gazza in the last 10 years, he got shoved on the wing too, probs didnt 'track back' enough.

Concurring with the dibbs, it's a disease in this country, a nation that loves a grafter.

The Colonel · **Joined:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:49 am **Posts:** 4891

you hear it at Pools all the time.

"I dont care how good the players are, as long as they work hard"

klinger · **Joined:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:27 pm **Posts:** 1589

I tell you what, watch Bayern v Barcelona tonight and name one midfielder who doesn't get back to put the opposition under pressure when his team don't have the ball.

klinger · **Joined:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:27 pm **Posts:** 1589

And that comment about Zidane is a joke.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Yeah zidane was a joke like

Block B Blues · **Posted:** Thu May 07, 2015 6:57 am

Yubep wrote:

Agreed, joe cole was the closest we've had since gazza in the last 10 years, he got shoved on the wing too, probs didnt 'track back' enough.

Concurring with the dibbs, it's a disease in this country, a nation that loves a grafter.

Agree with this yubep. Players like Joe Cole should have a team built around them, not just slotted in.

I watched him play for West Ham at Boro years ago and he was unplayable, he went off before the end of the game and got a standing ovation from the Boro fans. England should definitely got more use out of him.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22676

As the colonel says, Robson never wanted to play Beardsley and Lineker together. He was forced to which turned him into a genius. A nice honest and genuine guy but I think the legend is slightly more than the reality.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu May 07, 2015 9:42 am

klinger wrote:

Try asking Worthington, Hoddle, Marsh or Currie to track back and see what the reaction would be.
A fuck right off would be what you'd get.

"Beyond what Leo did in attack, look at what how much he ran in defence." — Luis Enrique, 6th May, 2015

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2011 4:25 pm **Posts:** 4198

Rodney Marsh tells a great story about when he was a big money signing from QPR to Man City.

Things didn't work out between him and Malcolm Allison and Marsh wasn't playing well, so in the team talk before one game Big Mal says

"Look Rodney, I want you to give it maximum effort for 45 minutes then I'll pull you off at half time."

Quick as a flash, Marsh says,

"Thanks boss, at QPR we only got a cup of tea and an orange!"

horden · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2015 3:35 pm

Have heard the story about Stan Bowles knocking the FA Cup off the table at Joker Park, 40,000 in there, few days after the 73 cup win, nearly started a riot, fans on the pitch, match delayed etc

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Block B Blues wrote:

Yubep wrote:

Agreed, joe cole was the closest we've had since gazza in the last 10 years, he got shoved on the wing too, probs didnt 'track back' enough.

Concurring with the dibbs, it's a disease in this country, a nation that loves a grafter.

Agree with this yubep. Players like Joe Cole should have a team built around them, not just slotted in.

I watched him play for West Ham at Boro years ago and he was unplayable, he went off before the end of the game and got a standing ovation from the Boro fans. England should definitely got more use out of him.

To be fair Joe Cole won 56 England caps. Since you

he did his cruciate about 7 years ago he's not been the same player and never been a real regular at club level. Had he stayed at the level he was at during his Chelsea days before the injury he'd have went on to get a 100 caps. He was quality before.

Rupert Ritzik · **Joined:** Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:38 am **Posts:** 174

horden wrote:

Have heard the story about Stan Bowles knocking the FA Cup off the table at Joker Park, 40,000 in there, few days after the 73 cup win, nearly started a riot, fans on the pitch, match delayed etc

Stanley was magic. An opportunist on the pitch, he was no slouch off it. In the 70s he once played with an adidas boot on one foot and a Gola boot on the other and got paid by both companies.

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

Yubep wrote:

Yeah zidane was a joke like

his haircut was

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

Le Tissier got seven caps never played 90 mins for England. Hoddle is a twat.

drago · **Joined:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:22 pm **Posts:** 418

Aye, it was good. Disappointed that Tinks wasn't featured.

purple headed mountain · **Joined:** Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:30 pm **Posts:** 46

Watched it on catch up yesterday, good programme brought back a lot of memories. Did you see the tackles flying in, in them days, brutal!!! And they just got on with it. Shows how soft the players are now they wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in the 70's.

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

I don't think players are soft now they just blatantly cheat which is the most annoying aspect of modern day football for me. Hate it.

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

2nd part on ITV4 now..

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Been excellent so far , 1980:s ..

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Gazza .. The best way to end.. A typical northern lad who didn't realise what he had..

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Last episode next week...

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Biggest faux pas ... Marradona and White Lines ?

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

last installment was on last night, the 90's, gazza, le tiss etc

Enjoyed that little series.

Lord_of_Stranton · **Joined:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:48 pm **Posts:** 1852

One of my favourite ever players even if he was a poor man's Adam Boyd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwKGF6pbihY

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