Life After Gus

[dn5 shaun]

We used to play our centre half at centre forward. Colin Franks, fast but not really any good anywhere

My memory must be worse than I thought cos I can't remember Colin franks playing c/f or being fast. Not saying he didn't or wasn't i just can't remember that.

 

[bertieblade]

I may be wrong and he may have played in an emergency but I distinctly remember him at CF. Where is Silent when you need him

 

[Silent Blade]

We used to play our centre half at centre forward. Colin Franks, fast but not really any good anywhere

John Tudor played Centre Back for us a few times.

 

[Gin&Juice]

i remember Pesch going in goal for us a few times during the injury crisis of 1998

 

[Silent Blade]

I may be wrong and he may have played in an emergency but I distinctly remember him at CF. Where is Silent when you need him

Yes he did twice in March 1974, a few times in September 1978 and scored against Burnley

 

[ben1987]

I still stand by my idea that Bogle could have been a brilliant box to box centre midfielders, and it's a hill I'm prepared to die on!!

Amuses me that my boy plays to a high level and the higher he goes the more coaches are keen for young lads to play multiple positions! So we're supposed to believe once they turn pro they can no longer move positions?!?!

I always thought Anel could have been an excellent midfielder

He was athletic, wirey, confident with the ball at his feet and a goal threat.

He could on occasion get bullied at the back as he wasn’t stocky enough to be totally dominant.

 

[Nick Jansky]

My memory must be worse than I thought cos I can't remember Colin franks playing c/f or being fast. Not saying he didn't or wasn't i just can't remember that.

Colin Franks was the fastest player at the club but rarely got the opportunity to show it. I think he played CF when we played Liverpool away in the 74/75 season (when we wore an all blue kit) but memory might be playing tricks on me.

 

[Silent Blade]

Colin Franks was the fastest player at the club but rarely got the opportunity to show it. I think he played CF when we played Liverpool away in the 74/75 season (when we wore an all blue kit) but memory might be playing tricks on me.

Came on as sub replacing Bill Dearden late in the game

 

[Espania blade]

Why do fans keep putting wing backs on the wing as a winger.
Its is a different skill set and wing backs have the advantage of attacking a retreating team.Wingers have the problem of attacking from mostly negative positions so pace and trickery is vital and most fullback don't have that .
We have tried it a few times in my time as a Blade going right back to Len Badger who was a skillfull fullback but not a winger.

I think Len Badger was the first overlapping wing back, I'm old enough to have seen him

 

[Pedro Verde]

We have tried it a few times in my time as a Blade going right back to Len Badger who was a skillfull fullback but not a winger.

I cant remember that happening not saying it didnt happen

Why would you want to play Badger as a winger when you had Woodward

 

[Silent Blade]

I cant remember that happening not saying it didnt happen

Why would you want to play Badger as a winger when you had Woodward

Agree, Badger, Currie and Woodward triangle

 

[KMC-1889]

I always thought Anel could have been an excellent midfielder

He was athletic, wirey, confident with the ball at his feet and a goal threat.

He could on occasion get bullied at the back as he wasn’t stocky enough to be totally dominant.

It was maddening we didn’t use him when Souza missed games and tried everyone except Anel in the middle

 

[finlaytheblade]

I think Burrows has shown enough technical ability to play other positions. He played a couple of games in centre midfield last season, and although didn't do great, based on what we've seen this season he was no worse than 2026 Arblaster and most of Rothwells appearances...

I think it's a very narrow-minded view to think a player cant play other positions. Based on your logic because Len Badger didn't work a thousand years ago, we should stop experimenting. It's not like we are endowed with great players and McCallum is a better LB than Burrows. I'd rather Tufty earned his money and found a way of getting the best players on the pitch then we had a very binary outlook.

In terms of Burrows being a 'winger' I'd argue he's more of an old school LH in the same mould of a Beckham. He had a semi-decent career despite never having the pace or skills to run past a FB....

Like I say, it's a very binary mindset to have, and with our budget next season, we need to find creative ways to get our best players on the pitch.

Not being narrow minded at all ! Just being realistic.