Most skillful Blades player ever

[Bruce Wayne]

Kicking off with Glyn Hodges.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Either Leigh Bromby or Johannes Ertl.

 

[BladeTillIDie]

Webber wasn't bad.

 

[Silent Blade]

Currie and Sabella

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Currie and Sabella

Beat me to it, Silent Blade mind you, Sabella was the first name that entered my head

 

[Bert]

In more recent times, although he played few games, Glen Little had all the skills.

 

[Gimli]

David Brooks

 

[dazzlingblade]

Not in currie's or sabella's or hodges class obviously but from recent times I loved watching Jamie Murphy and Andy reid

JCR had some tricks too, unfortunately they deserted him just before the cross

 

[Bert]

David Brooks

A couple of flashes of brilliance doesn't put him in Bert's top 100.

 

[Punk Blade]

Peter Ndlovu.

 

[Gimli]

A couple of flashes of brilliance don't put him in Bert's top 100.

Bert is entitled to his opinion, as I am entitled to mine.

Go on then, as we’re in lockdown with nothing better to do, name your top 100...

 

[away ends always empty.]

Steve wigley thought he was amazing, in the short time we had him.

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

John Fleck wouldn't look out of place in any midfield outside the top 2 right now.
Brooks is the most naturally gifted player I've seen for us

 

[raimond]

Vas Borbokis.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Come on .

Within the lifetime of anyone on here there are three who stand head and shoulders above the rest and they are Hagan , Currie and Sabella .

Closest to them IMO would be a player rarely mentioned on here , but who on his day could demonstrate breathtaking skills and his name was Willie Hamilton .

I once saw him take the ball fully 70 yards down the pitch juggling the ball off his knees , head , shoulders and feet going past players as if they weren't there and then unleashing a volley . I can't remember whether it was a goal or a near miss but it was an astonishing piece of skill , among with others he produced for us .

Anyone else remember him ?

 

[Punk Blade]

Within the lifetime of anyone on here there are three who stand head and shoulders above the rest and they are Hagan , Currie and Sabella .

Nope, not in my lifetime.

 

[somersetblades]

Steve Kabba

 

[raul]

Duffs

 

[Mario1889]

Glyn Hodges, on his day he was untouchable.

 

[8lade]

Steve wigley thought he was amazing, in the short time we had him.

As pointed out to me at the time, Wigley was just incredibly fast of thought and foot without doing anything fancy

Steve Kabba

think Kabba was in the same boat.

 

[8lade]

Ravel Morrison...if only someone could do something with that kid.

 

[super-dazzler]

Peter Beagrie gets my vote for Blades I've seen play.

 

[SheepdipBlade]

Difficult to compare the skills needed in defence with those needed up front.

Len Badger was probably the silkiest defender I can recall - though Vas had more going forward.

Michael Tongue on his day was top drawer.

Up front - Currie for outright class.

I'd like to know how these would stack up against any of the three Shaws, - Billy Gillespie, Jock Dodds and the others most of us never had the joy to see.

 

[Eza Blade]

Bash

 

[Demon Blade]

Remember seeing Fjortoft turn a defender inside out. I had never seen skill like it. The ref agreed, he was so confused he gave a free kick to the defender!

 

[Pierre's PC]

Axel Smeets was da boi followed closely by Bruno Riberio

WWtf italics

 

[Guesty]

Come on .

Within the lifetime of anyone on here there are three who stand head and shoulders above the rest and they are Hagan , Currie and Sabella .

Closest to them IMO would be a player rarely mentioned on here , but who on his day could demonstrate breathtaking skills and his name was Willie Hamilton .

I once saw him take the ball fully 70 yards down the pitch juggling the ball off his knees , head , shoulders and feet going past players as if they weren't there and then unleashing a volley . I can't remember whether it was a goal or a near miss but it was an astonishing piece of skill , among with others he produced for us .

Anyone else remember him ?

Before my time, but I read into him after he came up on a similar thread before. There are a couple of decent articles online about him which I'll dig out when I'm not on my phone!

Two details stand out - he joined us because he was grateful that Joe Mercer had bought him a pair of boots as a youngster, and his sister reckoned that he played his best football for us.

I think he might have played for both Hibs and Hearts later on. Everyone describes him as a great talent who was just a bit wayward.

 

[Cheesebored]

Kicking off with Glyn Hodges.

Hodges was class but I always thought he was more about his delivery than his skill levels. One of those players that could create a yard of space then punish you with a shot or killer delivery. His languid body movement reminded me to a certain extent of Le Tissier.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Colin Morris , when he was on it, was a joy to behold.

 

[Deaneandagana]

Dean Hammond......err sorry wrong thread