Player of the Decade!
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I would like to say Chris the "rock" Morgan. Simply for his consistency and amount of games for the blades as well. Morgs is the type of player who gives his all for the team, reliable, strong, no-nonsense. Player of the decade easy.
Morgan, Morgan, Knock him out.
Enough said!
:thumbup:
Morgan, Morgan, Knock him out.
Enough said!
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Pinchy
Blade, not Bladey.
My God, I hadn't appreciated what a crap decade it was!
Monty! Kozluk!
Either would win the 'worst player ever nominated for player of the decade by any club in any league in any country in any decade at any level' award.
Monty! Kozluk!
Either would win the 'worst player ever nominated for player of the decade by any club in any league in any country in any decade at any level' award.
raul
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JohnDenver
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I count three really exciting seasons. 2003, 2006 and 2007.
And if it wasn't for the dross we have to wade through, those few glimpses of light wouldn't seem half as bright.
JohnDenver
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Morecambe legend, raul, Morecambe legend....
Sensiblade
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Jagielka in my opinion played excellent in whatever position he was asked to.
I've got to say Jags
Right back, left back (i think at some point), centre back, Right wing, centre midfield, he was even considered as a striker when we were thin on attackers as well as playing in goal with a great record of P4 W3 D0 L1!
Right back, left back (i think at some point), centre back, Right wing, centre midfield, he was even considered as a striker when we were thin on attackers as well as playing in goal with a great record of P4 W3 D0 L1!
Tizertrance
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Between Morgan and Ndlovu, but seeing as Ndlovu is the greatest player EVER! bar none, including Glynn Hodges it has to be Ndlovu 
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sharrow
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Morgan - no contest!
And, Silent, Alan Woodward was my player of the my decade that started in the 70s, not TC.
And, Silent, Alan Woodward was my player of the my decade that started in the 70s, not TC.
Private Widdle
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You always said your favourite was Robert Page, closely followed by Stephen Quinn & Ashley Ward!:bummer:
SotonBlade
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I think this has to be made clear whether it is the 'best' player within the decade, or the player who's been with us the most, as the name being mentioned, Monty, Kenny, Morgan etc, have been with us for a long time and are probably being nominated for service rather than performance.
If we're talking performance, Beattie, Brown, Jagielka have to be contenders
Service, well, Monty, Morgan, Kenny, Kozluk are in with a shout
If we're talking performance, Beattie, Brown, Jagielka have to be contenders
Service, well, Monty, Morgan, Kenny, Kozluk are in with a shout
Silent Blade
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Woody wasnt far behind TC when I made the choice
Woody was easily our best player in the 1969-70 season but TC was the better player in the next 5 seasons before looking overweight and unsettled during the 1975-76 season so Woody was our main man again in the 1975-76, 1976-77 and 1977-78 seasons
LouTheBlade
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Amazed at how few people have said Michael Brown. He seemed the obvious choice for me with Jags as the only possible competition.....
Having said that I suppose Browny only had one amazing season in between a load of solid ones.
Having said that I suppose Browny only had one amazing season in between a load of solid ones.
tomtheblade
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Hmm tough choice, but i think
1.Jags (came through the youth ranks, top 6 prem defender, loyal and versatile)
2.Browny (best midfielder we've had, scored some fantastic goals, prem class)
3.Paddy (good shot and pen stopper, great character and loyal)
Morgs and Monty get a joint 'decade of service' award.
1.Jags (came through the youth ranks, top 6 prem defender, loyal and versatile)
2.Browny (best midfielder we've had, scored some fantastic goals, prem class)
3.Paddy (good shot and pen stopper, great character and loyal)
Morgs and Monty get a joint 'decade of service' award.
Fiery Blade
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Monty is fortunate to have a job as a professional footballer in a Championship side never mind any awards
Probably the only professional footballer that can't pass, shoot, control the ball or retain possession or trap a bag of cement - must be in the running for that one !
Probably the only professional footballer that can't pass, shoot, control the ball or retain possession or trap a bag of cement - must be in the running for that one !
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He's actually unfortunate injury wise to have a job as a professional footballer in the Championship rather than the Premiership.
JohnDenver
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How do you mean?
Fiery Blade
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Don't get me wrong!
Monty is a 100% tryer and a so-so squad member
Award winner never
Monty is a 100% tryer and a so-so squad member
Award winner never
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In that he's had a number of options to be a premiership player again, one of the most recent of which ended abrubtly when it transpired his injury was worse than club doctors had diagnosed.
PS - That's not to say any terms were agreed/discussed
NN6
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Foxy, would you care to expand. Not that I'm questioning his attraction to premier sides as I think there are a number who would sign him. If I remember rightly he came back much quicker than the 'original timeframe' so how come the injury was worse?
Maybe the answer is obvious (Williamson will be out until the end of January!!) in that we always overstate how long players are out for.
Maybe the answer is obvious (Williamson will be out until the end of January!!) in that we always overstate how long players are out for.
Pinchy
Blade, not Bladey.
Which clubs? When?We are perhaps talking about a different injury
There are a number who would and have tried to.
Why do you promote this utter mediocrity so relentlessly? Are you related?
I watched him carefully against Preston. He was rubbih in every facet of the game. Your attempt to disguise that was risible.
Sensiblade
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I find it strange how you and others who never have a good word to say about Monty have not in the 10 years he's been playing 1st team football for United not managed to become our manager. As obviously all the managers we've had in that time are 100% wrong to have picked him.
from another post, for anyone (who isn't a proffesional footballer) to say someone who is shouldn't be makes me laugh. The fact is Monty IS a proffesional footballer and he's a damn sight more Professional than some of the mardy moaning players that have been and are around in football.
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I'm not at liberty to disclose that, but there are a few current Premier League clubs who have more than expressed an interest in him over the last couple of years.
I don't, when he's crap, I say he's crap. Just because I refuse to slate him every week or stick up for him when someone states something I think isn't right, doesn't mean I love him.
I'd happily replace him with someone better at his job, care to suggest some?
He didn't have a brilliant game, but all I said was that he made space, made 5 bad passes, passed to a red and white shirt plenty and managed to get 3/4 good crosses in.... which part of this didn't happen? given that you watched him so closely?
Pinchy
Blade, not Bladey.
The passes, the crosses for a start. Remind me of the panic the maestro created in the Preston defence as a result of these mysterious crosses. I've asked a few others who were there - none can remember them. Did these passes go beyond 10 yards or so? Did they threaten the opposition as opposed to low-flying aircraft?
I don't understand this 'job' you have created for your hero. His job is to play football. The job description for a midfielder includes reasonable ball control, being comfortable in possession, linking defence and attack in an organised rather than chaotic fashion, winning the ball from the opposition by anticipation or power rather than repeatedly conceding fouls or throw-ins as a result of rustic untidy challenges.
I was going to move on to creating chances and scoring the odd goal but the sheer absurdity of the very idea in Ploddy's case has induced writer's block coupled with hysterical uncontrollable laughter.
As to players better at his job - his real job, not the one that you and others have specifically designed to accomodate his gross limitations - well, just about every central midfielder that he ever plays against. The nameless nobodies who dominate the midfield against us week in, week out. The reasonably competent pros who leave him chasing shadows, spending 90 minutes valiantly and doggedly running helter-skelter after a ball at someone else's feet. Those players - dozens of them. I don't know the names of most of them. They are nothing special.
I take it Ploddy is over his injury now? Nothing to stop his legion of admirers in the Premiership making offers, then. They'll have to look sharp. Demand will be high.
Foxy, I am a Blade of nearly 50 years standing. I want my club to achieve something for once in my life, even if it be no more than playing some decent passing football that provides a little aesthetic pleasure. Your ready acceptance of sterile, unimaginative dross does nothing to help the cause.
Sensiblade
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I'm not Foxy, but meh
As a Blade of 50 years i'm sure you have come to the conclusion that one player a=cannot and is not to blame for all the things people criticise, yet you seem to want to blame Monty for all the Blades negatives.
On this point, have you ever watched Monty in the pre match warm up? He doesn't get involved in the shooting part or the passing between the attacking midfielders, he gets involved with the other central midfielder he will be working along side. He isn't being asked by the management to do the attacking part he is being asked to do the defensive part.
Anywho, i think we may have been over this 1000000 times in other threads and never come to an agreement, so each to their own.
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