Utility players

[SHOREHAMST.com]

Who's United's top 3 greatest ever 'utility playera'?

 

[Bath Blade]

Who's United's top 3 greatest ever 'utility playera'?

Jagielka?

 

[Silent Blade]

Who's United's top 3 greatest ever 'utility playera'?

Not a great player but Colin Franks has played full back, centre defence, in midfield and centre forward

 

[Silent Blade]

Jagielka?

Good one!

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Nick Montgommery - covered every blade of grass :-/

 

[SK10Blade]

Alan Woodward

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Not a great player but Colin Franks has played full back, centre defence, in midfield and centre forward

Not great , not a fans favourite , but steady and reliable . Like a lot of players at the lane , never really appreciated .

Same today as the past .

Good choice .

 

[Silent Blade]

Alan Woodward

Keeper, midfield, winger and striker but he was winger in about 85% of the games he played in

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Charlie Bell

 

[Silent Blade]

Charlie Bell

Played centre forward in his 5 1st team games for us. He left for Chesterfield and played centre back for them

 

[Lane Ender]

Not a great player but Colin Franks has played full back, centre defence, in midfield and centre forward

Fastest man in football

 

[drinksmat]

Utility? As in Billy Paynter, John Joe O'Toole & Carl Tiler?

 

[Rodley]

Surely the Zone Man was utility? He could drop in anywhere across the bank line couldn't he?

 

[Lane Ender]

Played centre forward in his 5 1st team games for us. He left for Chesterfield and played centre back for them

Good cricketer as well played against him.

 

[Newbury Blade]

Not exactly a utility player, but Gareth Taylor was a centre-half, then converted to a centre-forward by Bristol Rovers and that was when we signed him. One of my favourite players, rarely mentioned on here for some reason.

 

[Silent Blade]

Not exactly a utility player, but Gareth Taylor was a centre-half, then converted to a centre-forward by Bristol Rovers and that was when we signed him. One of my favourite players, rarely mentioned on here for some reason.

John Tudor was a centre back at Coventry before signing for us. He has played centre back for us a few times, Eddie Colquhoun was ruled out of the midweek game at Pompey in Sept 1970 so Tudor played in his position and we won 5-1. In the next game (v Wendy) Colquhoun returned to his position and Tudor was dropped to the sub's bench. Colquhoun scored our first and Tudor got the memorable winner in the 3-2 win!

 

[train crew blade]

Trenton wiggan

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Duggie Brown......Ooops, my bad, thought it said futility player!

 

[Sean Thornton]

Nick Montgommery - covered every blade of grass :-/

And found the middle row of every stand in the ground whilst attempting a ten yard pass to a teammate.

 

[moDtheGod]

Didn't Bradders play just about every position (on the right hand side at least)?

 

[mattbianco1]

Greg Halford.

Chris Basham is our current utility player having played RB, CB, CM and RM

 

[SwissBlade]

Didn't Bradders play just about every position (on the right hand side at least)?

That's what Legends do

 

[Revolution]

Mitch Ward and Dane Whitehouse were both good at full back and in midfield.

Jags was a good Championship midfielder and full back and an excellent centre half at all levels.

Bob Atkins played at full back and then covered up front a bit when we were short in 1983-4. He scored a few goals - most notably at Rotherham.

Greg Halford played several positions well, as has been pointed out.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

In my time

1. Phil Jagielka
2. Mitch Ward
3. Greg Halford

 

[Geordie Blade]

Sir Robert of Booker happily slotted in wherever Bassett told him to play. Although 90% of his time was in midfield, he often made an emergency centre back when someone was injured or sent off, or played the last ten minutes up front if we were lumping long balls up looking for a winner. Fairly sure that he ended some games as full back too.

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

I seem to recall Andy Scott being deployed in various roles successfully

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Not a great player but Colin Franks has played full back, centre defence, in midfield and centre forward

Agree not a great player - but ran Andy Barnsley close for ugliest player.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Agree not a great player - but ran Andy Barnsley close for ugliest player.

I have to confess: I dislike "utility players" with a vengeance. "Jack of all trades - Master of none".

2 players immediately spring to mind: Steve Charles. All muscle and bustle but not much else. And another Steve: Steve Foley: similar but possibly more talent than Charles up front.

Oh those days when we used to chant for Duggie Brown to be brought on - or super-sub Gary Brazil eh? We were desperate back then and it's because we relied too much on "utility players"!

 

[Iceybabey]

Jags and Halford in my time. Jags at the lane, in net, tipping over from van persie, memories!

 

[Silent Blade]

Agree not a great player - but ran Andy Barnsley close for ugliest player.

Franks in 1973