Your all time favourite Blades player

[Tom Heffernan]

Woodward , Edwards , Deane , Brown

 

[Bath Blade]

Deano, without question, although Glyn Hodges not too far behind.

 

[OrderOfStGeorge]

Chris Morgan

 

[Sean Thornton]

Forgot Coutts.

 

[Pedro Verde]

Woodward end of
My Dad used to tell me about Joe Shaw, Jimmy Hagan Jock Dodds and Doc Pace what plalyers they must have been

 

[wavy-blade]

Alan Woodward , as Tina turner once sang
“Simply the best “

 

[Grizzly blade]

The rolls

 

[Jon Bon II]

There can be only one......

 

[bornandbred]

The telepathic duo that is Tony Woodward and Alan Currie.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

Colin, Colin Morris, Colin Morris on the wing.

 

[Birdwell Blade]

Gus Uhlenbeek

 

[tomtheblade]

The one and only Alan Kelly

 

[MancBlade85]

jostein flo. don't laugh. the players you liked when you were a kid for no real reason kinda stick with you

 

[Johnnyblade]

Billy Sharp
Brian Deane
Chris Morgan

 

[Surrey Blade]

Chris Basham in the modern era and TC from earlier days. Morgs also right up there.

 

[dazzlingblade]

Growing up Brian Deane, after that Michael brown, and now pretty much every one of this squad.
Its funny I was thinking the other day about all the times I've seen threads on here about your all time blades 11

And it just shows what this side have achieved and the manner in which they have done, that if I had to pick one now, apart from Kelly, Morgan, brown, Deane and agana I couldn't think of anyone else I would add to this group

 

[SiamBlade]

Brian Deane & Billy Sharp
Both took us from the 3rd tier to the Prem

 

[LenTednTony]

Difficult......TC Trev Hockey Eddie Colquhoun Tom McAllister Sabella Borbokis Bounceslayer Jan Age Deano (1 and 2) Tony AganaKeith Edwards Billy Deardon Billy Sharp Bashambaur Coutts (never gives the ball away) Ooh Aah Woody Saunders (if only for that goal) and loads loads more. No.....can’t do it!

 

[DerbyDave]

1- Tony Currie
2- Alan Woodward
3- Brian Deane
4- Billy Sharp
5 - Chris Morgan
Honourable mention for Willie Carlin

 

[Goodpinchofclough]

Wayne Quinn
No idea why

 

[Karaoke Blade]

As a kid I really had a thing for Trevor Hockey. Had a poster of him over my bed.
But on reflection, has to be Deano. (Brian, of course).

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

TC and Woody. Always had a soft spot for Geoff Salmons.

Surprised nobody has mentioned Tony Moore

 

[Auld Reekie Blade]

Brian Deane.

Met him when Utd came to RAF Locking for pre-season. Although Alan Kelly ran him close, what a player!

 

[bakewellblade]

1: Glynn Hodges
2: Paul Wood
3: Brian Deane

I'm sure my memories of Paul Wood are vastly distorted but I always thought he was different class as a flying winger

 

[Speedracer]

Has to be TC for me, but a lot of super players deserve honourable mentions led by Brian Deane & including but not limited to Woody, Michael Brown, Gil Reece, Big Stan, David Powell, Dane, Duffy, & so on.

 

[Eppyblade]

Borbokis

Never been as excited about a player after this game

 

[Sheff de party]

I loved Michael Brown when he played for us because he could do everything. Probably enjoyed watching McGoldrick more than any other player, partly because he had to have a trial to sign for us and is now arguably our best player. Norwood looks a cut above in terms of raw quality and I rated Morgan very, very highly.

But there’s only one that I literally hero worshipped - Lord Alan of Kelly.

Possibly the most underrated goalkeeper ever to play the game. He was unbelievable.

 

[itsinyerblood]

We've had so many that could easily be slotted into the category of 'best ever' or 'favourite player'.

A shortish list - I know some on here say he only played a few games for us, but seriously, Paul McGrath was as good as any defender I've ever seen in a Blade's shirt. A master of the defensive arts and someone that any aspiring defender could learn from. Goes without saying that Currie and Woodward are way up there.....loved Gordon Cowans too, he'd be superb in the current side.....Colin Morris, entertaining, could turn a defender inside out, on his day exceptional.....but, and this may not be someone that's considered as one of our best, I loved watching Paul Coutts. Think it was the arrival of Wilder that gave Coutts the belief to realise his potential. Always a technically proficient player, Coutts became the fulcrum of an exceptional midfield including Fleck and Duffy. At times his awareness and ability to hold the ball until just the right moment when he released a pass was superb, and once we were promoted to the Championship he continued in the same rich vein and in my eyes it confirmed his potential to possibly adapt to the Premier Division should we have got there. Cruelly his career with us was cut short by a dreadful tackle by Sordell, and for me, well we'll never know if he could have become the great Prem player I believe he had it within him to become. We were fortunate to have found Norwood as his replacement. A different type of player but still good all the same.......but as much as I regret what happened to Coutts, I still think we could have witnessed a genuinely great player wearing our colours in the Prem, and as such I think Coutts' contribution was central to our climb after too many years as a 'going nowhere' club in Division 1. A wonderful player who was, at his best, imperious.

 

[Pobby1012]

Borbokis

Never been as excited about a player after this game

Borbokis for me as a kid.

 

[Blackestnite]

Carl Bradshaw.