Tooj Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article6146564.ece Right here' date=' right now, we need to set out a few ground rules. This is my list. Not yours, not Newcastle United’s, not an attempt to be definitive. I suppose I’d quite like you to read it - although I’m not entirely sure; I’m feeling quite protective - but this is mine, warts (or Kenny Wharton), and all. It is an attempt to cover the history of the club, to put their triumphs and disasters into some sort of perspective - and that isn’t always easy when you’re sifting through so many players who are familiar only through books, old football albums or the recollections of older friends and family members - but this can only be a personal endeavour and one that reflects my own generation and experiences. It’s amazing to think that given the vivid torture that went before it, there are younger supporters who will only know Newcastle as a top-flight club (for now, anyway). Maybe I would throw my hands up in horror at the players they would nominate as the best, or as their favourites. Kieron Dyer?! I hope I would respect it (although, deep down, I doubt it; that’s what this is all about). I’ve omitted many important players and a multitude of big characters, the order is all wrong and I’ve certainly made errors, for which I apologise. [/quote'] Canny read from The Times. 11 pages worth of who our greatest ever player was. Can understand why Milburn was top, but I would have Beardsley top for the ones I've seen in my time, and yes that includes Shearer as I'm sure most who saw him play can understand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Copying and pasting from TT finally catches up with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Copying and pasting from TT finally catches up with you. Well it's easier than re-wording somethin I've already typed out cock knocker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Make sure you get the full URL next time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. TC Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Xisco > Ginola :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 As said countless times...Caulkin is a great football writer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 As said countless times...Caulkin is a great football writer The best to cover NUFC for years. He just gets what we're about in a way that the Custis' of this world never would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Pedro would be my number one too, wish I'd seen him first time around. Will read that after work if it's 11 pages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Milburn is rightly number 1, for all the likes of Beardlsey, Shearer, Supermac, KK, Cole, gazza were brilliant players, Milburn was the star man of a team that won 3 FA cups, for that reason that'll always make him NUFC's greatest player of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article6146564.ece George Caulkin's list of the 50 greatest ever Newcastle players in the Times. I don't know about the value of a list where the writer hasn't actually seen half the players, but there you are. My biggest beef - He's underrating Tony Green at No 20, and Gazza at No 19. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,61907.0.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 For a minute there, I thought I saw Xisco on the list. After a double-take, there he is at 49. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 For a minute there, I thought I saw Xisco on the list. After a double-take, there he is at 49. yes he's in there to quote George Caulkin as... It is hardly his fault, but there may never have been a bigger, worse signing in the club's history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 For a minute there, I thought I saw Xisco on the list. After a double-take, there he is at 49. yes he's in there to quote George Caulkin as... It is hardly his fault, but there may never have been a bigger, worse signing in the club's history. That's a ludicrous thing for him to say about Xisco... nobody knows if it really was his signing that made Keegan walk, and even if it was that reflects more badly on Keegan than it does on Xisco himself. And in footballing terms it's far too soon to say he's one of our worse signings... he was considered one of the most promising strikers in Europe, he could easily still come good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 For a minute there, I thought I saw Xisco on the list. After a double-take, there he is at 49. yes he's in there to quote George Caulkin as... It is hardly his fault, but there may never have been a bigger, worse signing in the club's history. That's a ludicrous thing for him to say about Xisco... nobody knows if it really was his signing that made Keegan walk, and even if it was that reflects more badly on Keegan than it does on Xisco himself. And in footballing terms it's far too soon to say he's one of our worse signings... he was considered one of the most promising strikers in Europe, he could easily still come good. hyperbole? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Beardsley is by an absolute country mile the best player i've seen in b&w, this based entirely on his second stint Pav ahead of Rob Lee? fuck off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 For a minute there, I thought I saw Xisco on the list. After a double-take, there he is at 49. yes he's in there to quote George Caulkin as... It is hardly his fault, but there may never have been a bigger, worse signing in the club's history. That's a ludicrous thing for him to say about Xisco... nobody knows if it really was his signing that made Keegan walk, and even if it was that reflects more badly on Keegan than it does on Xisco himself. And in footballing terms it's far too soon to say he's one of our worse signings... he was considered one of the most promising strikers in Europe, he could easily still come good. hyperbole? No, footbole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Llambias vehemently denies that Xisco was anything but a Keegan find what the hell is going on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Llambias vehemently denies that Xisco was anything but a Keegan find what the hell is going on? Bottle eyes is a liar and a dickhead though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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