looney
Banned
- Jul 7, 2003
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I'm going to be contrarian here.
Undoubtedly a very very good striker. But he tended to dominate the teams he played in and was very much a big fish in a small pond. He never played for a top club and turned down big money to go to Newcastle where he was king bee and won diddly squat - even jacking in his England career. His most successful years were playing alongside another top striker in Sutton at Blackburn. I also got the impression that he had a lot of influence at Newcastle and towards the end of his time there it seemed the club couldn't do anything without asking him first.
Don't get me wrong - great player. But based on the above, there are others I would say were better.......
I agree wth this, smaller clubs tended to build their sides around him, saints, blackburn etc however he was worth it to the as he had a good strikers instincts For where the goal was and he made the good service count. You cant really blame him for being a bit egotistical given that format.