WORLD Class Players - have we ever have one before?

[The Peanut Roaster]

I can't believe I've forgotton my favourite.......

Sergey Gotsmanov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Tony Meola just the 154? Caps

 

[Tummy Burger]

John Crumplin, & Mark (turncoat) Lawrenson

I hope you were joking with the first one.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Roy keane, nearly BHA screwed that one up

 

[perseus]

Lawrenson won 5 league titles 1 european cup (champions league) 1 fa cup 3 league cups 2 charity shields. Have to think this!!!!!!

Robert Alfred Smith (22 February 1933 – 18 September 2010) was an English footballer.
Bobby Smith was born in Lingdale, North Yorkshire, England. He was a barnstorming centre-forward but also had flair. He represented Chelsea (1950–1955), Tottenham Hotspur (1955–1964) and Brighton & Hove Albion (1964–1965), scoring 218 goals in 376 league appearances. He won 15 full international caps and scored 13 goals for England, which included two goals in the 9-3 defeat of Scotland at Wembley in 1961.
He was an integral part of Bill Nicholson's famous double winning Tottenham team of 1960/1961 (scoring in the final of the FA Cup), which went onto retain the FA Cup in the 1962 FA Cup Final (scoring in the FA Cup Final again) and win the 1963 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. (Wiki)

Jimmy Case:

Liverpool
First Division Title winner: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80
UEFA Cup winner: 1975–76
FA Charity Shield winner: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980
European Cup winner: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81
European Super Cup winner: 1977
FA Cup runner-up: 1977
European Super Cup runner-up: 1978
Football League Cup winner: 1981
Brighton
FA Cup runner-up: 1983

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[Goldstone Rapper]

If only Liam Brady had actually played for us............

Did he play for us in a testimonial?

 

[Ketchy]

Steve foster

 

[disgruntled h blocker]

Martin Keone
Robbie Pethick
Michael Robinson
Robbie Savage

 

[upthealbion1970]

Joe Corrigan

 

[Southy]

Matt Le Tissier played for us in a testimonial I think.

 

[Binney on acid]

Adam El Abd.

 

[BHAryan]

Lee hendrie

 

[Gritt23]

Maybe we should expand this thread to define what 'world class' means and then try again.

For me it's a player who still looks to be a class act, even on the World stage. That's not just any International match, but the summer tournaments. Whether they have actually performed at a World Cup or European Championship is not necessarily it, but whether you believe their talents would have still shone at level given the opportunity. Hence, George Best would still be classified as World Class in my eyes even though he never played in a World Cup Finals.

 

[Gritt23]

And having said that ... Mark Lawrenson. I believe he could have played in any tournament, against any opposition and would have still looked the part.

 

[Titus]

Personally I think he is probably the best....

Best known perhaps. Only time will tell anything further.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

For me it's a player who still looks to be a class act, even on the World stage. That's not just any International match, but the summer tournaments. Whether they have actually performed at a World Cup or European Championship is not necessarily it, but whether you believe their talents would have still shone at level given the opportunity. Hence, George Best would still be classified as World Class in my eyes even though he never played in a World Cup Finals.

That might exclude Steve Foster, then.

 

[Gritt23]

That might exclude Steve Foster, then.

Yes, it does. Great players, loved him to bits, but World Class? Not by my measure.

 

[wehatepalace]

Lawrenson certainly. Best player since him was the Ukranian who was on loan and Stains signed him when we thought Bazza Lloyd had done a deal.


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I thought you'd say Glenn Murray !

 

[5mins-from-amex]

Lawrenson won 5 league titles 1 european cup (champions league) 1 fa cup 3 league cups 2 charity shields. Have to think this!!!!!!

ill go with that.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Yes, it does. Great players, loved him to bits, but World Class? Not by my measure.

How would Frank Stapleton measure on your Gritt-o-meter?