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Post by cardiffgas on May 1, 2019 18:54:13 GMT
If this lot could have played together it would have been a pleasure to watch:-
GK - Parkin
LB - Brown
CB - Yates
CB - Tillson
RB - Alexander
LW - Purnell
CM - Astafjevs
CM - Shaw
RW - Walters
CF - Hayles
CF - Lambert
Brilliant defence, a midfield full of talent and creativity and goals galore.
What a side it would have been. Sure plenty will want to swap a few around but it would take some beating.
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Post by spiess1 on May 1, 2019 19:34:44 GMT
Are you shore about cm?
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Post by cardiffgas on May 1, 2019 20:09:16 GMT
Thought about maybe Holloway for some more bite but think those two are some of the most talented players were ever had at the club.
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Post by joebananas67 on May 1, 2019 20:11:52 GMT
No Penrice?
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Post by cardiffgas on May 1, 2019 20:40:10 GMT
Subs bench :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 21:06:28 GMT
Nigel Martyn...?
Good team though!
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 21:18:24 GMT
If this lot could have played together it would have been a pleasure to watch:- GK - Parkin LB - Brown CB - Yates CB - Tillson RB - Alexander LW - Purnell CM - Astafjevs CM - Shaw RW - Walters CF - Hayles CF - Lambert Brilliant defence, a midfield full of talent and creativity and goals galore. What a side it would have been. Sure plenty will want to swap a few around but it would take some beating. Talking of Walters, Messi scored a free kick for Barcelona tonight that was almost as good as Wally's against Stoke all those years ago... |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 21:31:42 GMT
that I’ve seen play
Mikkel Andersen
Lee Brown
Steve Elliott
Andy Tillson
David Pritchard
Mark Walters
Jamie Shore
Vitalis Astafjevs
Mustafa Carayol
Ricky Lambert
Jamie Cureton
Bench
Brian Parkin
Steve Foster
Ian Holloway
Lee Archer
Gary Penrice
Marcus Stewart
Barry Hayles
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Post by hardingegas on May 1, 2019 22:02:56 GMT
Based on the best I've seen but not sure they would fit together to produce a winning side: (old style 4-4-2)
Jim Eadie
Phil Roberts Steve Yates Larry Lloyd Vaughan Jones
David Williams Wayne Jones
Harold Jarman Alfie Biggs Alan Warboys Mark Walters
Subs: Paul Randall, Barry Hayles, Jamie Cureton, Ian Holloway, Mike Barrett, Andy Tillson, Nigel Martyn
Based on their influence and relative success at Rovers and also the level at which they played - so no places for the recent players who haven't gone beyond the Third Tier (yet)! Some of you may have to check the history books!
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Post by Blackbeard on May 1, 2019 22:34:04 GMT
What L!!!
No Matty Taylor ?
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Post by Wembley_Gas on May 2, 2019 5:07:23 GMT
Based on the best I've seen but not sure they would fit together to produce a winning side: (old style 4-4-2) Jim Eadie Phil Roberts Steve Yates Larry Lloyd Vaughan Jones David Williams Wayne Jones Harold Jarman Alfie Biggs Alan Warboys Mark Walters Subs: Paul Randall, Barry Hayles, Jamie Cureton, Ian Holloway, Mike Barrett, Andy Tillson, Nigel Martyn Based on their influence and relative success at Rovers and also the level at which they played - so no places for the recent players who haven't gone beyond the Third Tier (yet)! Some of you may have to check the history books! That would be pretty close to my side, although I'd have to switch out Lloyd and Biggs as I never saw either play for us and I'd put Eadie and Yates on the subs bench. So to your seven (Roberts P, Jones V, Williams D, Jones W, Jarman, Warboys, Walters) I'd promote Martyn, Tillson and Hayles from your subs bench and include Stu Taylor as the other centre half to add no-nonsense defending to Tillson's finesse (and what a threat we'd have from corners!). The seven on the bench would be Eadie, Yates, Mabbutt G (never saw his dad in the b & w either), Barrett, Holloway, Cureton, Randall (who just pipped Lambert and Jason Roberts to the last seat). There are personal "cult" players like Stewart, Taylor G, Mehew, Pritchard, Gilbert, Godfrey and Disley that I enjoyed watching play but recognise would never make our best XI and faded heroes like Ball and Francis whose Rovers careers were nuggets of gold but too brief to make an all time best team. Lambert and Disley apart I don't seem to have mentioned many who played for us since we first dropped into the fourth tier. |
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Post by dexygas on May 2, 2019 5:14:31 GMT
GK - Astafjevs
LB - Astafjevs
CB - Astafjevs
CB - Astafjevs
RB - Astafjevs
LW - Astafjevs
CM - Astafjevs
CM - Astafjevs
RW - Astafjevs
CF - Astafjevs
CF - Astafjevs
Bench:
Astafjevs
Astafjevs
Astafjevs
Astafjevs
Astafjevs
Manager:
Astafjevs
Physio:
Astafjevs
Reserve Team Manager:
Stewart, Astafjevs not qualified enough
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 7:55:25 GMT
Watched a few games at Eastville as a 9 or 10 year old but didn't really watch 'properly' until we went to Twerton. My team is therefore mid/late eighties onwards and although in some positions there may have been players who went on to play at higher levels than those I've selected there is some personal favouritism
Martyn
Smith
Tillson
Yates
Jones
Bodin
Holloway
Astavjevs
Walters
Stewart
Penrice
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on May 2, 2019 8:33:13 GMT
This is always tricky. Our most successful sides have always had grit and have been able to play a direct game as well as being able to get it down on the floor. I hope this is reasonably well balanced, with Smith overlapping Mehew, who liked to ghost inside and Archer providing the pace on the left side. This is only players I have seen in the flesh so bear in mind I had a big gap of not seeing us play in the late nineties and early noughties. As a result I never saw Astafyevs, Hayles, Roberts, Cureton, Ellington, Shore, Walters etc.
GK: Martyn
RB: Smith
CB: Yates
CB: Elliott
LB: V Jones (capt)
RM: Mehew
CM: Holloway
CM: Waddock
LM: Archer
CF: Lambert
CF: Stewart
Subs: Parkin, Tillson, Pritchard, Lines, Bodin, D. White, Snake
Jock very unlucky to miss out but Pritchard’s versatility just edges him off the bench.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 8:52:34 GMT
This is always tricky. Our most successful sides have always had grit and have been able to play a direct game as well as being able to get it down on the floor. I hope this is reasonably well balanced, with Smith overlapping Mehew, who liked to ghost inside and Archer providing the pace on the left side. This is only players I have seen in the flesh so bear in mind I had a big gap of not seeing us play in the late nineties and early noughties. As a result I never saw Astafyevs, Hayles, Roberts, Cureton, Ellington, Shore, Walters etc. GK: Martyn RB: Smith CB: Yates CB: Elliott LB: V Jones (capt) RM: Mehew CM: Holloway CM: Waddock LM: Archer CF: Lambert CF: Stewart Subs: Parkin, Tillson, Pritchard, Lines, Bodin, D. White, Snake Jock very unlucky to miss out but Pritchard’s versatility just edges him off the bench. For a period of a couple of years Archer was excellent on the left wing and worthy of your shout. Jamie Shore was a hell of a player, one of the most talented players to grace the quarters. Such a shame his career was ruined by his knee injury, but then without that injury we'd have never seen him as he'd have had a good premier league career. May have been unfortunate timing for him as perhaps the same injury now will have been repairable? |
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Post by hollyhillgas on May 2, 2019 10:11:37 GMT
An all England international line up (future and past included)
Nigel Martyn
John Scales
Gary Mabbutt
Larry Lloyd
Keith Curle
Alan Ball
Gerry Francis
Mick Channon
Mark Walters
Rickie Lambert
Geof Bradford
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Post by hardingegas on May 2, 2019 11:27:26 GMT
An all Wales lineup (although not many 'full internationals' )!
Lee Jones
Phil Roberts
Peter Aitken
Vaughan Jones
Phil Bater
Geraint Williams
David Williams
Frankie Prince
Wayne Jones
Brian Godfrey
Dai Ward
(4-5-1 as I couldn't think of any other strikers!)
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Post by hardingegas on May 2, 2019 11:31:15 GMT
Amendment to that team - of course Martin Thomas in goal and Gareth Taylor upfront!
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Post by chewbacca on May 2, 2019 11:33:02 GMT
Pretty wild that you're all limiting yourself to former Rovers players...
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Post by Fetch on May 2, 2019 11:36:17 GMT
GK - Ryan Clarke
LB - Brian Williams
CB - Jake Clarke-Salter
CB - Billy Clark
RB - James Clarke
LM - Louis Williams
CM - David Williams
CM - Ollie Clarke
CM - Geraint Williams
RM - Gavin Williams
ST - Jonson Clarke-Harris
Manager - Darrell Clarke
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