Roger Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Watching yesterday how we could have done with jaidi. For me he pips mark wright and Neil ruddock as the best since 86. No doubt someone will say Ron Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 is the answer...rickie lambert..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 30 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 December, 2012 is the answer...rickie lambert..? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Guly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Morgan wins his fair share of headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 is the answer...rickie lambert..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 (edited) Of our current lot, either Yoshida, Hooiveld or Rickie. Edited 30 December, 2012 by Colinjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Cork is surprisingly good in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Cork is surprisingly good in the air. White men cant jump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 As a centre half Dave Watson. Not a giant of a man, but towering headers and some bullet goals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Matthew Bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsacar saint Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Ron Davies was as good in the air,as Terry Paine was crossing the ball.Says it all really,I doubt whether any Saints fan,who saw Ron Davies play,has ever or will ever see a better header of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Pulis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 (edited) Ron Davies was as good in the air,as Terry Paine was crossing the ball.Says it all really,I doubt whether any Saints fan,who saw Ron Davies play,has ever or will ever see a better header of the ball. Davies was the best in the world at that time and in the forty years since I've never seen anybody that even came close. Nobody playing currently could touch him. Edited 3 January, 2013 by derry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Yes ..Big Ron for me. Rikeee Lambert is more than useful in the air. Must admit Kenwynne Jones on his day is unplayable........With more service against us yesterday...... Kightly and Etheridge were not at the races re wing play against us...otherwise we would have had far more problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Watching yesterday how we could have done with jaidi. For me he pips mark wright and Neil ruddock as the best since 86. No doubt someone will say Ron Davies[/quote] well there's three of us said it already...what did you expect. Did you ever see him play ?.......otherwise you wouldn't have asked the question.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Watching yesterday how we could have done with jaidi. For me he pips mark wright and Neil ruddock as the best since 86. No doubt someone will say Ron Davies[/quote] well there's three of us said it already...what did you expect. Did you ever see him play ?.......otherwise you wouldn't have asked the question.... I'll make it four...Roger will have to make another voodoo doll to stick pins in because I didn't say Lambert. Best header of the ball I have ever seen by country mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Kenwyne against Jaidi would have been good to watch. Joe Jordan up against Michael Svensson also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Kenwyne against Jaidi would have been good to watch. Joe Jordan up against Michael Svensson also. Neither would of coped against John McGrath. Jaidi is such a miss for us he was my type of centre half after years of namby pamby ones we finally got someone who had that zone that you entered at your own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambsaint Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 Ron Davies was as good in the air,as Terry Paine was crossing the ball.Says it all really,I doubt whether any Saints fan,who saw Ron Davies play,has ever or will ever see a better header of the ball. Totally agree, I've never seen a better header of the ball of any club, or country in the past 45 years. What does surprise me is that Davies and Channon would usually stand at the edge of the box, McGrath or Gabriel would be in the goalies face causing problems, Paine would take the corner and presumably they had a signal-he could put the ball in very precisely, they would run in and it often ended up in the net. I cannot understand why this tactic which allows the header so much power running in and was difficult to defend is never used in the current game. George O'Brien used to say that Paine was so accurate that all he had to do was be in the right place and pop it in, Paine did the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 30 December, 2012 Share Posted 30 December, 2012 probing around on U-Tube.........Its easy to find the Ron Davies 4-1 annialation of Man Utd of course, but also quite a few interesting clips from Home internationals of that period ..and in colour. Wales v England 1969-70 has Ron...... and a younger Peter Rodrigues for Wales and Alan Ball for England. ALSO England v.Wales 1977 1977......features; Shilton, Mick Mills, Dave Watson, KK and Mick Channon -----all one-time England captains who would all be playing for Saints 4 years later... Quite a range of other games from the period, too. ENJOY !..........NOTE: also Wales 4 England 1 in 1980 (no Ron gaols but he features well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Kenwyne Jones is an incredible athlete, but he seems to have serious motivation problems. When he actually can be arsed (like against his old club) he looks brilliant of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Kenwyne Jones is an incredible athlete, but he seems to have serious motivation problems. When he actually can be arsed (like against his old club) he looks brilliant of course. To be fair, he's been playing well for the last few weeks. But as you said, with Kenwyne it's always been his mentality that holds him back. When he was at Sunderland he could have made a big move to a top club, but he didn't get it, sulked, and then ended up at Stoke. He's unplayable when he's on his game, but he's not on it enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 It depends whether one is talking about defending or attacking. The Watson/Nicholl partnership of the early eighties hardly missed a header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonroader07 Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Mark Dennis was good in the air, or was it kicking other players into the air ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Chris Nicholl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Ron Davies - no question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Steve Moran and mark wright weren't very good at getting in the air, they were prevented from getting on that flight from Sweden in the 82/83 season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Grute Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Baird was great the season he played at CB (Chris that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Best header of a ball? Ron Davies, the best, fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patred44 Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Ron Davies by a country mile.. another great header of the ball was Jimmy Gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheam Saint Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Joe Jordan for me. He was coming to the end of his career when he played for us, but I've never seen anyone before or since who could not only win most headers but knock them on with pin point accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Ron Davies.... Next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badvoc Posted 31 December, 2012 Share Posted 31 December, 2012 Kevin Moore anyone? Scored a good few crackers with his bonce (ZDS Final being most memorable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Whilst I'm fairly sure the OP was about goal-scoring strikers.... I can't help recalling a Dell game where the opposition had a free-kick just inside our half near the touchline. When the ball came down in our penalty area at the Milton end, it was met by the head of John McGrath..who headed it straight back and over the astonished kicker's head ! Knew how to head a ball - did Big John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Ron Davies without a shadow of a doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaint4ever Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Lambert and fonte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Minus10 Posted 1 January, 2013 Share Posted 1 January, 2013 Post 1975 (when I started going) the ones that stand out are Michael Svensson, Ken Monkou, Dean Richards and Dave Watson as defenders. Up front... James Beattie was excellent in the air early in his career - outjumped Spurs keeper to score at SMS in one game I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintedwill Posted 2 January, 2013 Share Posted 2 January, 2013 If Beattie is going to be mentioned, can I mention a certain Mr Shearer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 2 January, 2013 Share Posted 2 January, 2013 Ron Davies no one has come close in the last 40 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 2 January, 2013 Share Posted 2 January, 2013 Kenwyne Jones once outjumped the keeper's reach with a standing jump to score from a corner at St. Mary's. It was phenomenal how high off the ground he got with zero run up. When he fancies it he's absolutely ridiculous in the air, totally unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horton Heath Saint Posted 2 January, 2013 Share Posted 2 January, 2013 Da do Ron Ron!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom8558 Posted 2 January, 2013 Share Posted 2 January, 2013 Watching yesterday how we could have done with jaidi. For me he pips mark wright and Neil ruddock as the best since 86. No doubt someone will say Ron Davies Because Ron Davies is the only possible answer to the question. Anyone old enough to have seen him play would know that. My first game was against Stoke in 1971 and he scored the winning goal with a far post header at the Milton End Have a look at the You Tube link below. Man United 1 Saints 4 from August 1969. Ron Davies scored all four, three from far post headers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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