St Landrew Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 (edited) In this thread you vote for 2 players as a pairing, though they needn't have played together, and I will be counting them as individuals, in any case. It doesn't matter whether you nominate one player for LCB and one for RCB; just nominate your 2 favourites. Although you may like to say in which position you prefer them. However, I'll know in which position to put them; for example, in the A team so far: ----------------Shilton------------------- ----?-----RCB-----------LCB------Bridge and the B team: ----------------Niemi-------------------- ----?-----RCB-----------LCB------Dennis As before, these players are the very best, in terms of quality. Not for their personality or how they look, or play to the crowd. These players are not necessarily Cult Heroes, but they are the players who will be the biggest assets to a winning team. They will be the best players, in your opinion, to have ever played for SFC. As you can see in the examples above, the Goalkeeper and LB positions have been decided. Now get nominating the best ever 2 Saints CBs. Edited 28 November, 2008 by St Landrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joneth Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 i'll have killer and kenny monkou please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Mark Wright John McGrath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Dean Richards and Killer. Sorry, younger generation and that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Dave Watson and Killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cool Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 (edited) Super Ken [Monkou] and Claus Edited 28 November, 2008 by St Landrew Clarifying the nomination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right sider Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Dave Watson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 28 November, 2008 Author Share Posted 28 November, 2008 This is really bad for me. In the last thread, certain people nominated Franny Benali over clearly better LBs, and I'm the same with Michael Svensson. For me, Killer is the best thing that has been about Saints in years. If it was all about attitude, this guy would get into any Saints team. He's a superb CB, but there are 2 better defenders in front of him, IMO. One of them is Mark Wright, and the other is Dave Watson. In a sense, I hope Killer makes it into the A or B teams without my nomination. If he doesn't he'll be on my substitute's bench for sure. Saints have been rich in quality CBs down through the years, and so, from my era, my apologies also go to Jimmy Gabriel, John McGrath, Jim Steele, Mel Blyth, Chris Nicholl, Razor Ruddock, Richard Hall, and Claus Lundekvam. All would grace a Saints side, but my nominations are in bold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Dave Watson Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustapha Fag Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Probably the hardest position to pick, some great players over the years, McGrath, Walker, Watson, Nichol, Claus, Killer, but im going to go for Mark Wright and Jimmy Gabriel both class operators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RinNY Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Jim Steele & Michael Svensson ... that'd be a back line with height, strength, determination, commitment, ability to read the game, and (forgive the pun) some real steel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Probably the hardest position to pick, some great players over the years, McGrath, Walker, Watson, Nichol, Claus, Killer, but im going to go for Mark Wright and Jimmy Gabriel both class operators You would also need to put Tony Knapp into that list as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Dean Richards and Michael Svennson closely followed by calum davenport . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Mark Wright & Dave Watson deffo. With Scott 'own goal a game' Marshall a close third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsacar saint Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Michael Svensson with Jim Steele for back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offix Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Dave Watson That would be my vote too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFM Posted 28 November, 2008 Share Posted 28 November, 2008 This is really bad for me. In the last thread, certain people nominated Franny Benali over clearly better LBs, and I'm the same with Michael Svensson. For me, Killer is the best thing that has been about Saints in years. If it was all about attitude, this guy would get into any Saints team. He's a superb CB, but there are 2 better defenders in front of him, IMO. One of them is Mark Wright, and the other is Dave Watson. In a sense, I hope Killer makes it into the A or B teams without my nomination. If he doesn't he'll be on my substitute's bench for sure. Saints have been rich in quality CBs down through the years, and so, from my era, my apologies also go to Jimmy Gabriel, John McGrath, Jim Steele, Mel Blyth, Chris Nicholl, Razor Ruddock, Richard Hall, and Claus Lundekvam. All would grace a Saints side, but my nominations are in bold. Hehehe! St Landrew, I know you have been so patient in explaining time and again the credentials we are looking for (i.e. quality over popularity/commitment etc) and now you find yourself in the same dilemma :-) I will go for Dave Watson and Jimmy Steele and I genuinely do not know whether the latter is because of his quality of whether it's because, by christ do you love a committed defender like that in your team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Think this one could be a shoo-in; before opening the thread my thoughts were Dave Watson and Mark Wright and seems several of the above have named the same pair. Honorable mentions to John McGrath/Jim Steele/Chris Nichol/Killer but none come close to the top two. I also disagree that this is a position we are massively strong in; considering we are picking two names there was more competition for the single LB slot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Minus10 Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Jim Steele, Chris Nicholl, Dave Watson, Mark Wright, Claus, Monkou, Dean Richards, Killer, Calum Davenport... Dave watson and Mark Wright for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Dean Richards for me. Harsh what happend to the lad, always thought he did great for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 (edited) 1) Dave Watson 2) Chris Nicholl Will the poll have two votes? MOD's EDIT: Yes. Edited 30 November, 2008 by St Landrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Killer & Mark Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 This is really bad for me. In the last thread, certain people nominated Franny Benali over clearly better LBs, and I'm the same with Michael Svensson. For me, Killer is the best thing that has been about Saints in years. If it was all about attitude, this guy would get into any Saints team. He's a superb CB, but there are 2 better defenders in front of him, IMO. One of them is Mark Wright, and the other is Dave Watson. In a sense, I hope Killer makes it into the A or B teams without my nomination. If he doesn't he'll be on my substitute's bench for sure. Saints have been rich in quality CBs down through the years, and so, from my era, my apologies also go to Jimmy Gabriel, John McGrath, Jim Steele, Mel Blyth, Chris Nicholl, Razor Ruddock, Richard Hall, and Claus Lundekvam. All would grace a Saints side, but my nominations are in bold. I agree with you but Dave Watson did not play many games did he so I did not nominate him. Whats more I also agree with your longer list perhaps we have seen lots of games together without knowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Killer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windmill Arm 2 Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Lundekvam and Svennsson circa 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 stan clements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 and joe mallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 killer and mark wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzmeister Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Killer and Deano for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint for ever Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Killer and Claus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Jim Steele and John McGrath for me, though Mark Wright and Killer come close 3rd & 4th. As a pairing Killer and Claus are hard to beat, but I don't think Claus on his owns warrants a place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Paul Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Killer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 mark wright dave Watson for the Reseve team Killer John Mcgrath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 I would support Tony Knapp and Jim Steele. Or possibly Cliff Huxford and Mel Blyth. However,you really do need to rename this as the greatest Saints team in the last 20 years!! Our history is a bit longer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mary Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Tony Knapp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmonton Saint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Claus and Dean Richards for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Jim Steele and Dave Watson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 I would support Tony Knapp and Jim Steele. Or possibly Cliff Huxford and Mel Blyth. Did Cliff Huxford ever play CB for us? Left half, I think... If you count Sweepers as CBs then Reuben Agboola did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over land and sea Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Chris Nicholl and Mark Wright - the best two CBs I have seen in a Saints shirt but also two players whose style of play complemented each other. Michael Svensson is very close behind and I rate Malcolm Waldron (one of the first ever winners of the player of the season) very highly as well. If I were picking two teams, those are the four CBs I'd choose. But there again, I voted for Steve Mills for left back and he's not made the top two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TijuanaTim Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Killer...really rate Watson, but tbf Nichol was much better for Saints than Big Dave. McGrath was brutal but had no skill, Knapp was a liability, Steele was very average at the top level and Docker was a cult hero at best. Agboola was kinda great for a couple of seasons and Santa made all his partners look stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Did Cliff Huxford ever play CB for us? Left half, I think... If you count Sweepers as CBs then Reuben Agboola did well. Yes you're right that Cliff Huxford played left half in the days before we had centre backs - Knapp of course was centre half (and I might add I helped to chair him off at Leyton Orient the night we won promotion - I was 15!). But I would like to include him as he substituted at centre half on occasions, did very well and was a fantastic tackler, (and also deputised in goal a few times!). My point about this greatest team is that there were exceptionally good players before the 1970s - which is before many people on here are likely to have seen Saints. We didn't even talk about centre backs before then either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Killer...really rate Watson, but tbf Nichol was much better for Saints than Big Dave. McGrath was brutal but had no skill, Knapp was a liability, Steele was very average at the top level and Docker was a cult hero at best. Agboola was kinda great for a couple of seasons and Santa made all his partners look stars. Tony 'liability' Knapp led Saints to their first ever promotion to the top flight and Jim 'very average' Steele was critical in winning the FAC Cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchi Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mel Blyth and Mark Wright - both class footballers. I remember seeing Mel walking back from training at the Dell to catch the train to London with no bags just a pair of white boots hanging on his shoulder. McGrath and Watson for the strongman roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 (edited) Mark Wright and Dave Watson. Reserve team Michael Svennson and Claus Lundekvam Subs Monkou, Richards, McGrath and Knapp Edited 29 November, 2008 by ottery st mary spelling still taking remedial classes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Dave Watson Killer is the only other who even comes close IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright (16 caps whilst here) & Dave Watson (18 caps whilst here). After that, Killer as a third choice, then probably Nicholl, Ruddock & Lundekvam. Would loved to have seen how Hall would have panned out if (a) he hadn't have fccukced off, and (b) he hadn't gotten injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 Mark Wright and Killer for me, although i used to love watching Razor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 (edited) Mark Wright Dave Watson: end of, others need not apply. Edited 29 November, 2008 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tango Man Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 The one and only Big John McGrath...heart and soul on his sleeve every week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutwood2 Posted 29 November, 2008 Share Posted 29 November, 2008 I'll also go with Mark Wright and Dave Watson with Killer a close third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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