Gersnet Rangers All-time XI | Day 2: Left-back

[Rousseau 10,603]

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

On that reckoning we should have started with outside left.

Stick your fancy positions up your a*se!

[Tannochsidebear 2,405]

In the summer of 1998 there was a wonderful world cup in France, and when it came round to the latter stages and the journos and pundits start discussing their best XI of all the players at the world cup, there was really only 2 left backs getting any discussion time, and that was Roberto Carlos, the Brazilian who could hit free kicks round corners, and the soon to be our very own Arthur Numan. The fact we signed one of the 2 best left backs in the world that summer absolutely amazed me, and watching him play it was easy to see why. Total class act.

 

I loved Munro who was so under-rated, I believe at one point he was the only player in our team without a full international cap and that was very harsh on him. Robertson, Papac, Wallace, Barasic all get honourable mentions but it is Numan for me.

[Devil's advocaat 1,541]

Davie Robertson for me. I liked Numan, but he frustrated me a lot, seemed to cut in onto his right foot a lot, which he wasn't great with.

[Scott7 6,002]

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

Stick your fancy positions up your a*se!

You’ll have to excuse me. Impossibility of performance.

[compo 7,030]

1 hour ago, Rousseau said:

Stick your fancy positions up your a*se!

Tell them your going the continental way of squad numbers 

[yuddie 1,693]

Flani Alves?

 

Kidding, I can just about recall Numan so he'd be my vote.

 

In fairness to Borna when he got into the team under Gerrard and the 2/3 seasons under him that he was a fixture he was a quality left back - he was getting caps for an excellent Croatia side btw - but post Gerrard that's when we started to see him bottle it at parkhead and in big games regularly, before that he was pretty tough.

 

I can understand if someone said Borna to a degree but there's too much baggage latterly with him for me, Numan is my vote as I say.

[alexscottislegend 2,320]

In the modern era Numan for me but it's difficult comparing generations because in Caldow's day they were mostly up against small tricky wingers, which is why Shearer and Caldow were suited to their era being smallish; nowadays they would probably struggle.

[Scott7 6,002]

7 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Shearer and Caldow were suited to their era being smallish; nowadays they would probably struggle.

Bobby Shearer would be vulnerable to pace but a big six footer brick outhouse would cause him no problem such was the applied strength of his twckling.

 

Caldow on the other hand relied on his own speed over the ground and the speed of his interception and tackling. He would prosper anywhere, everywhere.

[alexscottislegend 2,320]

2 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

Bobby Shearer would be vulnerable to pace but a big six footer brick outhouse would cause him no problem such was the applied strength of his twckling.

 

Caldow on the other hand relied on his own speed over the ground and the speed of his interception and tackling. He would prosper anywhere, everywhere.

That's why I said 'probably'!😊

[weebluedevil 1,239]

Robertson for me.