anyone else see similarities between Lewy and Shades as a left back. Both tigerish in the tackle, a brick wall and marauding when going forward......
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07-01-2017 05:33 PM #1
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Lewy's shades
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07-01-2017 05:39 PM #2
Lewis is a fantastic playerq when he has a decent left winger playing in front of him. Last night probably suited him to a tee, and it showed.
Plus,there's no chance of us ever accusing him of bottling out a tackle. 😁
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07-01-2017 05:41 PM #3
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i didn't say as good as but a lot of similarities..........
fwiw i think he's not as hard but has about the same skill levels. Also he doesn't have the opportunity to be part of such a great side
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Shades made the 74 World Cup squad which was no mean achievement, because there were many excellent full backs at this time.
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07-01-2017 06:04 PM #6
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07-01-2017 06:34 PM #9
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For shame!
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07-01-2017 06:36 PM #10
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07-01-2017 06:48 PM #11
I was a young lad when I saw Shades play. He was according to the best of my memory a tenacious hard as teak quality full back. he was quick and was a player who would never shirk from putting in a tackle or putting the opponent into the advertising billboards if need be. He was also good at getting up and down the line if I remember rightly.
It would be good to hear from slightly older fans as to how they recall Shades as I was very young at the time.
Lewis played very well last night with Boyle taking some pressure from him as per getting up and down the wing and Lewis and Gray were far better concentrating on defending with Humphrey on the other wing.
Its always difficult comparing players from different eras. They're both legends from different points in time and both played under different circumstances as it was a much more physically tolerated game when Shades played.
Both deservedly Hibs Legends.
Glory GloryLast edited by northstandhibby; 07-01-2017 at 06:50 PM.
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07-01-2017 10:48 PM #12
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I can't say I remember any cynical stuff either like what the Sloop was a master at ... and at it quite often he was too :-)
Lewis is a legend but for other reasons.
Completely agree about comparing players, indeed anything, from different eras. It's just not fair.Last edited by Jack; 07-01-2017 at 10:55 PM.
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Lewis I like and rate as a full back,but not near the talent of Shades.
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07-01-2017 10:37 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Shades was the hardest full back I have ever seen ( hard not dirty), his tackle prior to Alan Gordon's 2nd (Hibs 7th) at Tyncastle epitomises that but you must remember that was over 40 years ago.
Youngsters now will see Lewis's achievement of being the only Hibs player to have won both cups as remarkable, (which it is), and will make comparisons with previous players.
To get back to Alan Gordon and that goal, he was one of the best headerers of a ball, (if that's a word) I have ever seen. I remember a diving header against Aberdeen as well and if he hadn't listened to a shout from Tony Higgins at Elland Road we would have beaten Leeds Utd too,
GGTTH
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You take the words right off my keyboard, Bollah.
Lewis is a great wee guy and I love him to bits, but Shades lived at the Absolute Pinnacle of Awesomeness.
But oh, the tragedy of his passing ....
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07-01-2017 06:40 PM #23
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Lewis aways looks to me like Darren mcgregor's love child.
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07-01-2017 06:43 PM #24
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07-01-2017 07:32 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Someone told me I look like Garry Parker the other day.
This is not a good development.
Hopefully it was just because we both have beards.
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07-01-2017 07:49 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Im a beardie n'aw.
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07-01-2017 06:45 PM #29
Sorry, Schaedler was the epitomy of class and in a different league to an honest trier like Stevenson.
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07-01-2017 06:49 PM #30
Very fortunate to see shades in his prime, and whilst Lewis is a terrific full back, with a heart of a lion, shades was ferocious in the tackle, and of course had that long throw.....so he just shades it for me 😉
I do love seeing wee Lewis firing into tackles though, he's a bloody tough competitor."I don't have any regrets about not moving during my playing career. I was born a Hibee, my dad was a Hibee, I will stay a Hibee and I'll die a Hibee." -Lawrie Reilly
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