Best, Archibald, Sauzee
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Thread: Top 3 most talented players.
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06-10-2023 01:40 PM #31
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06-10-2023 01:53 PM #32
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Talent probably has different definitions for some fans. I'm going to go for three very different types of players
Gordon Durie - Perhaps not what most would think of in terms of talent but he had energy and drive that most players can only dream of and combined that with being a very good player too. His talent would just be effectiveness
Collins - Perhaps not just natural talent as he worked on his physique and game relentlessly. Not many players can hold down an entire side of the pitch on their own but he did it often. His tackling was also fantastic
George Best - In my 50 years the best player(over his career) to have played for the club albeit he arrived well past his prime. Playing drunk and having not trained he still looked about as good as most of teh players in the league and that was when Scottish Clubs were a force in Europe
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06-10-2023 02:44 PM #34
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06-10-2023 03:10 PM #37
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Latapy, Zemama and Michael O'Neill. But Bojang was on fire in his short time here.
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06-10-2023 03:10 PM #38
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John Collins
Michael O'Neill - some of the goals he scored were brilliant
Zemmama
My old Grandad said Joe Baker was the best finisher and his favourite player.
Then Gordon Smith and John Brownlie.
I'll conceded that his are far better than mine but I never grew up in 1930s Leith.
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06-10-2023 03:20 PM #39
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Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnston,Lawrie Reilly.
closely followed by
Joe Baker,Willie Hamilton,Pat Stanton.
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06-10-2023 05:15 PM #40
Of the players that I've seen, it would be Latapy, Latapy and Latapy.
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06-10-2023 05:20 PM #42
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Riordan
Latapy
Fletcher
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06-10-2023 05:25 PM #43This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-10-2023 05:32 PM #44
I would always go with Stanton 1st every time
here is a few tho
Darren Jackson
Alex Edwards
Steve Archibald
Michael O Neil
Riorden
Scott Allan
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06-10-2023 05:59 PM #46This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-10-2023 06:26 PM #47
George Best was the most naturally player I've ever seen for any team. His balance was incomparable and invention and instinctive play too. For all his incredible dribbling and scoring of spectacular goals, I've heard top pros saying he was also actually one of the hardest, toughest players they played against too.
Pat Stanton was a great natural athlete, read the game supremely well, he was smooth and classy and seemed to play with all the time in the world on his hands. The ultimate 'Rolls-Royce' footballer.
Peter Cormack was really an all-round natural talent and could do pretty well anything on a football pitch, even play between the sticks. He had a fantastic and well-timed leap on him, was an instinctive ball-player and always had an eye for a goal. For a man of his size he had a tremendous dig on him too.
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06-10-2023 06:31 PM #48
Latapy, sauzee and Archibald with Collins close. I did see Stanton and some of the tornadoes plus ally Macleod but my memories of them are sketchy. Oh and best.
For all that I loved riordan, O’Connor, griffiths, none of them feature. Boozy and brown were better imo and also a case could be made for fletcher. I enjoyed watching zemmamma and benji as well.
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06-10-2023 06:39 PM #50
Alex Edwards
Jimmy O'Rourke
Russell Latapy
I feel blessed to have seen these guys, play for Hibernian.
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06-10-2023 06:39 PM #51
Too young to remember seeing any of the payers from the 70s in games I'd have been at.
The 80s were pretty grim generally for us 3 but I'll go with Goram, Collins and Sauzee as they all played regularly.
If we're talking about the players in their prime, Best would top the list as the stand out, it wouldn't even be close. But if we're talking about who the most talented was whilst playing for Hibs, then Archibald would be a good shout.
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"I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"
Sir Matt Busby
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06-10-2023 07:44 PM #53
Sauzee, Latapy, Griffiths
Griffiths was outstanding, some of his free kicks were a joke, even the 2 against England, world class at striking a football.Last edited by JammyDoidger; 07-10-2023 at 12:36 AM.
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