best ever - opinions please

[spider-neil]

best ever year

best ever team (state year)

best ever servant

best ever captain

best ever striker

best ever second striker

best ever strike partnership

best ever winger

best ever defensive midfielder

best ever attacking midfielder

best ever center midfield partnership

best ever center back partnership

best ever defender

best ever fullback

best ever keeper

 

just curious, want to see what people think

[Rashid]

best ever year 1988

best ever team (state year) 1988

best ever servant Kenny Dalglish

best ever captain Souness

best ever striker Ian Rush

best ever second striker Kenny Dalglish

best ever strike partnership Kenny and Rush

best ever winger Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder Souness

best ever attacking midfielder Barnes

best ever center midfield partnership McMahon / Whelen

best ever center back partnership Hansen Lawrenson

best ever defender Hansen

best ever fullback Nicol

best ever keeper Reina

[spider-neil]

I'll go first

 

best ever year - 2001 (personal reasons)

best ever team - 1988

best ever servant - kenny

best ever captain - souness

best ever striker - rush

best ever second striker - kenny

best ever strike partnership - kenny rush

best ever winger - barnes

best ever defensive midfielder - whelan

best ever attacking midfielder - barnes

best ever center midfield partnership - hmmm get back to you on that one

best ever center back partnership - jocky and lawro

best ever defender - jocky

best ever fullback - nicol

best ever keeper - clem

[KevieG]

best ever year 1977

best ever team (state year) 1987

best ever servant lots of them but I'll go Roy Evans

best ever captain Souness

best ever striker Rush

best ever second striker Kenny

best ever strike partnership Rush/Dalglish

best ever winger Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder Whelan

best ever attacking midfielder Souness

best ever center midfield partnership not sure

best ever center back partnership Hansen/Lawro

best ever defender Lawrenson for my money better than Hansen

best ever fullback Rob Jones what might have been

best ever keeper Clemence but Reina on his tail

 

just curious, want to see what people think

nice thread

[Dicko]

best ever year 2005

best ever team (state year) 1988

best ever servant Kenny

best ever captain Souness

best ever striker Rush (Fowler was a more natural finisher though)

best ever second striker Kenny

best ever strike partnership Rush/Dalglish

best ever winger Barnes/Liddell

best ever defensive midfielder Souness

best ever attacking midfielder Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership Souness/Case

best ever center back partnership Hansen/Lawrenson

best ever defender Hansen

best ever fullback Lawler

best ever keeper Clemence

[Rashid]

Just looking at that Souness / Case midfield on paper shits me up.

[James Dean]

best ever year- 2005

best ever team (state year) - 1979

best ever servant - Ian Callaghan

best ever captain - Souness

best ever striker - Fowler

best ever second striker - Dalglish

best ever strike partnership - Dalglish/Rush

best ever winger - Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder - Souness

best ever attacking midfielder - Mcmanaman

best ever center midfield partnership

best ever center back partnership - Lawro/Hansen

best ever defender - Hansen

best ever fullback - Nicol

best ever keeper - Clemence

[KevieG]

Only really caught the tail end of Sounesses career, but defensive midfielder??

 

I always thought of him as the perfect all rounder, so I guess he could do either, and maybe the roll of defensive midfielder has changed to a specialist position these days but Souness for me wouldn't be that.

 

Anyhow, Souness himself said the best attacking midfielder of his generation was Terry Mac.

[Ian Sea]

best ever year - 1977

best ever team - 1979

best ever servant - Bob Paisley

best ever captain - Emlyn Hughes

best ever striker - Ian Rush

best ever second striker - Kenny Dalglish

best ever strike partnership - Rush/Dalglish

best ever winger - John Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder - Graeme Souness

best ever attacking midfielder - Steven Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership - the one from 1979

best ever center back partnership - Hansen/Thompson

best ever defender - Alan Hansen

best ever fullback - Phil Neal

best ever keeper - Ray Clemence

[Paul]

Best ever year: very, very tough one. Either Kenny's double, Joe's treble or Istanbul. I think I'll go for '85/'86.

Best ever team: again, it's tough. Either the 4th European Cup team with the three Scots legends or the Barnes, Beardsley and Aldridge side. I think I'll go for the former as I reckon they would beat the latter, even though that side played the best stuff I've ever seen from us. Liverpool '83/'84.

Best ever servant: easy - Kenny.

Best ever captain: another easy one - Souness.

Best ever striker: very tough, but I'm taking Robbie over Rushie.

Best ever second striker: d'uh. Kenny.

Best ever strike partnership: Kenny and Rushie.

Best ever winger: Digger.

Best ever defensive midfielder: Souness

Best ever attacking midfielder: Digger again, if eligible. If not, either Terry Mac or Ray Kennedy.

Best ever center midfield partnership: Christ, Souness and anyone else he played with. Take your pick.

Best ever center back partnership: Jockey and Lawrensen.

Best ever defender: Jockey.

Best ever fullback: Steve Nicol.

Best ever keeper: Clem.

 

 

And I'm going to add a couple of my own categories:

 

 

Best manager: Bob.

Best character: Shanks beats Carra firmly into second place.

Best youth/Academy graduate: Robbie nudges Gerrard into second place.

[STARDELTA]

best ever year 1988

best ever team (state year) 1988

best ever servant Kenny Dalglish

best ever captain Souness

best ever striker Ian Rush

best ever second striker Kenny Dalglish

best ever strike partnership Kenny and Rush

best ever winger Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder Souness

best ever attacking midfielder Barnes

best ever center midfield partnership McMahon / Whelen

best ever center back partnership Hansen Lawrenson

best ever defender Hansen

best ever fullback Nicol

best ever keeper Reina

 

[Thats some shout mate, what about all of Rushs goals against everton many years ago, I was still to young to understand but I was feeling really happy] :thumbsup:

[Guido]

Best ever : Shankly

[spider-neil]

for the record I have personal reasons for 2001 as my best ever year and kenny over shanks/bob for best ever servant.

[stringvest]

best ever year - 1977

best ever team (state year) - 1983-84.

best ever servant - Callaghan

best ever captain - Souness

best ever striker - Rush

best ever second striker - Dalglish

best ever strike partnership - Rush and Dalglish

best ever winger - Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder - Souness

best ever attacking midfielder - Molby

best ever center midfield partnership - Gerrard / Alonso

best ever center back partnership - Hansen / Lawrenson

best ever defender - Lawrenson

best ever fullback- Neal

best ever keeper - Clemence

[spider-neil]

And I'm going to add a couple of my own categories:

 

 

Best manager: Bob.

Best character: Shanks beats Carra firmly into second place.

Best youth/Academy graduate: Robbie nudges Gerrard into second place.

 

 

Best manager: shanks

Best character: barnes for the racist shit he had to take and still perform

Best youth/Academy graduate: gerrard

[lfclad_4eva]

Im not going to state options that i was not here for, so i will have a go from what i remember.

 

best ever year - 2005

best ever team - 2008 (You'll see)

best ever servant - Carra

best ever captain - Gerrard

best ever striker - Owen

best ever second striker - Fowler

best ever strike partnership - Owen/Fowler

best ever winger - McManaman

best ever defensive midfielder - Mascherano

best ever attacking midfielder - Steven Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership - Gerrard/Hamann

best ever center back partnership - Henchoz/Hyypia

best ever defender - Hyypia

best ever fullback - Babbel ( i think this would have been without a doubt if he hadnt of been so unlucky with that illness)

best ever keeper - Reina

[Dicko]

Only really caught the tail end of Sounesses career, but defensive midfielder??

 

I always thought of him as the perfect all rounder, so I guess he could do either, and maybe the roll of defensive midfielder has changed to a specialist position these days but Souness for me wouldn't be that.

 

Anyhow, Souness himself said the best attacking midfielder of his generation was Terry Mac.

 

The role has changed in those days you were expected to do both. The early 80's heralded the start of the breaking up of midfield roles. John Wark I think was the first true prolific goalscoring midfielder scoring 40 goals for Ipswich one season.

 

Didn't Terry Mac mainly play on the right.

[spider-neil]

Im not going to state options that i was not here for, so i will have a go from what i remember.

 

best ever year - 2005

best ever team - 2008 (You'll see)

best ever servant - Carra

best ever captain - Gerrard

best ever striker - Owen

best ever second striker - Fowler

best ever strike partnership - Owen/Fowler

best ever winger - McManaman

best ever defensive midfielder - Mascherano

best ever attacking midfielder - Steven Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership - Gerrard/Hamann

best ever center back partnership - Henchoz/Hyypia

best ever defender - Hyypia

best ever fullback - Babbel ( i think this would have been without a doubt if he hadnt of been so unlucky with that illness)

best ever keeper - Reina

 

not that it matters as the above are you own opinion, but how old are you?

[lfclad_4eva]

obviously not very, im 18, as i said from what i remember. I know the history but i wasnt there to witness it, so it would be wrong to say the best team etc in my opinion is before i was born

[spider-neil]

obviously not very, im 18, as i said from what i remember. I know the history but i wasnt there to witness it, so it would be wrong to say the best team etc in my opinion is before i was born

 

fair comment.

[AL66GOLF]

best ever year - 1979

best ever team (state year) - 1983-84.

best ever servant - Kenny Dalglish

best ever captain - Graeme Souness

best ever striker - Ian Rush

best ever second striker - Kenny

best ever strike partnership - Rush and Dalglish

best ever winger - John Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder - Souness

best ever attacking midfielder - Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership - Souness & any

best ever center back partnership - Hansen & Lawrenson

best ever defender - Hansen

best ever fullback- Neal

best ever keeper - Clemence

 

Easy to guess my age!

[lfclad_4eva]

32?

[Monkeywool]

best ever year 1892

best ever team (state year) 1984

best ever servant - King Kenny, also Ronnie Moran pushes him close - he lived for Liverpool for years and didn't ask for any of the limelight IIRC.

best ever captain - Emlyn

best ever striker - Rush

best ever second striker - King Kenny

best ever strike partnership - Rush and King Kenny

best ever winger - Barnes or Heighway, too close to call

best ever defensive midfielder - Souness

best ever attacking midfielder - Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership - Whoever Mascher chooses to be with him, and him.

best ever center back partnership - Hansen and Lawro

best ever defender - Hansen

best ever fullback - Rob jones

best ever keeper - Reina

Best manager: Shanks

Best character: Shanks

Best youth/Academy graduate: Fowler

[Conor]

best ever year 1984

best ever team (state year) 1984

best ever servant Phil Neal

best ever captain Sounness

best ever striker Fowler

best ever second striker Dalglish

best ever strike partnership Rush & Dalglish

best ever winger Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder Hamann

best ever attacking midfielder Gerrard

best ever center midfield partnership Sounness/Whelan

best ever center back partnership Tommy Smith & Emlyn Hughes

best ever defender Hansen

best ever fullback Alan Kennedy

best ever keeper Clemence

[Guest TK-421]

best ever year - 2005

best ever team (state year) - 1988

best ever servant - Dalgish

best ever captain - Souness

best ever striker - Rush

best ever second striker - Dalglish

best ever strike partnership - Rush and Dalglish

best ever winger - Barnes

best ever defensive midfielder - Souness? Hamann? Tough category.

best ever attacking midfielder - Beardsley

best ever center midfield partnership - no idea

best ever center back partnership - Hansen and Lawrenson

best ever defender - Hansen

best ever fullback - Nicol

best ever keeper - Clemence