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I'll be honest, I have no idea who that is but he has the right looks to be a Neville.
I'll be honest, I have no idea who that is but he has the right looks to be a Neville.
You can, and i did to be fair, although I spelt his name wrongYou can add Sami Hyypia to that list who was easily the better CB of the two in his time at Pool. You can compare them to our partnership of Dawson and King, JC was Liverpool's Michael Dawson. Solid, dependable, but not top class. Hyypia was the class act.
He definitely scored more goals for Spurs than he did for Liverpool.Isn’t carragher 8th on Spurs all time top scorers
He definitely scored more goals for Spurs than he did for Liverpool.
Was Neville underrated? I thought most rated him as a top class rbNeville was a massively underrated full back in his time, his crossing more so.
Great full back, and in those days (Brazillian full backs aside) he was a threat going forward. For a while, him and Beckham were deadly, when they tried to stop Beckham he would whip the crosses in.
Phil on the other hand was nowhere near him, Carragher, all though he had the effort, he lacked the ability on the ball. Never has the phrase 'has two left feet' been more apt for a footballer.
Infact both of those footballers, if they didn't play for United/Liverpool would have been at home at Stoke.
Infact you could have a game of were they actually good enough for a top team under Fergusons United teams and players like McClair, P Neville, Butt and a few others would have to be a hard NO.
On the other side you'd give a hard yes, to the underrated G Neville, O'Shea, Fletcher and even the ever injured Wes Brown.
As for punditry, Gary was a pioneer but I agree that I'd rather listen to Carragher these days, scouse accent withstanding.
I think he was rated accordinglyWas Neville underrated? I thought most rated him as a top class rb
Roy Keane: "I'm a Spurs fan. I played for Man United but Spurs is my team"
A surprising yet exquisite finale. Well played, sir.I would have loved that mad b*****d at Spurs. I'm Irish. He's my age and he's also my favourite non Spurs player of all time. He's mentioned the club a few times since he's become a pundit and I always give him a pass on it as it hasn't always been easy being Spurs. In a country where GAA dominates and the only acceptable "foreign sport" alternatives are United and Liverpool (with a smattering of Leeds fans) us Spurs fans have always been few and far between (Ever try buying a Spurs kit in Ireland?). He said many years ago, when he first got into punditry that "Spurs will always let you down" and I thought, that's fair. I had thought that he'd lost that allegiance over the years but was gratified to see that it still burns. I've always subscribed to the old adage that "you can change your car/house/wife but you can't change your team". I watched that video last night with my 11 year old and tears of joy rolled down our cheeks.
He seems to take a lot of stick/banter off fellow pundits these days and then you have lots of fans who think he was average. Neville, while insufferable at times to listen to, takes the abuse very well and can laugh at himself in fairness. Unfortunately, it seems lots of football fans take the jokes seriously and rate Neville as an average full back. He wasn't. He was exceptionally good. Not spectacular but very, very dependable and the sort of player you'd have in your team all day long.Was Neville underrated? I thought most rated him as a top class rb
Worked incredibly well with Beckham and actually had a decent cross on him too when he overlapped.He seems to take a lot of stick/banter off fellow pundits these days and then you have lots of fans who think he was average. Neville, while insufferable at times to listen to, takes the abuse very well and can laugh at himself in fairness. Unfortunately, it seems lots of football fans take the jokes seriously and rate Neville as an average full back. He wasn't. He was exceptionally good. Not spectacular but very, very dependable and the sort of player you'd have in your team all day long.
He seems to take a lot of stick/banter off fellow pundits these days and then you have lots of fans who think he was average. Neville, while insufferable at times to listen to, takes the abuse very well and can laugh at himself in fairness. Unfortunately, it seems lots of football fans take the jokes seriously and rate Neville as an average full back. He wasn't. He was exceptionally good. Not spectacular but very, very dependable and the sort of player you'd have in your team all day long.