Pilchards Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 (edited) I was playing footy with my nipper today and every time he scored a cracker he would do a mad celebration screaming the name Ricky Lambert. Now its got me thinking as I recover from the run out. My era it was Matty this and Matty that. Other than the loyalty which Le Tiss holds easily, who would be the best free kick taker, penalty taker, poacher and finally who scored the most spectacular goals? Edited 8 March, 2010 by Pilchards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Thomas7 Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 1)Free Kick Taker - Le Tiss 2)Pens - Le Tiss 3)Poacher - Errr... are either "poachers"?? Probably Lambert... 4)Spectacular - Le Tiss Rickie is great for this level, but he is no Le Tiss!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick1976.4.38 Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 david peach for penalties,was fairly good in his day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WESTIE SFC Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 Beattie was decent for pens... and the odd free kick as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 Other than MLT... Penalties - Beattie, Pahars and Vignal all have 100% records. Free kicks - Bale, Lambert or Beattie Spectacular - Loads of players had odd moments of brilliance. Poacher - Rasiak fits that stereotype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 Stevie Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 7 March, 2010 Share Posted 7 March, 2010 Penalties - MLT,closely followed by David Peach Free kicks - MLT,in more recent times Bale,although I recall Channon curving one round a wall in an evening fixture Spectacular - MLT,and Channon Poacher - Ted MacDougall,and Steve Moran ( both only for a season or so though).Older relatives speak highly of both Derek Reeves and George O'Brian though. Please don't forget two other important categories: Headed goals - Big Ron ( no one else comes close) Celebration - Channon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 Looking at it from a "kid wheeling away in celebration chanting a players name" point of view from my youth ..... Penalties .... always met with a sense of fear as we were pretty unreliable till Peachy came along. Free Kicks ...... English teams didn't score from Free Kicks .... only foreign teams in The World Cup did this .... FACT Spectacular .... as above for free kicks :cool: (although once in a blue moon Bobby Charlton would hit a screamer from the edge of the peno box on match of the day, and also some bloke playing for Hereford did against Newcastle? in teh FA Cup). Poacher .... probably Chivers. Channon's were more often on breakaways and mazy runs. Big Ron's were of course more often than not headers (hence next category) Not until the days of Boyer, SuperMac or Steve Moran did we have a consistent goal poacher in the mould of Jimmy greaves. New category ..... headed goals ... only one contender ....Big Ron. I think we used to get more excited at the award of a corner than of a penalty back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 Terry Paine was the best all round No 7 I have ever seen in a Saints shirt. He now has a World Cup Winners medal too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 Is Pilchards an ex pat? Dewy-eyed reminiscing of a golden MLT era :-) For me it's fantastic that kids now scream the names of OUR players again, could never see that during the age of the McGoaldroughts or the Poles. And thank heavens it isn't Rooney that he screams. For us, it will always be MLT for the goals, Paine for his all round play, but for the kids, in 10 or 15 years time they'll all be on here comparing RL to one of their current class mates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourno Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 My 7yr old son plays for Jubilee 77 in Fareham and in training last Wednesday slotted one home, wheeled away shouting 'number 7 Rickieeee Lamberrrrrrt' which was lost on all of his team mates who are Skates or Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 I'm one for praising GEORGE O'BRIEN...180 goals in 6½ seasons. (1959-65) Mind you he'd also be in the running for the LAZIEST player. George would never run more than 10 yards for the ball, but once he got possessson he'd have a shot at goal 25-30 yards, left foot or right ...no problem. As many small men, he was quick and deadly in the six yard box....and put away a few penalties in his time, too. Great shame these old heroes aren't on film to watch.There was no MOTD till about 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 Is Pilchards an ex pat? I wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 spectacular - Ivan Golac....! oh okay, only once. but what a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 My eight year old had a choice of names for his no 7 saints top and went with Le Tiss over Lambert. He loves watching Le tiss goals. When ever we go to the park for a kick around we have to pratice that free kick were Le Tiss flicks it up and hits it on the volley. Sadly for my boy his manager at Wyvern Saints thinks he's a much better RB than a midfielder (I have to agree) so he has no chance to put his free kicks into action on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Mullet Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 My 7yr old son plays for Jubilee 77 in Fareham and in training last Wednesday slotted one home, wheeled away shouting 'number 7 Rickieeee Lamberrrrrrt' which was lost on all of his team mates who are Skates or Chelsea. Good lad. I like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Samuel Posted 8 March, 2010 Share Posted 8 March, 2010 I'm one for praising GEORGE O'BRIEN...180 goals in 6½ seasons. (1959-65) Mind you he'd also be in the running for the LAZIEST player. George would never run more than 10 yards for the ball, but once he got possessson he'd have a shot at goal 25-30 yards, left foot or right ...no problem. As many small men, he was quick and deadly in the six yard box....and put away a few penalties in his time, too. Great shame these old heroes aren't on film to watch.There was no MOTD till about 1970. I know his grandson through friends, met him a few times so always hear about what a great player O'Brien was, will ask if he's got any old tapes of his grandad, surely unlikely though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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