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Author Topic: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards  (Read 13381 times)

Offline olaftab

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2013, 08:38:01 PM »
My vote is in and Lord McGrath on 17% in second place.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2013, 08:56:06 PM »
17.1% after my vote, still way behind Bergkamp.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2013, 09:27:02 PM »
Our bloke , easily. God.

Offline Uknowthescore

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2013, 10:03:26 PM »
Just voted and he's still in 2nd ooh ahh Paul mcgrath

Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #34 on: April 05, 2013, 10:12:26 PM »
No doubt that McGrath is the best player I've seen at Villa....but better than Bergkamp and/or Cantona? No Way.

He was miles better than the pair of 'em. 

Offline Irish villain

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #35 on: April 05, 2013, 10:23:18 PM »
I just voted and McGrath is now on 17.3%, Bergkamp is on 57%

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #36 on: April 06, 2013, 01:38:40 AM »
Ooh aah Paul McGrath or Ooh aah Cantona ? Come on, there's only one winner and it's not desperately seeking Eric.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #37 on: April 06, 2013, 06:55:45 AM »
No doubt that McGrath is the best player I've seen at Villa....but better than Bergkamp and/or Cantona? No Way.

He was miles better than the pair of 'em. 

Total garbage.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #38 on: April 06, 2013, 07:19:21 AM »
No doubt that McGrath is the best player I've seen at Villa....but better than Bergkamp and/or Cantona? No Way.

He was miles better than the pair of 'em. 

Total garbage.

Yes he was.

Offline He wears a magic hat

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #39 on: April 06, 2013, 08:18:07 AM »
I cant understand this love in for cantona.

Good player yes but great never

you can real off players who were better than him without even thinking about it

i honestly dont think id pick him in any all time premiership side where as mcgrath would walk in.

Paul mcgrath is by far and away the greatest defender that its been my pleasure to see.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #40 on: April 06, 2013, 08:54:00 AM »
No doubt that McGrath is the best player I've seen at Villa....but better than Bergkamp and/or Cantona? No Way.

He was miles better than the pair of 'em. 

Total garbage.

Total garbage.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #41 on: April 06, 2013, 09:03:39 AM »
It's always hard comparing defenders with attacking players, as obviously people will always appreciate the end result of a goal, especially the sort Bergkamp used to score.  But McGrath is the best defender I've ever seen, and the only one who was a joy to watch.  So he wins in my eyes.  Dwight Yorke was better than Cantona anyway.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #42 on: April 06, 2013, 09:09:30 AM »
You have it in a nutshell.

The best defender I have ever seen. The youtube of him defending against Italy, with Roberto Baggio in his back pocket is sublime. Knowing now that he was struggling with alcohol and painkiller addiction makes it all the more remarkable.

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #43 on: April 06, 2013, 09:15:50 AM »
Paul McGrath was one of the best centre halves to ever play the game. He is up there with the very best, certainly in the top one.

You cannot say the same about Begkamp or Cantona.

Offline eastie

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Re: Vote for God in 40 years of the PFA players player awards
« Reply #44 on: April 06, 2013, 09:29:52 AM »
I saw most of Paul's games home and away for us and apart from a day at the baseball ground when dean Saunders gave him the run around i can't really recall seeing him have a stinker- his level of consistency and performance were outstanding - i had the privilege of having a drink with paul at the Mikita tournament at Wembley in 1990 (he had  an orange may i add) and found him to be a really nice bloke - the word legend is often overused.

Paul McGrath was and  always will be a real legend!

 


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