Ironshrimper
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Sammy had Powell, Prior, Edwards/Scully and Austin in front of him and still only 13th on the stats list
And remember Bodley! Geeez he was slow, use to hold on to strikers all the time..turned like a boat..
Sammy had Powell, Prior, Edwards/Scully and Austin in front of him and still only 13th on the stats list
True, but goes to show how poor we've been this season.not fair really, as all above have played at least 30 games,
Them sidewinder goal kicks were great...All this thread is going to do is show the age of voters. I only saw Royce for 2 years so I've voted for Flavs as he was my era growing up watching Southend but an honorable mention to Adam Federici, i don't know how we pulled that signing off but I doubt we'll see a classier keeper wearing our shirt unless we ever one day made it to the Premier League.
All this thread is going to do is show the age of voters. I only saw Royce for 2 years so I've voted for Flavs as he was my era growing up watching Southend but an honorable mention to Adam Federici, i don't know how we pulled that signing off but I doubt we'll see a classier keeper wearing our shirt unless we ever one day made it to the Premier League.
we need something much mores sophisitcated where you ahve to 'tick' the players you have actually seen and then vote for your favourite. The marking would then be the percentage of fans that had voted you number one out of those that had actually seen you . Of course there would need to be some weighting added (which is subjective) depending on how many keepers were in your 'seen list' .
There's also the danger of people romanticising their childhood. The sort of Fred Trueman types who claim it wasn't as good as it was in their day.
I think it's helpful to also look at the players' careers in full - what level did they play at, what did they achieve outside of their time at Southend, how much were they transferred for and to who etc. It's a useful cross-reference.
we need something much mores sophisitcated where you have to 'tick' the players you have actually seen and then vote for your favourite. The marking would then be the percentage of fans that had voted you number one out of those that had actually seen you . Of course there would need to be some weighting added (which is subjective) depending on how many keepers were in your 'seen list' .
There's also the danger of people romanticising their childhood. The sort of Fred Trueman types who claim it wasn't as good as it was in their day.
I think it's helpful to also look at the players' careers in full - what level did they play at, what did they achieve outside of their time at Southend, how much were they transferred for and to who etc. It's a useful cross-reference.
All this thread is going to do is show the age of voters. I only saw Royce for 2 years so I've voted for Flavs as he was my era growing up watching Southend but an honorable mention to Adam Federici, i don't know how we pulled that signing off but I doubt we'll see a classier keeper wearing our shirt unless we ever one day made it to the Premier League.
Neil Freeman for me, but he's not there.
Sammy was the best all-round keeper. Edges out Roycey as he couldn't kick the ball much further than the edge of his area.