Jakub Sokolik Vs John Egan

[ryansm05]

Quite simply, who did you prefer last season?

After managing to bring young Jakub back to the club, I'm curious as to whether fans preferred John Egan who has gone on to cement his place in Gillingham's back line?! I only saw them a handful of times and was impressed immensely with both; yet, I personally felt Egan was a little more disciplined.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Tough one, I was big fans of them both.

Egan was probably the more polished defender but Sokolik was the better all round footballer in my opinion.

 

[Fairport]

I always thought that Egan was just the better of the two but delighted to have Sokolik back though.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Jakub because he came back.

 

[Jim Levenstein]

That goal though....

 

[Zeuss]

Sokolic,but only just.....Kiernan was even better...all three so much better than Prosser,White,Ibenfeldt,Thomson and Bolger though I think the latter 2 have the potential to improve.

 

[dannypav]

IMO , Sokolik was the better player

 

[OldBlueLady]

That goal though....

Exactly! Plus he has an Irish accent and you all know how much I like those :whistling:

 

[Blues 'n twos]

I recently compared Egan to Norman Hunter, a no nonsense style defender who just did what he had to do to clear his lines, Sokolik though is more like a Bobby Moore, a cultured defender who seems to have time a plenty. In tandem they were the ideal pairing, as for who I prefer, I went for Sokolic.....just.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Sokolik was the no nonsense one of the pairing. Egan the more cultured on the ball.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Sokolic,but only just.....Kiernan was even better...all three so much better than Prosser,White,Ibenfeldt,Thomson and Bolger though I think the latter 2 have the potential to improve.

I still don't think Kiernan is a centre-back. He got caught out of position far too easily there. He seems to have played mainly in midfield for Wigan this season (either that or they've been playing a back 5).

Reminds me how Mulgrew was played at left-back. He looked a good player without looking like a left-back. Now there was a class player. I remember just purring about his first few touches in a Southend shirt. We haven't had someone of that quality for a long time.

 

[Pubey]

I still don't think Kiernan is a centre-back. He got caught out of position far too easily there. He seems to have played mainly in midfield for Wigan this season (either that or they've been playing a back 5).

Reminds me how Mulgrew was played at left-back. He looked a good player without looking like a left-back. Now there was a class player. I remember just purring about his first few touches in a Southend shirt. We haven't had someone of that quality for a long time.

Zaaboub maybe?!

 

[jc80]

Egan but that's no slight on Sokolik, a great defensive pairing and it's good to see Sokolik back

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

Sokolik the the brick wall bruiser and Egan the class touch, just complemented each other so well. Both could play on the deck and wanted to do something productive with the ball rather than hit row z every time! Brilliant partnership and both better when playing alongside each other, their careers this season show that.

Liken the partnership to Clarke and Dervite.

Like then, its hard to choose but then i would give it to Dervite, likewise now i would give it to Egan... Just!

 

[Angell Delight]

Dervite was the classiest CB I've ever seen in my 27 years of supporting Blues.

Both Sokolik and Egan proved last season that they should be playing higher than L2, therefore I'm surprised and delighted to see Sokolik return to Roots Hall.

 

[Pak Power]

Exactly! Plus he has an Irish accent and you all know how much I like those :whistling:

That explains the Alan McCormack thing then :smile:

 

[Bratislava Blue]

Being Prague Blue it has to be the Boy from Banik!

 

[Romford Shrimper]

Egan got the shots in at mayhem, on that note he wins my vote

 

[Eddy Melito]

I still don't think Kiernan is a centre-back. He got caught out of position far too easily there. He seems to have played mainly in midfield for Wigan this season (either that or they've been playing a back 5).

Reminds me how Mulgrew was played at left-back. He looked a good player without looking like a left-back. Now there was a class player. I remember just purring about his first few touches in a Southend shirt. We haven't had someone of that quality for a long time.

Wigan usually play 3 centre backs.

 

[Norwichshrimper]

They were both too good for League 2 last year, but Egan I thought was wayyy too good for League 2. No slight on Sokolik at all, but Egan looked a top top defender.

We were truly spoilt last year,