Rating our wingers

[Zeuss]

Hmmm,quite a bit of winger appraisal on other threads so having a bit of spare time,here goes....
I began my 55 years of playing men’s football as a right or left winger and that’s partly why I’ve taken particular interest in our wide-men,watching since 1955 (Roots Hall !).
I was quite quick.....A
had a few tricks.......B
wasn’t especially accurate with my crossing......C
nor that regular a goal-scorer .......D

A,B,C,D then—4 categories — they’re bound to overlap somewhat but think Leicester City for examples :
A Demari Gray
B. Riyad Mahrez
C. Harvey Barnes
D. Mark Albrighton

So I’ll throw my top 5 Blues’ wingers in each category open to debate,in descending order:


A : sheer speed,note 4 and 5 had very little end product!
1. Errol Crossan
2 Derek Woodley
3. Jermaine McGlashan
4. Myles Weston
5. Ryan Hall

B : trickery inc.going round FB from a standing start:
1. Johnny McKinven
2. Jamal Campbell-Ryce
3. Colin Morris
4. Bill Punton
5. Paul Byrne

C :crossing ability,picking out team-mates near goal:
1. Alec Stenhouse
2. Mark Gower
3. Martin Ling
4. Alan Rogers
5. Ken Foggo

D : goalscoring— goals per game records have been used here:

1.Peter Taylor
2. Ricky Otto
3. Terry Gray
4. Andy Ansah
5. Terry Johnson

Comments welcome ! (I think!)

 

[Zeuss]

Hmmm,quite a bit of winger appraisal on other threads so having a bit of spare time,here goes....
I began my 55 years of playing men’s football as a right or left winger and that’s partly why I’ve taken particular interest in our wide-men,watching since 1955 (Roots Hall !).
I was quite quick.....A
had a few tricks.......B
wasn’t especially accurate with my crossing......C
nor that regular a goal-scorer .......D

A,B,C,D then—4 categories — they’re bound to overlap somewhat but think Leicester City for examples :
A Demari Gray
B. Riyad Mahrez
C. Harvey Barnes
D. Mark Albrighton

So I’ll throw my top 5 Blues’ wingers in each category open to debate,in descending order:


A : sheer speed,note 4 and 5 had very little end product!
1. Errol Crossan
2 Derek Woodley
3. Jermaine McGlashan
4. Myles Weston
5. Ryan Hall

B : trickery inc.going round FB from a standing start:
1. Johnny McKinven
2. Jamal Campbell-Ryce
3. Colin Morris
4. Bill Punton
5. Paul Byrne

C :crossing ability,picking out team-mates near goal:
1. Alec Stenhouse
2. Mark Gower
3. Martin Ling
4. Alan Rogers
5. Ken Foggo

D : goalscoring— goals per game records have been used here:

1.Peter Taylor
2. Ricky Otto
3. Terry Gray
4. Andy Ansah
5. Terry Johnson

Comments welcome ! (I think!)

Correction:speedy wingers 3 and 4 lacked end product

 

[Chrisb]

Would put Bernie Lewis somewhere into category C.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Sheer speed and no end product = Steven Clark.

 

[tallboyblue]

Would put Joe Sibley into A

 

[Napster]

No McAlinden?

 

[tallboyblue]

No McAlinden?

Wasn’t he an inside forward?

 

[Zeuss]

Wasn’t he an inside forward?

Yes and pre-1955.

 

[Well Fried Shrimp]

What about John McKinven and didn't Ian Hamilton also start as a winger?

 

[blues exile]

Woodley and McKinven were the perfect pair of wingers. One with tremendous pace, the other with close control and guile and both the sort of player you looked forward to watching.

 

[Zeuss]

Correction:speedy wingers 3 and 4 lacked end product

Correction:speedy wingers 3 and 4 lacked end product

Further correction: keep awake !—my Leicester examples C and D were the wrong way round.

 

[Member]

Mitchell Cole can probably go into the sheer speed category.

Ryan Hall should definitely move from 'sheer speed' to crossing ability (or maybe even scoring). In 103 games he scored 23 goals and 39 assists - truly remarkable.

Kevan Hurst could probably go into the goalscoring group, and I'd move Mark Gower from crossing to scoring as well, although he was excellent at both.

 

[Mick]

Hmmm,quite a bit of winger appraisal on other threads so having a bit of spare time,here goes....
I began my 55 years of playing men’s football as a right or left winger and that’s partly why I’ve taken particular interest in our wide-men,watching since 1955 (Roots Hall !).
I was quite quick.....A
had a few tricks.......B
wasn’t especially accurate with my crossing......C
nor that regular a goal-scorer .......D


So I’ll throw my top 5 Blues’ wingers in each category open to debate,in descending order:


A : sheer speed,note 4 and 5 had very little end product!
1. Errol Crossan
2 Derek Woodley
3. Jermaine McGlashan
4. Myles Weston
5. Ryan Hall

Had the "pleasure" of watching speedy winger 2 play his one and only game at number 9 as an out and out centre forward.

It didn't go well; we lost 9-1.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Ryan Hall should definitely move from 'sheer speed' to crossing ability (or maybe even scoring). In 103 games he scored 23 goals and 39 assists - truly remarkable.

I'd agree with this. If he was about pace it was more the pace of his delivery into the box.

For pace Jason Harris and Yemi Abiodun are a worth a shout. I saw both run the ball straight out of play because they forgot to turn and cross it. (Zeuss might be counting them as forwards - they didn't really have positions as they were athletes first and footballers thirty-second).

 

[Napster]

I'd agree with this. If he was about pace it was more the pace of his delivery into the box.

For pace Jason Harris and Yemi Abiodun are a worth a shout. I saw both run the ball straight out of play because they forgot to turn and cross it. (Zeuss might be counting them as forwards - they didn't really have positions as they were athletes first and footballers thirty-second).

Jason Harris had 20 for pace on CM

 

[LBBlue]

Category E - others that deserve a mention
Scott Houghton
Andy Rogers
Malcolm Slater
John Baber
Scott Forbes
Dave Chambers

Category F- Promised but failed
Gordon Connelly
Howard Moore
Ian Cowan
Jackie Ferguson
Adrian Clarke

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Category G - best in the air
Bilel Mohsni
Luke Prosser
Mark Bentley
David Worrall
Stephen McLaughlin

 

[Mick]

Category G - best in the air
Bilel Mohsni
Luke Prosser
Mark Bentley
David Worrall
Stephen McLaughlin

Not totally convinced they were all wingers.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Not totally convinced they were all wingers.

Mark Bentley was admittedly more of a wide midfielder but the others were all played on the wing.

 

[Zeuss]

Mark Bentley was admittedly more of a wide midfielder but the others were all played on the wing.

LUKE PLODDER a winger?? I creased up with laughter when I read that !