Glenn Rodent 6:48 Mon Oct 31
"I can't tell you a centre back that's been successful at that size"
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"I can't tell you a centre back that's been successful at that size" - (Graeme Souness when referring to Man Utd's 5ft 9ins Lisandro Martinez).
How about -
Fabio Cannavaro (5"9)
Franco Baresi (5"9)
I think our very own Bobby Moore was only 5"10.
And Souness gets paid for those views. Embarrassing!
Anymore good midget centre backs?
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zico
3:08 Wed Nov 2
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Think Souness forgot Emlyn Hughes who I don't remember as a giant. Steve Nicol as well played centre half for Liverpool at times and wasn't tall.
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Side of Ham
2:39 Wed Nov 2
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rios, I always had him down as a defensive midfielder rather than centre back, but they did have Graham Roberts 5'10" & Gary Mabutt also 5'10" as their centre halves.....so they were quite a small team at times....
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Boris the Beard
2:18 Wed Nov 2
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Glenn Rodent 6:48 Mon Oct 31
To be fair to Souness he did say 'to play in Englands top flight'
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riosleftsock
11:22 Tue Nov 1
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Perryman was the spurs equivalent of Potts, very decent if unspectacular players who pretty much stayed at one club all their career (apart from the last few years for Perryman) - he was 5'9
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Gary Strodders shank
11:07 Tue Nov 1
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Did Souness not pair up Dicks with Ruddock at Centre back for a while?
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scott_d
11:02 Tue Nov 1
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Javier Mascherano played CB for Liverpool and Barcelona didn't he?
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BillyJenningsBoots
9:07 Tue Nov 1
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Swiss for once you are right Steve Potts surely a very successful centre back....
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arsene york-hunt
8:01 Tue Nov 1
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Billy Wright Was only 5'8" and was rarely beaten in the air due to his timing. He was England captain, got 105 caps and was married to one of the Beverly sisters.
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Side of Ham
5:25 Tue Nov 1
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I doubt it Raaaaaaaay but it will give a reason to not to give much of a toss to his 'expert' ramblings.....
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ray winstone
5:12 Tue Nov 1
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Souness will be SEETHING when he reads this.
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Side of Ham
5:02 Tue Nov 1
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It also has to be noted that Souness was the only Liverpool manager that tried to turn them into the Wimbledon Crazy Gang.......he has form for being a non football expert....
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Gary Strodders shank
4:39 Tue Nov 1
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Wasnt it against Germany in the1990 World cup semi that the ball flicked off Paul Parkers head and over Shilton to give them the lead?
Shilton wasn't the biggest keeper in the world either but thats for another thread.
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Swiss.
4:13 Tue Nov 1
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Soldo
Paul Parker a successful CB? Though he was a FB.
Steve Potts was quite short
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Lato
3:23 Tue Nov 1
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You'll never beat the Fozzie!
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cholo
12:42 Tue Nov 1
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(you'll never beat) Des Walker was sub 6', some sources said 5'11 but in not sure he was that tall , then again anyone looked small alongside the giant colin FOSSSSSTEEEEERRRR.
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Northern Sold
12:21 Tue Nov 1
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George Berry (Wolves) was 5 foot 4.... his hair added another 12 inches...
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Eerie Descent
11:50 Tue Nov 1
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It's no good listening to anything Souness says, it's also no good looking back in time.
In the modern game, it's all about how your team set up and play. He's looking good for them, as they are trying to play football. He'd be absolutely fucking useless for us, in our backs to the wall approach that we spend most (MOST) of the time doing.
Please no one be thick enough to mention the last 20 minutes of the game. We're talking overall.
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Charoo
11:34 Tue Nov 1
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I think Souness let’s his new teeth do the talking for him sometimes.
He’s genuinely run out of things to say.
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Takashi Miike
10:47 Tue Nov 1
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koeman, f.de boer, beckenbauer, alaba - all 5ft 11ins
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Far Cough
10:44 Tue Nov 1
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Looks like there were plenty of Herves CBs
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Takashi Miike
10:42 Tue Nov 1
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puyol was only 5ft 10ins
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