City Hall of Fame

LeftSaidFred · Dec 31, 2020

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Absolutely correct decision that Deano should be in of course, but laughable that Raich Carter isn’t.

highpeak tiger · Dec 31, 2020

All three should be in.

Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR · Jan 1, 2021

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It has to be Raich. Nobody even close.
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My husband will add to that CT. " Not even light years close."

City Man · Jan 1, 2021

I wonder if Man Utd fans are asked : Duncam Edwards, Bobby Charlton or Ronaldo- which one should be in the HoF?

John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. · Jan 1, 2021

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I would say it's a serious meritocratic list, as everyone who's there deserves to be there. Brabin in particular. Having now spoken to a large percentage of his Great Escape team mates, they pretty much all say the same thing: Brabs was the main on-pitch reason why we stayed up. That half-season was the most important half-season in our history, and Brabs was the most important player within it. Had we gone down that season, who knows what would have happened given who our owners were? I'd say that Brabs is seriously deserving of his place within that list.

I agree on many of the pre-war players: Wright, Smith, Bell, McNaughton, Gordon. I would add Sammy Stevens, Paddy Mills and Tommy Bleakley too. We do try to skew it so that pre-war players find a route in, and I think we'll continue to do that (looking at other football clubs' halls of fame, pre-war players tend to always be under-represented). We've never had O'Connell as an option, however, as the hall is meant to be about what the inductees did for Hull City. I think O'Connell played 50-odd games for us and was never considered to be a particularly notable player. It's only what he did afterwards that marks him out.

Speaking of which, I wouldn't have Okocha in there either. Going from memory, I think he played 18/19 games for us, eight or nine of which were as a sub (sometimes coming on in the 90th minute too). He was amazing in some games (Wolves, Ipswich, West Brom) but he stunk the place out in others (Southampton, QPR). I know he did a lot to raise the club's image and sense of what is possible. I know it was incredibly exciting having him in a City shirt. I just don't think he did enough when his on-pitch contribution is coldly analysed. But then I know that supporting a football club is an emotional thing, and cold analysis is for boring b******s. Personally, I'd have Jobbo and Billy Askew in there, but that's because they were my two favourite players when I fell in love with City.

As for players from the decade just passed, it will be interesting. We've had Liam Rosenior, Robert Koren and David Meyler in the shortlist of the last couple of votes and they've done well but not quite well enough (Jelavic isn't retired yet so can't be included). I'd imagine that James Chester will be a shoo-in, as well as Tom Huddlestone and Robertson. They, along with the likes of Steve Bruce, Curtis Davies, Elmo, Hernandez, McGregor and co, will certainly be options. That said, there are still the other names mentioned above, along with the likes of Doug Clarke, Brian Bulless, Bill Bradbury, Frank Banks and co too. It's certainly fascinating topic, as you say, and everyone would have a different list of names. There is no right or wrong, really.
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Jobson is still in my opinion the best centre back that has donned a City shirt.

look_back_in_amber · Jan 1, 2021

RichardG said: ↑

I would say it's a serious meritocratic list, as everyone who's there deserves to be there. Brabin in particular. Having now spoken to a large percentage of his Great Escape team mates, they pretty much all say the same thing: Brabs was the main on-pitch reason why we stayed up. That half-season was the most important half-season in our history, and Brabs was the most important player within it. Had we gone down that season, who knows what would have happened given who our owners were? I'd say that Brabs is seriously deserving of his place within that list.

I agree on many of the pre-war players: Wright, Smith, Bell, McNaughton, Gordon. I would add Sammy Stevens, Paddy Mills and Tommy Bleakley too. We do try to skew it so that pre-war players find a route in, and I think we'll continue to do that (looking at other football clubs' halls of fame, pre-war players tend to always be under-represented). We've never had O'Connell as an option, however, as the hall is meant to be about what the inductees did for Hull City. I think O'Connell played 50-odd games for us and was never considered to be a particularly notable player. It's only what he did afterwards that marks him out.

Speaking of which, I wouldn't have Okocha in there either. Going from memory, I think he played 18/19 games for us, eight or nine of which were as a sub (sometimes coming on in the 90th minute too). He was amazing in some games (Wolves, Ipswich, West Brom) but he stunk the place out in others (Southampton, QPR). I know he did a lot to raise the club's image and sense of what is possible. I know it was incredibly exciting having him in a City shirt. I just don't think he did enough when his on-pitch contribution is coldly analysed. But then I know that supporting a football club is an emotional thing, and cold analysis is for boring b******s. Personally, I'd have Jobbo and Billy Askew in there, but that's because they were my two favourite players when I fell in love with City.

As for players from the decade just passed, it will be interesting. We've had Liam Rosenior, Robert Koren and David Meyler in the shortlist of the last couple of votes and they've done well but not quite well enough (Jelavic isn't retired yet so can't be included). I'd imagine that James Chester will be a shoo-in, as well as Tom Huddlestone and Robertson. They, along with the likes of Steve Bruce, Curtis Davies, Elmo, Hernandez, McGregor and co, will certainly be options. That said, there are still the other names mentioned above, along with the likes of Doug Clarke, Brian Bulless, Bill Bradbury, Frank Banks and co too. It's certainly fascinating topic, as you say, and everyone would have a different list of names. There is no right or wrong, really.
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I work with his son, and if he’s a chip of the old block then Brian must have been a fantastic bloke, as Bully certainly is.

On a side note bully was telling me that his dad also suffered from dementia, in the same way Chillo has, he was quite upset that the issue only gets brought to the surface when certain players are affected by it, when in actual fact hundreds, if not thousands of players, and their families, have been affected by this cruel illness. The PFA, FA and the EFL really should hang their heads in shame at the lack of support for the affected thousands, but I won’t hold my breath!

Spanner82 · Jan 13, 2021

originallambrettaman said: ↑

Great player for us, but there's no way a player with 20-odd appearances should make it into the Hall Of Fame.
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I’ll be honest I didn’t realise he’d only played that many games for us. Thought it was more. My bad

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