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  1. FellTop

    FellTop Well-Known Member

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    If you could pick 2 ex Sunderland players to go into the current side for the rest of the season who would they be? They must be from a team in your lifetime and that you have seen play live.

    I have tried to pick players that would solve what I think some of our current problems are. My first pick is Shaun Elliott. We could obviously do with a centre half and Shaun was class. He was a proper leader as well which we need, and he wasnt bad on the ball so would fit in. My second might be a bit left field but I have gone for Gavin McCann. In our first prem seasons under Reidy he was absolutely monstrous in midfield. He would go head to head with anyone. He could tackle, he could pass and he went box to box. We are really short in central midfield of that game driving player and in his prime he was as good as anyone I have seen at that job for us. Roy Keane raved about him as an opponent.

    I am not saying these are the best I have seen, just that I think they would transform this current side.
     
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    RTB Well-Known Member

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    Dave Watson & Joe Bolton
    Both excellent defenders who took no prisoners.
    They would probably be red carded after 5 minutes these days though.
     
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    RTB, Apr 16, 2021
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    Blyth_bucaneer Well-Known Member

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    The G-force would do for me.
     
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    Blyth_bucaneer, Apr 16, 2021
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  4. SAFC4ever

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    Simon Mignolet and Kevin Phillips
     
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    Chris Makin and Alex Rae
     
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    Bank of England 2 Well-Known Member

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    Dave Watson and Don Hutchison.

    We need a cool headed commanding figure at the back, and a midfielder who can score goals.
     
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    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    Quinn and Phillips.

    Or Summerbee and Quinn.

    Or Hutchinson and Phillips.
     
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    Steve Bould at the back. Cool as ice and a great organiser of the defence.
    I'd also put 1999-2000 version of Kevin Phillips up front. He'd be banging goals in for fun in this league and with Jones / McGeady creating for him.
     
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    FellTop Well-Known Member

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    Bould was in my thinking too. Even though he was old when he came to us he was clearly on a different level.
     
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    cumbrianmackem Well-Known Member

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    Dave Watson at CH and Martin Harvey in midfield, but it was a toss up between him and Colin Todd.
     
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  11. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    Sess and skp
     
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    George Honeyman and John McLaughlin....
     
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    Ball and Hutchison. Leaders.
     
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    Hutch and SKP
     
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  15. Nathan Brazil

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    Marco, geads would be the new gatesy,
    Kevin Ball to provide the captain we dont have.
     
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    Sandy Camel Well-Known Member

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    Sorensen and SKP. Concede less, score more.
     
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    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    Nice one
     
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    FellTop Well-Known Member

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    Could you imagine Ball letting that performance Tuesday happen - would never have been allowed.
     
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    Charlie Hurley and Cloughie
     
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    Lucky man, if you've seen both of them turn out in red and white
     
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