What an utterly ridiculous argument. Yeah **** 'em all off while we're at it, none of them have done it in Europe.
And he had one of the best chants of all time. Things like this aren't measured by achievement alone, they are measured by how much of an impression they made on club and fans. Shame Rambo and Ash ain't there.
Raich Carter is one of the outstanding English players of the last century from a time when our game was full of other greats. Waggy is 13th in the Top 50 list of all time post war goalscorers with 266 goals for Mansfield and City between 1960 and 1975. Sir Keith is at 19th with 254 goals from 1976 and 1990 for Sheffield, us, the vermin, Stockport, Hudds, Plymouth. Chillo got a shedload but doesn't make the top 50. Elliott is nowhere near - he had one great season when everything he hit flew in but that was it, basically. No one can seriously believe he belongs up there with the above larkers, surely?
So on the one hand a manager included for his exploits with HCFC. But in a general footballing terms a manager who who rrank off the scale.
And on the other hand, footballers included because of their standing in general football and not solely because of their exploits with HCFC. Elliott should be up there with Keefy Edwards, because of their exploits with HCFC.
And Whitehurst had precisely what? He was an Iconic HCFC character. So was Elliott, short term or not.
And Geovanni did what? Scored our first goal in the Premier League. In which case Steve Melton should be up there. Did fvck all apart from score the 1st goal at the KC. Or Duane Darby - first goal in Division 4. You were the one moaning about how we should ape Man City with the fanzone outside the ground, and as City start to do something you start fvcking moaning about it.
It's an excellent idea and all of the choices of players to tribute with their own banners that I've seen so far are excellent. I reckon Elliott will be up there soemwhere. It isn't about players who were loved by the neutral or have a high standing in the general football world, it's about iconic City players. I'd have thought Agro of all people would appreciate that. Elliott was an iconic City player, as was Justin Whittle and he only played in the lower leagues too.
Embarrassing that we have to walk up to the stadium and see those colours! Can someone out there with time on their hands start a petition pleeeeeease!
Elliot was iconic for a season only - and it was at the third tier. Look let's try and raise the bar a bit shall we? Whoever chose the players to be featured probably thought "Let's cover the decades shall we? 50s -Raich 60's/70s Waggy-Chillo 80s Garreth Roberts 90's Warren Joyce 00s- Geo, Dawson, Ash, Myhill On that basis, no room for Andy Davidson (50s,60s), Stuart Pearson (70s), Sir Keith/Big Billy (80s), Paul Hunter (90s) and Stuart Elliot (00s). Hope this helps. )
