Please remove Jim Magilton from this poll When Chaplow has his Purple patch in the championship he did play right midfield. Please tell me Rodney Wallace is part of the left winger voting?
A thought. We may want to think about selecting initially more than 11 players. Two central midfielders, two strikers and then we vote whether le god plays behind one striker or remains on midfield with a vote between the second best striker and second best midfielder.
Perhaps we should also vote on Best Manager, then they can decide on how best to use Le Tiss, in which case the only possible choice would be Alan Ball.
This is one of the few positions that shouldn't be open to a vote. Terry Paine was literally, the best passer of the ball there has ever been and a very nice and humble chap as well. The shame for him internationally was that Alf Ramsey decided to do away with wingers when he was the best in the country. He basically re-invented himself as a right midfielder although, to be fair, the defensive side of that position wasn't his strength. Probably the second best player Saints have ever had!
Ron, would, have course, have had MLT first on the team sheet, captain, and head of recruitment to build the team around himself, so perhaps I should have rephrased that comment! Is that OK Ron?
Not pleasant!? You must have met him on a bad day. He's a fantastic chap. I didn't know him during his playing days so maybe's he's changed but I would describe him as a total gentleman.
I think what Dell Boy means is that Terry could be a bit sneaky. In some ways he was a footballer ahead of his time. Occasionally, if the situation demanded it, when he was fouled, he'd make a meal of it. The Saints crowd would have none of it [attitudes were different back then] and I know there was the occasional shout for him to get up and get on with the game. Occasionally, if the game had stopped for an infringement or throw-in, he might tap the ball away a few yards, to kill time, or allow the team to get into position. Lots of supporters thought this was bad form in those days. Lastly, Terry wasn't afraid to leave a leg out if necessary, to stop an opponent's progress by tripping him. If caught he'd then turn to the ref to proclaim his innocence. All these things are pretty much regular happenings these days, but it slightly marred Saints supporters opinions of our Terry because players played the game more straightforwardly back then. Terry wasn't a dirty player, by any means, but supporters preferred players either to play honestly or completely dirty, like Chelsea's Ron Harris or Leeds' Norman Hunter were want to do. The honest bad foul.! They didn't like sneaks. This didn't diminish the fact that, as a traditional English right winger of jinking skill and accuracy, Paine virtually had no equal. There was the pacy Ian Callaghan of Liverpool and that was about it. Terry was that good. It may seem strange to people that he didn't play for a bigger club, but it was a different time and players played for their clubs for different reasons other than money. And the differences in pay weren't nearly so marked back then. That was what he was like on the field. Off it, it was my understanding, as a kid, that he was a very nice bloke indeed, and everybody can see today how proud he is to be associated with Southampton FC, and that's fitting of a great footballer and all-right bloke.
This is, of course true. I can recall him being fouled about 5 yards outside the box then crawling in and claiming a penalty. He was very aggrieved when it wasn't given! Of course, he scored from the resulting free kick (I don't remember if this last bit is true or not, but it should be!).
