Would you?
http://premierleagueupdates.blogspot.com/2010/12/would-you.html
Bandage :lol: 
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Whelan was a really super player .
Ronnie was my favourite player when I was a kid. I saw him on telly score that goal against the USSR when I was six and a year later our teacher brought his own telly into school to show us the game against Northern Ireland in the WC qualifiers that Ireland won 3-0. Ronnie scored a great goal and I was hooked. A week later he was on Sports Stadium playing for Liverpool. I was surprised that Ronnie played for a team other than Ireland, but decided to support Liverpool just because he played with them. I didn’t know anything of Liverpool’s history and none of my immediate family were supporters.
So I’ve got Ronnie to thank for years of “this will be our season”. Thanks a fucking bunch you midfield maestro
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I just watched the goal from the Northern Ireland game. It wasn’t a great goal at all, at all.
Ronnie was an absolutely brilliant player, would have gotten into any team in the world in his prime but as he was playing for the best club side in the world that’s no surprise. Pity he’s best remembered for the shinner against USSR
It was vital goal though and took smarts to a degree .
This is whats wrong with modern football
The 100 Players who shook the Kop (2013)
- Steven Gerrard Gerrard100pwstk
- Kenny Dalglish Kennygalglish111
- Ian Rush Rush100pwstk
- Robbie Fowler Fowler100pwstk
- Luis Suarez Suarez100pwstk
- Jamie Carragher Carragher100pwstk
- John Barnes Barnes
- Billy Liddell Liddell100pwstk
- Fernando Torres Torres100pwstk
- Sami Hyypia Hyypia100pwstk
- Graeme Souness Souness
- Alan Hansen Ahansen100pwstk
- Xabi Alonso
- Michael Owen
- Emlyn Hughes
- Roger Hunt
- Ray Clemence
- Dirk Kuyt
- Kevin Keegan
- Steve McManaman
- Ian Callaghan
- Dietmar Hamann
- Jan Molby
- Tommy Smith
- Ray Kennedy
- Bruce Grobbelaar
- Jerzy Dudek
- Pepe Reina
- Phil Thompson
- Phil Neal
- Gary McAllister
- Peter Beardsley
- Ian St. John
- Luis Garcia
- John Aldridge
- Lucas Leiva
- Steve Heighway
- Alan Kennedy
- Elisha Scott
- Ron Yeats
- John Toshack
- Terry McDermott
- John Arne Riise
- David Fairclough
- Daniel Agger
46. Ronnie Whelan - Gordon Hodgson
- Javier Mascherano
- Alex Raisbeck
- Steve Nicol
- Glen Johnson
- Gerry Byrne
- Danny Murphy
- Steve McMahon
- Patrik Berger
- Bob Paisley
- Craig Johnston
- Vladimir Smicer
- Martin Skrtel
- Jimmy Case
- Djibril Cisse
- Mark Lawrenson
- Jamie Redknapp
- Chris Lawler
- Craig Bellamy
- Albert Stubbins
- Steve Finnan
- Ephraim Longworth
- Emile Heskey
- Geoff Strong
- Yossi Benayoun
- Milan Baros
- Peter Crouch
- Jack Balmer
- Paul Ince
- Jari Litmanen
- Stan Collymore
- Alan A’Court
- Maxi Rodriguez
- Donald MacKinlay
- Peter Thompson
- Bobby Graham
- Glenn Hysen
- Alec Lindsay
- Rob Jones
- Sammy Lee
- Mark Wright
- David James
- Matt Busby
- Alun Evans
- Bill Jones
- Alf Hanson
- Ray Houghton
- Bill Lacey
- Momo Sissoko
- Tommy Lawrence
- Gary Ablett
- David Johnson
- Andrew Hannah
- Joey Jones
Ronnie was a flaking player. Remember him makng the big breakthrough around 81/82 and scoring in the league cup final.
WTF 
Dirk Kuyt at 18, whatever about Ronnie, there’s some brilliant players behind him.
It’s mainly people who grew up in the last 20 years adding to that you’d imagine.
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That’s a very lopsided or modern list. Keegan only at 19 and Terry Mac down at 42.
Thats what I was getting at.
They lifted two cups that day bizarrely enough. The mugged spurs right off.
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Been watching a good bit of old Liverpool/Ireland footage lately. Whelan was a maestro, a genuine world class midfielder with a magnificent passing style of shooting, and a real leader in terms of temperament. Usually overlooked in the debate about the greatest Irish player of all time. He’s right up there. Best Irish midfielder of all time I think.
Terrible co-commentator though.
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Oh my word, if Messi or Maradona had done this it would be rated as one of the greatest goals of all time. And at 1-0 down in an FA Cup semi-final after 87 minutes.
Remember him getting a cracking OG v United once… Lobbed Bruce from miles out…
That was a great finish but not quite as good as this one against Manchester United. 0:30 in.
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