Football Focus

['bout now]

What a player.

[red devil]

Rosette from the '77 Cup Final v 'pool...you know the one, where we stopped them winning the Treble :)

Not sure what happened to the Rubettes stylee cap...

['bout now]

Footie Focus contributors, give me your top 5 players that you've seen play live.

Mine

1 Dennis Bergkamp

2 Paul Gascoigne

3 Liam Brady (as a hammer, natch)

4 Paolo Di Canio

5 Eric bloody Cantona.

[Otta]

Everything were better back then. Oh hang on, no it wasn't.

I do feel gutted that I never experienced those cup final days, but the game has evolved and the fans have basically encouraged that and helped it on it's way. You reap what you sow.

Money is king, Europe is money should that's the priority for the top clubs. Im pretty sure any player in a team placed lower than the middle of the prem woukd still feel just as excited abiut a trip to Wembley as ever, and you could argue that javing the semis there gives this experience to more players.

['bout now]

Otta Wrote:

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> Everything were better back then. Oh hang on, no

> it wasn't.

>

I'm sorry Otta, mostly you are correct but the FA cup was better then, its not misty-eyed sentimentalism, it's a fact.

The season was over, this was THE showcase game, the build up, the cache and Ringos, I'd watch this over any money laden Euro knobfest anytime.

But you are right, money, money, money.

[maxxi]

red devil Wrote:

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> Not sure what happened to the Rubettes stylee

> cap...

You mean like this one...

Edited to resize a little...

['bout now]

*shuffles off to bathroom*

[StraferJack]

Bout now

Surely Thierry Henry has to be in there. I never saw a whole stadium get to its feet like i did when he was on the ball. Magic

[Otta]

'bout now, I don't doubt it at all, and it ahoukd definitely come after the league finishes.

However, part of the reason it was probably such a big deal was because there wasn't a kot of football live on telly, and there was nothing else to watch. These days kids would rather play video games or watch other stuff which wasn't available in the 70s.

[Jah Lush]

Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, Chris Waddle, Steve Archibald. ;-)

['bout now]

SJ, he might of made it,had he not been injured.

[StraferJack]

Tsk. Premiership players... So selfish

['bout now]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, Chris

> Waddle, Steve Archibald. ;-)

What no Vinny Samways?

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Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, Chris

> Waddle, Steve Archibald. ;-)

Keith Houchen :)

[maxxi]

Bobby Moore, Alan Devonshire, Tommy Hutchison (at Coventry), Steve Heighway, Stuart Slater (a little wizard while he was at Upton Park), Liam Brady & PDC.

[DaveR]

5 best players seen live:

Cruyff, Best, Ronaldo (the fat Brazilian one), Platini, John Wark.

Unfortunately I saw Cruyff in his last season playing at Barcelona and Best for Fulham, Ronaldo looking very uninterested for Inter, and tbh I don't remember Platini.

John Wark though.....what a player.

['bout now]

I seem to remember Stuart Slater was the world champion at keepy-uppies? Destroyed Everton in the 90/91 FA cup, went to Celtic (was Liam Brady his manager or something) and disappeared.

Quite sad really.

['bout now]

Oh and john Wark, saw him playing for Ipswich v Port Vale, a real, proper footballist.

[StraferJack]

Plus a fine fine actor

No? Anyone? Escape to victory?

Heathens

['bout now]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Plus a fine fine actor

>

> No? Anyone? Escape to victory?

>

> Heathens

Kronenbourg hits keyboard moment.

Like it.

[Otta]

Bravo Wigan, well deserved.

Sure they'd swop it for survival though!

[maxxi]

Well deserved after fine second half - bye bye Mancini.

[Jah Lush]

Damn! Walked out five minutes before the end thinking it would go to extra time. Well done Wigan. Now go and stuff Arsenal on Tuesday night. That's the proper final for you.

['bout now]

Otta Wrote:

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> Bravo Wigan, well deserved.

>

> Sure they'd swop it for survival though!

This is why it should be the last game of the season. Wigan players don't even get to get hammered.

Not what it's supposed to be.

[red devil]

The magic of the cup is back...red devil is the inaugural winner of the EDF Cup!

*Dons jester hat and runs round coffee table...*