Lewberry pie
Striker
Thought he was a good player for us but he joined as the team was declining, if he'd have played with scwarz I think they'd have done well together.
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I remember that, was proud to say he was ours. Honestly thought they would pull it off
Gideon Gungeon
Striker
the yank hardly pulled up any trees mate iirc. don, stefan, alex and eric were more influential during that era imo but if the reyna rimmers want to rewrite history there...
Perryqhill
Striker
Give over. He had three/four stand out games for SAFC and that was it. Mostly he was tidy but didn't do enough, not a bad player by any means but injuries probably hampered him. Had a cracking World Cup in 2002 but didn't really replicate that form here.
Perryqhill
Striker
Only had one really good game against Man United and was struggling with form (as were most) before he got injured. We missed him because of what we had to rely on afterwards i.e. Thirlwell, but his absence didn't really leave a big hole to fill as he'd not played enough or done enough by then to miss him.
For the USA he was, for us he had three really good games - Blackburn, Derby, Leicester (absolutely played them on his own) 01/02 and Man United 02/03. Too many games passed him by. Very tidy and classy on the ball, just not enough of an influence as is made out.
manamamackem
Striker
Stefan Swarz was indeed a good player, But So was Claudio Reyna (unless there's another Claudio Reyna that I don't know about). He was a great player for us, just a tragedy that his stay with us was another that was short lived. Anterior Cruciate IIRC and then a transfer to Citeh.
chriswallace85
Striker
He really wasn't marra, I saw it first hand. We finished 17th in his only season where he was fit. Might have been maybe, but a great... no chance.
Happy_Layabout
Midfield
Agree with this. When the threads 'best midfielder' crop up, Reyna is always my first thought
Serious question but how the fuck do you remember claudio reynas performances against blackburn, derby and leicester from 17 years ago ?!
Happy_Layabout
Midfield
To be fair mate that is impressive memory. Chapeau!
chriswallace85
Striker
Exactly. We missed the likes of Rae, Hutch and probably even a character like Bally moreso than we ever missed Reyna.
toosb
Striker
Reyna was a good player. But the players you name were all far more effective for us (maybe not Roy). His fitness record was also very poor.
All in all, a fairly insignificant player in our history.
The Shepherd
Winger
This...ran the show against Man Utd at the SoL I remember.
hertsmackem
Striker
was injured quite a bit granted but a real classy player who was totally underrated IMHO, was worth the admission money to watch him, I was delighted when we signed him
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toosb
Striker
So was I. But ultimately achieved very little.
hertsmackem
Striker
as did the team, as always i might add, i used to watch Claudio closely during matches as he rarely gave the ball away. he was fantastic against Germany in the WC and also excellent against Mexico, ran the games as he did when he played for us
Iballistic George
Winger
Great player and really nice bloke. I got to meet him at and have dinner with him once when I was working with a boxer. The boxer had a physio called Jim schultz and we had a dinner anned and he asked if his friend could come along as he was over from America visiting. We said yeah no probs so Jim turned up with claudio. I was like wow. Told him I was a mackem right away. He was happy to talk football with me and a few weeks later I had a package from Jim and it was a signed lads shirt. Still got it framed.
