Nearly 30 years ago? He left in about 2000 man. And he was also the captain for a bit in the best team any living Sunderland fan has seen.
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Nearly 30 years ago? He left in about 2000 man. And he was also the captain for a bit in the best team any living Sunderland fan has seen.
Sorry Tom.David? David
You kna very well its Michael.
Didn’t he leave in the November of the first 7th season?
Bladecat
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Yes but not all footballers are world class skilful ball players.
Why not reminisce about more simple times when commitment and effort were recognised as positive qualities?
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Let’s hold on a second here. Ball was part of two relegated sides and a side that teetered in the verge of relegation to the third tier as well.
The current lot may well feel the same. Sadly, they have the same the problem as that previous era of players did; they aren’t very good.
hank williams
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We've been in a continual relegation battle ever since wondermole joined us
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Far more top flight appearances for Sunderland than Kevin Ball. Relegation or no relegation battle.
Anyway, that wasn’t what I used the Cattermole comparison for. It was more to highlight that the days of Ball’s footballing style are no more. A player like that wouldn’t last five minutes.
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hank williams
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You'd think wndermole would learn his combative technique is practically obsolete in this game but no keeps making the same daft tackles
Old Prestonian
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Bally was a limited footballer but he has more about him as a person than than any combination of eleven shysters currently wearing our shirt. He was a leader and his commitment could never be questioned. He was worth more as a Captain than as one of eleven players on the pitch.
No, the bit about being captain in our most successful sideFair enough 1999, I said 2000. Still not nearly 30 years.
I said the best team, the 105 points team in 98/99.
Fair enough
Robanner
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Footballers like that then were necessary. It was why home advantage was so much more prevalent in football - you got a proper hard time away from home and got kicked around and refs did little about it. You had to earn the right to play.
You still need commitment and fight obviously now but in a completely different way. Love Bally me but that's living in the past if we are talking about the terrible predicament the current side finds itself in.
You still need commitment and fight obviously now but in a completely different way. Love Bally me but that's living in the past if we are talking about the terrible predicament the current side finds itself in.
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