Kieron Brady

[Scorer]

Only on loan but Peter Beagrie was ridiculously talented.

still gets in my favourite 11 list!

 

[Deleted User 11453]

Malbranque or Bridges.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Niall Quinn

 

[Wayne The Punk]

Malbranque or Bridges.

I saw Bridges a lot in his early stages, was brilliant in a youth tournament, then watched him in the reserves, very very good player, injuries knacked him. Pity his agent was a twat and he left us for dirty leeds

 

[North of the Smoke]

Most naturally talented player you’ve seen play for Sunderland?

If not then who?

Martin Smith? Chris Waddle? Julio Arca? Lee Cattermole?

Bridges in recent times imo.

Brady was a great prospect, very good lad too.

 

[Wayne The Punk]

Niall Quinn

Very underated, but the best target man, in the universe, ever!

 

[Teejay]

Frank Worthington

This. Totally nuts what he could do.

 

[Deleted User 11453]

I saw Bridges a lot in his early stages, was brilliant in a youth tournament, the watched him in the reserves, very very good player, injuries knacked him. Pity his agent was a twat and he left us for dirty leeds

“Mickey stickman” iirc he left for £5M which was a large fee at the time. Should Reid have played bridges instead of Quinn?

 

[Wayne The Punk]

This. Totally nuts what he could do.

Cool as, There was a lad from Seaham around the first team at that time, and he told us when the manager was giving his team talk, Frank would be standing in front of the mirror getting his quif right

“Mickey stickman” iirc he left for £5M which was a large fee at the time. Should Reid have played bridges instead of Quinn?

No way, but his agent realised by putting that demand on the table he was leaving, he was never getting ahead of either them at that stage

 

[JERUDONG No.10]

Malbranque skills and control were sublime. But he had the pace of a milk float. Absolutely love him though.

 

[Deleted User 11453]

Malbranque skills and control were sublime. But he had the pace of a milk float. Absolutely love him though.

He kept the ball brilliantly, but best of all I had the chance to offer my appreciation when he left the pitch at the 60 minutes mark each week to go for a smoke.

 

[Teed]

Jim Baxter.

 

[vinegar hill]

Probably Jim Baxter.

 

[ReaL Madras]

Tommy Miller, amazing ability to disappear or Gareth Hall who incredibly kept a player out of the team when the other player was at least a thousand times better in that position.....some super skill, that.

 

[Millhouse]

The ones that spring to mind are Brady, Smith and Thornton but in reality the likes of Sessegnon were probably better. The young lad that stole stuff from the changing room was highly rated too, can't for the life of me remember his name.
And Bridges- he was genuinely gifted pre injury and even when he came back, a shadow of himself, he still had a touch of class with amazing movement.

Was the young lad that stole stuff not Thomas Butler?

I saw him play Hebburn in a friendly and he stood out for his ability. Looked weak as water in the first team like

 

[stevie-wonder]

Schwarz was canny good like.

 

[Two million voices]

That's him! Never saw him play but he was supposed to be super talented.

Same here, the people I know who say they saw him play said he was better than Gazza, one lad even described him as the best player he ever saw. Lad was badly let down by those around him from what I gather.

 

[stephen cartwright]

Frank Worthington

Ditto

 

[The Voice Of Reason]

Frank Worthington

This on his day as good as anybody

Didn’t have a great many great days mind

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

Peter Stronach?