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Bobby Murdoch. Was he the best?

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by PaddyBhoy, Jan 8, 2015.

Discuss Bobby Murdoch. Was he the best? in the Celtic Chat area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. McChiellini..

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    I wouldn't even waste my time trying to work out what he's getting at, although i think i know..

    Any Celtic fan who continually goes out there way to disregard or rather, discredit the greatest team in our history, is not worth bothering about..
     
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  2. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    Seems like that's what he's trying to do.
     
  3. port boy

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    I sure I can guess what you guys think I'm doing but the point is I'm just trying to get people to accept that there was no grand plot to undermine Celtic. I said the Lions were a great team, what more do you want?

    I think we would look a lot better to other people if we didn't constantly wine about how persecuted we are.
     
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  4. Verrix

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    For you to wash that blue paint off your nose... Oh wait nvm :rolleyes:
     
  5. Pacific Ocean Blue

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    Just looking at the guy you can tell he was the tank of the midfield, built like a brick * house
     
  6. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    Nothing at all mate, you don't have to keep me happy :smiley-laughing002:
     
  7. Seosamh Máirtín

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    Aye, then you have to factor in the likes of Connolly and Patsy Gallacher, as well. Hard to pin down who's the best, but I'd think Murdoch would struggle to make the top 5, when you think of the likes of Jinky, Larsson, Dalglish, McNeill, McGrain, etc. We had so many exceptional players! :celt_2:
     
  8. ruzzle76

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    from what my auld man and some uncles say the modern player who would be considered most like him is steven gerrard who they say is a very poor version of him. must have been freakin awesome
     
  9. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    some of the guys I've asked have described him and wee Bertie to be like Xavi and Iniesta.
     
  10. ruzzle76

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    good shout as well. i think the comparison is more suited to gerrard as bobby himself was an absolute tank in the middle of the park as well as the silky skills and passing, as described in a few qoutes as the complete midfielder
     
  11. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    What went wrong. Why did the level of player that Scotland was producing for 2 decades plummet dramatically?
     
  12. Random Review

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    As I understand it the world changed and the SFA chose a response that made it worse, so kids don't play nearly as much football anymore.

    To see players of that ilk again, we need to provide a lot of safe and free facilities for kids to play small-sided games of football.
     
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  13. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    It's a real shame.

    We had one of the best footballing nations in the world.
     
  14. Pacific Ocean Blue

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    "No ball games" signs at every free plot of grass and concrete in Scotland didn't help either
     
  15. PaddyBhoy Gold Member Gold Member

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    Who ever took heed of them :smiley-laughing002: