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Most Naturally Gifted Celtic Player who you saw.

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by dbhoy72, Jan 26, 2019.

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  1. The Prof Administrator Administrator

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    In terms of shielding the ball and turning from an opponent, for me he was the best ever.


    Liverpool fans thought Keegan was a *, and the Kenny arrived........
     
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    Only player you could compare him to modern day is de bruyne from city , but supposedly was still miles ahead of him.
     
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    Jinky and Dalglish from yesteryear, McStay from watching Celtic first hand as a youngster (have a soft spot for him, since he was an idol from my childhood when I first started watching Celtic), Larsson, Moravcik, McGeady and Mccourt latterly, and, finally, Paddy Roberts in the present day.
     
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    Henrik Larsson to this day maintains he doesn’t know if lubo is Right or Left footed!
     
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    Lubo and it isn't even close..
     
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    Every single player that talks about Lubo maintains that.

    Can mind he got asked in an interview after he scored the goal from the corner, what foot was his strongest one?

    He replied ‘I can’t remember’
     
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    With my own eyes... Nakamura..... And of course larsson didn't see enough of lubo tbh he retired season before I started really watching celtic regularly

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  10. Just Kieran Gold Member Gold Member

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    Pretty shocking that Henrik Larsson didn't even get a mention until the second page.
     
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    I had half a mind to be offended, but then I remembered that it's this * place where you regularly turn on players for the daftest of reasons.
     
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    I can understand why, everything Larsson did on a football pitch just had so much thought and work put behind it. The likes of Lubo it was effortless looking, with Larsson it was extreme football intelligence.

    He is, of course, one of them though. Which why I mentioned him in mines :56:
     
  13. Spring Time Gold Member Gold Member

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    Jinky, Murdoch, Dalglish, mcstay, moravcik, Henrik,
     
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    Missed Craig Gordon.
     
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    As incredible a player as Nakamura was, I think he is a better example of a player who honed his technique through hard work. He spent a lot of extra hours outside of training working on his free-kicks from a young age and even when he was here I remember Gordon Strachan saying he would stay behind at training and hit the gym longer than the rest of the squad.

    For me, the most naturally gifted is the enigma that was Lubomir Moravcik. He arrived out of nowhere and blew everyone away. I remember him controlling the ball with his * during a game against Hearts.

    VVD made everything look easy. One of the most natrually gifted CB's I've ever seen, just strolled through games as if no opponents were there.

    Of course there are multiple others, Dicanio, Larsson etc..., but Lubo's grace on the ball just edges it on this one.
     
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    Tough choice either Lubo or Colin Kazim Richards.
     
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    Probably not up there but one of the most naturally talented players I’ve seen for us, but who put little effort into doing anything with that talent, was Eyal Berkovic.

    The *.
     
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    Big viduka tae , great feet got a tall guy
     
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    Zheng zhi
     
  20. blackfish Screaming from beneath the waves...

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    In my time there have been a few;
    Dalglish, a wonderful player
    Nicholas, he was wonderful too
    Then there was a big gap with a few flash in the pans like DiCanio until Lubo & Larsson arrived.

    For the sheer joy on his face as he performed with such style I would honestly say Lubo, but all you young whippersnappers should not underestimate how brilliant Dalglish and Nicholas (early 80’s stint) were.