Dion visits Coventry (5 Viewers)
- Thread starter Sky Blue Harry H
- Start date
D
Deleted member 4439
Guest
I was enjoying that, and then it ended! Shame it wasn't a longer piece.
Dimi_Konstantflapalot
Well-Known Member
Full piece is on football focus tomorrow
Adge
Well-Known Member
Absolutely! Can’t believe this Villa rival crap gets in the way of some people regarding the fantastic player he was for us. The best I have had the pleasure to watch in the Sky Blue shirt.
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
Interviews with two loan players only because Football Focus couldn't possibly speak about something without mentioning the PL clubs
TTG
Well-Known Member
We need like a legends walk with quotes from them - I can just picture it
Cyrill Regis - "Never allow racism to affect you, make it motivate you to try harder. I very quickly realised that the best way to fight back was to use your talent to score goals."
Dion Dublin - "And here you've got your stairs leading into the bedrooms"
Inspirational.
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
Agreed on the comments on Dublin. I hated him when he left but that's water under the bridge, he was a talisman for us and a great player who gave us a lot.
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
Brilliant forward and centre half
Terry_dactyl
Well-Known Member
I really thought he’d stick around and see out his career with us, eventually being converted to a full time centre half. Gutted when he left but never felt anger at him, only at the club for letting him go...and on the cheap...and to villa!
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
Lucky to have him during his peak years, true legend.
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
I always tell my lad the story of phil Neal really wanting paul scholes but Man Utd changed their mind and we ended up with Dion instead. What a great £2m signing that was
letsallsingtogether
Well-Known Member
One of my favourite all time players too.
In fact one of my favourite eras with some great players.
Just loved them all.
Playing in the best ground in the country.
In fact one of my favourite eras with some great players.
Just loved them all.
Playing in the best ground in the country.
Terry_dactyl
Well-Known Member
Did we stand a chance of getting Scholes?!?
I was genuinely pissed off when we signed Dublin. Having sold one of my previous faves, Phil Babb, prior to his signature.
He’d hardly played for Utd and been injured for ages. I should’ve known how good he’d be after watching him destroy Andy Pearce when we played Cambridge Utd in the FA cup. In my defence, it was only Andy Pearce.
olderskyblue
Well-Known Member
As a 15 year old when we sold him, I was apoplectic, gave him dogs abuse at Villa Park when we won 4-1, and detested him for a while... but looking back he was a City legend and almost single-handedly kept us in the Premier League for several years.
An immense player and one of my favourites.
An immense player and one of my favourites.
Terry Gibson's perm
Well-Known Member
At the time it felt like he really deserted us and then it felt like he came back and pinched Boateng as well, part of the problem wasn’t him going it was were he went to.
I think it would be really good to see him at a former players day with Huckerby and Whelan.
I think it would be really good to see him at a former players day with Huckerby and Whelan.
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
Kindly put a name forward who was better than Dion as a center back during his 4 years with us.
I am struggling olderskyblue, I can make a case for Babb just before him and Trevor Peake earlier and Jeff Blockley but other than those who compares to Dion as a center back?
Terry Gibson's perm
Well-Known Member
Scott Dann and the under rated Peter Atherton are two that come to mind.
I would say the best two I have seen here are Babb and Peake.
PCH
Well-Known Member
I did mean at the time, hence why Atkinson played him there on the most important game of the season
Terry Gibson's perm
Well-Known Member
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
It's about opinions but a championship Scott Dann and an under rated Peter Atherton?
I would have put Andy Pearce and Atherton in my Peter Hindley and Alan Dugdale file.
Dann? Decent but no Dublin in my estimation.
Roy Barry prior to his leg break was the best for me on reflection but probably too short a period to merit the same status as Peake.
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
Hendry goes in my Nathan Clarke file.
olderskyblue
Well-Known Member
George Curtis
Jim Holton
Roy Barry
Jim Holton
Roy Barry
Terry Gibson's perm
Well-Known Member
Dann has gone on to have a decent prem career without being spectacular, atherton was a good partner for Babb
Terry Gibson's perm
Well-Known Member
Before my time but I believe Gary Gillespie was a fair player
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
Thank you! Curtis had his top level career curtailed early on at Forest so wasn't" able prove himself in the top flight.
Roy Barry was sublime until leg brake and my favorite, Holton was past his best but if you look at the stats he played more for us than any team he played for, was part of a really good team that finished seventh in 77-78. Good call.
Roy Barry was sublime until leg brake and my favorite, Holton was past his best but if you look at the stats he played more for us than any team he played for, was part of a really good team that finished seventh in 77-78. Good call.