Oggy named our greatest ever player. (8 Viewers)

[Sick Boy]

I think mine would have to be Dion.

 

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[blunted]

Love Oggy and always catch up with his CWR comments. However, Tommy Hutchison was Coventry City best ever player. Ticks all the boxes.

 

[DT-R]

He struggles to remember who we are playing half the time.

Sitting next to Clive Eakin week in-week out will have that sort of effect of anyone

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[DT-R]

My chat with him was in the SISU days and he was very passionate about the poor state of the club and the need for change.

Go back and ask his opinion on Doug King and let us all know

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[Legia Sky Blue]

Tommy Hutchison for me. Interesting reading Hutch's book that Sillett tried to bring him back to Cov in the 86-87 season. Would have been really fitting if he had some involvement with our cup winning team.

 

[Evo1883]

Greatest ever servant sure , player ?? Not so sure

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Gary McAllister mentioned that Coventry was a “shit crowd” too

Garry Pendrey came across as a right arse in that book.

It’s an interesting read - a good time capsule of a time and place. Think it came out at the same time as the Jim Brown “The Elite Era” book, which in a pre-internet age was a vital reference for footballing stattos/ saddos, like myself.

to be fair McAllister said all midlands crowds were shit.. apart from Wolves. He didn’t just single us out.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Seeing as we’re swapping Oggy stories…
I’ve met him twice, once on his last day with the club. Mrs D was there with her old man and we’d been chatting about him earlier in the day…she’d never heard of him. Then we saw him outside the ground and I had my photo taken with him. He was happy enough to chat.

I didn’t tell him that the only other time I’d seen him out and about he’d been naked in the changing rooms at Cov Baths 35 years before. I thought he might think it weird.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Seeing as we’re swapping Oggy stories…
I’ve met him twice, once on his last day with the club. Mrs D was there with her old man and we’d been chatting about him earlier in the day…she’d never heard of him. Then we saw him outside the ground and I had my photo taken with him. He was happy enough to chat.

I didn’t tell him that the only other time I’d seen out and about he’d been naked in the changing rooms at Cov Baths 35 years before. I thought he might think it weird.

Has he got a big dick?

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Has he got a big dick?

 

[Evo1883]

Has he got a big dick?

He'd have to hope so otherwise he'd have spent his entire life drying his nose

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Has he got a big dick?

Broken in 8 places.

 

[Trueskyblue20]

I two have experience the ignorance of Oggy.

At a corporate event at Highfield Road while walking through a corridor i passed Oggy and said hello Steve.
Just ignored me, manners don't cost anything, ignorant bastard.

Not just me then. I remember being a kid at Highfield Road and I walked up to him to say hello (he was one of my heroes at the time). He just looked at me up and down and completely ignored me. Everyone else was lovely but I remember how much of a pretentious cockhead he was.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

A long servant yes the best player Oggy was along way from that, Obviously before my time but my dad said Bill Glazier was better and he still think the best player we have had is Dublin. Dublin or Keane the best in my time.

 

[tokyojim]

Tommy Hutch and it's not even close. I could list ten players better than Oggy without even thinking about it. Not really a fan of his commentary either. I would prefer someone a bit more partisan.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Not just me then. I remember being a kid at Highfield Road and I walked up to him to say hello (he was one of my heroes at the time). He just looked at me up and down and completely ignored me. Everyone else was lovely but I remember how much of a pretentious cockhead he was.

Is either ignorant or a grumpy twat.

Like I said manners don't cost anything.

 

[torchomatic]

Tommy Hutch and it's not even close. I could list ten players better than Oggy without even thinking about it. Not really a fan of his commentary either. I would prefer someone a bit more partisan.

Yeah, I reckon i could think of at least 50 players i reckon are better.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

And Bobby Mc at left back

The treble signings of Terry Yorath, Bobby Mac and Ian Wallace. All in the same week IIRC.

Something like that would do…

 

[itsabuzzard]

Tommy Hutch and it's not even close. I could list ten players better than Oggy without even thinking about it. Not really a fan of his commentary either. I would prefer someone a bit more partisan.

Funnily enough, I think it's the slight detachment that Clive and Oggy have that makes them the perfect commentary team. It's obvious whose side they're on, but they're not the heart on the sleeve fan that Rob Gurney is, and the listening experience is all the better for it.

 

[Milne Out]

Where the “fairness” breaks down when comparing, say, Glazier with Oggie, is that it is rare for an individual player to be entirely responsible for winning anything. ( Personally I thought Jim Blyth was pretty good.)

Even a 1966 Geoff Hurst didn’t actually win the WC on his own. MOM definitely.

That Liverpool game with Jim Blythe - unbeatable that day

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

That Liverpool game with Jim Blythe - unbeatable that day

I was at that one,he was amazing that day .

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

For me Oggy is the best keeper I have seen play for the club narrowly pipping Bill Glazier at the post. The reasons for this are the number of games he played for us, all when we were a top flight club, his longevity and his shear consistency. Glazier I think was the more spectacular and exciting keeper to watch but for whatever reason was finished in his early thirties. I loved watching Jim Blythe too.
Someone mentioned that they felt Hedman was a better keeper than Oggy. All about opinions but I never felt Hedman was that good, and was certainly no where near as willing as Oggy to take a boot in the face for his team. A look at their respective faces at the end of their careers bears witness to this.
It Was mentioned by a poster above that George Curtis could not be considered as our all time greatest player as he had never appeared in the top flight. While it’s true that George broke his leg at Forest in only our second first division match, it is testament to his character and determination that he in fact returned to the side before the end of that season. In all he played over 50 top flight games and scored a goal for us in the famous 2-1 over Man Utd at Highfield Road.
If you are talking about our all time greatest player then it has to be Tommy Hutchison. Anyone who saw him play for us during his fantastic nine years at the club know why this is the case. What a player!

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

I also have to say about Oggy that he comes across as really knowledgeable and informed on the radio. It beats me how one poster called him thick. He obviously does a lot of research before games and all in all gives a balanced view of each game. Yes, like Clive he gets players and teams mixed up but that is surely understandable when commentating on live action. No chance to edit things on live radio. I’d much rather listen to someone like Oggy who knows the team and the club than some of the occasional former players they have on there who struggle to speak coherently or who don’t know our players.

 

[shmmeee]

All round has to be Dublin for me, though Roland Nilsson will always be the player I admired the most. Just oozed class.

And of course my Oggy story: first ever game got taken into the changing rooms to get my programme signed, walked around a corner and saw Oggy in the bath. I’m afraid 9 year old me didn’t commit his penis size to memory, sorry.

 

[capel & collindridge]

Oggy is our most iconic player I think in terms of football fans around the country. Best no chance.

What??? Despite all those iconic masks!

 

[Sick Boy]

Funnily enough, I think it's the slight detachment that Clive and Oggy have that makes them the perfect commentary team. It's obvious whose side they're on, but they're not the heart on the sleeve fan that Rob Gurney is, and the listening experience is all the better for it.

Gurney doesn’t even come close to them. It’ll be a sad day when Clive packs it in.

 

[robbiekeane]

Oggy, bless him, he’s thick as a plank on the radio most of the time.

what are you talking about

his analysis is often spot on and is infinitely better than any other local commentators

 

[Houchens Head]

Bobby McDonald for me. Best defender City ever had! My next choices would be Tommy Hutchison, Robbie Keane and Mick Ferguson. Never rated Oggy much.

 

[Otis]

Bobby McDonald for me. Best defender City ever had! My next choices would be Tommy Hutchison, Robbie Keane and Mick Ferguson. Never rated Oggy much.

Don't think you can choose Ferguson without Wallace, to be honest.

They come as a pair.

Fabulous duo for us, those two.

Bobby McDonald was absolutely brilliant.

 

[Boicey]

You wonder why he's rude. Wonder no more ..

"Thatcherism mobilised footballers in unprecedented numbers. Coventry players Keith Houchen and Steve Ogrizovic campaigned for their local Tory candidate at the 1987 election"

 

[Terry_dactyl]

All round has to be Dublin for me, though Roland Nilsson will always be the player I admired the most. Just oozed class.

And of course my Oggy story: first ever game got taken into the changing rooms to get my programme signed, walked around a corner and saw Oggy in the bath. I’m afraid 9 year old me didn’t commit his penis size to memory, sorry.

Useless.

 

[torchomatic]

That Liverpool game with Jim Blythe - unbeatable that day

Me and my stepdad went up to Hampden to see Jim Blyth make his Scottish debut. Not great, ball went through his legs for their goal - can't remember who it was even against now. I was 12 and it was very exciting. Around the time of the Argentina World Cup.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Yeah, true. I was only in my late 30's when I saw Clarrie Bourton play.

Ahh your true age that makes you the oldest person in GB.Even I didn't see him play.Best goal?

 

[TewkesburySkyBlue]

Greatest ever servant sure , player ?? Not so sure

I agree with that .Greatest player for me has to be Tommy Hutchison

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

For me it has to be Ian Gibson what a midfielder if only we had someone like him today.

Can play a killer pass and score goals and not frightened to get stuck in, Nick would just love him.

And of course it goes without saying Tommy Hutchison.