Guest OWO Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I met some of his relatives in a lift in the Crest Hotel in Glasgow...long story, nice people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 good skills but a bit lightweight and like someone else said not a wilko type player ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fedor Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Me too, class player. Did Simon Stainrod make his debut in that game as well? Pretty sure Stainrod made his debut at Norwich on a Tuesday night. Won a penalty in the last minute which Andy Blair blazed over with the score finishing 1-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnOwl55 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Talented but as has been said 'lightweight'. Quite a few, self included, got quite excited when he arrived and there was clearly potential there - bit of a floating pretty boy who couldn't really mix it up when required to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I saw his debut at Leicester too, technically he was very good, but he wasn't equipped for the hustle and bustle of the English game, back in those days players were allowed to actually go in for tackles, not like today's non contact version of the game. Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaskedowl Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I saw his debut at Leicester too, technically he was very good, but he wasn't equipped for the hustle and bustle of the English game, back in those days players were allowed to actually go in for tackles, not like today's non contact version of the game. One word: Busst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsincefifties Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 My eyesight or memory must be going - I thought it was David Reeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand owl Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I would have thought he was more of a Big Ron type of player but it was Ron who sold him on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 My eyesight or memory must be going - I thought it was David Reeves. He came later and we had Finlux shirts on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 One word: Busst. Yeah I know his break was horrendous, as was the less publicised tackle on our own Ian Knight, but the game has gone too far the other way, good tackling is an art too, and musn't be forced out of the game. Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumboldowl Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Grahem Souness ended any prospect of him becoming a world class star with a horific tackle in a Scotland v Iceland game. He ruined quite a few prospects with horrendous tackles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopePiusX Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 David Reeves, or as Gerald Sinstadt calls him My eyesight or memory must be going - I thought it was David Reeves. Or, as Gerald Sinstadt called him on the 88/89 season review, Darrell Reeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan27 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 i want that shirt can remember it being the first shirt i ever got Same for me, I got the whole kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesbarbeux Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Could have been a real top class player if things had worked out better for him.....but doesn't he look like a young Gordon McQueen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Owl Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 If allowed time on the ball he was a quality player, oozed class and had good vision. Problem was if the going got tough he tended to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshallovercome Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Grahem Souness ended any prospect of him becoming a world class star with a horific tackle in a Scotland v Iceland game. Correct, Nev.......Siggi was giving him the run around, and you just knew Souness would try and break his leg eventually....flipping hated Souness ever since. Loved Siggi.....the one player that could have filled Tommy Craigs boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Grahem Souness ended any prospect of him becoming a world class star with a horific tackle in a Scotland v Iceland game. Certainly did the filthy tw@t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Yeah I know his break was horrendous, as was the less publicised tackle on our own Ian Knight, but the game has gone too far the other way, good tackling is an art too, and musn't be forced out of the game. Plus the busst thing was a freak accident, not from a bad tackle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfmanjack Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 As a sixteen yearold Siggi had captained his side in Iceland (Akranes, I think) to an Icelandic league, FA Cup and League Cup treble, and I remember reading an article on him in World Soccer at the time we signed him. He was wanted by the top clubs in Italy, Holland and Belgium, but chose Wednesday, over the likes of Ajax, Anderlecht and Juventus because Howard Wilkinnson was the only person to tell him what he could achieve as a player. The other clubs all told him how much he could earn if he signed for them, without mentioning the football side of things. Wilkinson actually turned him into a weightlifter before selling him to Arsenal, where he had a bad injury, which stopped his progress. He did play for either Dundee or Dundee United though at almost forty years of age. If he had a manager like dave Jones instead of Howard Wilkinson, who knows what he could've achieved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbob Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Did you photoshop his right leg on? Think you need more practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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