toppOwl Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 The season he won player of the year was the best individual season I've ever seen from an Owls player, immense. His performance against West Ham, he semi final goal (and performance) against pigs and many other great moments, I always remember him in a Sheffield derby at Hillsborough not long after Wembley and United kicked lumps out of him, he got subbed by Francis and as he left the field he gave a thumbs to the Owls fans and 2-1 signal with his fingers to the pigs, pure class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 So who is going to post the West Ham game ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 As incredible as he was I agree with what he is saying. Many times he laid it off simple when we were all thinking go on have a dribble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 The best player I have seen in a Wednesday shirt by a country mile. Only disapointment was we never won a trophy while he was here. The memories though will live forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetland Owl Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Total class, never forget goal in semi against Utd and his superb game against West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 He didn't win us the FA cup. FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 12 hours ago, OWL1969 said: Remember when we signed him I thought, ok we've got a well known player who other teams have been after so that shows we can now compete with the big boys, but I genuinely wasn't that excited, he was over 30 and although i thought he'd been a decent player not that Special. How wrong was I? Until you've actually seen him for yourself playing for your team on a regular basis you really don't realise how good a player he was. Plenty of Great memories including that Goal at Wembley, but I doubt I will ever see anything like that Performance against West Ham, everything he did came off, almost The perfect solo performance, granted he had other good players around him to make it look easier, but he was absolutely unplayable. I don't think you will find many (if any) Wednesday fans who were around at the time who he left Disappointed. Thanks for the Memories Chris (Aka God). Fantastic post. Couldn't agree more. That game against West Ham is the best individual performance by a footballer I have ever witnessed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 10 hours ago, TINKERBELL said: Bannan will never be near waddle in class. Like comparing an Aston Martin and a Lada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesouthowl Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ZicoSterland2 said: Like comparing an Aston Martin and a Lada. Yes Lada's were class Seriously I got dragged along to Tottenham by my dad in the mid to late 80's Mr Waddle was and is the best player I have ever seen consistently and it was a like a surreal dream when he came to us. Edited March 27, 2020 by thesouthowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musn't Grumble Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 13 hours ago, Sgt Wednesday said: We have had a few world class players at Wednesday, Chris Waddle was one, technically excellent, what a player. Beat me to it, mate! Use of the phrase "world class Wednesday players", a title that befits two players only - Chris Waddle and Roland Nilsson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musn't Grumble Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 ... incidentally, does anyone remember when Newcastle got beat 4-2 at Hillsborough (wearing that dreadful all grey kit) and their midfield was something like Waddle, Gascoigne, McDermott and Keegan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Greatest things about being a Wednesday fan 1) standing on a packed kop 2) seeing Chris Waddle play for us 3) seeing John Sheridan play for us and score for us at the old Wembley 4) seeing David Hirst play for us 5) Apologies for not mentioning many of the other great players I've watched over the years 6) Seeing us win and lift a trophy at the old Wembley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 56 minutes ago, darra said: Greatest things about being a Wednesday fan 1) standing on a packed kop 2) seeing Chris Waddle play for us 3) seeing John Sheridan play for us and score for us at the old Wembley 4) seeing David Hirst play for us 5) Apologies for not mentioning many of the other great players I've watched over the years 6) Seeing us win and lift a trophy at the old Wembley 7) Cardiff promotion 8) Mind the gap season Thats it for the past 25 years :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I'd play him in our current starting 11 at the age of 59 if he made himself available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNHARKES Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 15 hours ago, TINKERBELL said: Probably best right back in world at the time "The best" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw pete Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Chris it was an absolute delight to watch you play in the blue and white of Wednesday. You were a true class act.. Thanks for the memories.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Musn't Grumble said: ... incidentally, does anyone remember when Newcastle got beat 4-2 at Hillsborough (wearing that dreadful all grey kit) and their midfield was something like Waddle, Gascoigne, McDermott and Keegan? We beat them 4-2 twice in a couple of years, but Gazza didn't play in any of them. They had Waddle and Beardsley in both games though, but McDermott and Keegan had moved on at the end of the 83/84 promotion season - when we beat them 4-2 in the top division in 1985 they had Tony Cunningham and George Reilly up front! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I must admit I was a bit nonplussed when we signed Waddle. His best days appeared to be behind him, he'd been a bit out of sight out of mind playing in France, and he'd been rather a mixed bag for England. I was soon turned round when seeing him play week in week out though, what a player he really was even at that age. Best player I've seen play for us bar none. Gave us so many great memories, in fact the only disappointments were that he spent a long spell out injured after the cup finals season, and that penalty against Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramhall Owl Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 19 hours ago, torryowl said: gets in my best Wednesday 11 seen …... he gets in my best Wednesday 1 ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramhall Owl Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Musn't Grumble said: Beat me to it, mate! Use of the phrase "world class Wednesday players", a title that befits two players only - Chris Waddle and Roland Nilsson. Absolutely right. We're not alone in building up our players and 'world class' and 'legend' are much overused and abused, but these 2 players were definitely world class. Nilsson was probably the best right back in the world in the early 90's and Waddle was just a genius. For those who've not watched it, dig out the YouTube montage of his time at Marseille (in particular when he destroyed AC Milan 1991, who'd just won the European Cup in successive seasons). He is an absolute god there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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