kernowl 86 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Warhurst was lightning quick...only defender with that kind of speed is Iorfa Link to post Share on other sites
robowl4life 3,323 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 3 hours ago, cookeh said: Another guy who hasnt watched any games this season. Well done for making yourself known so we can ignore you. Well done for missing the sarcasm you lizard. Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,815 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 21 hours ago, theowlsman said: Iorfa up top? That’s a cracking idea. Wish I’d thought if it. Do you know what. You should start a thread about it. Link to post Share on other sites
lesbarbeux 939 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 30/11/2020 at 15:52, Lincs Owl said: Everyone talks about Warhurst. But we had a centre-half in the 60's who we played as a stand-in centreforward against Arsenal one Saturday afternoon. We won 4-0 and he scored a hat-trick. Bit slow and ran like a donkey, most fans said at the time...... so we finished up selling him to Middlesbrough for a measly £20k or so. Finished up scoring 192 goals for them inc cups, in nearly 500 games. True story, dat. Hickton was a fullback surely. Link to post Share on other sites
davetherivelinowl 515 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 If I remember correctly Hickton started at centre-half (but he was playing centre-forward in the reserves by the time I started watching - he was my first Owls hero) Mel started in midfield Warhurst, unlike all our current defenders, had an exquisite first touch Link to post Share on other sites
gurujuan 13,057 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, davetherivelinowl said: If I remember correctly Hickton started at centre-half (but he was playing centre-forward in the reserves by the time I started watching - he was my first Owls hero) Mel started in midfield Warhurst, unlike all our current defenders, had an exquisite first touch His first touch was quite often a shot Link to post Share on other sites
Jimjamowl 34 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) The problem with us always referencing Warhurst is that he was very much the exception to the rule. Most defenders going up front do well because they become a good target man. Lots of headers and physical presence etc etc. Warhurst was all about pace off the shoulder of the opposition centre-back, great line-breaking runs, and mad shooting angles. Also he had Waddle, Sheridan, Bright, Bart-Williams etc setting them up so without wishing to belittle his achievements he had plenty of quality around him. Pulis needs a target man. Edited December 1, 2020 by Jimjamowl Link to post Share on other sites
Themagiccap 565 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 30/11/2020 at 14:55, gurujuan said: I don’t see any signs that any of our defenders might have hidden striking attributes I have the same feeling about our forwards 1 Link to post Share on other sites
davey_wells 1,574 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Oh boy we really are desperate. It literally makes me wish we had Da Cruz back. Here's an idea to debate though... Dele-Bashiru as a striker. Physical presence, enough pace, likes a shot (taking his word for it)? Link to post Share on other sites
crookesowl 3,156 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 30/11/2020 at 13:01, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: If we can persuade him to ditch Man United to sign for us, then I suppose we might be able to convince him to have a crack up front. It might not do his England career much good, though. Oops. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
the mighty wednesday 1,083 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 30/11/2020 at 15:52, Lincs Owl said: Everyone talks about Warhurst. But we had a centre-half in the 60's who we played as a stand-in centreforward against Arsenal one Saturday afternoon. We won 4-0 and he scored a hat-trick. Bit slow and ran like a donkey, most fans said at the time...... so we finished up selling him to Middlesbrough for a measly £20k or so. Finished up scoring 192 goals for them inc cups, in nearly 500 games. True story, dat. Is it John Hickton you're thinking of? Link to post Share on other sites
the mighty wednesday 1,083 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 30/11/2020 at 22:27, Shetland Owl said: Didn't Bullen play up front as I think Sterland did as well at some stage Sterland played up front on his own in a game for Eustace. Hirst was sat on the subs bench ffs. Those times were almost as depressing as today. The only thing was it didn't last long as Atkinson came in shortly after. Link to post Share on other sites
the mighty wednesday 1,083 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Flint and Dunkley are capable of scoring goals..............oh hang on a minute Link to post Share on other sites
davetherivelinowl 515 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 01/12/2020 at 17:54, gurujuan said: His first touch was quite often a shot Exactly. A great striker needs a golden touch. One touch goals are even better than one-touch passes. Link to post Share on other sites
RUMBELOWS91 10,619 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Get Moses up there. If he can part a river he might have half a chance of getting through the Norwich defence. Link to post Share on other sites
nevthelodgemoorowl 12,509 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) On 01/12/2020 at 11:41, Bannofan said: Tony Crane, A spell up front during the dark, dark days. To be honest, got loads of support from the fans who could see he had put his hand up to try and do a job for the team. Think he scored a last minute equaliser against Bradford away? Sealed our win at the South Africa Road end with a last minute second goal, completed by a knee slide into the back of the net. Well photographed. Oh v QPR by the way ! Edited December 3, 2020 by nevthelodgemoorowl Link to post Share on other sites
Bannofan 4,306 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 10 hours ago, nevthelodgemoorowl said: Sealed our win at the South Africa Road end with a last minute second goal, completed by a knee slide into the back of the net. Well photographed. Oh v QPR by the way ! Cheers Nev..not sure why I remember Bradford. Cup game? I'm going to have to look that up! Link to post Share on other sites
Bannofan 4,306 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bannofan said: Cheers Nev..not sure why I remember Bradford. Cup game? I'm going to have to look that up! Got it! Tuesday 18th March 2003 Bradford 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday ... Crane scored an equaliser in the 82nd minute ! Link to post Share on other sites
Yorkowl.74 117 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nah. We take draws till the transfer window unfortunately. But, Josh Windass would be my preferred source of goals when he's not trying to implant his boot in someones's head. Link to post Share on other sites
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