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Originally posted by fan
All I can say is that looking at all these posts weve had a bloody lot of awful defenders over the years! We have, but i would say we have had more good ones than bad ones
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Dean Austin anyone?
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Originally posted by Phil’s Barber
Dean Austin anyone? Was terrible to start with but once we went into administration he suddenly improved and became a bit of a hero to Palace fans.
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Edgar Davids at left back was sad to see Once one of the best in the world.. then we saw him get terrorised
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Originally posted by OldFella
With respect, you're wrong on this one. He played well for Palace at a difficult time. I wasn’t at the game but didn’t he deck John Fashanu when we beat Millwall in the mid-eighties ?
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Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid
I wasn’t at the game but didn’t he deck John Fashanu when we beat Millwall in the mid-eighties ? That is about as good as defending is for us. Anything not to like about decking John Fashanu? Top class.
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
That is about as good as defending is for us. Anything not to like about decking John Fashanu? Top class. One of my biggest regrets that I didn’t see it. Think Otulakowski scored our winner.
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Although I think he's a great footballer,I call Van Aarnholt 'The Butler'. Why.?Because he always shows you inside
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Originally posted by el zero
Although I think he's a great footballer,I call Van Aarnholt 'The Butler'. Why.?Because he always shows you inside More like the doorman - he waves you right on past with a smile and nod.
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Originally posted by Crystal_Clear
After his performance on Sunday, Mustafi is being labelled as possibly Arsenals worst ever defender. Not sure if this has been done before, but I was thinking about our worst ever defender. Been thinking back, and I'm struggling at the moment to think of anyone worse than Leif Andersen. Rudi Hedman was like Bambi on ice. He was actually quite funny to watch at times
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Originally posted by viveasheagle
Firstly i would say none of our current crop of defenders would be anywhere near close to mentioning in this list. Droy was bad but like Jimmy Cannon he was hard as nails and could use braun when he was out classed (which was often)
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Originally posted by monkey
Micky Droy is not in a million years the worst defender we’ve ever had, not in my time anyway. I’ll admit he’d probably be made to look a lot worse now if he was playing because as we all know it’s slowly becoming a non contact sport, nimble players get a lot more protection these days,(unless your name’s Wilfried Zaha) Droy was playing in an era when big lumbering centre halves could just kick a striker into submission and get away with it,,,,,,,those were the days Claude still did this and I have a feeling he is still playing.
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Bobby Bell was rubbish
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Adam Barrett was pony.
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Originally posted by Elpis
Bobby Bell was rubbish I remember a Bobby Bell scoring an own goal from about 40 yards out with a back pass along the ground. He was a nice bloke though who always signed an autograph.
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Originally posted by NEILLO
Bason, Lacey are the obvious ones that spring to mind. I also thought Matthew Upson was poor when we had him on loan, given his reputation. And the fact we ripped off on his wages by the then Chairman as Arsenal, the Sh*t is now at Spurs.
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