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i went quite negative with our games to see if we'd still finish top five and we didn't.

Without knowing their fixtures (apart from us) that seems very harsh on Villa considering the form they're in.

Is it from Gemmill? 🙁

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Beresford is a probably the best we’ve had so far (and he wasn’t international class) in my era. Enrique was class for us but tarnished his rep. I can’t think of anyone else. Olivier Bernard was great under Robson. edit: Elliott before his first knee injury was superb as well. He was never the same after that. I think he did it v Leeds.

I think Lee often played on the right, possibly until we signed Ruel Fox? 🤔

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Not been on there in fucking ages. Well, not to post anyway.

I didn't think he was as good as some made out at the beginning of his first season joining us, (early in the promotion year) but he just got better and the first couple of seasons up he was immense. (Helped he had quality alongside him, Bracewell rolled back the years, Venison later moved into midfield for a while and it was a real unit). KK had the knack of not only spotting which players were good but who could do other jobs really well, Howey had been experimenting with playing CB in training before KK, KK took one look and said stay as a striker and you've no future here, play as a CB and it's a different story. I'm pretty sure Lee played out more wide at Charlton and did so at the beginning but his engine and knack of scoring had him in the middle of the park getting up and down soon enough.

I was too young to appreciate how good he was I suppose - just a kid so honestly didn't understand what made a player 'good' other than that they scored goals a lot. I still remember him firmly from that era though, he's one of the first 5 players I'd think of.

He was a right back if memory serves? No chance he gets in after Trippier. Honestly same for LB, think Hall will own that in any Top XIs soon.

Probably not heinz spaghetti from a tin as it appears either

I just pinched the pic from WhatsApp, nowt to do with me! (Same as the song). Moretti is made in Burton on Trent I think?

Different era to the likes of perch, Guthrie etc. Lee was class.

I was going to suggest Cole but he didn't either..... Wow.....

They used to be able to control games and looked deadly up front. I think they’ve taken a massive confidence hit and don’t seem to be able to pull themselves out of a rut. Son is a shadow of his former self as well.

Does Rob Lee get any credit with the younger generations? In contrast players like Warren Barton (who was absolute shite at best) is a cult hero and often finds his way into Top XI discussions.

Later in his career he changed to a defensive midfielder (and barely scored during that period). I think Robby Bobson also deployed him as a sweeper at one point. He always played well for England as well.

Shearer refusing to accept Isak is the first Newcastle player to get back to back 20+ goals in the top flight. Had to have his entire Newcastle career read back to him, with Richards laughing in the background at some of his paltry returns during his later seasons.

Rob Lee stats. I’d have thought he might have scored more goals whilst he was here. Can’t see Sandro playing nearly 400 games for us tbh either. 50 assists isn’t too shabby…

God bless Daniel Levy.

That's definitely added to it. We've bought two CMs and Howe has converted Joelinton into an absolute beast, and we've got probably the best midfield in the league from a standing start as relegation certainties.