Muff 245 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Ferguson put in some world class performances, he was not world class.If he was world class, then how come he ended up at Blackburn (I thought I'd use that little line that people used to have a go at one of my suggestions )!!?? Pretty hard to judge the two of them. Different era's, Ferguson had better players around him, Davis isn't used in his proper position...I'd say that Barry Ferguson in his prime was a better player than Steven Davis currently is. Steven Davis has worked on his consistancy and that's obvious to see through-out his performances this season. If he continues to do so, stays at Rangers, and up's his performances that little bit more, then there is a good chance he could be better, although it will still be hard to judge.I'm glad both have played for the club, and I hope Davis continues to do so, because he is our best player, and the best in the league and country by a country mile! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 The Barry Ferguson of 2002/03 was untouchable.But could Ferguson play on the right hand side of midfield the way Davis does? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper1989 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 No chance. Barry in his prime was world class.Barry was good, but he was no where near Worldclass.Aye he was. Did you not read the other posts? Perhaps not. but nae bother. Nowhere near? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrfc1873 48 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 nah never Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltonLoyal 2 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I worship the ground Stevie Davis walks on, but hand on heart, Barry was the better player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Barry's already a legend,a great player in his prime.Davis not quite there yet.I would have loved it,if they couldhave had played together for two or three seasons(Barry can still play) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 No contest for me as Barry was different class in his prime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggystinger 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Ferguson for me in his prime he was superb hed grab games by the scruff of the neck and run the full midfield his passing and vision were on a different level tae davis who by the way i think is a good player but no a patch on fergie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 No chance. Barry in his prime was world class.Barry was good, but he was no where near Worldclass.Aye he was. Did you not read the other posts? Perhaps not. but nae bother. Nowhere near? You crack me up You were the first to suggest Barry was Worldclass, and I responded to your outlandish claim that Barry Ferguson was Worldclass. :If you are talking about putting in some very good performances then of course he did, but as a player he was no where near in the bracket of a "Worldclass player" for us. :: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombaybadboy08 15,660 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 No, Fergie proved himself in Europe and still stuck out in a classier midfield than we have now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 World class; Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas...When Ferguson was in his prime; Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ballack, Zidane, Raul, Scholes, Nedved, Figo, Rui Costa, Viera, Mendieta, Gerrard, Keane... Ferguson couldn't look at those players! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper1989 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 No chance. Barry in his prime was world class.Barry was good, but he was no where near Worldclass.Aye he was. Did you not read the other posts? Perhaps not. but nae bother. Nowhere near? You crack me up You were the first to suggest Barry was Worldclass, and I responded to your outlandish claim that Barry Ferguson was Worldclass. :If you are talking about putting in some very good performances then of course he did, but as a player he was no where near in the bracket of a "Worldclass player" for us. ::lol I'm glad to provide you some entertainment.Barry could have played in any team in the world -- easy. Your definition of World Class clearly excludes Barry.. that's fine.Outlandish? Give me a break. And once again you use "no where near". No problem. Anyway, at the end of day, we arguing over whether a Rangers player was/is world class. Not a bad thing I'd suggest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 World class; Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas...When Ferguson was in his prime; Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ballack, Zidane, Raul, Scholes, Nedved, Figo, Rui Costa, Viera, Mendieta, Gerrard, Keane... Ferguson couldn't look at those players!Spot on, but that's not saying that he was a bad player of anything like that.Think to some if you don't suggest he was "Worldclass" then it's a slur on his ability as a player, which it ain't. He was still the best Scottish player that has been produced in a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 No chance. Barry in his prime was world class.Barry was good, but he was no where near Worldclass.Aye he was. Did you not read the other posts? Perhaps not. but nae bother. Nowhere near? You crack me up You were the first to suggest Barry was Worldclass, and I responded to your outlandish claim that Barry Ferguson was Worldclass. :If you are talking about putting in some very good performances then of course he did, but as a player he was no where near in the bracket of a "Worldclass player" for us. ::lol I'm glad to provide you some entertainment.Barry could have played in any team in the world -- easy. Your definition of World Class clearly excludes Barry.. that's fine.Outlandish? Give me a break. And once again you use "no where near". No problem. Anyway, at the end of day, we arguing over whether a Rangers player was/is world class. Not a bad thing I'd suggest. That's why he left Rangers, the club he loved for the mighty Blackburn.Barry Ferguson in his day was a cracking player, he put in some tremendous performances on the big stage but, he was not world class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper1989 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 No chance. Barry in his prime was world class.Barry was good, but he was no where near Worldclass.Aye he was. Did you not read the other posts? Perhaps not. but nae bother. Nowhere near? You crack me up You were the first to suggest Barry was Worldclass, and I responded to your outlandish claim that Barry Ferguson was Worldclass. :If you are talking about putting in some very good performances then of course he did, but as a player he was no where near in the bracket of a "Worldclass player" for us. ::lol I'm glad to provide you some entertainment.Barry could have played in any team in the world -- easy. Your definition of World Class clearly excludes Barry.. that's fine.Outlandish? Give me a break. And once again you use "no where near". No problem. Anyway, at the end of day, we arguing over whether a Rangers player was/is world class. Not a bad thing I'd suggest. That's why he left Rangers, the club he loved for the mighty Blackburn.Barry Ferguson in his day was a cracking player, he put in some tremendous performances on the big stage but, he was not world class.Well, I think we all agree Barry was a cracking player -- and even this season has put in some great performances that for a guy, that's past it apparently... well impressive, indeed.So.. I'll say world class is a bit hard for many to come to grips with -- I'll say he was.. others say he wasn't. That's fine. We can agree to disagree. Oh, and Davis is a cracking player as well.. and still is nowhere near the player he can be imho. Consistency has improved.. but still a way to go. (Not slating him... he can just be better ..still). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 No chance. Barry in his prime was world class.Barry was good, but he was no where near Worldclass.Aye he was. Did you not read the other posts? Perhaps not. but nae bother. Nowhere near? You crack me up You were the first to suggest Barry was Worldclass, and I responded to your outlandish claim that Barry Ferguson was Worldclass. :If you are talking about putting in some very good performances then of course he did, but as a player he was no where near in the bracket of a "Worldclass player" for us. ::lol I'm glad to provide you some entertainment.Barry could have played in any team in the world -- easy. Your definition of World Class clearly excludes Barry.. that's fine.Outlandish? Give me a break. And once again you use "no where near". No problem. Anyway, at the end of day, we arguing over whether a Rangers player was/is world class. Not a bad thing I'd suggest. No my definition of Worldclass is what it's meant to mean a Worldclass talent, was he in the top 10 Midfielders of his generation? If you think he was then fine, but they were a long list of midfielders before we would get to Ferguson, and that's not a slur on his ability. It's just the truth, but as you say it ain't a bad thing debating it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc_no1fan 13 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Barry Ferguson was a great player in the SPL.However, he was nowhere near being world class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted E Bayer 484 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Different positions. Barry was at his best as a holding midfield player. Davis is at his best centre midfield attack box to box. Completely impossible comparison. Compare a striker to a striker or a Centre half to a centre half but not two different players that play different natural positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 According to Dick Advocaat,Barry was as good as any mid-fielder(of his time) in the world,and I for one,whole heartedly agree with him.You guy's don't realize what the extraordinary talent Barry really was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 According to Dick Advocaat,Barry was as good as any mid-fielder(of his time) in the world,and I for one,whole heartedly agree with him.You guy's don't realize what the extraordinary talent Barry really was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappa 24 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Davis is class, but Ferguson was really special. Davis will never be a Rangers legend, Bazza is, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappa 24 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 According to Dick Advocaat,Barry was as good as any mid-fielder(of his time) in the world,and I for one,whole heartedly agree with him.You guy's don't realize what the extraordinary talent Barry really was. I want whatever wee Dick was smoking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 According to Dick Advocaat,Barry was as good as any mid-fielder(of his time) in the world,and I for one,whole heartedly agree with him.You guy's don't realize what the extraordinary talent Barry really was. He wasn't as good as Scholes, Keane, Riquelme, Mendieta, Gerrard, van Bommel, Ballack, Veron, Nedved... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear 0 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 According to Dick Advocaat,Barry was as good as any mid-fielder(of his time) in the world,and I for one,whole heartedly agree with him.You guy's don't realize what the extraordinary talent Barry really was. He wasn't as good as Scholes, Keane, Riquelme, Mendieta, Gerrard, van Bommel, Ballack, Veron, Nedved...Totally disagree Muff,Barry carried some pretty ordinary Ranger teams on his back.I'd say Keane is probably theonly one on your list that could have done the same. You know Muff,I've sat in lunch rooms,with football fanatical work mates from all over the world,and honestly,Barry Ferguson was more revered than Lampard,Gerrard,Scholes etc.How the fuck did Ballack ever get on your list? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 According to Dick Advocaat,Barry was as good as any mid-fielder(of his time) in the world,and I for one,whole heartedly agree with him.You guy's don't realize what the extraordinary talent Barry really was. He wasn't as good as Scholes, Keane, Riquelme, Mendieta, Gerrard, van Bommel, Ballack, Veron, Nedved...Totally disagree Muff,Barry carried some pretty ordinary Ranger teams on his back.I'd say Keane is probably theonly one on your list that could have done the same. You know Muff,I've sat in lunch rooms,with football fanatical work mates from all over the world,and honestly,Barry Ferguson was more revered than Lampard,Gerrard,Scholes etc.How the fuck did Ballack ever get on your list? The Michael Ballack who was excellent, and nominated for European and World POTY on a few occassions. One of the best midfielders from 2000-2005! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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