AlCapone 7,678 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Is that you fletcher? Average squad player who fergie liked cos he was ScottishDear oh dear Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I can remember on here when Boyd was in his first spell and scoring goals, 90% of posters said he was one of the best strikers in the UK and if Darren Bent was worth £18 Million Boyd was worth more.As a fanbase and club we are so insular Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC Eagle 4,888 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Is that you fletcher? Average squad player who fergie liked cos he was ScottishJust average? You don't really have a clue do you?http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/darren-fletchers-10-best-man-8522851 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,853 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 At the time he came through we had established European internationals playing in our midfield.The fact a 19/20 year old managed to be one of the first picks tells it's own story.His first spell was the stuff of dreams for a young Scottish player, he had it all and Ronald De Boer rated him right up there with the best he played with...again tells it's own story.Shouldn't have moved when he did but shit happens, was a shadow of the former player when he came back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barasa 802 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 How many players do you see with their head up when on the ball? Barry's head was always up, more than any other I've seen.Simply the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 19,113 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Watched this 3 or 4 times in slow motion. Amazing how he pulls it off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianferguson 2,619 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Barry could play in any Rangers team I've watched since 1980 easily. No point in comparing him to individuals and he could be a pain in the arse but all he ever wanted to do was win and 15 major trophies is the stuff of dreams topped off with a European final ,a stage where he feared no one. Has played more domestic games in Europe than any other Scot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawrinka 88 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 You have to wonder what might have been if he hadn't taken the first offer from England. Blackburn was a terrible move for him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonRFC 1,474 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I will add my bit in Rangers and Scotland captain, who lets his weans run around in sellick tracksuites, and go to school at bigot factories, not for me, married a wee republican cow, buys her dad (a rabid wee tarrier bastard) season ticket every year, rangers legend my arse, good player who moaned at everyone barr himself, especially the younger playersYou Sir are a fucking embarrassment to Rangers, what an absolute roaster Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JograBear 1,074 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Class player. One of my all time favourites. Cannot beat a CM who can control and game in the way he did. Great to watch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude 20,026 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 What an incredibly stupid thing to say, Did either Sealey or Taibi hold down a place in a team for 8 seasons that was Englands top dogs and one of the best in Europe?Most on here would have fitted in well as a Scout at Ibrox over the last 20 years....Rangers men or nothing Far from it. It's a deliberately ridiculous comparison. Fletcher done incredibly well at United to hold down a place so long and keep himself around the first team. However, I think its fair go say that Fletchers ability was made to look greater than it was in a team of world class players. His performances in a Scotland shirt, often against weaker opposition than he'd stroll it against in the EPL, with a generally poorer of team mate gave a better reflection on what he can do and his ability to grab a game by the scruff of the neck and change it like Ferguson could.Comparing them based on the number of appearances or trophies won when comparing to vastly different sets of circumstances is unfair. Some fairly average players have had great careers at great clubs and won stuff beyond what their ability deserves (Quite a few went on to play for us like Capucho and Guivarc'h) while others haven't won tje trophies their talent deserves (like Gascoigne) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Fletcher looked OK at Man U purely because he had world class players around him. this is why he's looked pish for Scotland and West Brom Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,824 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Darren Fletcher better than Ferguson Fletcher is/was decent but Ferguson, in his prime, was much better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejoseph 2,773 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Fletcher Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser1041 9,088 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Fuck off Ferguson was an outstanding technical footballer and fletcher is a hard worker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunk and disorderly. 14,737 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Youngest ever captain to lead us to a domestic treble, and the Euro final was a great achivement too. We could do with a young leader like that now to get us back to where we belong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasa_Papac_No1_Fan 605 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 FletcherOnly you would pick out a Celtic fan who you would think about being better than our player. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hume 13,502 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Loved him the first time round, but as has been proven over and over again, most who come back to The Rangers for a second term fail to capture the fans' initial backing and the spark goes out.He was not the worst though, so I will thank him for his great service and wish him well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin93 136 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 How many players do you see with their head up when on the ball? Barry's head was always up, more than any other I've seen.Simply the best.Really? He gets the name backpass Barry sometimes for a reason, always wanted the safe option and overrated Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBoyd 5,654 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Really? He gets the name backpass Barry sometimes for a reason, always wanted the safe option and overratedGarbage it's called ball retention Barry played plenty of killer passes. Do you think that about xavi too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawrinka 88 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Second spell was a massive disappointment. He had one good season (07/08) and the rest of the time his only sustained spells of good form were in EuropeDropping him for Edu was one of the main reasons why we won the league in 08/09 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal Bear 72 363 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I would suggest Fletchers 250 appearances in 8 seasons for the best team in the UK and one of the top teams in Europe suggests otherwise. Think it was 5 league titles he won, as the saying goes....show us your medals I'm amazed anyone who watched Ferguson through his career with us can say Fletcher is better than him.Ferguson dominated midfields at a top level. He topped some of the best midfielders in Europe in several matches. He could quite clearly carry a team on his own.The turnaround against Stuttgart to win 2-1 is a great example. I seriously doubt we would have done it without him on the field that night. Stuttgart's opener was scored when he was in the dressing room getting his head bandaged up.You could also take Fletcher's performances for Scotland. With poorer players around him he was awful. On the other hand I recall a young Ferguson playing England off the park at Wembley. His performance against Italy was also phenomenal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barasa 802 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Garbage it's called ball retention Barry played plenty of killer passes. Do you think that about xavi too?Olé give & get, draw the opponent. Daren't imagine what those people thought of Wilkins . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvah 146 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 barry ferguson is retired??? man do I feel fooking old hahagreat player and a great captain regardless of how it ended, one of scotland great talents in the last 30 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siamthedanger 2,868 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thank you Barry! Some amazing performances for us, all the best for the future! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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