gmcf 34,093 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Could easily name a team full but in my time I loved Tam Forsyth and Graeme Roberts with a special mention to Alan McLaren , who I thought was underrated . Favourite full backs , probably Stevens and Robertson . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooseman 889 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 1 hour ago, sassaaaa said: Butcher and Gough would walk into any team on the planet now. And be worth millions.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred H Crawford 1,182 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Jardine , Gough , Butcher , Greig Honourable mentions to Tam Forsyth , Davie Robertson & Alan McLaren who but for injuries would've been one of our greats . Scott Nisbett deserves to be quoted as well just for that goal against Bruges Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amokachi 2,992 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Henning Berg, different class. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Inigo said: Centre halves in order of preference... Gough, Butcher, Moore, Amo, Cuellar, Bougherra, Weir, McLaren, Brown, Boumsong, MacPherson, Bjorklund. Same for fullbacks... Numan, Stevens, Hutton, Robertson, Ricksen, Munro, Brown, Vidmar, Porrini. Probs forgetting some. Will add as they come to me. Like goalkeepers, I think we've been pretty fortunate with defenders over the piece with the exception of the last few years. Whilst not world beaters I also felt that guys like Spackman, Andrews, Hendry, Kyrgiakos (sp), J Rod (for a spell), Papac, Berg (was a higher level but only here for a shorter spell), F De Boer (was a higher level but only here for a shorter spell), Cleland, Petric etc in addition to the ones you highlighted, did a job for us and i'd take any one of them right now! Gough for me is the best i've seen, but as i've mentioned before in previous threads, one of the best defensive displays i've seen in an individual game was big Cuellar away in Florence. Just outstanding. Everything you want from a defender. Big, strong, courageous, defiant, fast, brave, great in the air, decent on the floor. Really loved the big guy. We really have had a great run with defenders (although admittedly there's been the odd one or two who haven't quite reached the heights we'd have hoped). Hopefully we can rectify it pretty soon. We certainly need to........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Laudrup1984 said: Like goalkeepers, I think we've been pretty fortunate with defenders over the piece with the exception of the last few years. Whilst not world beaters I also felt that guys like Spackman, Andrews, Hendry, Kyrgiakos (sp), J Rod (for a spell), Papac, Berg (was a higher level but only here for a shorter spell), F De Boer (was a higher level but only here for a shorter spell), Cleland, Petric etc in addition to the ones you highlighted, did a job for us and i'd take any one of them right now! Gough for me is the best i've seen, but as i've mentioned before in previous threads, one of the best defensive displays i've seen in an individual game was big Cuellar away in Florence. Just outstanding. Everything you want from a defender. Big, strong, courageous, defiant, fast, brave, great in the air, decent on the floor. Really loved the big guy. We really have had a great run with defenders (although admittedly there's been the odd one or two who haven't quite reached the heights we'd have hoped). Hopefully we can rectify it pretty soon. We certainly need to........ Fuck sake you. You're embarrassing me with who i've forgotten. I'll add them... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky True Legend 2,682 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 George Young, Bobby Shearer, Eric Caldow, Ian McColl, Ronnie McKinnon, Tam Forsyth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd09 390 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Jardine , gough , butcher , robertson Only seen sandy jardine in his last 2 years at ibrox but still a great player then ,we let him go to early ,gary stevens was the best since then , stuart munro was a favourite of mine ,but davie robertson was a great player Gough and butcher hard to beat in my time , colin jackson and tam forsyth were coming to the end of there time but still a fantastic to see those two play and be at their testemonials Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuistraHairDo 12,489 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Davie Robertson, Terry Butcher, Graham Roberts, Richard Gough, Gary Stevens. Try score against they 5! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueoysterbar 19,544 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Too many to choose from. Papac deserves a mention. Left back and CB no problem to the guy. That game when he took a ball right in the face and then tried to play on... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 DJ was a crackin CB as well as striker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFM 3,809 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I certainly wasn't around to see them but not many defences have a Wikipedia page dedicated to them... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain_(football) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 12 hours ago, The Godfather said: Maybe not the greatest but I loved Craig Moore. id kill for him to be in our defence right now No-one fucked about with him and he wasn't scared to leave his marker. Mind him fighting with Douglas at half time at the piggery in the 3-3 game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavieMacRFC 850 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Davie Robertson was also a cracking defender. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Guys like; Moore, Amoruso, Vidmar, Cuellar, Bougherra, Gough, Butcher, Numan... To name a just a few I'd kill for 2 of them in their prime right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, GOAT said: No-one fucked about with him and he wasn't scared to leave his marker. Mind him fighting with Douglas at half time at the piggery in the 3-3 game. Moore & Muscat would have went ahead with anycunt, the Australian Mitchell brothers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 10 hours ago, Amokachi said: Henning Berg, different class. 2 out of your 6 posts have both been about how good Henning Berg is I've came to the conclusion that you are indeed, the man himself, Henning Berg. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonRFC 1,310 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 In my lifetime Stevens Gough Boumsong Numan Alan McLaren could've topped the lot of them if he didn't get that bad injury. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,735 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, Gaz52 said: Moore & Muscat would have went ahead with anycunt, the Australian Mitchell brothers. Muscat nearly decapitated someone on the pitch, guy was a dirty fucker Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 3 minutes ago, NixonRFC said: In my lifetime Stevens Gough Boumsong Numan Alan McLaren could've topped the lot of them if he didn't get that bad injury. Boumsong? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonRFC 1,310 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 43 minutes ago, GOAT said: Boumsong? Six months but he was the most complete CB I'd ever seen at Rangers, miles ahead of anyone else in Scotland at the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGOH 2,344 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 In my lifetime, Amo Cuellar, Bougherra and Weir are the best centre halves we've had and I've had the pleasure of watching. Cuellar was incredible for us in 2008, 67 games he played (?) and was solid in about 60 of them, which tells its own story. That night in Florence he was like a man possessed, easily the best defensive display I have seen for Rangers, maybe even ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky. 6,923 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Marvin Andrews in his prime would walk into the team and boss it. Inconsistent and made mistakes but was a rock on his day, and would have kept the belief and spirit going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnbank bear 342 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Davie weir Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Nice to see someone beat me to Bobby Shearer. Harold Davis would on any list of great defenders as well. A true hero. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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