Dave McPherson

[ready1873 3,885]

How good was the big guy? A bit before my time but remember flashes of him playing. If I remember right he was actually a bit useful with the ball at his feet aswell as being pretty no nonsense at the back? Would he have suited todays football or indeed our style of play? 

[Dickie1963 2,352]

Big Daisy McHairdoo was decent. A Centre Half who played at Right Back as often as not.

Not silky and not a tower of strength but a good Rangers player.

Nobody would ever say he was one of our best ever players but never let us down. 

 

[bluenoz 30,819]

Decent but not great. 

An odd player from the past to start a thread on.

[ready1873 3,885]

4 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

Decent but not great. 

An odd player from the past to start a thread on.

Aye just sitting half cut watching Rangers videos on YouTube and he popped up 😁

[slimjim1690 4,534]

I liked big Bambi, he was a good honest pro who rarely let us down, was brilliant in both games against leeds.

[mearns loyal 2,713]

Can’t forgive him for the stupid fucking pass back to Maxwell that fucked another treble...

[Blacky Bear 868]

Maxwell was shite, big yin was a great servant.

[KeyserSoze 14,531]

Done a job at the time. Not overly brilliant tbh. Just kinda got on with it. Can’t pass a ball back though ffs

[Blueshoff 11,776]

Decent player always prone to a fuck up is how I remember him. 

Think he scored 4 in a UEFA away tie in Valletta - I was there 😁

[beararse 6,374]

Helander reminds me of him in that he and McPherson both run kinda funny and are/were far better footballer then they look/looked.

From memory big Dave went down very easily when challenged.

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

1 minute ago, beararse said:

Helander reminds me of him in that he and McPherson both run kinda funny and are/were far better footballer then they look/looked.

From memory big Dave went down very easily when challenged.

Wit,

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

He was pish, luckily he played next to Gough

[beararse 6,374]

1 minute ago, Junior Soprano said:

Wit,

Dave McPherson was ungainly, as is Helander. 
Both are more effective on the pitch than pleasing on the eye, hence the comparison.

[beararse 6,374]

2 minutes ago, Junior Soprano said:

He was pish, luckily he played next to Gough

He wasn’t pish, but was prone to the occasional fuck up.

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

2 minutes ago, beararse said:

Dave McPherson was ungainly, as is Helander. 
Both are more effective on the pitch than pleasing on the eye, hence the comparison.

There no comparison ffs

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

Just now, beararse said:

He wasn’t pish, but was prone to the occasional fuck up.

He was getting passed between Rangers and Hearts like a scud book. He couldn’t even lace John Browns boots.

[ready1873 3,885]

10 minutes ago, beararse said:

Helander reminds me of him in that he and McPherson both run kinda funny and are/were far better footballer then they look/looked.

From memory big Dave went down very easily when challenged.

Aye? I'm surprised at that. From my early memories looked like a hard man in terms of playing fitba 

[Junior Soprano 22,428]

Comparing Herlander to Big Shirley. Fuck me. 

[Leftpegcoopz11 4,730]

2 hours ago, Dickie1963 said:

Big Daisy McHairdoo was decent. A Centre Half who played at Right Back as often as not.

Not silky and not a tower of strength but a good Rangers player.

Nobody would ever say he was one of our best ever players but never let us down. 

 

Remember him as big Sadie. Ok player from memory, nothing great, but quite steady though looked cumbersome.

Was at the Rangers v Leeds game 92/93 season and think he fired the header that John Lukic parried for our 2nd goal (McCoist) just before halftime to make it 2-1

[ready1873 3,885]

Looked like he could have been in an 80s rock band like REO or Whitesnake

[LochendBilly 8,412]

Remember being at a supporters clubs rally in the SECC where he won YPOTY, prize was a set of golf clubs 

[McEwan's Lager 30,519]

1 minute ago, LochendBilly said:

Remember being at a supporters clubs rally in the SECC where he won YPOTY, prize was a set of golf clubs 

Assume this was early/mid 80s? A set of clubs for a young Scottish footballer back then was probably a weeks wages?

[beararse 6,374]

8 minutes ago, Junior Soprano said:

There no comparison ffs

Im not comparing football ability, just as I’m not comparing their hairstyles. 

Answer this question:

Do they both run in an ungainly manner?

If the answer is ‘yes’, which it most obviously is, then there is the comparison i have been making.

 

[Moody Blue Legend 61,444]

Hamilton '87 Scottish Cup defeat.  Souness blamed him for that.  

[Leftpegcoopz11 4,730]

4 minutes ago, Moody Blue Legend said:

Hamilton '87 Scottish Cup defeat.  Souness blamed him for that.  

Yip, thought he played for us twice, which he did.82-87 (went to Hearts) then came back for a few years from about 91 or 92.