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It's a good point Brian. When we discuss the 'best' this or that on this forum, Wegerlie, Stainrod and Byrne probably don't get the kudos they deserve - marvelous, exciting players.
Fabulous player, for some odd reason I was watching an interview with Gordon Strachan years ago and when asked who was the best player he played against he said Roy Wegerle and he mentioned the goal he scored at Elland Road on the 20th October 1990, Gordon Strachan said he was unplayable at times especially on that day.
He was always one of those players who when on the ball you took notice (if you know what I mean)
Nightmare to defend against.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
I remember playing Arsenal when we had a huge injury list, he seemed to single-handedly take them on and run them ragged - they kicked him off the pitch and went on to win, but for 60 minutes it was one of the best performances I have seen
i was at Leeds for that goal but i missed it due to having a waz,only to come back and be told i missed goal of the season mu reply was "yeah yeah yeah" but it turns out it really was !
I was at the Leeds game. That and the Sinclair goal are the best two I've seen. What was so remarkable about the goal against Leeds is that the Leeds fans broke out into instant applause as you can hear on the clip. Never seen that before of since.
About the only criticism I could ever make of Gerry Francis is that we had Wegerle and Ferdinand on the books when he arrived and IMO that should have been our front two for years.
Roy started out alongside Colin Clarke and maybe Falco IIRC, Les usually played alongside Penrice and Bradley Allen - all decent players especially the last two but it's pretty obvious who the stars were in those partnerships. Wegerle/Ferdinand should have been up there with Bannister/Byrne or Goddard/Allen
It's all ancient history now. But if that was the case, wouldn't you think that having played with Stan, Francis would understand the importance of a maverick player? Plenty willing work-horses out there, but a game changer was/is a rare commodity. Even an old warhorse like Warnock recognised that with Adel.
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