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| Over the past 40 years who's the best
Shoebottom
Hardisty
Holmes
Lyons
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I'd go for Harris. Had everything and a fantastic kicker
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| Can't believe you put Schofield in there in that company as a stand off.
As a Stand off he was nothing close to the others. Infact I thought Creaser was a better stand off.
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| Schofield carried Leeds for a number of years at stand off after Holmes & Lyons and did a great job once he'd lost the pace he had at centre
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| Have seen them all and I'd go with Harris, had everything but genuine pace.
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| Not around for the first two .... And maybe a tint of nostalgia.....but Hol m e s easily for me.
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| Shoebottom.
Had everything and more and also played in a great team who consistently played the sort of rugby Leeds fans traditionally like to see.
I think we'd need a bigger capacity if that team could be transported forward forty years.
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| At stand off, Shoebottom, but best all round player from that list has to be Holmes.
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| Its got to be Shoey .
If there was a thread like which player of the past would you put into the team of this era ?
SHOEY all the time
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| Shoebottom
had it all, no one else near him, power skill just sorry it was cut short. Hardisty and Mags come second but we didn't see the best of Hardisty
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| For me it has to be John Holmes. Shoey was a great physical player with 120% enthusiasm but Holmes had all the skills and was a real head up player that made other team mates look so good.
Of you were to make it the last 50 years I would go with Lewis Jones
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| It's a tough question, considering different skills, eras etc. but my father, who saw them all up to Harris, rated Harris as the best Leeds back since Lewis Jones.
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| Never saw Shoey or Hardisty. Of the ones I saw I'd say Holmes.
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| Quote ="JMT"Never saw Shoey or Hardisty. Of the ones I saw I'd say Holmes.'"
your not a long way off John was as good as any
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| Quote ="JMT"Never saw Shoey or Hardisty. Of the ones I saw I'd say Holmes.'"
Same here the best one I saw was HOLMES
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| my old man says shoey without a doubt, and says lyons is as close to shoey as anyone else on that particular list
my fave would have to be holmes my first RL hero
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| Dunneman was better.
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| Quote ="Stan d'Off"Have seen them all and I'd go with Harris, had everything but genuine pace.'"
Funny enough, both my dad and grandad have said exactly the same thing, having seen all those players. Speak very highly of all of them, but said Harris was the most gifted and perfect stand off out of them. My Dad has always been a big big fan of Hardisty though.
Personally I can only comment fully since holmes, but also see Harris as the best stand off for me.
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| Quote ="antoine"Over the past 40 years who's the best
Shoebottom
Hardisty
Holmes
Lyons
Schofield
Harris
McGuire
I'd go for Harris. Had everything and a fantastic kicker
Thoughts'"
I'd rank 'Stretcher Boy' last in that list above.
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| Lyons was unsettled at 6 for some reason. He made the switch to 7 and then found his feet. I don't know why changeing the number on his back made a difference, but better at 7 than 6.
Best 6 we really never used was Dave Heron. Had enough pace to play 6 and everything paprt from the kicking game (although I have no idea if he could kick or not, there really was nothing resembling a kicking game used until we introduced the handover and then it took the Brits years to understand there was more to it than the up and under). And yes I know they used to have kicking duels in the days of unlimited tackles, but I think John Holmes kicked the ball in open play 2-3 times (really badly) in the recently televised '78 Cup Final game.
Harris was better when used at 1, Schofield was a better 3 - although he was a terrific 6, Holmes was 6 when I started watching Leeds so I can't comment on Hardisty or Shoebottom as I never saw them play. I really don't understand what McGuire is not supposed to have been able to do that the others mentioned could do. Of course it's pretty fashionable to slag current players and pick them to bits, but his try scoring record, his ability to win games for us - and big games, his overall quality of play and his record as part of a tremendously successful team have to rank him up there.
The only successful 6 I've seen is McGuire. He's regularly outplayed his opposition for the last 6-7 seasons.
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| Quote ="Keith Swiftcorn"I'd rank 'Stretcher Boy' last in that list above.'"
Stretcher Boy???
I take it you mean Mick Shoebottom???
If not,then apologies but if you do could you then please make up a nice nickname for Chris Sanderson as well you sick minded individual.
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| Quote ="Norman Stanley Fletcher"Stretcher Boy???
I take it you mean Mick Shoebottom???
If not,then apologies but if you do could you then please make up a nice nickname for Chris Sanderson as well you sick minded individual.'"
He means McGuire but his sentiment remains pretty vile and ill informed.
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