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Enfield Exile wrote:Yawn. The continuing myth of Joe Jordan being a hardman. Missing a few teeth and being Scottish does not make you hard. He was a sh!thouse as a player when he came up against anyone with a bit of grunt.
deary me,Joe Jordan,as I recal watching him play regularly,was a decent player - Leeds were a top team and to get anywhere near to playing for them in that era meant he had to be useful - Man U don't sign many duff players either,as for AC Milan wanting him,well ?
sanjunien wrote:deary me,Joe Jordan,as I recal watching him play regularly,was a decent player - Leeds were a top team and to get anywhere near to playing for them in that era meant he had to be useful - Man U don't sign many duff players either,as for AC Milan wanting him,well ?
not a worldbeater ok but deffo not a sh!thouse !
give the guy some credit mate !
I didn't make a comment about his ability. I was simply pointing out that he is/was not a hard man.
As for United buying duff players in the 80s......
He also wasn't with Leeds when they were a great side.
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Enfield Exile wrote:I didn't make a comment about his ability. I was simply pointing out that he is/was not a hard man.
As for United buying duff players in the 80s......
He also wasn't with Leeds when they were a great side.
He was decent but not a standout player IMO.
quite agree but just remind you of the Leeds Utd European Cup Final side in 1975 that lost to two late(ish) goals
Stewart,Madeley,Reaney,Bremner,Giles F.Gray,Hunter,Yorath,Clarke,Jordan,Lorimer,Clarke & E Gray as sub !
as I see it, that makes 12 players ALL of which were established internationals with 6 jocks,2 english,I paddy & I taffy
if that's your definition of a not 'great side' side then i'm obviously missing something !
just to remind you of the Man U side that lost to a very good Arsenal side in 1979 :
Bailey,Nicholl,Albiston,McCilroy,Buchan,McQueen,Coppel,J Greenhoff,Jordan,Macari, Thomas & B Greenhoff as sub that makes 12 players with 11 internationals which isn't that bad surely ?
maybe you need to re assess his credentials ?
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sanjunien wrote:quite agree but just remind you of the Leeds Utd European Cup Final side that lost to two latish goals
Stewart,Madeley,Reaney,Bremner,Giles F.Gray,Hunter,Yorath,Clarke,Jordan,Lorimer,Clarke & E Gray as sub !
as I see it, that makes 12 players ALL of which were established internationals with 6 jocks,2 english,I paddy & I taffy
if that's your definition of a not 'great side' side then i'm obviously missing something !
just to remind you of the Man U side that lost to a very good Arsenal side in 1979 :
Bailey,Nicholl,Albiston,McCilroy,Buchan,McQueen,Coppel,J Greenhoff,Jordan,Macari, Thomas & B Greenhoff as sub that makes 12 players with 11 internationals which isn't that bad surely ?
maybe you need to re assess his credentials ?
RE the Leeds team: Jordan was not a regular the while time he was there. He was never particularly prolific and offered little outside the box. He may have played in Milan but they were not the great team then than they have been in other periods of their history. It was pretty much Milan's leanest period.
RE the United team: That team was not very good at all. Gary Bailey, Arthur Albiston, Sammy McIlroy, Jimmy Nichol, Martin Buchan, Gordon McQueen and the Greenhoff's were average players. While Mickey Thomas was the 70s/80s equivalent of Lee Trundell. That team proved they were never good enough to win the league. It was only when Robson came along that United looked a top team.
Coppell was a top player though. Superb on his day.
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