Frazzie Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 ....the return of the Sheriff got me thinking about our special club, and the number of players, even in my relatively short time, that I have seen return to the club. I was wondering if I could put together an XI and I think I've just about managed it, albeit in a slightly gung-ho formation! Anyway, here's my attempt. Feel free to add any I may have forgotten, or correct me if I'm wrong about any of them.  ______________Gunnar___________________  ______Kerr_____Craigan_____Hammell______  Faddy__McClair__O'Donnell__Lasley__Ojamaa  ____________Burns_____Sutton____________   I doubt there's any other SPFL clubs that could put together such a lineup and that reinforces my opinion that our club genuinely is a good place for players to come and play their football and is the type of club that gets under your skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Twardzik... Â EDIT Presumably managed by Craig Brown given he was assistant and came back to manage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAndrew7 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 You could have Scott Leitch in there; he was youth at Motherwell, was he not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Iain Ferguson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Burley and Wishart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan88 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 would be nice to see more fans return as well 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Kenny Black and big Marsh ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman1991 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 ....the return of the Sheriff got me thinking about our special club, and the number of players, even in my relatively short time, that I have seen return to the club. I was wondering if I could put together an XI and I think I've just about managed it, albeit in a slightly gung-ho formation! Anyway, here's my attempt. Feel free to add any I may have forgotten, or correct me if I'm wrong about any of them.  ______________Gunnar___________________  ______Kerr_____Craigan_____Hammell______  Faddy__McClair__O'Donnell__Lasley__Ojamaa  ____________Burns_____Sutton____________   I doubt there's any other SPFL clubs that could put together such a lineup and that reinforces my opinion that our club genuinely is a good place for players to come and play their football and is the type of club that gets under your skin.  I believe its a fairly recent phenomenon Frazzie. Prior to Brian McClair, they were rarer than 'hens teeth'. I couldn't come up with one (cue someone to prove me wrong lol) and I always wondered why it rarely happened at our club, but was a regular occurance at other Scottish clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Stephen Hughes. Injured as usual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I believe its a fairly recent phenomenon Frazzie. Prior to Brian McClair, they were rarer than 'hens teeth'. I couldn't come up with one (cue someone to prove me wrong lol) and I always wondered why it rarely happened at our club, but was a regular occurance at other Scottish clubs. Â Gregor Stevens springs to mind as a pre-McLair. Given that they were both shadows of the players that left us (to put it kindly), I'm not surprised we gave it a miss for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Gregor Stevens springs to mind as a pre-McLair. Given that they were both shadows of the players that left us (to put it kindly), I'm not surprised we gave it a miss for a few years. Â I was just about to post Gregor Stevens...aye rangers ruined him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman1991 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Must have put that one right out of my mind - when did he return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Must have put that one right out of my mind - when did he return? Â I couldn't have told you the year without looking it up, but he left in '79 and returned in '84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain7_mfc Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Can we no take Burns out and play with 10 men?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 My thoughts exactly. Don't think his heart was in it 2nd time around. Was harder to take as wee Tommy once said he was the best prospect he had at club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigeeze Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Ian St. John? Came back as manager no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 And Big Tam Forsyth came back as Wee Tommy's assistant. Â And Bobby Watson made a brief return as gaffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigeeze Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Was going to suggest Tam McAdam but checked and he only had 1 stint. It was his brother played for us 1st then Tam Joined us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 good thread this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 George Burley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Someone else mentioned Burley and Wishart also - both were before McClair's lacklustre return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Taking the conversation in a slightly different direction, I'm thinking about what the best team of this lot would be, but not just in terms of which players to pick, but also which era. Obviously McClair, Faddy, etc would be "before" and Craigan, etc would be after, but the one that jumps out at me as being a bit of a dilemma- Phil O'Donnell. Before or after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well_Jaggy Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Since it doesn't seem to matter if they returned as a player or not, how about Stevie Kirk or Wullie Pettigrew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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