grizzlyg Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Evening Folks, in new century after game and me and the lads had a good conversation. Out of these 4 who would be your best ever well left back...1)joe wark.....2) tom boyd.....3) rob mckinnon.....4) stevie hammell. I went for rob mckinnon but such a hard choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 It's been the most nailed down position over the years, Wark was the man, I thought it could have been McMillan and Hammell is the first guy I remember watching his debut, more or less his whole career and then his last game with us, a stalwart. But maybe it was McKinnon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 In order of precedence, in my opinion: 1. Joe Wark. 2. Joe Wark. 3. Joe Wark 4. Joe Wark. Next question please. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMax Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 In my lifetime, there's no competition. It's Joe Wark. Since then, we've had decent ones, Boyd, McMillan, Hammell, I'll even mention Derek Murray for WeeYin's benefit, but post Joe wark, it would be KcKinnon for me...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Can barely remember joe wark but since then rab McKinnon for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowell Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Joe Wark by a mile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mintymac Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Best left back Ive ever seen in the claret and amber? . Old rubber legs by a country mile . And he knew my father Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 In my time its Hammell, but I wouldnt argue with wark from what Ive seen in various highlights and heard from slightly older fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishyWell Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Joe, without doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFCL84 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Joe Wark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman1991 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 There's only one winner here - Joe Wark Though we have been blessed with excellent left backs over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinjy Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 There can only two contenders if you go by ability and longevity. Hammell had the best first touch I have seen in a defender. Instead of heading a goalies kick out he would step back and kill it stone dead then make a pass. Even in the last two games when he came on he looked class if a bit slower. As for Joe absolute genius whose rubber legs made him the best tackler ever. He was also two footed and often played on the right. It was the seventies and eighties when Old firm bias was even worse. Joe never got a cap because they picked McGrain at left back even though he never played there for Celtic. Boyd McMillan and McKinnon were good with McKinnon the best in my opinion but none played long enough to be considered. It's Joe Wark for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Joe Wark by the proverbial country mile - even against the others in that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Every time this discussion comes up I feel Tom Boyd is underrated. Terrific player and captain in a legendary Motherwell team before going on to win 72 caps for a good Scotland team. I know he is a bit of a dick but he was top drawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 In order of precedence, in my opinion: 1. Joe Wark. 2. Joe Wark. 3. Joe Wark 4. Joe Wark. Next question please. I second that....... Its a real shame younger fans dont have any footage to watch to allow them to compare. In my time he is our greatest ever player. No doubt folk who saw the 52 team or The Ancell Babes might disagree but out of the players mentioned he is the best left back by a distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 I never saw either play but Baldy Shaw and Ben Ellis must come into the reckoning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Every time this discussion comes up I feel Tom Boyd is underrated. Terrific player and captain in a legendary Motherwell team before going on to win 72 caps for a good Scotland team. I know he is a bit of a dick but he was top drawer. This. Joe Wark was just before my time so for me it's between Rob McKinnon and Tom Boyd and even though McKinnon was a superb player, the best left back in the country in his time at the club and a personal favourite of mine, I have to put Tom Boyd ahead of him. Boyd played more games, was a more adaptable player and of course captained us to a Cup Final. His Celtic connection has seen him more or less erased from our history for some fans but I'm not really comfortable with that sort of revisionism. If he'd never come back to Scotland I don't doubt he would be regarded as one of the very best players we've produced in the modern era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Grew Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Seen them all playing for us down the years and for me, Joe Wark was by far the best left-back I ever saw at Fir Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 They could only be one. Joe Wark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something else Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Never got to see Joe Wark so Rob McKinnon for me. Boyd was a great player as well despite being a wank. Hammell has been a decent left back but nowhere near the player McKinnon or Boyd were. Also a shout for Jim Paterson who stepped into the left back spot under Malpas and was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellup83 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 From my era, Rob Mckinnon. Though Stevie Mcmillan was good when fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgey Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 This. Joe Wark was just before my time so for me it's between Rob McKinnon and Tom Boyd and even though McKinnon was a superb player, the best left back in the country in his time at the club and a personal favourite of mine, I have to put Tom Boyd ahead of him. Boyd played more games, was a more adaptable player and of course captained us to a Cup Final. His Celtic connection has seen him more or less erased from our history for some fans but I'm not really comfortable with that sort of revisionism. If he'd never come back to Scotland I don't doubt he would be regarded as one of the very best players we've produced in the modern era. I really detest Tom Boyd mostly for his dismissal of the part he played in sure an important team in our history. He himself has pretty much erased us from his own history and has in the main been somewhat discourteous of us since becoming a big time Charlie. None the less, I cant disagree, he was a great player for us who came through our youth system and had circumstances been different would have legendary status with Motherwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim64 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Joe Wark by a country mile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 I've got no issue with Boyd's place in Motherwell's history for what he did during his time with us, after he moved on is a different matter, but the thing about him and the left-back position for me is that he really only played there for about two, two-and-a-half seasons tops. Having played in central-defence and even in midfield he almost accidently stumbled into the position when John Philliben fell out of favour. He also reverted back to centre half when he returned to Scotland with Celtic. Good as he was he never had quite the longevity in the position that the others had and he also had the considerable benefit of a rejuvenated Davie Cooper putting the ball on a plate for him for two of those seasons. His defending was rarely in question but the attacking element to his game came largely through Cooper telling him to "run here". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Joe Wark by a country mile Agreed, no contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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