Sainz - Our best number 7?

[The Great Mass Debater 1,202]

Since the move to permanent squad numbers, has there been a better number 7 than Borja Sainz?

[Robert N. LiM 6,270]

What did Ruel Fox wear? 

[Capt. Pants 5,001]

Yes...

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Kenny Foggo.

[Robert N. LiM 6,270]

1 minute ago, Capt. Pants said:

Yes...

When was the move to permanent numbers, though? About 94? I mean, I'd definitely put Eadie, Fox and Disco Dale above Sainz since they did it in the top flight, but I suspect that Fox and Gordon were pre squad numbers...

[The fog came down..! 5]

Doug Livermore.

[Branston Pickle 4,144]

Dale Gordon and Mark Barham weren’t at all shabby

[Capt. Pants 5,001]

3 minutes ago, Robert N. LiM said:

When was the move to permanent numbers, though? About 94? I mean, I'd definitely put Eadie, Fox and Disco Dale above Sainz since they did it in the top flight, but I suspect that Fox and Gordon were pre squad numbers...

Don't know, but given the random nature of some squad numbers it then becomes a bit strange as you compare Sainz with Mulryne or Jarrett. 

He compares well since 2015 but pre that there are some very decent players.

Worryingly none of our no.7s had particularly long shelf lives, 2 or 3 years at most.

[The Great Mass Debater 1,202]

31 minutes ago, Robert N. LiM said:

What did Ruel Fox wear? 

I had Fox 14 on the back of my shirt back in the day!

[The Great Mass Debater 1,202]

10 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said:

Don't know, but given the random nature of some squad numbers it then becomes a bit strange as you compare Sainz with Mulryne or Jarrett. 

He compares well since 2015 but pre that there are some very decent players.

Worryingly none of our no.7s had particularly long shelf lives, 2 or 3 years at most.

Hucks being a number 6 never sat easy with me

[Robert N. LiM 6,270]

5 minutes ago, The Great Mass Debater said:

I had Fox 14 on the back of my shirt back in the day!

Had a feeling it was 14. Fox was such a number seven, though. 

 

4 minutes ago, The Great Mass Debater said:

Hucks being a number 6 never sat easy with me

Agreed. Also, Stacey wearing 3 is an obscenity.

[The Great Mass Debater 1,202]

8 minutes ago, Robert N. LiM said:

Had a feeling it was 14. Fox was such a number seven, though. 

 

Agreed. Also, Stacey wearing 3 is an obscenity.

Byram (and maybe Whittaker?) had the same thing going on. Every season I would wait for it to be rectified, and it wasnt! Which has led to our left back taking the 14 shirt >:#

[lake district canary 4,816]

First player I think of when you talk about number 7's is Jimmy Neighbour.  Some better players over the years, but he was an iconic in the old fashioned sense of a number seven - an out and out winger.

[Ulfotto 798]

Based on that list it’s Bob Snodgrass given the permanent numbers probably coincided with the premier league.

Edited October 8 by Ulfotto

[Barham Blitz 869]

Rashica, Roberts, Marshall and Naismith?!  Just as well Sainz has done well otherwise we'd have had to retire the number 7 as cursed based on recent history...

[A Load of Squit 6,260]

1 hour ago, Capt. Pants said:

Yes...

Ian Crook.

There are some great players on that list, Borja deserves to amongst the great ones. Comparing different eras is always difficult.

Edited October 8 by A Load of Squit

[Capt. Pants 5,001]

I've just looked at Milo Rashica's stats for Besiktas; 7 appearances, 1 goal and 4 assists for this season, 29/5/5 for last.

Don't know enough about the Turkish league and if it's much higher standard than the Championship, but with a bit of bias I might think Sainz is the better player at the moment?

 

[Keith Nott 172]

1 hour ago, Capt. Pants said:

Yes...

No. Darren Eadie. 

[TIL 1010 5,246]

2 minutes ago, Keith Nott said:

No. Darren Eadie. 

4th row down.

[Duncan Edwards 2,424]

1 minute ago, TIL 1010 said:

4th row down.

He is saying no, Sainz isn’t the best. That accolade belongs to Darren Eadie. 

[TIL 1010 5,246]

1 minute ago, Duncan Edwards said:

He is saying no, Sainz isn’t the best. That accolade belongs to Darren Eadie. 

Senior moment.

[Trevor Hockey's Beard 605]

Don't fail to mention Martin O'Neill, a midfield General like Peters and Crook.

[spencer 1970 214]

Sainz is looking cooking, but he's not quite at Eadie level yet. Time will tell. 

[Yellow Wal 315]

Still early days ...........

[Nuff Said 5,957]

1 hour ago, Ulfotto said:

Based on that list it’s Bob Snodgrass given the permanent numbers probably coincided with the premier league.

He’ll obviously be getting Lakey’s vote.

[Mr Angry 2,008]

2 hours ago, Ulfotto said:

Based on that list it’s Bob Snodgrass given the permanent numbers probably coincided with the premier league.

Yeah, can’t imagine many people arguing with that 🤣🤣🤣

[Barham Blitz 869]

27 minutes ago, Nuff Said said:

He’ll obviously be getting Lakey’s vote.

Nah - he'll be trying to convert Dorrans to a number 7 ...

(Sorry Lakey, couldn't resist ...)

[The Great Mass Debater 1,202]

On 08/10/2024 at 17:36, Capt. Pants said:

I've just looked at Milo Rashica's stats for Besiktas; 7 appearances, 1 goal and 4 assists for this season, 29/5/5 for last.

Don't know enough about the Turkish league and if it's much higher standard than the Championship, but with a bit of bias I might think Sainz is the better player at the moment?

 

 

Certainly based on performances in yellow Sainz is hands down the better player. 

Looking at the list of 7s, for such an iconic shirt number we haven't had many 'greats' that have made legends of themselves in it. 

If we can keep hold of him and he can keep performing to this standard he could make that shirt his own

[dylanisabaddog 6,131]

On 08/10/2024 at 16:54, The Great Mass Debater said:

Hucks being a number 6 never sat easy with me

Gary Neville was a bit shocked as well.... 

[LaUnionCanary 149]

On 08/10/2024 at 23:24, Capt. Pants said:

Yes...

Nah, from that list Darren Eadie would be my choice.

Edited October 12 by LaUnionCanary