Him and Davy Dodds were a handsome pair.Billy Urquhart
Love wee Alfie but seriously we have had a dozen strikers better than him under any criteria. You are correct about DJ although Forrest was well before my time so can't say he wasn't even betterI've said on this forum before my all time favourite player is Jim Forrest and I was absolutely gutted when he was forced out but if we are talking about an all round player in an attacking sense it's got to be Alfredo. If we're talking about the complete player it must be DJ. How he wasn't voted into our greatest ever team can only be explained by people of a younger generation casting their votes.
I know what you're saying about strikers as in goal scorers but I haven't seen any whose all round play is better than Alfredo. It's all about opinions though as you'll agree.Love wee Alfie but seriously we have had a dozen strikers better than him under any criteria. You are correct about DJ although Forrest was well before my time so can't say he wasn't even better
On his day Morelos is the best I've seen in 50 yearsNonsense.....DJ, McCoist, Hateley were better at their peak game ability than anything Morelos has done so far....Morelos clearly has the ability to develop and be something special but those three mentioned eclipse the best of Morelos so far in terms of the level of opponent they put to the sword and individual high points....
DJ was technically gifted and would EASILY be our highest goalscorer ever had his versatility not taken him away from CF many times. Hateley played CH once for us and looked like a fish out of water, with DJ you couldn't tell the difference as he read the game so well and was by far the best header of a ball I've ever seen.
The closest thing I’ve seen since is Drogba. Would have loved to have seen Hateley leading the line in today’s side.I would agree in saying Hateley.
Pace, power, brilliant in the air, great finisher.
Imagine what he'd be worth in today's money!
You'd have seen Jelavic, Prso and Buff all three are in the elite category.
Pre Argentina in 78 WAS DJ's peak with around 40 goals and we definitely seen him at his best, he should have played in that world cup but Jordan was also a top striker. DJ had a few issues , he liked a pint and and carried a few pounds in his later career but he definitely was a brilliant CF who could score every goal in the book and won many honours including trebles and a Cup Winners cup at CH when he was 18 , add a cup winning header v the Tim's when he was only 16 and he truly is a Rangers legend and imo should be in our all time 11 just ahead of big Mark.Just out of interest, do you think DJ fulfilled his potential fully or do you think the chopping and changing of positions held him back slightly?
I also saw Mols pre injury and he's the best I've seen.
He could well have been classed with Forrest, DJ, Ally and Hateley, had he not suffered that injury.
The 3 you mention have all been great Rangers strikers, but fall short of being in the same bracket as the "big 4" imo.
Stein, Parlane, Millar, Miller and Boyd must deserve a mention too.
Boyd is probably the most efficient goalscorer I've ever seen for Rangers, and I include McCoist in that (the best all round for me).
Pre Argentina in 78 WAS DJ's peak with around 40 goals and we definitely seen him at his best, he should have played in that world cup but Jordan was also a top striker. DJ had a few issues , he liked a pint and and carried a few pounds in his later career but he definitely was a brilliant CF who could score every goal in the book and won many honours including trebles and a Cup Winners cup at CH when he was 18 , add a cup winning header v the Tim's when he was only 16 and he truly is a Rangers legend and imo should be in our all time 11 just ahead of big Mark.
Eh? Not the best at linking up or running channels, but the fact half of a footballers ability is in the head then he was a very good footballerBoyd was an excellent goalscorer but he was a terrible footballer.
Eh? Not the best at linking up or running channels, but the fact half of a footballers ability is in the head then he was a very good footballer
A very good footballer, yet not depended on in many big games?Eh? Not the best at linking up or running channels, but the fact half of a footballers ability is in the head then he was a very good footballer
He wasn't a terrible footballer at all.He was a terrible footballer. He was dropped for almost every "big" game due to his lack of all round game.
He wasn't a terrible footballer at all.
Because he could not fit into certain systems that these big games required us to play. To call him terrible is a joke.A very good footballer, yet not depended on in many big games?
Does an outstanding goalscorer not mean he was a good footballer?He was.
An outstanding goalscorer and his finishing ability (with both feet) was second to none, he had nothing else to his game though.
Boyd was an excellent goalscorer but he was a terrible footballer.
Definitely imo.Yeah I'm not doubting his talent or ability. He's very well remembered by everyone that watched him play.
My question was do you think he fulfilled his full potential?
I never said he was terrible, but when I think of Boyd I don't see him anywhere our best ever. Great goalscorer, but not sure I'd describe him as a very good footballer.Because he could not fit into certain systems that these big games required us to play. To call him terrible is a joke.
He was a footballer. He scored bundles of goals. He was far from terrible.
Does an outstanding goalscorer not mean he was a good footballer?
He was extremely efficient at the hardest part of the game ffs!!
Certainly not the quickest, or the most hard working striker I've ever seen, but a "terrible footballer" is harsh mate.
A player with a good 1st touch, awareness, composure when one on one with the keeper and and an excellent striker of the ball, isn't a terrible footballer.
You've just described Colin SteinI would agree in saying Hateley.
Pace, power, brilliant in the air, great finisher.
Imagine what he'd be worth in today's money!
To think he was only 24 in 1978. Never achieved what he could have in the game.Pre Argentina in 78 WAS DJ's peak with around 40 goals and we definitely seen him at his best, he should have played in that world cup but Jordan was also a top striker. DJ had a few issues , he liked a pint and and carried a few pounds in his later career but he definitely was a brilliant CF who could score every goal in the book and won many honours including trebles and a Cup Winners cup at CH when he was 18 , add a cup winning header v the Tim's when he was only 16 and he truly is a Rangers legend and imo should be in our all time 11 just ahead of big Mark.
God sake. I'm out.He was outstanding at the most difficult aspect of football (scoring goals). He was terrible at everything else though.
It's not harsh, it's accurate.
He was outstanding at scoring goals but he was poor (at best) at all the other aspects of being a striker.
God sake. I'm out.
He wasn't a terrible footballer, I get everything you're trying to say, but your description is a mile out.
He was outstanding at the most difficult aspect of football (scoring goals). He was terrible at everything else though.
It's not harsh, it's accurate.
He was outstanding at scoring goals but he was poor (at best) at all the other aspects of being a striker.
No, DJ was a very early starter in the game and he gave us some great times but by 1980 when he was 26 his best was behind him, not because of ability but because he didn't apply himself as he should have. He had so much more to give but we never really seen his best but what we did see was superbYeah I'm not doubting his talent or ability. He's very well remembered by everyone that watched him play.
My question was do you think he fulfilled his full potential?