The Greatest Pilgrims

[Voice of Reason]

Mark Smith was an outstanding player. A yard more of pace and and would have been one of the best in the country. To see Sonny Bradley above Smith and Marker (plus umpteen others) shows how farcical some of these things are.

 

[Quintrell Green]

Mark Smith was an outstanding player. A yard more of pace and and would have been one of the best in the country. To see Sonny Bradley above Smith and Marker (plus umpteen others) shows how farcical some of these things are.

And nobody has even mentioned Jack Chisholm and Gordon Fincham as CBs. All our judgements are coloured by the number of eras over which we have been lucky enough to support Argyle. Both the guys I have mentioned both excelled during periods when Argyle played in the second tier of the EFL. It is the era coverage factor which makes judging 'the greatest Pilgrims' a bit pointless, really.

 

[davie nine]

https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2019/july/y ... im-winger/

Greatest Pilgrim winger. Peter Halmosi.

 

[argyleapf]

I would have to put Tony Book ahead of any-other full backs. Great continued career with Man City. Nesbit certainly a good second and another great.

 

[argyleapf]

Best winger for me is Barry Jones followed by Gary Nelson and Nicky Jennings. Midfield best by a mile was Ernie Machin.

 

[Bonehead]

Jervis a better winger than Marcus Stuart?

Somebody’s had too much acid over the weekend.

 

[Keyham Pilgrim]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I would definitely have Mark Stuart in my list of the 25 greatest wingers to play for Argyle. I am talking about the left winger in the late 80's who is called Mark and never Marcus.

 

[briangreen]

https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2019/june3/no.1-romain-larrieu/

Goalkeeper Romain Larrieu

As always with these things it’s very subjective and skewed by modernity. For loyalty and really being a part of the club then it’s Larrieu or Crudgie. But in my lifetime I thought Aleksic was particularly talented, Furnell was a rock, while Nicholls and Miller probably had the most unfulfilled potential - for very different reasons of course.

Furnell is the only one I would consider from the above. My personal choice would be Welsh international Bill short

 

[Pogleswoody]

https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2019/june3/no.1-romain-larrieu/

Goalkeeper Romain Larrieu

As always with these things it’s very subjective and skewed by modernity. For loyalty and really being a part of the club then it’s Larrieu or Crudgie. But in my lifetime I thought Aleksic was particularly talented, Furnell was a rock, while Nicholls and Miller probably had the most unfulfilled potential - for very different reasons of course.

Furnell is the only one I would consider from the above. My personal choice would be Welsh international Bill short

My brother was a good keeper, he always rated Peter Shearing but that was mainly because he had 1 to1 training with him and learnt a lot. My Brother rated Dave McClaren who I also remember seeing at the end of his Argyle career. Pat Dunne put in some great performances for us too and had a good pedigree!
I always find it easier to rank/rate goalies that I have played with rather than watched from the sidelines. A 'beaten' defender is often a good judge of a save!! :scarf:

Furnell of goalies that I watched throughout their Argyle careers is up there, Crudgy too, good honest reliable pros!!

 

[Argyle Casual]

Probably best to treat this whole debacle with the lack of contempt it deserves.

 

[davie nine]

https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2019/july/y ... idfielder/

Greatest Pilgrim midfielder: David Friio.

 

[Kentishgreen]

Wouldn’t argue with that but no Colin Randell at all? Really?

 

[pilgrimage]

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

The greatest strikers:
1. Tommy Tynan
2. Mickey Evans
3. Paul Mariner
4. Sammy Black
5. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
6. Billy Rafferty
7. David Kemp
8. Reuben Reid
9. Dwight Marshall
10. Bradley Wright-Phillips

No disrespect to Evans but really! :lol:

It just shows how subjective these type of polls are and just a website page filler during the quiet summer months.

Surely Shane Lowry is the greatest defender for switching successfully to golf. :wink:

 

[cheshiregreen]

Good concept, but, some of the final positions are just a joke. :thumbdown: