Just how good were/was/is/are (Wolves Edition)

[Papper]

I'm another who has a strong affinity with that late 80s side, partly because of my age at the time and partly because of the success which was exaggerated by the pain of the prior few years. Famine then feast. Robbie Dennison was the best free kick taker I've seen at Wolves until recently.

The third division campaign was one of my favourites and I went to quite a few away games. We went into the season fully confident we'd piss it and we did. Many teams were destroyed. A winning team will always stir the loins regardless of division. I don't think we had a decent free kick taker until Denis Irwin and wasn't a big fan of Simon Osborn. Preferred Naylor just a shame he didn't have a right foot.

 

[sycophantia]

Yep liked Dennison a lot, as with others its partly to do with timing. 1990 was when I started going to Molyneux again after a break of 12 years and taking my son with me, plus there was a real buzz about the place with likes of Dennison, Bully, Mutch etc.....even allowing for the state of the place

 

[Papper]

Yep liked Dennison a lot, as with others its partly to do with timing. 1990 was when I started going to Molyneux again after a break of 12 years and taking my son with me, plus there was a real buzz about the place with likes of Dennison, Bully, Mutch etc.....even allowing for the state of the place

Molyneux?

 

[sycophantia]

Molyneux?

Yeah, whatever pedant

 

[Law's Bus]

Taylor seemed to like Robbie he certainly gave him a go of it. For me when SJH started splashing the cash he was realistically surplus but to be fair we didn't have an option until Mark Kennedy arrived.

Well, he didn't really have much choice with Froggatt and Daley injured once he sent Mark Walters back to Liverpool. Remember that for a chunk of that season Dennison's counterpart on the other wing was... Mark Rankine.

He played a bit under McGhee as well at left wingback, but that wasn't ideal for his skillset shall we say.

 

[Premier Quality]

Absolutely loved Robbie Deninson

 

[Papper]

Yeah, whatever pedant

Call me what you like. Your particular stars are shining very high. Molyneux ? Erm ... You have the credibility of a one legged octopus.

 

[sycophantia]

Call me what you like. Your particular stars are shining very high. Molyneux ? Erm ... You have the credibility of a one legged octopus.

Luckily for me I don't give a shit

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Well, he didn't really have much choice with Froggatt and Daley injured once he sent Mark Walters back to Liverpool. Remember that for a chunk of that season Dennison's counterpart on the other wing was... Mark Rankine.

He played a bit under McGhee as well at left wingback, but that wasn't ideal for his skillset shall we say.

I certainly remember Rankine on the wing, nightmares of him trying to beat his man by knocking the ball around him and not being fast enough, every single time.

 

[NicholasG1973]

Absolutely loved Robbie Deninson

Totally agree.

I remember as a kid (vaguely) watching Wolves at Wembley in some sort of pre-season tournament.......anyway, pretty sure it was Robbie Dennison who hit an absolute 40 yard screamer past Neville Southall and Everton.....

Try and watch it, if you haven’t seen it.

 

[Tony Towner]

It was the middle of the season and was to celebrate 100 years of the football league. The goal is at the top of the discussion on Dennison

 

[Papper]

Luckily for me I don't give a shit

My apologies. I was out of order.

 

[sycophantia]

My apologies. I was out of order.

Not a problem, I'm not one to go on about stuff

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

22. Lee Naylor

Lee Martyn Naylor (born 19 March 1980) is an English former professional footballer

Naylor started his career with First Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers, joining the club in 1996. He made his debut the following year and soon established himself as the first choice left back. His first trophy came when Wolves won the 2003 Football League First Division play-off Final, gaining them promotion to the Premier League where he continued to play in the first team. Naylor moved to Scottish Premier League side Celtic in 2006 for a fee of £600,000 plus Charlie Mulgrew. Naylor quickly established himself as first choice left back for Celtic and was nominated for the 2007 SPFA Player of the Year award. During his time at Celtic Naylor won the Scottish Premier League twice in 2007 and 2008 as well as the Scottish Cup in 2007. Naylor moved to Welsh side Cardiff City who play in the English Championship in 2010 after his contract expired at Celtic.

Naylor represented England under-21s several times but despite being linked with the full national team, while at Celtic, he never received a call-up.

Naylor joined Wolverhampton Wanderers upon leaving school in 1996. He made his debut on 12 October 1997, in a 1–0 defeat at Birmingham City. Playing left-back, he went on to establish himself as a first team regular in the following years and was part of the team that won promotion to the Premier League in 2002–03 via the playoffs.

He was the Wolves' only ever present player in their Premier League campaign of 2003–04 that saw them relegated. After making the drop, he remained at the club for two further seasons, where he improved further under the management of Glenn Hoddle and attracted the interests of other clubs.

Naylor signed for Celtic on 23 August 2006 for £600,000 plus Charlie Mulgrew on a three-year contract and immediately became the team's first choice left back, winning the SPL October Player of the Month award.

 

[Tony Towner]

I've always thought McGhee stopped Naylor from being the player he could have been. Killed his confidence by dragging him off early in games - half time or before.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Our fans were fucking awful to him. Nothing like sticking by one of your own, eh.

DJ was far worse to him than McGhee.

He had his issues but I liked him. Good technique, always did his best, loved the club.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

In 04/05 I had a proper BLOODYHELLNAYLOR man behind me all fucking season. Had to tell him to belt up eventually, such a twat.

A reminder that before he got the tin tack, DJ was playing Kennedy at LB and leaving Naylor out.

 

[nimrod]

i recall a game v cardiff where some guy behind kept saying "naylor to cardiff" every time the ball went near him. when he did something decent, not a dickie bird from the t.wat.

he had a decent delivery and probably could have been used better at least in an attacking sense

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Hoddle did use him well in that respect (yes really).

We always had the old chestnut of playing him as a left winger :icon_lol: Er no, let's not do that. Thankfully even our crap managers weren't daft enough to actually do it.

 

[Templeton Peck]

He was alright. We just had really bad left backs until Douglas so he was very much the best of a bad bunch. I still remember the 'Naylor for England' thread on MM. FFS.