+1 for De Zeuuw. Not sure he’s the best we’ve ever had but certainly a favourite. Grew into being a proper premier league player whilst learning and perfecting his craft with us. Think Stonesy will win the best defender we’ve ever produced discussion...just a shame we didn’t get to enjoy him in a red shirt for a while longer.
For younger fans, can you describe them as players? I've only ever known big Mick as a manager and never even seen videos of futcher playing
Futch was a cultured centre back across between John Stones and Terry Nutkins of really wild show fame
We’ve had some good ‘uns in my time of watching including: Macca, Ian Evans, Dezuew, but my favourite is Paul Futcher, elegance, aggression, passing accuracy, he had it all, oh and a bit of a temper as well
De Zeeuw and Pinnock are the best two in my memory. Difficult to pick one as they were so different and played at two very different times.
You could write a long, long list of the very good centre backs we've had. Straying from the obvious....Gary Fleming, Stuart Gray, Larry May just for a start.