I’m basing it on these things..

A) who I’ve seen play live (not on video etc)
B) pure footballing ability.

Hoolahan was so gifted as a football, incredible skill levels, always wanted the ball whether 5-0 up or 5-0 down. Had that rare ability to shine even in a completely s**t team.

So basing it on my 26 years as a season ticket holder (consecutive seasons) he is the standout candidate.

Many of the other candidates from my era were just decent players for there position. Was Chris Sutton any better than Grant Holt? Was Darren Huckerby any better than Darren Eadie?

Again, in terms of pure ability wes Hoolahan beats them all. If he’d have come on the scene earlier and been coached properly he Would have had the world at his feet.

Posted By: Darren Eadie on May 11th 2018 at 23:31:46

Message Thread

Best City player ever? (NCFC) - Nelsons final flanel, May 11, 15:41:05
- Agree Suggett....also Kevin Reeves (n/m) (NCFC) - Saucerer, May 11, 23:25:03
- Criminal leaving out Keelan.... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 11, 22:27:44
- Sutch hint ut! (n/m) (NCFC) - archroy, May 11, 20:23:22
- Colin Suggett (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, May 11, 19:10:08
- Martin Peters (n/m) (NCFC) - CROYDONCANARY, May 11, 17:22:22
  - Second that (n/m) (NCFC) - White Van Man, May 11, 19:56:08
  - Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - watfordcanary, May 11, 18:05:20
- Mark Robins, Christopher Sutton and Efan Ekoku (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, May 11, 17:06:17
  - Go back to bed,maybe best strikers ever.. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 11, 17:20:59
    - Rude (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, May 11, 18:54:37
- Bellamy (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, May 11, 16:56:54
- Hoolahan (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, May 11, 16:41:17
  - I’m basing it on these things.. (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, May 11, 23:31:46
  - not even close. loved him to bits but nowhere near our best player of all time (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, May 11, 17:00:22
  - Not even a first choice team pick for numerous managers. (n/m) (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, May 11, 16:52:10
  - Are you saying that because it's fashionable? Great player (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 11, 16:50:11
- How can we tell? (NCFC) - Clairvoyant Creosote, May 11, 16:29:29
- please please please please (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 11, 16:15:06
  - Best player to have worn a Norwich shirt in my lifetime was probably (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 11, 16:53:21
    - on that metric, David Beckham for me Clive (NCFC) - CWC, May 11, 17:51:40
      - Becks never played for us. We offered him a place in the academy but he went to Man Utd (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 11, 18:13:11
        
        *typo galore (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, May 11, 19:06:33
        
        Bild assumption that we let out trialists wear kit (NCFC) - CWC, May 11, 19:06:03
    - Rolf,fucking worz! that's ridiculous. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 11, 17:01:54
      - Well not for us obviously. But he had a pretty fucking decent career.. (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 11, 17:27:11
        
        Bloody he'll Steve, he was only here on loan! (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 11, 18:46:10
    - When I say my lifetime, I mean adult lifetime (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 11, 16:54:19
      - Leave Wurz out of this. :) (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, May 11, 17:11:45
  - Born in Shouldham. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 11, 16:16:02
- Peters. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 11, 16:10:50
- me (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, May 11, 16:03:19
- Always think that's impossible. So many different era's. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, May 11, 15:43:00

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