players you wished you'd seen play

[Mike]

Kevin Keegan

 

i was 6 when he left us and i didn't start going the match until a few years later.

[Bigal]

the first game I truly remember is ths 1985/86 cup final so I would say Kenny in his prime

[_00_deathscar]

Pretty much anyone in their prime prior to '96.

 

So it'd have to be King Kenny.

[David Hodgson]

Dossena, Robbie Keane......spring to mind.

 

 

Oh my aching sides.

[smithdown]

F*ck it then.

 

Ian Callaghan

Edited January 22, 2009 by smithdown

[David Hodgson]

F*ck it then.

 

Ian Callaghan

 

Too slow Joe.

[muleskinner]

My first game was a UEFA Cup 1st round tie v Hibs in 1975 (3-1 Toshack hat-trick) but I was only 6 and didn't go regularly until I was 11/12 so I would like to have seen more of that era. Roger Hunt, Peter Thompson and Billy Liddell were the 3 players from before my time who were always revered in our family, seeing those 3 would have been great.

[Swipe]

Dalglish.

 

First memory of football is him scoring against Chelsea in 86 but would have loved to see him in his prime.

[Bootle Buck]

Being an Arl a*** I have seen most of the 60's, 70's and 80's stars play. However, I would have loved to have seen Billy Liddell. From all I heard he was basically a "One Man Team" back then.

[johngibo YPC]

Well Kenny is the obvious one

But i imagine going to watch the 87/88 team every week was alot of fun

Theyv'e got the jobs, yeah but we've got the side

[kop205]

Emlyn Hughes.

 

I always have this idea that when he was in midfield he was possibly the closest, style-wise, we've had to Gerrard. Don't know if that is way off, but he just seems to have been that kind of all-action, lead-by-example type.

[deacon]

John Barnes in his pomp. I'm old enough to only remember when he played in the middle of the park and was a different player to the attacking midfielder he once was.

[sutty]

Well Kenny is the obvious one

But i imagine going to watch the 87/88 team every week was alot of fun

Theyv'e got the jobs, yeah but we've got the side

 

 

That 87/88 side was great - the only thing is that I only used to watch us at home then, was too young to do the aways

 

The start of that season there was some work being done on the ground that meant that we didn't play at home for ages - my dad was going to trhe aways and he kept coming back saying "just you wait til you see this team David, just you wait"

 

I had no choice, did I?

 

Was good though.

[DJS]

Hughes and Souness are the immediate ones that come to mind.

[Benzo-13]

The early 80's team of Dalglish/Rush/Souness.

I was only a nipper when they were in their pomp.

[Earl Hafler]

Hughes, Keegan and Liddell

 

Of players from other clubs, i'd always wanted us to sign Gary Mac back when Uncle Roy was selecting Don ' Budweiser ' Hutchison. Schmeichel and Shearer were two others.

[MarkD]

I started going the game in 73-74, so since then probably seen the majority of the greats (and not so great) on a regular basis.

 

As a slightly different answer, I wish I'd have savoured the Dalglish/Souness/Rush/Hansen team a bit more. I went the games and saw them play and they were invincible but that made me think they would be invincible and around forever and I think I became blase about it all. Really regret that to be honest.

[stonty]

Roger Hunt, I was only a kid & far too young to really appreciate what I was looking at, but my old fella says he was a hell of a player

[New York Red]

Christ, I always forget what a bunch of nippers you all are...

[anfield11]

Emlyn Hughes.

 

I always have this idea that when he was in midfield he was possibly the closest, style-wise, we've had to Gerrard. Don't know if that is way off, but he just seems to have been that kind of all-action, lead-by-example type.

 

 

Seen him and you are pretty well spot on.

[madaboutlfc]

my grand dad used to tell me stories of Billy Liddell when I was younger and made him sound perfect so id like to have seen him

[Cunny]

All our pre-1970s greats - Scott, Liddell, Yeats, Lawler, Byrne, Hunt, Thompson, St John, Lawrence, Stubbins etc..

 

As for non-Liverpool players:

 

Pele, Cruyff, Puskas, Yashin, Di Stefano, Finney, Matthews, Moore, Greaves, Charles, Best, Law, Dean, Charlton, Edwards - I would just want to see how good these players really were, as TV coverage of them is scarce.

Edited January 22, 2009 by Cunny

[Murphman]

All our pre-1970s greats - Scott, Liddell, Yeats, Lawler, Byrne, Hunt, Thompson, St John, Lawrence, Stubbins etc..

 

As for non-Liverpool players:

 

Pele, Cruyff, Puskas, Yashin, Di Stefano, Finney, Matthews, Moore, Greaves, Charles, Best, Law, Dean, Charlton, Edwards - I would just want to see how good these players really were, as TV coverage of them is scarce.

 

 

I saw all the reds apart from Stubbins and Liddell. Saw Moore, Greaves and Charlton, Moore was the best defender I ever saw bar none.

Edited January 22, 2009 by Murphman

[badtodabone]

being an old a*** as well it would have to be liddell, my dad idolised him

[pipnasty]

Peter Thompson