The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[Billys Boots]

What about Gary Ablett???   

[J70]

What about Gary Ablett???   

Ablett wasn't great, and certainly not up to the class of the men he was brought in to cover and replace e.g. Hansen, Lawrenson and Beglin. I wouldn't put him down in the class of Sean Dundee or Djimi Traore however.

[Minder]

What about Gary Ablett???   

Ablett was alright, played in some great teams. Managing the reserves now.

[AZOffaly]

I'd agree with J70. He was very poor in comparison to the men he replaced, but was a step above some of the other dross that have played for Liverpool since then. Torben Piechnik?

[brokencrossbar1]

Ablett was always on a loser beacuse of the players he had to replace and also, he looked like Hansen so people expected more from him   He was ok by the standards around him, was just slow in my view.

[Billys Boots]

Yeah, I suppose he only really stood out because of the (magnificent) company he was in.  I remember cringing at some of the things he did, but in comparison to some of the luminaries mentioned, he was alright I s'pose.  

[bingobus]

Glen Hysen never reached the heights expected of him. Team on slide at the time but he played his part in that.

Never liked David Burrows. Wouldn't be own of worst of all time but was not in Stautons class at  the time.

[AZOffaly]

Liverpool went through a mad phase of signing lookey-likes to replace players for a while. Burrows for Staunton, Speedie for Dalglish, Aldridge for Rush, Ablett for Hansen.

[brokencrossbar1]

I thought Ablett and Burrows came through the underage structure?

[AZOffaly]

Sorry. I shouldn't have said 'signing', I meant 'getting'. Burrows came from the Baggies though.

[Surreal Steve]

your ma came through my underage structure.

[brokencrossbar1]

I just checked that AZ.

I ahd forgotten about the other gary Ablett, the great Aussie rules player from the same time, ex Hawthorne player I think, probably could have played as well at footie than the other one.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

I just checked that AZ.

I ahd forgotten about the other gary Ablett, the great Aussie rules player from the same time, ex Hawthorne player I think, probably could have played as well at footie than the other one.

Geelong - he was my fave Aussie Rules player at the time

[Chrisowc]

Erik.....big Dutch fella....can't remember his second name.  He was a tube but totally fearless.  I remember him lying on the ground trying to head the ball away from the defenders foot

Bjorn Tore Kvarme wasn't great and neither was Stig.  The stewards in the Kop were always more likely to get onto one of Stig's crosses than Robbie.

[AZOffaly]

Erik Meijr (spelling?) aka Erik the Viking aka Erik the useless hoor.