Which is the better team?

[Gwladys Nights]

I think 95/96 was the year that Tony Grant played a lot of games. Him and Joe Parkinson fleetingly looked quite the partnership. I remember a quote from Joe Royle about Grant being inconsistent within games rather than between games, i.e. he'd be everywhere for 5 minutes then go missing for 15.

Unfortunately Kanchelskis, Limpar and Ferguson were very rarely all on the pitch at the same time, and I don't remember Dunc linking up particularly well with the other two anyway. On paper that trio at the front of one of these new fangled 4-3-3's would destroy sides.

I quite vividly remember watching a night game on Sky, seeing Kanchelskis and Dunc stood next to eachother and lamenting how rare a sight it was. I would've been about 9 years old at the time. I was a melancholic child.

 

[Allezfan]

Kanchelskis was not on his way down. Do we not remember his performance at anfield or his hattrick at Hillsborough?

 

[Gwladys Nights]

Kanchelskis was much better than Mirallas has been so far and anyone saying otherwise is a daft apeth.

 

[Khalekan]

Oh....and for the record.

I also think Mirallas is better then Bob the Pole was.......b)

And don't get me started about Preki

 

[sheeds]

I really like mirallas and I hope to see him improve but at the minute he's miles from kanchelskis in my opinion

 

[Stend]

The difference, Kanchelskis was blistering, direct and clinical. Mirallas is ace but isn't even a scratch on Kanchelskis. He was just amazing.

 

[Phil86]

As regards to Mirallas compared to Kanchelskis, Kanchelskis was one of the best right wingers not just in the league but in Europe between 94-96. He like Mirallas also had a disrupted first season with the saga of him actually signing taking ages then him dislocating his shoulder straight away and being out for about 2 months, but still ending up with 16 goals and a number of assists. But saying all that I still prefer Limpar to them both for some reason

 

[sheeds]

The difference, Kanchelskis was blistering, direct and clinical. Mirallas is ace but isn't even a scratch on Kanchelskis. He was just amazing.

For pretty much decades the only everton player to have even a chance of getting into the mid 80's dominated 'Best XI'

 

[Neiler]

Team now without question - despite winning the cup, we got smashed most weeks.

 

[Allezfan]

Team now without question - despite winning the cup, we got smashed most weeks.

Wrong year.

 

[Neiler]

Wrong year.

Andrei was the only one who didnt play in the cup final mate. We did ok the year after, then gash again, thanks to hamper man.

 

[Stend]

As regards to Mirallas compared to Kanchelskis, Kanchelskis was one of the best right wingers not just in the league but in Europe between 94-96. He like Mirallas also had a disrupted first season with the saga of him actually signing taking ages then him dislocating his shoulder straight away and being out for about 2 months, but still ending up with 16 goals and a number of assists. But saying all that I still prefer Limpar to them both for some reason

Yeh Limpar had lots of Quality! Similar to Beagrie in the sense that he was always a threat.

 

[Allezfan]

Andrei was the only one who didnt play in the cup final mate. We did ok the year after, then gash again, thanks to hamper man.

The 95-96 finish 6th, this current team probably will too. It's not fair to say they got smashed every week.

 

[sheeds]

Andrei was the only one who didnt play in the cup final mate. We did ok the year after, then gash again, thanks to hamper man.

The 95/96 season we finished just 2 points off fourth mate , it's the 'good season ' he's speaking about in the original post I think

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Exactly.


Kanchelskis was fantastic at United but he was on the way down when he came here.

Mirallas, on the other hand, is a player on the way up.

Close call but based on what I have seen, I prefer Mirallas.

Kanchelskis was in his prime at 26 when he joined us & he had his most successful season in front of goal of his entire career that season!