We were talking a bit about ambition versus loyalty in the Rooney thread.
And I thought about all the great players who never won trophies because they stayed at gash clubs.
Tom Finney, one of Englands greatest ever players, never won anything because he stayed loyal to Preston. Same with Johnny Haynes at Fulham and Matt le Tissier at Southampton. George Camsell, who scored 59 league goals the year before Dixie got his 60 and scored 18 in 9 games for England, never won a trophy because he stuck with Boro and neither did his team mates Mannion and Elliott. Gordon Turner could have been a great but he stayed his whole career at Luton town.
And then there's the players who left looking for success and never found it. Tony Currie never won anything, nor did Gerry Hitchens, Don Givens, Stan Bowles, Brett Angell, all sorts of greats.
So go on, who do you think is the best player to win the same number of trophies as Tony Hibbert?
And I thought about all the great players who never won trophies because they stayed at gash clubs.
Tom Finney, one of Englands greatest ever players, never won anything because he stayed loyal to Preston. Same with Johnny Haynes at Fulham and Matt le Tissier at Southampton. George Camsell, who scored 59 league goals the year before Dixie got his 60 and scored 18 in 9 games for England, never won a trophy because he stuck with Boro and neither did his team mates Mannion and Elliott. Gordon Turner could have been a great but he stayed his whole career at Luton town.
And then there's the players who left looking for success and never found it. Tony Currie never won anything, nor did Gerry Hitchens, Don Givens, Stan Bowles, Brett Angell, all sorts of greats.
So go on, who do you think is the best player to win the same number of trophies as Tony Hibbert?
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