Slowest and Fastest.

[Hellerad]

Drenthe was cartoon quick with lateral movement and change of pace and direction moves.

 

[ToffeeDan]

load of baloney - so there's a shedload of PL players out there and they're all equally fast (same MPH). Scarcely believable.

 

[Librarian]

Amokachi was the fastest and slowest player all in one

You could literally see the message travelling in slow time from his brain to his feet but once he built momentum he could eat up the ground on any player ahead of him.

 

[whiteshadow]

Yeah, Radzinski was really fast.

 

[blueser]

I remember Weir coming on late in the game against Newcastle maybe the season he left. It was clear he was finished as he was terribly slow.

Shows how poor Scotland is that he lasted so long up there after.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Is it me or are a whole lot of players in that list at either 22.35 or 22.37mph? I smell a rat with their testing, especially if Andy Carroll was rated as the fastest anything.

That article has been brought up on here before, and at the time it got my nomination as the second worst football article I've ever seen printed in a newspaper, for the reasons you mentioned. It's clearly been half written, with place-holder figures put into the table, and gone to print before ever being properly completed.

EDIT: In case anyone was wondering what beat it in the "worst article" stakes, it was this one:
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/tra...or-Everton-Leighton-Baines-article893209.html

Particularly the 4th paragraph.

 

[toffeejack]

LOL WE NOW HAVE CITY'S AND WIGAN'S SLOWEST PLAYERS LOLCOPTER

... and evertons


...ffs

 

[evertony]

Jimmy Crankie on steriods, Mr Richard Gough would have given Weir and Stubbs a (very slow) run for their money.

Gough didn't need pace - he was twice the player of either of them, and I rated Davie Weir very highly.

 

[Little Ralphy]

Did no one proof read that article before they published it? People get paid for nothing these days. As if those were the fastest players in the teams and as if loads of them were the same speed.

 

[evertony]

Yobo without a doubt, probably the best athlete we've had here since I've been going. Had strength, speed and agility and I can't recall someone who's had all 3 attributes.

Sylvain Distin.

 

[Merseyzig]

Bit old this:

Kinell, they must have recorded Bily's speed in kilometres per hour, not miles.

Matt Jackson was a pretty slow defender, but Ratcliffe's pace was a major asset to us for year (and his positioning got better with time).

 

[noharmdone]

Kevin Ratcliffe was dead quick.
Stuart Barlow was lightning though.

 

[sbbefc]

That list looks suspect. Football is all about acceleration and short distance speed at 10-30m, not top speed at 100m-200m.

 

[Minimeister]

Kanchelskis over 20 yards was a bullet, powerful legs on him. Wish we still had him.

Slowest is Jelavic, he can have a head start on a player and still gets caught. I'd say probably every defender in the Premier League is quicker than him.

Good shout. Even in cup games when we play a lower league team and the centre half's got a beer belly, they're still quicker over 5 yards than Nik.

 

[StDomingosGringo]

Gough didn't need pace - he was twice the player of either of them, and I rated Davie Weir very highly.

I agree and always liked and respected Goughie. He read the game exceptionally but there is no denying by the time he pulled on the royal blue what little pace he once had was a dim and distant memory.