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Greatest all-time controller of football 16:28 - Aug 12 with 2781 viewsmonty_radio

Poster J Dozzell asserts that Enciso had the greatest control that he’d personally seen. I’m not sure that we’ve had a thread recently or maybe at all that focused on that specific attribute. So who do you think in the annals of the Town fits that for you? For me, I think of Danny Hegan, Viljoen, Thijssen - even Petta on a good day.
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Greatest controller of all time football on 17:52 - Aug 12 with 632 viewsallezlesbleus

Greatest controller of all time football on 16:32 - Aug 12 by Meadowlark

Frans Thijssen. No-one could get the ball off him. That outside of the boot thing too....


He was class!
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Greatest controller of all time football on 17:55 - Aug 12 with 621 viewsallezlesbleus

Greatest controller of all time football on 16:46 - Aug 12 by Fixed_It

I'm sure he must have been, but I can honestly never remember him being tackled!


I'd agree with that. The opposition never got close to getting the ball off Frans.
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Greatest controller of all time football on 17:56 - Aug 12 with 616 viewsmonty_radio

Greatest controller of all time football on 17:52 - Aug 12 by allezlesbleus

He was class!


Was it not Muhren-the-great that recommended Frans as being a better player than Arnie himself?

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Greatest controller of all time football on 18:36 - Aug 12 with 555 viewsfarkenhell

Greatest controller of all time football on 17:56 - Aug 12 by monty_radio

Was it not Muhren-the-great that recommended Frans as being a better player than Arnie himself?


It was. Robson couldn't believe his luck. Muhren and Thijssen for less than the sale of Talbot.
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Greatest all-time controller of football on 18:41 - Aug 12 with 547 viewsarmchaircritic59

Frans for me, could run with the ball seemingly glued to his foot ala Messi in his pomp, and yes, I am making that comparison. Rarely lost it and my favourite town player of all time.
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Greatest all-time controller of football on 19:47 - Aug 12 with 511 viewsNthQldITFC

Graham Harbey.

I once saw him trap a bag of cement.

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Greatest all-time controller of football on 21:26 - Aug 12 with 461 viewsgrow_our_own

Sone Aluko. Not just receiving passes, but the delicate touch to be able to dribble at speed with the ball close to his feet. I used to call him glue boots.
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Greatest all-time controller of football on 21:30 - Aug 12 with 455 viewsMK1

Jonathan Douglas.

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Greatest controller of all time football on 21:35 - Aug 12 with 450 viewssuffolkpoker

Greatest controller of all time football on 16:48 - Aug 12 by MattinLondon

I’m adamant that if Currie had pace he would’ve played at the highest level.


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Greatest all-time controller of football on 22:05 - Aug 12 with 413 viewsKropotkin123

Bobby Petta. Particularly plucking it out of the air.

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Greatest all-time controller of football on 22:25 - Aug 12 with 394 viewsRetroBlue

He obviously never saw our Dutch midfielders Thyseen and Muhren then!

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Greatest all-time controller of football on 22:36 - Aug 12 with 383 viewsClutch

Defo Manuel Thetis.
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Greatest controller of all time football on 22:53 - Aug 12 with 356 viewsChurchman

Greatest controller of all time football on 16:32 - Aug 12 by Meadowlark

Frans Thijssen. No-one could get the ball off him. That outside of the boot thing too....


George Best. Thread done and dusted.

For us, nobody comes close to Frans. Top players were left unknotting their legs virtually every game.

The modern player is truly excellent but quality of pitches, kit and no tackles allowed means their life is somewhat easier.
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Greatest all-time controller of football on 23:43 - Aug 12 with 322 viewsMVBlue

Marcus Stewart and David McGoldrick

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Greatest controller of all time football on 23:49 - Aug 12 with 316 viewsarmchaircritic59

Greatest controller of all time football on 18:36 - Aug 12 by farkenhell

It was. Robson couldn't believe his luck. Muhren and Thijssen for less than the sale of Talbot.


It was, I believe his comment to the then plain BR was along the lines of " You've left someone back home better than me ". Well, they were both outstanding in their own ways and would cost a kings ransom today.
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Greatest all-time controller of football on 00:25 - Aug 13 with 296 viewsmrfixit426

Thijssen for me. But the ball wasn't zipped into him at the same pace they do today. For a first touch, Enciso is as good as I've ever seen. Ironically, Jason Dozzell also had an incredible first touch.

Those are the top three for me, but Jaden is right up there just behind.
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