Reekie_Red Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Shamelessly stolen from Friend Book. Since we're in the year 2010, I thought it'd be good to run over the next few weeks a few polls to name your top eleven of the past 20 years. Rules are, the players MUST have played for Aberdeen between 1990 and 2010. I'm not going to mention ALL players from the past two decades ... just the ones worth mentioning (hence no Bossu, Warner or ) Lets start with goalkeeper ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Who voted for Nicky Walker? Went for Theo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick sheep Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Theo but Langfield isn't far behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 theo, no real discussion needed for that surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 theo, no real discussion needed for that surely? Theo for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsr Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 theo, no real discussion needed for that surely? Defo Theo for me, though Leighton and Kjaer are surely worth discussion, great keepers in their own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Defo Theo for me, though Leighton and Kjaer are surely worth discussion, great keepers in their own right. Yes, but not in the era we are discussing. Not when compared to Theo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Yes, but not in the era we are discussing. Not when compared to Theo. Agreed. Leighton was Aberdeen's best ever keeper IMHO, but Theo wins this particular poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Agreed. Leighton was Aberdeen's best ever keeper IMHO, but Theo wins this particular poll. Yip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Agreed. Leighton was Aberdeen's best ever keeper IMHO, but Theo wins this particular poll. I'll go with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsr Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Yes, but not in the era we are discussing. Not when compared to Theo. True but Theo was also at his brilliant best in the 80's leading up to peaking you could say in the 90 cup final. Leighton also had some great performances in the 90's. I voted for Theo too i'm just playing devil's advocat if thats the right expression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I can think of others that are more appropriate. Snelders was with us until 96. He peaked 2 years into an 8 year stay? He certainly wasn't his best after that cunt McCoist broke his head. Also need to remember that when he left he was our No.2 keeper (although, I certainly didn't agree with that choice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 He certainly wasn't his best after that cunt McCoist broke his head. Also need to remember that when he left he was our No.2 keeper (although, I certainly didn't agree with that choice) I didn't agree with it either, still don't and I'm fairly sure most would feel the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Theo should get it anyway purely for punching Keith Wright. That was a "LOL" moment if ever there was one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 i'm just playing devil's advocat if thats the right expression. I can think of others that are more appropriate. Snelders was with us until 96. He peaked 2 years into an 8 year stay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Theo should get it anyway purely for punching Keith Wright. That was a "LOL" moment if ever there was one He should get it for only punching that cunt just the once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsr Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I can think of others that are more appropriate. Snelders was with us until 96. He peaked 2 years into an 8 year stay? In the late 80's Snelders was incredible and throughout that season when we won the Scots Cup he was fantastic culminating in that save in the final. I think he was at his peak those first 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_min Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I went with Kjear, as I only ever seen Theo play for Rangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Theo without a doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Had to be Langfield for me to young to remember Snelders, and saw Leighton when he was past his best. Kjaer would of been up there if he wasn't appart of a team that was terrible most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I went with Kjear, as I only ever seen Theo play for Rangers That dave is a travesty - I remember Theo's debut at Dens Park he was incredible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Theo without a doubt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gi70et454w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU_64 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Difficult one for me. As said Leighton is the greatest goalkeeper ever to play for the red, but the 80's was when he peaked. Theo Snelders was great too but having been born late in the 80's, I cant really remember much of Snelders. Kjaer was good too, yet I wasn't old enough to fully appreciate him, and too young to see what he actually offered too a very poor team at that time. So that leaves Langfield.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Team of two decades? Will anyone from the '00s get anywhere near the team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reekie_Red Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Had to be Langfield for me to young to remember Snelders, and saw Leighton when he was past his best. Kjaer would of been up there if he wasn't appart of a team that was terrible most of the time. Hmmm. Kjaer was actually part of a decent Dons team ... probably the best Dons team of the past ten years. He signed for us early in the 2001-02 season, and then left kinda midway through the 2002-03 season shortly after Ebbe left. So his stint here was probably best remembered for his contribution in the 2001-02 season, a term that saw us go something like eleven games unbeaten. I'll never forget the acrobatics that Kjaer used to do in goals. Safest pair of hands we've had in ten years. But Theo gets my vote. I had only just started actively following the Dons when Theo was around. Truly amazing keeper, and marginally better than the Jim Leighton Part Two that we saw in the late 90s. In my view, when Theo went to the huns, he did so to just get a bumper pay for the remainder of his career. TBH he probably picked up a better pay sitting on the bench at Ibrox than he did starring in goals for Aberdeen. But there's no doubting where his heart was! Even to this day, when asked what he'd love to do before he dies, he's said "walk out to a packed Pittodrie with everyone chanting my name". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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