Redditch Fox
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He must have been quite a player. It reminds me of Brian Clough's comment in the 1980s when asked to compare John Barnes and Tom Finney - "About the same but then Tom Finney is about 70."
We have had some great wingers in our history but sadly none since Steve Guppy. However, I did enjoy some of Lloyd Dyer's wing play in League One.
I thought Guppy was an ok winger - but too many obvious limitations (for one thing I don't think he could 'beat' a defender) to be called "great" even at club level. He was very fortunate to get capped by England.
Whilst I have watched City, I would describe the following wingers as "great" at our club's level : Mal Griffiths, Lennie Glover and Keith Weller.
Jackie Sinclair was also very good for a couple of years and the very fast and direct Howard Riley had his moments.