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Is Cahill our best ever centre back?
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Tom-the-eagle  Croydon 29 Feb 20 3.32pm |
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Grew up lucky enough to watch Cannon and Gilbert who I always considered to be our best ever centre halves. Think I have to reconsider after this season. Pretty much the complete player. Does the lot. Very composed, great in the air, brilliant positioning and excellent at marshalling defenders around him. In my humble opinion I think he probably is. What does everyone else think?
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 dave4343palace Copthorne 29 Feb 20 3.45pm |
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Love him but you'll never beat Thorn and Young...
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| dynamicdick Dormansland 29 Feb 20 3.53pm |
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Originally posted by dave4343palace
Love him but you'll never beat Thorn and Young... Blyth and McCormick shouldn’t be overlooked along with Roger Hynd
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 29 Feb 20 4.05pm |
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Cahill is very good - a great piece of business in the summer transfer window (as was Ayew).
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| palace chick South Croydon 29 Feb 20 4.05pm |
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Don’t think any of the players mentioned above (I saw them all) are as good as Cahill who is still good enough to play for England. Cahill has played at the highest level and I would say he is the best I’ve seen in that position. How long he can last at 34 is another question? I would say if Sakho was fit they would be the best centre backs this club has had. I question if Sakho will ever play a full season alongside Cahill but Tompkins and then Dann and Kelly are top centre backs and slot in alongside Cahill well.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 29 Feb 20 4.06pm |
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Originally posted by dave4343palace
Love him but you'll never beat Thorn and Young... But that’s a partnership. Cahill got over 60 England caps. Thorn was never capped for England and Young only got 20 odd caps for Wales. I know this is subjective but personally I wouldn’t take Thorne or Young over Cahill.
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| Bexley Eagle Bexley Kent 29 Feb 20 5.09pm |
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Originally posted by palace chick
Don’t think any of the players mentioned above (I saw them all) are as good as Cahill who is still good enough to play for England. Cahill has played at the highest level and I would say he is the best I’ve seen in that position. How long he can last at 34 is another question? I would say if Sakho was fit they would be the best centre backs this club has had. I question if Sakho will ever play a full season alongside Cahill but Tompkins and then Dann and Kelly are top centre backs and slot in alongside Cahill well. We are undoubtedly blessed in this position.
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| Elpis In a pub 29 Feb 20 5.23pm |
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A top draw CB at the end of his career and one the club did well to get the services of . Different eras bring different challenges and best ever contenders but yes hes up there with the best we have had .
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Ouzo Dan  Behind you 29 Feb 20 5.33pm |
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He is good but he is no Claude Davis
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| Casual Orpington 29 Feb 20 5.41pm |
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To think that Arsenal needed a proper ball winning Center back , looked at Chelsea and took David Luiz. Ha ha. What a joke. Cahill is mustard, in a two horse race for POTY with the keeper for me.
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 29 Feb 20 5.58pm |
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Originally posted by Casual
To think that Arsenal needed a proper ball winning Center back , looked at Chelsea and took David Luiz. Ha ha. What a joke. Cahill is mustard, in a two horse race for POTY with the keeper for me. i love David Luiz in an Arsenal shirt. A cross between Norman wisdom and Basil Fawlty. Cahill is an Eagle.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 29 Feb 20 6.00pm |
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Originally posted by Ouzo Dan
He is good but he is no Claude Davis No one ever will be.
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