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BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
'Not having Schar or Burn on that list is criminal' - fans on top-five CB debate
We asked for your views on Steve Howey's list of the top five Newcastle United centre-backs of the past 50 years (scroll to 14:39 BST on 3 July to see his choices).Here are some of your comments:John: Howey was decent but lacked pace. Peacock wasn't great. Albert was silky but not a great defender. Coloccini did develop into a decent player. Woodgate was class. How these are the greatest of the last 50 years is beyond me. Glenn Roeder was probably better than most we have Fabian Schar deserves to be in the top three - great composure and a mean shooter too. Always I love Howey, but he's miles off with his list. The only list that should feature him and Woodgate near the top is injury-prone players. The top five should be 1. Coloccini 2. Albert 3. Schar 4. Burn 5. You have to include Roeder, probably above Howey, for best defenders in the past 50 yearsLiam: Not having either Schar or Dan Burn (or both) on that list is criminal. Howey putting himself at two is arguably even worse. I'd also be tempted to disqualify Coloccini after publicly expressing his desire to leave while he was our I agree with Howey's first choice. Woodgate was indeed the best centre-back I have seen in the black-and-white shirt as he could read a game like I can read a book. His ability to do this and not to break into a sweat was always a pleasure to watch. It was just unfortunate his time with us was too short.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Howey selects himself second in Newcastle centre-back list
It is time for the second part of former Newcastle defender Steve Howey's countdown of the best centre-backs to represent the Magpies over the past 50 in at three is Darren Peacock. Over four seasons, he amassed 176 appearances and helped the Magpies to consecutive runner-up finishes. "He was a defender's defender," said Howey, who played alongside Peacock. "He'd be criticised, of course, because we conceded goals, but that's just how we played. It is difficult to mark three or four players." At number two, Howey chose himself. A product of Newcastle's youth academy, he became a key figure during the club's rise under Kevin Keegan in the 1990s. Howey made nearly 240 appearances for the Magpies and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 1993."Sometimes you have to back yourself, and I am going to shove myself in there," he said. "From somebody who wasn't a defender, to become a defender, in one on ones I wasn't too bad, and I did like to bring the ball out. I could pass." Listen to Howey's selections hereOr come back later on Thursday to discover who Howey considers the best centre-back to play for Newcastle United.
