Quote Originally Posted by slack_pie View Post
Some questions to ponder regarding the two outstanding Notts teams of the century:

1. Who is/was the better striker, Langstaff or Hughes?

2. What about Ruben vs Ben Davies?

3. If you had to make a combined 11 from the two teams, who would make the cut?
Difficult questions or what?

1. Hughes, but with a caveat. Lee Hughes is the best striker I've ever seen in a Notts shirt. Too young to see Tommy Lawton, but I did see Sir Les Bradd in his prime. The problem is that Hughes was playing two levels below his natural place due to obvious reasons, while we still don't know Macca's natural place. To score 33 goals at level five and then score 40+ goals a level above means his potential is massive.

2. Can't separate them. Both creative players who really stood out and Davies went higher. Ruben could well do the same, so it's a bit like the first question. Maybe Davies at the moment, but could easily be Ruben in the future.

3. Again, how do you pick from what was a basic 4-4-2 back then against what I see as a more modern 3-5-1-1 now? The manager and formation would probably dictate who gets picked, and both managers have been near faultless!