Alan Hinton v Leighton James. Who was the best?

[Andy_Faber]

I can't comment on LJ as a Burnley player, but looking at their Derby careers, there's no contest. AH wins by a very long country mile.

For the younger fellahs on here, think back to the Forest game, and the feeling of expectation you felt when Bamford released Hendrick for Derby's third goal, the feeling that a goal was imminent - that was the feeling 30,000 Derby fans got EVERY time AH got the ball

[memyselfani]

[quote="Oldtimeram"]I have got into a debate over on the Burnley Board about Leighton James in comparison to Alan Hinton. Whilst I think Leighton James was a very good player I think he suffered, by being compared to Alan Hinton and perhaps did not get the full recognition he deserved. One guy on their board stated that he considered James to be a better player than Hinton. I disagree, but i thought it worthwhile to get the view of others on this subject.

In my opinion James was a very quick, tricky winger who could beat his man, but could not deliver the final ball as well as Gladys. As most of you know Hinton was never very good at tackling or heading a ball but his main attribute was beating his man and putting in pin point crosses from either wing. A corner in those days was almost considered to be as good as a penalty because the amount of goal scored from corners was incredible because he could pick out his target players so well.

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