30-10-2014, 18:26
(30-10-2014, 18:01)bomberbrown1968 Wrote: A Thursday is a strange day, being difficult for people to get there, whereas a Saturday matchday at say 1PM would have seen thousands turn out, whether they were going to the game after or not.
What can I say. I idolised the bloke and can still say that I idolise him today I could listen to him talk about the Albion for hours you can hear his undying passion for the club, his love of our club is only equalled by ourselves.
Who can forget the tongue sticking out of the side of the mouth and the goals that he scored. My personal favourite was one of the 2 he got against Valencia at the shrine in the old EUFA cup.
The word legend is much overused today and a lot of the time not deserved, but Bomber defines the word legend for the Albion, we will never see his like again and the records he set will never be broken.
Yes if he'd played for a "bigger" club he'd have won a shed load of caps, but I truly believe he wouldn't swap any of his time with us for a 100 England caps. He always says it was a privilege to pull on the Baggies shirt, whereas I like to think we were the privileged ones and the "bigger" clubs loss was our gain.
My admiration for Bomber as a player, as a man and as a fellow supporter is endless.
What would he be worth nowadays in his prime - priceless, and I still think he'd want to play for the Albion
That is such a cracking post, bomberb68, and sums it up fantastically well
