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Scotland’s Greatest Night
- Thread starter MikeH72
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Ah, but can you call him world class based on the discussion around consistency and longevity?
There’s documentaries on Baxter worth watching if you’ve got some spare time. He was playing an Austrian team for Rangers in Europe when he got his leg broken. And that’s when his decline started. That’s when he started drinking etc. But he’s maybe the most “Gallus” character I’ve came across in football. I think if he didn’t break his leg and went on to fulfil his potential he’d be the greatest midfielder to come from Britain and one of the best ever. He had that much talent and he had the character, personality.
Billy Dean
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Not sure you can call someone world class if they never fulfilled their potential. His output for a winger was quite poor also. I'd bracket him alongside Gascoigne.
He wasn’t a winger, he was left sided central midfielder. He was better than Gasgoine.
But that’s the Jim Baxter story, he never reached his potential, but from what we did see, he was a special talent. That’s why there’s always a question mark about him.
Was he in Hollyoaks?
Billy Dean
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Attacking midfieler. Same thing. I disagree on Gascoigne.
BlueStevie35
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Could go either way tomorrow, England’s last 5 visits to Glasgow have resulted in 3 wins and 2 draws, the most recent two being a 3-1 friendly win at Celtic Park in November 2014 and a 2-2 draw in a World Cup qualifier in June 2017. Scotland’s last win in this fixture was the 1-0 win at Wembley in the 2nd leg of the Euro 2000 playoff in November 99, their last win on home soil came in a 1-0 friendly win in May 1985
Billy Dean
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I think Scotland might win this one.
BlueStevie35
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Depends what side the drip puts out, if he starts Saudi Henderson to shuffle Bellingham wide again then the Scots have a chance. My fear is him ‘resting’ JP and playing Ramsdale or Johnstone and them dropping a clanger
A Scottish Fitba player never reached his potential as he was an alcoholic.
You couldn't make it up could you.
Baxter was a poor mans Bryan Robson.
You couldn't make it up could you.
Baxter was a poor mans Bryan Robson.
He was a level above Gasgoine. Gascogne was a quality player, but he was no Jim Baxter
He started drinking after a leg break. Yeah ok, go look at Scotland vs England games in the 60’s when England was arguably at their best.
From 1960 to 1967, he was a leading member of a strong Scottish international team that lost only once to England, in 1966, shortly after he recovered from the leg fracture
Says he scored 4 goals in his entire career
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