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As the title says.

For me the best piece of skill I can remember was Gera away at Norwich. Sadly I can't find a clip of it - I think it was our Great Escape season or maybe the season after and he flicked the ball over the opponents head like it was nothing.

I know Koumas was skilled but that was more in a dribbling sense, I'm specifically on about little bits of flair.

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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2020, 11:32:18 PM »
Funnily enough a clip of this has gone up on our official social media pages within the last couple of days but Paul Mcshanes flick-flack (think I’m right) against Barnsley will always haunt me  ??? ??? ???

Just don’t know how a player of his ability could pull that off
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2020, 11:56:01 PM »
Pereira away at Bristol city this season. Brought a high ball down and nut meggedhis marker all in one move, whilst moving his shoulders’ fooling his opponent in to going completely the wrong way. Pure class
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2020, 12:03:46 AM »
Diangana doing bits against Swansea is right up there. I'll think of more tomorrow.
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2020, 12:23:23 AM »
Brown Ideye's scoop turn against West Ham was pretty clean.

Sessegnon always pulled a few tricks off as well.

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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2020, 01:42:23 AM »
Brown Ideye's scoop turn against West Ham was pretty clean.

Sessegnon always pulled a few tricks off as well.

This one comes to mind when I think of brown ideye
Nwanko kanu did some outrageous skills in his time with us I can't recall who it was against but he beat a few guys in front of the Birmingham road by scooping the ball over their heads then put in a scintillating cross but nobody gambled (was on a totally different wavelengths to the rest of that squad and under-utilised by us)

Gera stopping the ball going out v Birmingham resulting in a corner we scored from was one of my favourites
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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2020, 02:20:42 AM »
Funnily enough a clip of this has gone up on our official social media pages within the last couple of days but Paul Mcshanes flick-flack (think I’m right) against Barnsley will always haunt me  ??? ??? ???

Just don’t know how a player of his ability could pull that off

I remember this well, we were about 6-0 up at the time weren't we? And a clogger centre back did that. I remember a Bluenose mate was astounded by it.

The other one that springs to mind is Pereira this season, I think against Forest where the ball was on the deck on the halfway line and their player closed him down and he dinked it all the way over him - it landed about 1 foot from where it started but had gone over their blokes head and beaten him.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2020, 05:32:20 AM »
Geras sliding back heel to win us a corner against blues in the Great escape season from a nothing ball. Would prove to be a huge result come the end of the season. Magical player.

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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2020, 06:04:49 AM »
Gear's back heel for me too.  It wasn't so much a slide but a two  footed lunge over the ball and a mid air back heel. I remember the commentator on match of the day saying that it's something like that could kick start our season and he was right.

One of the best bits of skill I've seen by any player to be honest.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2020, 06:21:21 AM »
I remember this well, we were about 6-0 up at the time weren't we? And a clogger centre back did that. I remember a Bluenose mate was astounded by it.

The other one that springs to mind is Pereira this season, I think against Forest where the ball was on the deck on the halfway line and their player closed him down and he dinked it all the way over him - it landed about 1 foot from where it started but had gone over their blokes head and beaten him.

Yes, that Diangana moment was superb, my favourite from the past was Willie Johnstone controlling a high ball by squating and trapping it under his backside.
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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2020, 07:27:46 AM »
I was going to mention McShane but somebody already got there first!

How about Greenings first touch at Highbury before crossing the ball for Earnshaw, that was some first touch.

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« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2020, 07:41:54 AM »
Bob Taylor’s solo goal Luton away 94 , ran from our own half , dribbled round a few players and stuck it in the net

Kilbane did something similar Sheffield Utd away 97ish , we won 4-2 I think it was

Jason Koumas again another solo goal , forest away 04 I think

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2020, 08:34:22 AM »
Gayles goal again Stoke comes to mind from last season.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2020, 09:00:51 AM »
Morgan Amalfitano solo goal at Old Trafford
Sheer class and composure with a cheeky finish.

https://www.premierleague.com/video/single/144090?TAG=Goal%20of%20the%20Day
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« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2020, 09:51:03 AM »
Dorrans makings mug of Preston in 2010.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2020, 09:58:29 AM »
Morgan Amalfitano solo goal at Old Trafford
Sheer class and composure with a cheeky finish.

https://www.premierleague.com/video/single/144090?TAG=Goal%20of%20the%20Day
That was a great day, shame he was such an idiot generally, I wonder where he ended up?

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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2020, 10:03:06 AM »
That was a great day, shame he was such an idiot generally, I wonder where he ended up?

West Ham - then he fell out with Billic.

He moved back to France and terminated his contracts with two clubs. Think it was Marseille and Lille
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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2020, 10:58:28 AM »
Phillips audacious chip from just inside box against Barnsley in that 7 nil stuffing, best goal he scored for us.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2020, 11:02:13 AM »
Pop Robsons back heal against Liverpool comes to mind also Ray Clemence didn't know where ball went classic.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2020, 11:13:33 AM »
One that always sticks in my mind is Tony Brown's goal against Oldham in 1976, just the way he knocked the ball up with his right foot to volley it in the net with his left.

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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2020, 11:18:53 AM »
Diangana doing bits against Swansea is right up there. I'll think of more tomorrow.
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Re: Best piece of individual skill you've seen by an Albion player?
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2020, 11:25:00 AM »
Maybe not best, but most unexpected was the combination of Ishmael Miller's backheel on the goaline and Jonas Olsson's following cross from the left wing on the break for Somen Tchoyi's hat-trick to draw level with 20 seconds remaining after being 0-3 down against Newcastle on the final day of 2010/11.

Everything about that pointless game was mind-blowing, including Carson's amazing fumble over the line (takes a real pro to do that so well) and Olsson's prior own-goal. It was against Pardew as well.
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« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2020, 11:39:00 AM »
Dorrans goal against Man City. I had no idea how he’d done it till I saw it in slo-mo.
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