The utility player is something which has gone out of the game, with the increased size of the subs bench, and the expectation now that you have 2 players for each position in your squad, with players perhaps only covering 2 or 3 positions maximum
He was the perfect number 12. In the days when you only had one substitute. RIP
Pedro, he was only a sub mainly for the first two years of his career, in the 17 years at Leeds. Paul Madeley made over 500 appearances in the League and over 700 in all competitions. Wore every shirt from 2 to 12. Don Revie was a strange dude, but was correct when he stated the day PM retires Leeds will lose 10 players. Was a Rolls Royce of a player who glided over the field ( young Joe Gomez is similar) he won 24 caps and to Leeds fans was a true Legend. Never fitted the "dirty Leeds' moniker of Bremner, Hunter, Giles etc,
Utility player doesn't do the feller justice.
RIP Paul Madeley.
I did not mean it in a disparaging way Sam; he was a very good player in his own right, but did play second fiddle for many seasons simply by way of not having a "best" position. He therefore played many times when one or another player was out injured (or suspended, as was often the case with Leeds). As an aside, what do you think was his best position? To me, he was a centre back, but with Charlton and Hunter in situe, he rarely got a chance there.
If Madeley played in the modern game he would be one of the ball playing defenders alongside McGuire and Stones. Walker would have to fight it out with Trippier for Right wing back.
That Leeds team are usually regarded as 'Dirty Leeds' but they could play.
I vividly remember seeing them destroy Southampton and Spurs in what seemed like successive weeks on Match of The Day and Paul Madeley was always an instrumental part of that team at its peak.
He was one of those players who just got on with it so did not receive the press that most of the rest of that Leeds team got for various good and bad reasons.
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one of them. RIP.
Walker would have to fight it out with Trippier for Right wing back.
I vividly remember seeing them destroy Southampton and Spurs in what seemed like successive weeks on Match of The Day and Paul Madeley was always an instrumental part of that team at its peak.
He was one of those players who just got on with it so did not receive the press that most of the rest of that Leeds team got for various good and bad reasons.
RIP