Battle of the SUFC Players of the 00's: Mark Gower vs Shaun Goater

[manor15]

Mark Gower (Museshrimper)

VERSUS

Shaun Goater (Napster)


Please ONLY vote for your favourite, or who you regard to be the best player of the group.
Museshrimper and Napster please feel free to post messages of why people should vote for your player.
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[davewebbsbrain]

Goater for me. He was only here one season but made a big impact. If you look at his career, he played at a much higher level and was an international.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

The Goat for me aswell, not only for what he gave to the cause in his final season but I also think he helped Freddy's development alot in that year.

 

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

What a bloody dilemma this is.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

One was a striker who scored 11 goals for us, the other was a midfielder who scored 41 and set-up countless more.

 

[MK Shrimper]

One was a striker who scored 11 goals for us, the other was a midfielder who scored 41 and set-up countless more.

The voice of reason. Love the Goat and what a season, but Mark Gower was sorely missed when he left.

 

[BoyWonder2]

The voice of reason. Love the Goat and what a season, but Mark Gower was sorely missed when he left.

Agree with that completely.

Goater was fantastic for us, and is rightly a legend for his footballing career, but Gower did an awful lot more.

Gower has never really been replaced since his departure. Hopefully a combination of Zaboub and Hall can finally replace the quality that Gower had out wide left. He scored goals, created chances, and was a joy to watch.

 

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

Sorry Goat. :(

 

[leeblue]

gower all day long

 

[Jam_Man]

Gower easily.

The Goat did well for us but nostalgia seems to be wiping over the way he was slated for part of the season....

 

[Beefy]

Gower easily.

The Goat did well for us but nostalgia seems to be wiping over the way he was slated for part of the season....

A big part of the season. The threads are still here.

Had we not gone up that year, and his final couple of games not been such major celebrations, I don't think his season here would be looked back on with anything like as much fondness.

 

[Napster]

Gower was influential, no doubt, but also some games he disappeared up his own arse.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

It's with a heavy heart that I'm voting against the Goat.

The Goat is a legend. Gower is a Southend Legend.

 

[Napster]

The G Man is my third choice after the Goat and Freddy. Not worried to lose this.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Gower is a true Southend legend. Not least for that goal vs Northampton that won me over £200 (and a few colleagues a lot more).

 

[steveo]

Gower a better player but Goater contributed so much to our promotion push, just with his presence at the club- so I go for the Goat.

Little story which I have posted before but happy to repeat:


I met a bloke from Leeds who is a big Man City fan and works there on match days doing corporate stuff.
One particular day the Goat was signing autographs after a game and it started to rain. My bloke was looking after Goaters wife and said “ill go and get him in and out of the rain”. She said something along the lines of , no leave him, he’s happy to sign autographs as long as people are waiting, He always remembers the days at Rotherham when no one wanted his autograph”

Who can ever forget him leaving the field after being subbed on his last Roots hall appearance. What a great moment. What a gent and what a legend.

 

[Blue_Wes]

One was a striker who scored 11 goals for us, the other was a midfielder who scored 41 and set-up countless more.

Sold - Gower. How many midfielders can claim an average of 10 goals a season with countless assists. Goat was magic, but so was Gower, and for longer. Sorry Goat.