Denis Irwin / Football Focus - 4th May 1995

got cantona because of him too

Originally Posted by rubbernecker

He was considered solid business verging on the cheap at the time . It's was only as the years progressed that people really appreciated how much a bargain buy he was.

Any objective appraisal as to how relatively cheap he was at the time only has to look at how much was being splashed out on his team mate defenders

Bruce - 2/3 years earlier at just over a million
Pallister - 1 year earlier at 2.3 million
Parker - 1 year later 2.3 million

Irwin - 650 grand

We shopped around in Debenhams those days yet always seemed to pay Kendals prices .Dennis was a C&A buy that should have been in Harrods . A bargain by whatever yardstick you measure him against,reliability ,temperament ,attack ,defence,fitness .fee kicks and pens .An absolute steal

HTH

Ray Jackson’s debut has gone about as well as Pallister’s I see.

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

Loved Denis. Great player.

https://youtu.be/6QQ8ILsOB_Q

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Bosvelt wasn't it? The £#%&!er basically got away with it as well

Didnt even need to see the back of his shirt to remember the name of that dirty @#%&!.

Forgot he took so many corners. No wonder it's such a meme that we don't do good corners any more. We were spoilt.

https://youtu.be/e_SwVeFi9TU