| Ferrie Bodde on 13:12 - Feb 14 with 1691 views | Glyn1 |
| Ferrie Bodde on 07:45 - Feb 14 by Dr_Winston |
Bodde shouldn't have been in a position to "insist".
He was under contract to us and we were paying for treatment. Should have gone where we told him to. The club indulged him a hell of a lot over that period. |
It was his body, not the management's. We paid for his work, not for the right to carry out surgery on him against his wishes. But maybe you were joking.
Anyway, good luck to Ferrie. He did well for us. [Post edited 14 Feb 2014 13:17]
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| Ferrie Bodde on 14:14 - Feb 14 with 1651 views | JackSomething |
| Ferrie Bodde on 11:52 - Feb 14 by LeonisGod |
He'd struggle to make it into the top 5 of our current batch. Good player yes. Had the potential to be a very good player, but we shall never know. |
If he'd continued to play like he did pre-injury, he'd definitely be good enough to play in our midfield. In my opinion of course.
I find it strange that people say 'he only played at League One and Championship level', so did Britton before we got promoted and I think we'd all agree he's done alright. Not to mention players in other positions like Williams, Dyer and Rangel.
Bodde stood out as easily the most talented player we had in his year and a half before injury. I still believe we'd have at least made the playoffs that season if we hadn't lost him to injury.
Just to support that argument, I went and had a look at our results that season. Following being dicked 4-0 at Reading, we lost only one of our next 9 games (at Wolves who got promoted and a game which we deserved much more out of), winning 5 of them. We lost the Brum game after he went off, then went on a run of 8 successive draws. We then went on a good run to be fair, but the damage was done in that run. His replacement in the team was Tudur-Jones by the way, hard as that is to believe.
I don't remember him as a 'hard' player like some of the names mentioned here in terms of crunching tackles, but more a player who played with an edge to his game that demanded 100% from his teammates and always threatened to produce an explosion (which we saw a few times). A bit like Roy Keane in that regard.
As usual though, there's plenty of revisionism going on. Understandable given the way he acted off the pitch, but disappointing none the less. |  |
| You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help. |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 14:16 - Feb 14 with 1646 views | Uxbridge |
I'm not surprised by this thread. There are still people who think Trundle could do a job for us.
Who on earth would Bodde displace from our first XI? |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 14:17 - Feb 14 with 1641 views | BackHeel |
sad that injuries ended his career, he'd have looked good in our midfield now |  | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 14:25 - Feb 14 with 1630 views | JackSomething |
| Ferrie Bodde on 14:16 - Feb 14 by Uxbridge |
I'm not surprised by this thread. There are still people who think Trundle could do a job for us.
Who on earth would Bodde displace from our first XI? |
Comparing Bodde to Trundle is a right bitchslap. You better hope Ferrie doesn't see it. 
Bodde at his peak would certainly give Canas, Shelvey and possibly JDG something to think about. Different types of players admittedly. | |
| You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help. |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 14:39 - Feb 14 with 1611 views | Flashberryjack |
| Ferrie Bodde on 12:41 - Feb 14 by Whiterockin |
Bodde was not a defender. |
I know that........ I was refering to the poster saying that Bodde was a hard b*stard, IMO and in comparison Ante was harder,Irespective of their playing positions. |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 14:44 - Feb 14 with 1602 views | Darran |
Robbie James would have split him in two. |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 14:58 - Feb 14 with 1591 views | Uxbridge |
| Ferrie Bodde on 14:25 - Feb 14 by JackSomething |
Comparing Bodde to Trundle is a right bitchslap. You better hope Ferrie doesn't see it.
Bodde at his peak would certainly give Canas, Shelvey and possibly JDG something to think about. Different types of players admittedly. |
Ah I dunno. I just think we glorify some former players who were great at that level but didn't have the characteristics to cope at the higher level but think they would have done just the same.
Could you imagine De Guzman at that level? It'd be positively unfair. Yet the same ones moaning about him now would think he was the best ever if playing back then.
Tough thing to compare really. | |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 15:04 - Feb 14 with 1580 views | JackSomething |
| Ferrie Bodde on 14:58 - Feb 14 by Uxbridge |
Ah I dunno. I just think we glorify some former players who were great at that level but didn't have the characteristics to cope at the higher level but think they would have done just the same.
Could you imagine De Guzman at that level? It'd be positively unfair. Yet the same ones moaning about him now would think he was the best ever if playing back then.
Tough thing to compare really. |
Can't argue with that and the glorifying has often annoyed me, not least with Trundle. I did hesitate to even type JDG's name if I'm honest.
I may well be viewing Ferrie through rose-tinted glasses and poor memory, but I just remember thinking how his class stood out, right from the first away game up at Oldham.
That game probably still probably ranks as the happiest I've been after a defeat. I couldn't believe how good the likes of Bodde, Rangel and Scotland looked and was certain something special was building. | |
| You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help. |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 15:13 - Feb 14 with 1562 views | Uxbridge |
| Ferrie Bodde on 15:04 - Feb 14 by JackSomething |
Can't argue with that and the glorifying has often annoyed me, not least with Trundle. I did hesitate to even type JDG's name if I'm honest.
I may well be viewing Ferrie through rose-tinted glasses and poor memory, but I just remember thinking how his class stood out, right from the first away game up at Oldham.
That game probably still probably ranks as the happiest I've been after a defeat. I couldn't believe how good the likes of Bodde, Rangel and Scotland looked and was certain something special was building. |
Aye me and all. Was convinced after that game we'd get promoted. Still can't believe we lost.
Ferrie was great though. Such a shame. | |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 15:21 - Feb 14 with 1545 views | Spratty |
 Fantastic Player
PL Standard uninjured?  |  | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 16:05 - Feb 14 with 1517 views | Dyfnant |
| Ferrie Bodde on 14:16 - Feb 14 by Uxbridge |
I'm not surprised by this thread. There are still people who think Trundle could do a job for us.
Who on earth would Bodde displace from our first XI? |
Britton for one. Goal scoring defensive midfielder = rocking horse shit |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 16:18 - Feb 14 with 1500 views | Uxbridge |
| Ferrie Bodde on 16:05 - Feb 14 by Dyfnant |
Britton for one. Goal scoring defensive midfielder = rocking horse shit |
I wouldnt have Bodde playing the deep lying role. Neither did Martinez all that often either, and it was he who converted Leon to that role. In the formation Monk seemingly wants to play, he'd be up against Canas, De Guz and Shelvey ... and it'd be interesting to see how he compares there. | |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 16:26 - Feb 14 with 1492 views | ymaohyd |
| Ferrie Bodde on 12:06 - Feb 14 by Griffting |
This thread just rekindles my hatred for Lee Carsley  |
Yes. Very frustrating times in the Championship with the refs. I remember Carsley playing against us for Birmingham, in the first 20 mins, they must have put in about 5 bookable 'tackles', no card given, then the first yellow given to us.
Used to annoy the hell out of me. |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 17:09 - Feb 14 with 1478 views | ScoobyWho |
| Ferrie Bodde on 14:44 - Feb 14 by Darran |
Robbie James would have split him in two. |
The very finest of midfield players, without argument, quite simply the best. |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 18:14 - Feb 14 with 1436 views | LeonisGod |
| Ferrie Bodde on 11:56 - Feb 14 by Darran |
Would he f*ck. |
Would you replace him for:
Leon - nope
De Guzman - nope (proven Holland international)
Canas - nope
Michu - nope
Jonjo - possibly
He maybe could have stepped up, but fact was he hadn't by the time he got injured at what 26/27? |  | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 18:29 - Feb 14 with 1430 views | JackSwanTV |
| Ferrie Bodde on 18:14 - Feb 14 by LeonisGod |
Would you replace him for:
Leon - nope
De Guzman - nope (proven Holland international)
Canas - nope
Michu - nope
Jonjo - possibly
He maybe could have stepped up, but fact was he hadn't by the time he got injured at what 26/27? |
Ten times the player of JDG and Canas. Better defensively than Canas and scored more, created more than JDG.
Stupid to say considering quite how far we have come over the last 7 years or so but if he had been fit and was still here then we'd be even further. Fantastic player and one which I still think we are lacking today, a player who can sit next to Leon, get stuck in and rough up the sides that try and rough us up and yet still create and score goals. Not many of them in any league in any country. Massive waste. He'd get more 60 yard passes right than Stevie G. |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 18:47 - Feb 14 with 1416 views | Dr_Winston |
"Ten times the player of JDG and Canas"
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| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 18:49 - Feb 14 with 1411 views | Rancid |
He'd piss all over Canas and JDG.
*Awaits all the minuses |  | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 18:51 - Feb 14 with 1405 views | LeonisGod |
| Ferrie Bodde on 18:29 - Feb 14 by JackSwanTV |
Ten times the player of JDG and Canas. Better defensively than Canas and scored more, created more than JDG.
Stupid to say considering quite how far we have come over the last 7 years or so but if he had been fit and was still here then we'd be even further. Fantastic player and one which I still think we are lacking today, a player who can sit next to Leon, get stuck in and rough up the sides that try and rough us up and yet still create and score goals. Not many of them in any league in any country. Massive waste. He'd get more 60 yard passes right than Stevie G. |
10 times better? But spending his career in the lower leagues and being ignored by the national coach.
Don't get me wrong, I liked him and thought he always looked a cut above. But in a not short career he never made the step up. That's the only proven fact in this debate. We'll never actually know how it would have turned out. I suspect rather well, but he was no Gerard. | | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 19:13 - Feb 14 with 1387 views | ItchySphincter |
He never made the step up? He was on an upward trajectory, same as all the others at the time. He was in his comfort zone in the Championship and likely would have made the transition to Premier League with no problem. He did also play in the top flight in Holland. He wasn't a defensive midfielder either, he was a deep lying playmaker, the likes of which we'll be lucky to see again. Easily the best player in the squad at the time and that was a squad that contained a good few of our current PL players. Would have made the step up, easy. |  |
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| Ferrie Bodde on 20:18 - Feb 14 with 1358 views | oh_tommy_tommy |
We will never know if he would have been as good in the prem , Leon , angel , Williams , dyer did with ease , he was a level above them all at the time .
just like we will never know if laudrup would have kept us up .
Although most on this board are saying we wouldn't have got a point a stoke never mind stayed up .
Ferrie Bodde ,loved by us all bar none .
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| Ferrie Bodde on 20:50 - Feb 14 with 1319 views | twintownjack |
Not my words but saved froma long lost poster, sums up my feelings!:
Guns don't kill people. Ferrie Bodde kills People.
Ferrie Bodde does not sleep. He waits.
The chief export of Ferrie Bodde is Pain.
Ferrie Bodde doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
When Ferrie Bodde does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.
In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Ferrie Bodde could use to kill you - including the room itself.
Ferrie Bodde once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it.
There are no races, only countries of people Ferrie Bodde has beaten to different shades of black and blue.
The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Ferrie Bodde has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.
For some, the left testicle is larger than the right one. For Ferrie Bodde, each testicle is larger than the other one.
Ferrie Bodde grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.
Ferrie Bodde once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. It made him blink.
Ferrie Bodde played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
In a 50-50 challenge, Ferrie Bodde would win 150-nil.
Ferrie Bodde does not "style" his hair. It lays perfectly in place out of sheer terror.
Ferrie Bodde recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
Ferrie Bodde puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".
Ferrie Bodde once roundhouse kicked Bruce Lee, breaking him in half. The result was Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
Ferrie Bodde crossed the road. Nobody has ever dared question his motives.
When Ferrie Bodde exercises, the machine gets stronger.
Ferrie Bodde's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
Ferrie Bodde beat the hair off Chuck Norris' chest.
Ferrie Bodde died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell him |  | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 20:55 - Feb 14 with 1304 views | ShakinPyramid |
| Ferrie Bodde on 09:08 - Feb 14 by gosfordjack |
If you can spot a talented midfielder, this guy was one of the best I have seen in a Swans shirt. I have watched Swans since 1970 and Ferrie is up there with the best.
I imagine what it could have been, if he was fit and with us now, to pick a pass and lay it on a sixpence, was a joy to watch. Jason Scotland scored some crackers from Ferrie sublime passes. Best of luck Ferrie you deserve the opportunity. |
I'm a year behind you and I totally agree. I saw Ante, Tommy and the others, and they were great, but so was Ferrie. Absolute class and such a shame that he couldn't be fit enough to perform on the current stage. I saw enough of him to put him straight into a starting line up of the. Best Swans team in my time. Whether that meets people's definition of a legend - I don't know! |  | | |
| Ferrie Bodde on 21:00 - Feb 14 with 1294 views | marchamjack |
| Ferrie Bodde on 16:05 - Feb 14 by Dyfnant |
Britton for one. Goal scoring defensive midfielder = rocking horse shit |
spat my beer there...replace Britton...assume you're taking the pss |  |
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