[Albion] Who's the flairest of them all? GRAND FINAL- Knockaert vs Vicente

stewart12 · Apr 15, 2024

here we are- the grand final flair off

48 hours, winner is crowned the champion

Anthony Knockaert

Nationality: French

Albion Career: 2016-20 (127 appearances, 25 goals)

Credentials: Moody, enigmatic, occasionally sulky winger who possessed incredible levels of natural ability.

Progress: Topped group D with 52 votes (46.4%). Thrashed Fran Sandaza 99-11 in the second round. Beat the much fancied Ezequiel Schelotto 48-19 in the Quarter Finals. Stunned reigning champion Frank Worthington 86-51 in the semi finals

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Vicente

Nationality: Spanish

Albion Career: 2011-13 (29 appearances, 5 goals)

Credentials: Near mythical, injury prone wizard who often flattered to deceive. Subject of one of the ultimate transfer sagas in Albion history, climaxing in being paparazzied in a suburban Italian restaurant. Epic fall out with Gus Poyet. Absolutely mental levels of technical ability.

Progress: Vicente finished 1st in Group B, picking up 53 votes (53%). Thrashed Alan Biley 109-18 in the second round. Beat Kazenga Lualua 49-12 in the quarter finals. Thrashed Sergei Gotsmanov 41-6 in the semi finals.

Guinness Boy · Apr 15, 2024

Again have gone Knocky as I nominated him but I'm happy with either. A true pair of FLAIRISTAs

Dibdab · Apr 15, 2024

Vicente was a tremendous player but in terms of impact AK made the difference in getting us to the promised land. Should only be onne winnner here.

JetsetJimbo · Apr 15, 2024

Ah this was a tough one. Went with Vicente in the end, because the very fact he was playing for us at all was FLAIR in and of itself. But it was a Sophie's Choice kind of situation.

Insel affe · Apr 15, 2024

Knockaert all day long because he contributed so much in the promotion winning season.
True legend, shame he has lost his way in life, feel for the fella.

Hotchilidog · Apr 15, 2024

Knockaert by a mile. More than just a player a talisman for this team that injected excitement into nearly every game he played. Vicente, excellent player, but very much a nice shiny toy that we had for a short while. Anthony will always be an Albion legend (I do not use that term lightly) for his contribution to our promotion winning season and those valiant attempts prior.

Marshy · Apr 15, 2024

Vicente for me as much as I love Knocky

TWOCHOICEStom · Apr 15, 2024

Vicente and it's not even close.

- WAY too good for us
- Didn't speak English
- Didn't seem to like being here
- A total enigma (= flair)
- Always injured
- The greatest Amex moment of all time (IMO) was him not scoring

Mellotron · Apr 15, 2024

IGNORE

Mellotron · Apr 15, 2024

Dibdab said:
Vicente was a tremendous player but in terms of impact AK made the difference in getting us to the promised land. Should only be onne winnner here.

Psychobilly freakout said:
Knockaert all day long because he contributed so much in the promotion winning season.
True legend, shame he has lost his way in life, feel for the fella.

Hotchilidog said:
Knockaert by a mile. More than just a player a talisman for this team that injected excitement into nearly every game he played. Vicente, excellent player, but very much a nice shiny toy that we had for a short while. Anthony will always be an Albion legend (I do not use that term lightly) for his contribution to our promotion winning season and those valiant attempts prior.

* SMASHES HEAD INTO WALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN *

@stewart12 for future competitions I think the agreed NSC definition of Flair needs to put up as a disclaimer in every single post. Perhaps people need to sign a document (we could do DocuSign if easier) to confirm they have understood the rules of the competition before voting.

Just an idea.

Mellotron · Apr 15, 2024

TWOCHOICEStom said:
Vicente and it's not even close.

- WAY too good for us
- Didn't speak English
- Didn't seem to like being here
- A total enigma (= flair)
- Always injured
- The greatest Amex moment of all time (IMO) was him not scoring

I feel like he probably barely remembers his time with us. It was a really odd one wasn't it?

Like seeing a mate going out with a girl MILES out of their league, you're just thinking "this can't last, right?"

Insel affe · Apr 15, 2024

Mellotron said:
* SMASHES HEAD INTO WALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN *

@stewart12 for future competitions I think the agreed NSC definition of Flair needs to put up as a disclaimer in every single post. Perhaps people need to sign a document (we could do DocuSign if easier) to confirm they have understood the rules of the competition before voting.

Just an idea.

They both are flair, and i took that into consideration when voting, I think personally Knockaert was more flair, we saw more of him.

Hotchilidog · Apr 15, 2024

Psychobilly freakout said:
They both are flair, and i took that into consideration when voting, I think personally Knockaert was more flair, we saw more of him.

I agree. Knockaert was all flair, speed, theatricality, energy and passion all part of the flair mix for me, Anthony had all this in spades.

TWOCHOICEStom · Apr 15, 2024

I think we really need to sort out this definition of flair.

The least flair player of all time is Harry Kane. There will be no further discussion on this fact.

The most flair player of all time IMO is either Nathan Jones when he had that funny blonde thing on his head or Mario Balotelli at the exact moment he got substituted in a pre-season friendly against LA Galaxy for trying and failing to backheel the ball into the net.

Everything in between is up for debate, but I would propose those two at each end of the scale.

Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ · Apr 15, 2024

The fact Knockaert contributed more is the very reason he shouldn’t be winning, that’s the rules folks

Hotchilidog · Apr 15, 2024

Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ said:
The fact Knockaert contributed more is the very reason he shouldn’t be winning, that’s the rules folks

Then Paddy McCourt should be the winner then. I do not understand this competition

stewart12 · Apr 15, 2024

vicente was such a tease. He constantly left us wanting more to the point where the sheer sight of him sulkily "warming up" would send the crowd into a FRENZY

AlbionBro · Apr 15, 2024

Vicente, his feet were like wands, truly magical.

Nathan · Apr 15, 2024

Knockaert - Albion Legend
Vicente - Flair-Maestro General

Mellotron · Apr 15, 2024

Psychobilly freakout said:
They both are flair, and i took that into consideration when voting, I think personally Knockaert was more flair, we saw more of him.

"we saw more of him" would suggest he was more reliable, which would actually score him down in the flair stakes.

@stewart12's definition of flair has always appeared to me to be;

Skilful - but it's more flair if said skills are wasted or used inappropriately - there's nothing flair about being reliable or consistent.
Controversy - off field stuff - are they enigmatic? Weird backstory etc. Reyes being until to make a game for us under Poyet because he was UNDER ARREST at the time is very, very, very flair.
Personality - Bizarre appearance/Interesting playing style/Trademark celebration. Social Media oddness. Cult of Personality around the player?

None of it is anything to do with how good they are at football.

A lot of it is off-field really.

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