Ironic
Because by more traditional foorballing criteria I consider Ashley Cole to be one of the best full-backs of the last twenty years, and certainly the second best English player in this position of all time.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 14:49, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

This^
However, he seems to be the premier cunt though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 14:50, Reply)

I genuinely feel that he should have his penis repossessed
as he is clearly too stupid to know how best to use it
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 14:56, Reply)

True
Mine would never leave Cheryl's anus
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 14:59, Reply)

musky.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:09, Reply)

And who exactly was the best ever English left back?
I'm struggling here. Kenny Sansom? Lol.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 21 Mar 2011, 14:57, Reply)

He is gonna say Pearce, I'd wager
Forest fan innit
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 14:58, Reply)

Of course it's Stuart Pearce
Best full-back not called Maldini ever to play the game
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:00, Reply)

He soured himself playing for "them"

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:02, Reply)

The years after Psycho left Forest have been stricken from history
It's a Well-Known Fact that he retired in sorrow after relegation
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:04, Reply)

Stuart Pearce?
You're having giraffe mate. I'm a better left back than that nutcase.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:03, Reply)

No you aren't
The suggestion that Stuart Pearce was not a brilliant left-back on grounds of excess aggression is akin to saying Pele twatted about too much to be considered a great goalscorer
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:07, Reply)

I'm a fooking brilliant left back, I'll have you know.
For me a full back needs to be good going forward, as well as being good defensively, and Psycho doesn't fit the bill. Sorry.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:12, Reply)

You're judging him by today's standards
The popularisation of the attacking full-back is a relatively modern notion, I don't think that any manager Psycho ever played for would have wanted him to go bombing down the wing any more than they would a centre-back, given that he was the best tackler in any defence he played for. That said, in 1991/2 he did score 17 goals for Forest in all competitions, only 1 of them from the penalty spot, so he obviously wasn't too deficient in attack.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:20, Reply)

Rather than reading the background to this discussion,
I'm just going to suggest that "Psycho" is more of a "watch your back...and your drink, if you know what's good for you."
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:22, Reply)

And how many of the rest were free kicks?

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:44, Reply)

What kind of arch-geek do you take me for?
I would, however argue that a free-kick threat as potent as the one he presented was more useful than the occasional left-wing overlap
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 15:53, Reply)

But my point is that he was just a clogger, with not a great deal of skill
This would not make him the best English left back of all time IMHO.

If the free kicks he scored had some finesse about them rather than hoofing them in after a huge run-up, then fair enough. But they didn't.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 21 Mar 2011, 16:15, Reply)