Alex 30327 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Pele was shite. Well he did play second fiddle to Giorgio Chinaglia for a while I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Well he did play second fiddle to Giorgio Chinaglia for a while I suppose. The move from prog rock to atmospheric synths done for him I reckon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Keegler is still a cult hero in Hamburg. 1 in 3 strike rate for a 'deep' forward. Influenced German hairstyles for decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thing about the past is that players just had better names: Resenbrink, Canniggia, Kempes, Zico, Rivelino, Neeskens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12755 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thing about the past is that players just had better names: Resenbrink, Canniggia, Kempes, Zico, Rivelino, Neeskens... I see that and raise you Rod Fanni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4201 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I see that and raise you Rod Fanni Rod Dodji Fanni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8973 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Quim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19770 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 If you don't think Shearer could win a game by himself you've got a short memory, and his finishing was better than Ronaldo's. The latter had lightening pace that he used to get himself into a position for an easier finish, Shearer could just ping them in from anywhere. I'd put mid 90s Shearer up there with anybody. You sound like you're ranking him in the Van nistelrooy category of just being a goalscorer and nothing else which is imo daft the mad thing about shearer's finishing was he always put his laces through the ball and yet his accuracy was like he was placing it with the side of his foot. he rarely missed the target Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8973 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 One thing I've really only appreciated after he retired is just how well he shifted his weight and changed position to better strike the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I can defo see where the Shearer nay-sayers are coming from. I guess it comes down to what qualifies as world-class. Top 1%? 3% 5%? Shearer probably in the 3% bracket, but not 1%. I feel his status in the game is somewhat damaged by not playing for a top side, even by Newcastle fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12452 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Aye world class is a really subjective term. I've always took it to mean a player that could get into the starting 11 of the majority of the top sides, I think Shearer in his prime would have filled that category but I understand some people have a stricter meaning for world class. Some people seem to think anyone that is a top player is instantly world class, I saw a bunch of people having a pop at Ryan Giggs recently as he said the PL only has 2-3 world class players, he's right imo but clearly some people also have a much looser definition. As for comparing players from different eras like Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Messi etc it's something that I've never personally saw the point in. The game is very different in each era, the training conditions, nutrition, etc, all that makes it impossible to make fair comparisons. I have a mate that's one of them that constantly compares Messi and Ronaldo, he favours Ronaldo and it's to such a point that the way he talks about Messi you'd think Messi was average. I know this bit isn't that relevant to this discussion but I've always just thought it's best to enjoy players like that as they only come along rarely. I suppose that could apply to Beardsley and Shearer, some here were fortunate enough to see both whereas some of us only saw the tail end (or nothing at all) of Beardsley but at least we got to see players like that. Poor Haydnator caught only the tail end (if any) of Shearer, in fact the poor lad was probably only about for Sholas twilight years, I suppose he has got to witness Jack Colback in his prime mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Zidane's not even the best French no. 10 in my life time so he doesn't even warrant a mention in these comparisons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12452 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Zidane's not even the best French no. 10 in my life time so he doesn't even warrant a mention in these comparisons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmagwired 4 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Neeskens has got to be the best ever name for an Ajax footballer. Reminds me of 3am sorties to the all night garage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 i like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Zidane's not even the best French no. 10 in my life time so he doesn't even warrant a mention in these comparisons It's about time you got onto the Ben Arfa bandwagon like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8973 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 It's about time you got onto the Ben Arfa bandwagon like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobos 297 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Fuckin hell lads, enough about Shearer, who wasn't better than Beardsley and more about Pedro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 That goal man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobos 297 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Quality. 5 trophies at Liverpool and 60 goals after that for him .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIzRfz3NZz "Peter Beardsley, Jackie Milburn, certainly they're the two greatest geordies to represent the team in this shirt" Edited March 21, 2017 by scoobos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9192 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 That goal man. Thanks for that. It was the example I wanted to give, but could not for the life of me remember when and who it was against, so gave up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30327 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Joe Corrigan was about 6 foot 6 anarl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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