Erik Edman I think.
Meh.
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Harry Kane.
Ha oh cripes I forgot about that.
Yep, I remember that game well and wouldn't have had to google it (Piedro alluded to this below). Edman took a speculative shot and I remember laughing at the audacity, presuming it would sail over the bar.
Alonso was ridiculous in that game. No one was closing him down and he was pinging ball left right and center. I think you can get a youtube vid of his passes in that game alone. We played Norwich around the same time and once again Alonso's passing was sublime.
I just mean in terms of playing style, really. He was a much better 'player' at 17,18, 19 than in his mid twenties. I think his loss of directness was a combination of it being coached out of him and, as you'll no doubt say, him peaking early and burning out. Still a good player, but could have been a lot better.
Peter Shilton was always an overrated keeper. And his displays in Italia 90 were abysmal. Look at him falling over backwards for Bremer's free kick. Like a doddery old man trying to catch tin of peas while falling off a step ladder. Twat.
Sterling for 100k a week. Meh.
The Emerites, new Wembley, the stadium of light, the reebok or whatver it's called. Any of those new corporate bowls. St Mary's. Fuck off. Give me the Dell anytime.
He's had a better career than Suarez
Hi Bob..
It bothered me to the hilt back then that Shiltons shitness was always greatly overlooked when he played for England..
Panenka penalties. They looked cool for a while - the first few, and when they were taken by classy legends like Totti.
Then they got really boring as more and more tried them. Like rabonas, they were good when they were rare; now they're just examples of people finding difficult solutions for simple problems.
Then they got really boring as more and more tried them. Like rabonas, they were good when they were rare; now they're just examples of people finding difficult solutions for simple problems.
Forabout a 5-6 year spell Beckham was terrific. A really top class footballer actually.
United were the best team on the planet for a 3-4 year spell and he started every week in a midfield alongside Keane, Scholes & Giggs; three of the best midfielders in the last 50 years. You don't get in that side every week if you can't play.
I couldn't tell you his goals record but I'd venture to say it was double figures or around there every year, with the same and change in assists. And he went both ways; none of this Ronaldo/Ginola/Pires shit of waiting around on the halfway line for the ball to come to you, he worked his cunt off at both ends of the pitch.
He was a super footballer, don't let the extraneous bits of 'Beckham' cloud your judgement.
United were the best team on the planet for a 3-4 year spell and he started every week in a midfield alongside Keane, Scholes & Giggs; three of the best midfielders in the last 50 years. You don't get in that side every week if you can't play.
I couldn't tell you his goals record but I'd venture to say it was double figures or around there every year, with the same and change in assists. And he went both ways; none of this Ronaldo/Ginola/Pires shit of waiting around on the halfway line for the ball to come to you, he worked his cunt off at both ends of the pitch.
He was a super footballer, don't let the extraneous bits of 'Beckham' cloud your judgement.
“He can’t kick with his left foot, he can’t head a ball, he can’t tackle and he doesn’t score many goals. Apart from that he’s all right.”
George Best on David Beckham
George Best was the greatest footballer I've ever seen. I'd champion his claim to the title over Pele's, Maradona's or anybody else's all day long.
Regrettably, by the time he said that stuff about Beckham he was a clapped-out lush living with the wreckage of what might have been.
Regrettably, by the time he said that stuff about Beckham he was a clapped-out lush living with the wreckage of what might have been.
True, although everything he said is correct. Can't remember which player said it at the WC about Beckham, that he was easy to defend against if you got tight on his first touch on his right foot. He didn't have the pace to burn you and he couldn't hurt you on his left foot. You just had to always keep him on his left foot.
But that must have been clear to everybody he played against, and it didn't stop him from having a fine career. Beckham was an excellent illustration of how a whole can sometimes be greater than the sum of its parts.
Yep.
His greatest gift wasny his right foot, it was his work rate. He practiced, practiced & practiced & never gave less than his all.
Jamie Carragher is the closest Liverpool example I can think of. There were more accomplished players technically than he, & better defenders in terms of ability, but he ensured his work rate & practice gave him extra space & time when it was needed.
Sheer determination & dedication over a long period combined with above average skills can sometimes create a great footballer. Imagine if Balotelli had that level of dedication!
I'm not saying that Beckham wasn't good, just he wasn't as good as what he was billed to be. I remember someone on the radio, I can't remember who, saying Beckham was probably the best footballer in the world and everyone in the studio agreed with him. This was at a time when Zidane was still playing.
My Meh in respect of Liverpool Players was Harry Kewell..
I was made up when we signed him, he was excellent for Leeds. Sadly he turned out to be nothing special..
I was made up when we signed him, he was excellent for Leeds. Sadly he turned out to be nothing special..
Same here, although I can't help wondering how big a part injury must have played in that, because it was such a massive fall from grace for him.
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