foxile5 Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 Hindsight is amazing. Imagine if we had a prime Lineker, Worthington, and Shilton etc etc. The fact that they've played through the club is the marker of quality in itself. It tells a story about recruitment and organisation. Imagine if we HADN'T have had them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 7 minutes ago, foxile5 said: Hindsight is amazing. Imagine if we had a prime Lineker, Worthington, and Shilton etc etc. The fact that they've played through the club is the marker of quality in itself. It tells a story about recruitment and organisation. Imagine if we HADN'T have had them. Hate to be that guy but they'd be crap by modern standards. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 4 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Hate to be that guy but they'd be crap by modern standards. Shilton would still have been the dogs nuts. Lineker would still score goals - it was his only real skill and strikers are pretty much a breed a part. I think Worthington might have struggled a bit, but he flourished at a time when the opposition tried to take your knees off with most tackles. I think he might have got up to speed eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 4 minutes ago, ARM1968 said: Shilton would still have been the dogs nuts. Lineker would still score goals - it was his only real skill and strikers are pretty much a breed a part. I think Worthington might have struggled a bit, but he flourished at a time when the opposition tried to take your knees off with most tackles. I think he might have got up to speed eventually. Lineker would be running in treacle by today's standards I'm sorry. Shilton is short by modern goalkeeper standards but out of the three would be the one that would probably hold his own tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 17 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Hate to be that guy but they'd be crap by modern standards. Quite possibly but the point I was trying to make was at the time if he had them at their very peak - there's an argument to say we did with Wortho - then we'd have been more successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythyaar Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 11 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Lineker would be running in treacle by today's standards I'm sorry. Shilton is short by modern goalkeeper standards but out of the three would be the one that would probably hold his own tbf. Lineker ran a p.b of 10.56 seconds in the 100m. He'd still be as lethal now as he was then. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HighPeakFox Posted 16 April 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2021 If we're making comparisons to players that played under totally different circumstances, we've entered a new realm of utterly pointless. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythyaar Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 11 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said: If we're making comparisons to players that played under totally different circumstances, we've entered a new realm of utterly pointless. Adopting this logic, it is a pointless exercise to surmise who the greatest of all time. Pointless but fun. Is HighPeakFox the self appointed fun police on FT I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 54 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Hate to be that guy but they'd be crap by modern standards. Like saying Maradona or Cruyff would be crap by modern standards It's not like we've evolved into superhumans in the past 40 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 4 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said: Like saying Maradona or Cruyff would be crap by modern standards It's not like we've evolved into superhumans in the past 40 years So the modern player isn't more athletic than they were 40 years ago when they were on the piss most nights? OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Strokes Posted 16 April 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 16 April 2021 1 minute ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: So the modern player isn't more athletic than they were 40 years ago when they were on the piss most nights? OK Yeah but you’re putting a past player into modern times. They would also have access to modern facilities, modern training methods and modern coaching. They would most likely achieve similar. You can only beat what you are up against. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said: So the modern player isn't more athletic than they were 40 years ago when they were on the piss most nights? OK But if those players were playing today they would have modern training facilities, diets etc The Linekar of 30 years ago with todays discipline and training would still get 25 goals a season 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 6 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: So the modern player isn't more athletic than they were 40 years ago when they were on the piss most nights? OK TBF Maradona on the piss would still be the best player on the planet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Lineker would be running in treacle by today's standards I'm sorry. Shilton is short by modern goalkeeper standards but out of the three would be the one that would probably hold his own tbf. Opinions and arseholes mate, we’ve all got em. Lineker would score goals, but we’ll never know so my opinion is as valid as yours tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 2 hours ago, ARM1968 said: Opinions and arseholes mate, we’ve all got em. Lineker would score goals, but we’ll never know so my opinion is as valid as yours tbf. Lineker's skill set would be obsolete and not needed for top teams. No top level CL team would carry a goal hanger like Lineker. Great player in his day but in modern football he would either have to evolve his game or be left behind. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban fox Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 (edited) I accept that certain types of player would not necessarily fit into the modern styles, but talent will always shine through. Those players had a natural instinct for the game and would have adapted accordingly. Just has JV has done under Rodgers system. Lineker would have scored bagfuls in the modern game. He gets tarred as a poacher, but his greatest asset was his blistering pace ( sub 11s 100m). as for Shilton, he ousted the World Cup winning, (and arguably later, holder of the greatest ever save in a World Cup finals accolade) in Gordon banks as a teenager. Systems and styles change but class is a constant and the cream will always rise to the top. Edited 16 April 2021 by urban fox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacamion Posted 16 April 2021 Share Posted 16 April 2021 Come on, let's persuade this Brazilian waverer to get a Leicester City shirt : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 10 hours ago, Koke said: Lineker's skill set would be obsolete and not needed for top teams. No top level CL team would carry a goal hanger like Lineker. Great player in his day but in modern football he would either have to evolve his game or be left behind. All he does is score goals It will never catch on.......... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 13 hours ago, Strokes said: Yeah but you’re putting a past player into modern times. They would also have access to modern facilities, modern training methods and modern coaching. They would most likely achieve similar. You can only beat what you are up against. Thank god someone else could see this. Ridiculous discussion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxfordfox83 Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 10 hours ago, Koke said: Lineker's skill set would be obsolete and not needed for top teams. No top level CL team would carry a goal hanger like Lineker. Great player in his day but in modern football he would either have to evolve his game or be left behind. Don’t believe the modesty mate. Lineker is England’s best striker in my lifetime-the fact that he doesn’t feel the need to tell everybody how good he was (Shearer) doesn’t mean he wasn’t. Prime Lineker today would be prime Aguero, plus he could head the ball. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxfordfox83 Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 15 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Hate to be that guy but they'd be crap by modern standards. Rooney was crap by modern standards. Still in the top 5 striker stats for any metric you care to mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 17 April 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 17 April 2021 Lineker was an obscene finisher 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 15 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Lineker was an obscene finisher That’s never been proven in a court of law ......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathrow fox Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 In an effort to beef a young Lineker up,Jock Wallace put him on a diet of steak and milk(full fat no doubt)Old Pep would have seizure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 17 April 2021 Share Posted 17 April 2021 Great bit on Football Focus just now of our previous Fa Cup journey. Interesting as it was well before my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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