25 Jan 2018 13:53:43
Hi Eds and reds, hope your all well, something a bit different,
just a question about past players who were classed as world class in there day, for example George Best
, Graeme Souness ( other players were available ) do people think if they had been born in the premier league era that they would have been classed World class? Or has football changed that much that in recent times that these players could have struggled nowadays?
I'm just watching Robbie Fowler's 100 club on sky and I know he was in the premier league era but even now do people think could he have had the same success as he had all those years ago?
Cheers
Jamesy.

1.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 14:00:53
He'd have had more because modern medical science would've seen him stay fit for much longer than he did.

2.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 14:08:52
Imagine him in our team now MK . My favourite player.

3.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 14:52:30
Kenny, obviously. Play him as a 10.
Better than De Bruyne and scored a lot more goals.
£150 million plus player now, I reckon.

4.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 15:31:08
I honestly think its impossible to compare players from back then to players today. Everything about football is changed. What the greats from this generation and previous ones have in common is that they were able to be great in the circumstances they played in, even if those circumstances may be different today. Sure souness may have been fitter for longer today, but if a footballer today led the lifestyle the players used to back then, they wouldn't last 5 minutes on the pitch. There are so many factors to consider.

From what i've seen of george best, his footballing brain was wired in a way that was completely different to every player before or since. The only player who has been similar in this manner is probably ronaldinhio, so unpredictable.

5.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 15:54:32
I think the best players were probably at the same level then as the best players are now. The difference will be at the other end of the scale.

My suspicion is that the players who were being relegated from the PL 25 years ago would struggle to even get in Championship sides today.

6.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 16:08:58
Kenny was better than Neymar so his modern day price would be closer to £300 million.

7.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 16:26:12
It’s difficult to say how an oldie would play in the premier league now. But looking at it the other way, having seen old and current football styles how would the world class crop of today fair in the oldie era?
In my opinion most of the current world class wouldn’t make it because they are so delicate now. Someone like Suarez would do ok.

Brazilian Ronaldo would be world class in any era.

8.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 18:23:46
The liverpool 88/ 89 team would win the league.

9.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 19:09:54
It is a very different game to what it was 20 years ago. I mostly think defending was an art back then, and certainly far superior to what defending is nowadays. He didn’t overly rely on pace as so foward players do today, just positioning, reactions, reading the game and world class finishing. For these reasons I think Fowler would genuinely be one of the worlds top strikers even in modern football.

10.) 25 Jan 2018
25 Jan 2018 19:38:48
Agreed Westwood .