It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[talkativesprout]

Lukaku is available for £85m allegedly? Not me first choice but a quick deal to do?

Mario Ballotelli is available on a free. (p.s i think RL would get a hatful for us)

 

[richards30]

Mario Ballotelli is available on a free. (p.s i think RL would get a hatful for us)

Kev by all accounts put Lukakus name forward when doing his new contract

 

[Bluesince88]

Mario Ballotelli is available on a free. (p.s i think RL would get a hatful for us)

Lukaku is available for £85m allegedly? Not me first choice but a quick deal

Older than Kane, nowhere near as good as a record as Kane especially in the league we play in. Ex rag, anymore reasons?

rather Mario ;)

 

[talkativesprout]

Age...unimportant at 28 unless we are punting out 10 year contracts

Stats in a poor Everton side 2016-17... 37-25 goals 6 assists
last 2 seasons P36-24 goals 11 assists........P36-23 goals 2 assists
you want an extra reason?
so he is averaging nearly 40 games a season

your go!

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Older than Kane, nowhere near as good as a record as Kane especially in the league we play in. Ex rag, anymore reasons?

rather Mario ;)

He's only 2 months older.
Stats are good. Doesnt seem to miss many games due to injury. Ex rag like Tevez.

 

[simon23]

You've got to remember most of the players in those days were smoking, drinking and eating anything. The older ones were also playing on a ploughed field with a ball that got heavier during the game in a cotton shirt.

I suspect if you could take any of the top players from any previous era, certainly after WWII when the game became more professional, and drop them into an academy as a youngster, they'd still be a top player. You certainly couldn't pick a prime Bell or anyone else and drop them in the PL as the pace would be too much and the players would be too fit, but give them the same training and health advice and they'd still rise to the top, providing they were willing to train ( so you might not see Kinky). Whether any of the defenders and hatchet midfielders would make it is a different question, as I'm not sure how much natural skill some of them had.

Whether a prime Silva etc could play in an era when assault was allowed is another question and I suspect some modern players couldn't deal with it. I certainly prefer modern football that allows players like that to show their skills on a decent pitch.

did Diti Hamman also smoke while playing for both the scousers and us as well i think?)

agree it also works the other way around...David Silvas ankles would not have survived. Agreed on the defeneders and hatchet midfielders (how did Vinnie Jones ever make it as a pro footballer! even in the 1980's??)

 

[simon23]

You would get pro footballers who smoked in the old days...says it all really.

Yup agreed....think Hamman smoked while he playe for us and the scousers and for some reaosn my mind also springs to Paul Bosvelt as another who smoked but I could be wrong on that one

 

[simon23]

Simon, when you mention the skill level............Jordan Henderson is England captain

Hahahaha...touche!

 

[nmc]

you are Ron Manager and I claim my £5

marvellous

 

[nmc]

You would get pro footballers who smoked in the old days...says it all really.

Read that. Back Home book on the 1970 World Cup - players were encouraged to smoke - they thought it relaxed them!