Jimmy Greaves

[gordondaviesmoustache]

ISJ: Welcome to another edition of Saint and Greavsie. On today's show Ronnie Whelan tells us why Kenny Dalglish is the greatest Liverpool manager ever.

Greavsie: (says something racist about John Barnes)

ISJ: (Laughs)Greavsie, you cracks me up.


The football stats speak for themselves. But as a pundit and full time pisshead he rivalled Paul Merson.

He was an inveterate racist when S&G was on. Of that I’m sure. May have changed his views now. Hopefully so.

 

[roman totale]

The most underated footballer ever,I never seen him live but going off what my old fella and uncles said he was absolute class.

My old man, who was a top amateur striker himself in the same time period, still says Greaves is the greatest finisher he’s ever seen.

 

[penguins4kompany]

Colin bell wasn’t underated probably one of the greatest players to ever walk on a football pitch

Nor was Greaves though.

 

[Vienna_70]

Colin bell wasn’t underrated

Do you really believe that?

As I said before, we City supporters know how great he was, but he is criminally ignored by the "great" British sporting media, when it comes to naming great players of the past.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The Mail are doing a petition at the moment for him to be honoured as recognition for his services to football.
He has never had a OBE, MBE.

Had he played for the Dippers or Rags he would have been sitting, or even shitting, in the House of Lords for the last two or three decades.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Do you really believe that?

As I said before, we City supporters know how great he was, but he is criminally ignored by the "great" British sporting media, when it comes to naming great players of the past.

He sits among some notable names - how many of the '68 team are ignored? I suspect that El Mago and Sergio will disappear in the same way!

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Do you really believe that?

As I said before, we City supporters know how great he was, but he is criminally ignored by the "great" British sporting media, when it comes to naming great players of the past.

Correct.Anyone saying any different is a clown.

 

[oakiecokie]

Didn’t he get the spurs goal in the ballet on ice oakie ??

I`m almost certain he did down at the old Platt Lane End IIRC.

 

[Saxmundham Blue]

Jimmy Greaves debut for West Ham at Maine Road was the first City game I attended.

We lost 5-1 in a mudbath, Greaves scored and big Joe had a drop kick volleyed straight back in to the net from the half way line

I was hooked.

 

[Vienna_70]

Jimmy Greaves debut for West Ham at Maine Road was the first City game I attended.

We lost 5-1 in a mudbath, Greaves scored and big Joe had a drop kick volleyed straight back in to the net from the half way line

I was hooked.

21/3/70. Not long after I’d started following City.

I remember watching it on The Big Match on the Sunday dinner time.

https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=2824

 

[HelloCity]

Do you really believe that?

As I said before, we City supporters know how great he was, but he is criminally ignored by the "great" British sporting media, when it comes to naming great players of the past.

Sounds familiar.

 

[xgorton]

Didn’t he get the spurs goal in the ballet on ice oakie ??

I was on the Kippax that afternoon,Greaves got the goal after just 6 minutes when they took the lead,we won 4-1 36.000 crowd.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Greaves is the best English striker our game has seen. A brilliant player who scored all sorts of goals and I feel privileged to have seen the tail end of his career. He also scored his goals at a time when English football was much more defensive and physical than it is these days. God knows how many he would have score in the current City team. Assuming modern fitness regimes I think he would be a 40 to 50 goals a season player. Certainly at Ronaldo levels. He has been largely ignored by the media, probably because he didn't play for any of the Cartel clubs.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

He has been largely ignored by the media, probably because he didn't play for any of the Cartel clubs.

He played for AC Milan...

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

He played for AC Milan...

I know but I am not sure the cartel even existed then! And I'm not even sure Milan are in the cartel any more after being wiped out by Juve the cartel kings! Milan's heyday was the 80s.

 

[ray21]

I remember Spurs 3rd goal being shown over and again for weeks

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Jimmy Greaves debut for West Ham at Maine Road was the first City game I attended.

We lost 5-1 in a mudbath, Greaves scored and big Joe had a drop kick volleyed straight back in to the net from the half way line

I was hooked.

IIRC Joe whacked it upfield,turned his back and chassé-ed back to his goal line and had the ball lifted over his head. He must have been somewhat surprised.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I know but I am not sure the cartel even existed then! And I'm not even sure Milan are in the cartel any more after being wiped out by Juve the cartel kings! Milan's heyday was the 80s.

But they are still part of the historical UEFA CL family, and will have an invitation/wild card to join in any future variation of the European/Uefa Cup/CL that Uefa might dream up to maintain and increase the revenue stream.

 

[Vienna_70]

I was on the Kippax that afternoon,Greaves got the goal after just 6 minutes when they took the lead,we won 4-1 36.000 crowd.

Mrs Vienna was there too.

Our goals were scored by Buzzer, The King, Nellie and TC, though not necessarily in that order.

 

[WestGorton]

A great pundit too. Totally unbiased and just having a laugh. When TV had no agenda to speak of.