many would disagree , playing on pitches like bowling greens nowadays instead of playing on mudheaps again different conditions for different eras , physical contact was an essential element of the game back then , if it got a bit nippy they did not need to wear a pair of tights or a pair of gloves to keep warm .
Put Jimmy McNab in
i think footballers who are on ridiculous amounts of money nowadays, should be able to compete on any surface or weather conditions , unfortunately , it wont happen, i would love see some of todays so called superstars compete in the conditions and the players that were around back then . it would be an eye opener thats for sure .
i think footballers who are on ridiculous amounts of money nowadays, should be able to compete on any surface or weather conditions , unfortunately , it wont happen, i would love see some of todays so called superstars compete in the conditions and the players that were around back then . it would be an eye opener thats for sure .
Since when did fat protect you from getting more serious injuries?
again thats a matter of conjecture , get them running around on the mudheaps of the past, avoiding knee and waist high tackles , running around on a bowling green is one thing , running around on a ploughed field is another thing entirely .
again thats a matter of conjecture , get them running around on the mudheaps of the past, avoiding knee and waist high tackles , running around on a bowling green is one thing , running around on a ploughed field is another thing entirely .
Second half of your post is spot on, muscles and physique is finely tuned which makes it more susceptible to injury. The cushioning and fat however is irrelevant, it will add to burden on the body if anything. Most injuries, especially serious injuries, these days are muscle, ligament and tendon injuries as opposed to impact ones.
Kevin Ball. End of thread.
Switch it around and say imagine how good someone like George Best or Jimmy Johnston would be in todays game, no assassins trying to maim them, or how good would a Glenn Hoddle look playing on the snooker tables they call pitches nowadays...he was a genius on a mudheap FFS, imagine how prolific a partnership Dalglish & Rush would be in todays game.....it frightening to think how good some of the greats of yesterday would be today.i think footballers who are on ridiculous amounts of money nowadays, should be able to compete on any surface or weather conditions , unfortunately , it wont happen, i would love see some of todays so called superstars compete in the conditions and the players that were around back then . it would be an eye opener thats for sure .
Nee Chopper Harris or Terry Hurlock
And Mark Dennis was no saint even with the Saints
yes it would , ya could reverse roles, but on the other hand would the hunger and desire still be there , when they are earning absolute fortunes every week , in them days top players used to have to find other forms of employment when they retired . that certainly is not the case nowadays, many top players are multi millionaires long before they retire . i still feel that many top players in todays game would not be anywhere near as good if they were playing thirty /forty years ago against the players that were around, and in them conditions, . pampered prima donnas many of them , of course its all a matter of opinion , oh for a time machine eh .
Well there is also Cana too
Nah Bally was just before my time, I grew up watching midway through Quinn and Phillips time here and while Ball was there I don't remeber him as much as others.
I just say missed out on Roker Park, one of my earliest memories I think was just after the SOL opened.
Harris wasnt hard, he was just a dirty little clunt.
