Todays footballers

I live four miles north of Ashington, have done for about eleven years, although born and bred a Millfield lad, Ashington as we all know is the home town of the great JACKIE MILLBURN [ clever ****es please forgive my spelling ] and the Charleton brothers, world cup winners 1966, I walk down station road, theres a statue to Jackie, I always stop and look, and reflect,,,,,,,,great man, great footballer.

My problem is,,,, JACKIE worked down the pit, maybe put in a ten hour grueller, came bank top, went home got washed up, sat on a bus for a hour and a half, put the shirt on, played pro football, was a brilliant footballer, unbeaten, until Shearer, but then JACKIE wassent the penalty taker, so to me Jackie is still the main man, got cleaned up after the match, went home, bite to eat, bed, then back down the pit, for another ten hour grueller.

No special diets in those days, what the **** was a phisio? footballers got on with the job, .......NOW, my question is are modern footballers, too highly tuned, or to brittle, they dont have to nut a casey, the balls these days are as soft as ****e, the old casey
broke your nut if you headed it, todays football science, seems to be at odds with what used to be, maybe yesterdays men were men, and todays not, or are our supposed nowadays athletes too busy counting their dosh to be fit?

To me Jackie was a real man, pity our modern breed seem to lack something. where have the real footballers gone.

Len Shackleton
Jackie Milburn
Raich Carter
Sir Stanly Mathews
Charley Hurley
Kevin Ball

just named a few.I know every fan from every club could name more, end of rant.

 

There really isn't a comparison to be drawn - ignoring your pathetic dig at Shearer, the football of 'yesteryear' was generally of a very poor quality but that had a great deal to do with the 'medicine ball' they used to play with. The old players were made of grittier stuff it's true but that was simply because they didn't have another option in those days. They had to be made of tough stuff.
What you will find is that in general people didn't live as long because of how hard their lives were. Modern people in general are 'soft' compared to the generations who dealt with genuine hardship, poverty, world wars and poor medicine.

 

Joker sums it up pretty well here ^

 

Wassent a dig at shearer, he was a great footballer, but never shared the same conditions as MY legends, Shearers dad was a sheetie, same as me, his dad and me can talk about metal and how to form it, and make it a real thing, but football has changed, too much money, too easy to have a sickie, end result. modern day footballers are over privillaged, and over paid, even for the mediocre, and every team in the land has had/got them. hence we pay more at the turnstyle/season ticket, for mediocraty [ forgive spelling ]