Think I have done tbis before. But thought sod it, sometimes things are worth revisiting. And I am feeling wistful. Away golfing with the lads last weekend and we had a long debate on this one. Alcohol misguided many any an opinion.
I love thinking back to teams that have made me love this game more and more. I have 10 or 11 teams I could wax lyrical about. Might do a bit on each over time. But want others to add their own teams too please. I love reading everyones opinions.
I remember the Liverpool side of 83/84 as one of the greatest. Not the best in my opinion, and not my favourite (to come), but man this was something special.
Grobelaar was seen as something of a clown but man he could keep nets. He was always in control of his backline and he didnt fear big lumpy centr forwards. Neal and Kennedy as good a full back pairing as you could hope for. Neal in particular was a hell of a player. Hansen and Lawrenson, enough said. Last weekend all the lads agreed Hansen would be £100m plus worth of centre half these days. Pace, greater reader of the game, sublime tackler and kept the ball under pressure. One of my fav ever defenders.
Souness in the middle. If you never saw Souness you missed out. He was a brilliant footballer, and an animal alongside it. To see him and tiny Sammy Lee line up made you laugh. Whelan one of my favourite midfielders of that era. Genious with the ball at feet. In a golden era of ball playing midfielders he shone. Johnston on the right complemented him so well with a more direct running game.
Dalglish and Rush? Dalglish just seemed to go on forever, and get better. Another who in the modern game would be setting tfr records imo. Vision was unreal and he was strong as an ox. Then Rush, the arch finisher. What a striker he was. I dont know if I have seen better finisher ever, maybe Van Basten, but Rush was deadly. 47 goals that season!
They won a treble. Including the European Cup when the big pot was for the best only. It was made more remarkabke as it was ***ans first season in charge after Paisley.
I love thinking back to teams that have made me love this game more and more. I have 10 or 11 teams I could wax lyrical about. Might do a bit on each over time. But want others to add their own teams too please. I love reading everyones opinions.
I remember the Liverpool side of 83/84 as one of the greatest. Not the best in my opinion, and not my favourite (to come), but man this was something special.
Grobelaar was seen as something of a clown but man he could keep nets. He was always in control of his backline and he didnt fear big lumpy centr forwards. Neal and Kennedy as good a full back pairing as you could hope for. Neal in particular was a hell of a player. Hansen and Lawrenson, enough said. Last weekend all the lads agreed Hansen would be £100m plus worth of centre half these days. Pace, greater reader of the game, sublime tackler and kept the ball under pressure. One of my fav ever defenders.
Souness in the middle. If you never saw Souness you missed out. He was a brilliant footballer, and an animal alongside it. To see him and tiny Sammy Lee line up made you laugh. Whelan one of my favourite midfielders of that era. Genious with the ball at feet. In a golden era of ball playing midfielders he shone. Johnston on the right complemented him so well with a more direct running game.
Dalglish and Rush? Dalglish just seemed to go on forever, and get better. Another who in the modern game would be setting tfr records imo. Vision was unreal and he was strong as an ox. Then Rush, the arch finisher. What a striker he was. I dont know if I have seen better finisher ever, maybe Van Basten, but Rush was deadly. 47 goals that season!
They won a treble. Including the European Cup when the big pot was for the best only. It was made more remarkabke as it was ***ans first season in charge after Paisley.
