england squad

i personally disagree i think cristiano ronaldo as much as i hate him is better than most.

george best looked good from footage iv seen but he wasted it so we will never know if he was a great or not.

in fairness drivel i personally think modern footballers are better footballers than those of the 70s etc

my reasons being…

fitness (nowadays footballers are athletes they dont meet up in the pub before and after a game, they have a strict diet and spend all their time training etc)

the human body is more advanced now due to training etc hence why sprinters are on average faster than they where 30 years ago.

if a player from the 70s was to play now in a premier league team they wouldnt stand a chance over 90 minutes because their physical fitness woldnt last also gone are the days of stupidly rough tackles.

its a different game now drivel, now you have 2 choices you can either sit there and sound a tiny bit dated moaning about the greats you have seen and how modern football isnt a patch on those good old standing room only days.

orrrrr

you can accept that the sport has moved on and advanced, you just didnt get on board that train when it left

theres still time for you though.

@token_male wrote:

i personally disagree i think cristiano ronaldo as much as i hate him is better than most.

george best looked good from footage iv seen but he wasted it so we will never know if he was a great or not.

in fairness drivel i personally think modern footballers are better footballers than those of the 70s etc

my reasons being…

fitness (nowadays footballers are athletes they dont meet up in the pub before and after a game, they have a strict diet and spend all their time training etc)

the human body is more advanced now due to training etc hence why sprinters are on average faster than they where 30 years ago.

if a player from the 70s was to play now in a premier league team they wouldnt stand a chance over 90 minutes because their physical fitness woldnt last also gone are the days of stupidly rough tackles.

its a different game now drivel, now you have 2 choices you can either sit there and sound a tiny bit dated moaning about the greats you have seen and how modern football isnt a patch on those good old standing room only days.

orrrrr

you can accept that the sport has moved on and advanced, you just didnt get on board that train when it left

theres still time for you though.

Agreed…Well said.

@drivel wrote:

@token_male wrote:

i personally disagree i think cristiano ronaldo as much as i hate him is better than most.

george best looked good from footage iv seen but he wasted it so we will never know if he was a great or not.

in fairness drivel i personally think modern footballers are better footballers than those of the 70s etc

my reasons being…

fitness (nowadays footballers are athletes they dont meet up in the pub before and after a game, they have a strict diet and spend all their time training etc)

the human body is more advanced now due to training etc hence why sprinters are on average faster than they where 30 years ago.

if a player from the 70s was to play now in a premier league team they wouldnt stand a chance over 90 minutes because their physical fitness woldnt last also gone are the days of stupidly rough tackles.

its a different game now drivel, now you have 2 choices you can either sit there and sound a tiny bit dated moaning about the greats you have seen and how modern football isnt a patch on those good old standing room only days.

orrrrr

you can accept that the sport has moved on and advanced, you just didnt get on board that train when it left

theres still time for you though.

Of course there are the exceptions , Ronaldo apart , show me a player in the Premership who can ghost past defenders regularly
Of course the game has changed – fitness levels are higher , and the current laws about tackling , shoulder contact , arms risen are making the game a non contact sport
If you think speed is the main attribute , that looks to me the direction the game is heading to the detriment of skill

I enjoy the Premiership , token , I am a season ticket holder and have been to all our away games too , bar one

All i’m saying is that Robbo , as well as having limited intelligence , wouldn’t know a good footballer , if he kicked him up the fundamental orifice !!!!

Now let’s just all sit back and watch Newcastle get relegated , Keegan spit his dummy out and Mike Ashley sell the club

I obviously know more about football than you, Drivel..As I proved over and over again. The only footballers you know about are the ones before I was even born, yet you try to prove these points to me, because I have never seen them live or whatever. Well, how am I supposed to when I werent even born, you retard? :lol:.

Going to matches also doesn’t mean you know stuff about football(you going proves this). A lot of people who go to matches don’t even understand the game, or understand how it’s played. You can go on about Rossi, or Martins, or whoever! The fact remains that I wasn’t wrong…They are good players, yet you keep trying to argue the point because they arn’t as good as your past greats? Like Token stated…Football has changed, and a lot of things about the game HAS changed. You just can’t quite grasp this. Quit replying to me, because you are a waste of time, and a waste of everyone elses time. Although I enjoy replying to the Justchat Dummy Foundation Club.

Chow.

@argyll wrote:

could a modern day footballer play with heavy leather boots?
a sodden wet cudger (as heavy as a medicine ball at times)(try heading the laces)
play for a shilling
even the strips were heavy…..

so ….could the good old days footballer play in todays game…..probably

todays footballer is over paid,over hyped,up thier own French Connection UK fundamental orifice.

the good old day footballer is just….over the hill :lol:

there are too few modern day footballers play with any pride these days….its the pound before the pride

Good points Argie mate

However Robbo thinks that Martins (can’t trap a bag of cement) is a good footballer
He’s head down arse up and off like a sprinter – occassionally he mishits the ball and it rockets inot the net – however when he hits it properly its in row ZZZ of the Gallowgate end

Robbo your point about fans who pay their money not knowing anything about football is way off target (unless you are a Newcastle fan of course)