boomers be like:>yeah dude this striker from the 90s that never scored more than 15 goals a season is actually the goat, you just had to watch him play to see
Defenders from the 90's and early 00's were objectively better than today's defenders, it's been peer reviewed, loser.
>>150715028back then defenders were allowed to break legs and those strikers were kicked to death.now a slight touch of the ankle is enough to stop the game
>>150715028Unironically yes. Football was much more fun to watch back then. You had individuality and not just system babbies scoring 35 tap-ins that all look the same and we get braindead zoomers telling us to consider them the GOAT kek.
>>150715362This. People will also not understand how good Batistuta or Ronaldo Nazario were given the shitty pitches and the fact that they both got unlucky injuries. They'd be mentioned amongst the GOATs if not for their injuries.
>>150715362>>150715446your back hurts we get it
>>150715485Your brain has zero function, we get it.Instead of getting your opinion from TikTok accounts go on YouTube and type in any top 90s player and see how much more skill, vision, individuality and soul they had. Plus the variety of goals scored compared to today.Football has declined so much it's unreal.
>>150715632I've seen videos of coaches today bollocking players for try skills instead of keeping the ball and playing the "optimal" pass. I couldn't say what level it was at but it's happening alms the same
>>150715028I'm a boomer but I agree desuMental when you look back that wingers could win the Balloon Door scoring 5 goals a season
That's an exaggeration, but it's true there were less goals scored back then. In the top leagues a player scoring 30 goals in all competitions was elite level, 40 was an anomaly. Now 30 is standard for any good striker, 40 is a lot more common and 50 is the new elite standard. And it's not because players got better it's a mix of the game becoming more attacking, bigger disparity between the top teams and the rest, more games played, more player protection from refs, stricter tactics so more efficient chance creation etc.It's why I don't like comparing players from different eras because those that played in the 80s and 90s will always come off looking the worst through no fault of their own
>>150715246>>150715142Same shit for basketball. While respect the fact athletes are more athletic in this day and age, 90's ball players will always get more respect from me since defense wasn't a lost art back then.
>>150715709Winger's job wasn't to score goals back then. Way less Inside Forwards/Inverted Wingers.
>>150715028zoomers be like:>big number good, small number bad i need 10 seconds tik tok to judge a player
>>150715880Steve Bruce once scored 19 goals in a season, I'm not having Luis Figo as the best in the world scoring 6 goals on the wing for Barcelona
>>150715664>playing the "optimal" pass.Datanoncing ruined a generation of players.
>>150715887>Steve Bruce once scored 19 goals in a seasonKek I don't remember this. How did he do it?
>>150715887He was the penalty taker that season which is where 11 of his goals were from, so the stats are a bit misleading
>>150715744It’s happened for every sport.In basketball, you can’t handcheck anymore, and when I was younger running isos, swinging the ball around the perimeter and using the clock happened MUCH more often, so the defender’s role was much more imperative. Nowadays the game is like a sloppy track meet and you would have to have INSANE athleticism and stamina as a defender to stop that from happening.In football (handegg), a notable defensive end/DT comes around now and again but never a defensive back. More and more rules have come about to make the DB’s job harder (which, by the way, the receiver already inherently has the advantage because they know what fucking route they’re running).In hockey, Bettman changed the dimensions of the rink to make the game much more fast paced, so now we have a situation similar to basketball - which is a shame because laying down hits, fighting, etc. used to be so much fun.In baseball, scouts have prioritized sabermetrics numbers for batters such as exit velocity, launch angle, home-to-first time, etc. rather than anything defensive related. Those pesky, lovable little second basemen, short stops, and center fielders who could save your team defensively are now a thing of the past.
>>150715744Defense is objectively harder in today's NBA and that's by design.
behold: the greatest striker of all time according to boomers
>>150715664It was the premier league and that coach? Pep Fraudiola.
>>150716304Vini has literally made all of these same mistakes tho
>>150715028Must suck so hard to be a zoomer
>>150715142Ok boomer
>>150716920Nah I enjoy still being in my early 20s
>>150715028OP is a boomer faggot
>>150716214>Bettman changed the dimensions of the rink to make the game much more fast pacedThe changes actually put more emphasis on cycles and size at the expense of rushes and skating. Scoring is also way lower than when Bettman took over. There were 14 different 50 goal scorers in 1992-93 including plugs like Andreychuk.
>>150715028Its pretty simple anon. I have a list of the greatest players ever. If you want you can have it.
>>150715028Shaun Goater
>>150723665>Scoring is also way lower than when Bettman took over. There were 14 different 50 goal scorers in 1992-93 including plugs like Andreychuk.That's mostly because they refuse to shrink goalie equipment.
Zoomies are incapable of forming their own opinions that’s why they agree with whichever retard has the most likes on tiktok and quoting irrelevant stats rather than actually watching the players play and learning how to interpret data correctly
>>150715028maybe it's due to tone being hard to convey in text sometimes, but your post reads as if you're implying that greentexted statement is incorrect?can you confirm/deny if this is the case so I know whether I need to classify you as a retard or not?
Zidane just had that je ne sais quoiZoomers wouldn't get it
Ronaldo in the '90s and early '00s will never be surpassed
>boomers when asked to explain whether "peak mike tyson" was the one who got knocked out by a bum, the one who was in prison for rape or the one who got annihilated by all the actual boxers after he had dodged them for decades
>>150724294Partially but the average game features 2.5 fewer power plays per team. At a PP efficiency of 20% that's 41 fewer goals per season per team
>>150715028OldGoals = 3-4x worth modern-day trash tapins.
>>150715028>>150715362Muh zoomers was a good take until the buzzwords
>>150715028Some people consider Jlingz Alvaringz the best striker in the world when he has scored 13 none penalty goals in the league last season LMAO
The best strikers of that era all scored 25+ a season. You're probably referring to classic no.10s like Baggio, Bergkamp etc. in which case yes, you did have to watch them play and not just look at a stats sheet
>>150715712So how is this happening? Games don’t have more goals than they used to. You still get 0-0 matches quite often. Is it just one player scoring every goal for the team now?
Why do football fans refuse to admit that current players are just better ?You don't see tennis fans saying that 70s tennis players are better than Djoko/Nadal/FedererSports evolved that's all, and the players in 50 years will be better than what we have now BUT Tom Brady, Teddy Rinner, Hamilton, Usain Bolt, Messi, Phelps, Curry etc... are better than atheletes from the past
>>150725796Federer is like the most overrated athlete in history so yes, you do see that.
>finland when asked to explain why he isn't a nonce
Shearer is worth more than any zoomer hype job.
>>150715028Zidane was shit
>>150725923>Spent half his career at a midtable club>Did his cruciate when it was a career ending injury>Fucked his knee twice when that was a career ending injury>Still the all time top PL goalscorerUnironically you're right.
>>150725923>*scores two goals in a season*KWAB
>>150725947moving to newcastle wasn't outlandish at the time, the club were dead certs to win in 98 (they'd finished 2nd both seasons prior) but keegan resigned and dalglish sold les ferdinand and bought a load of shit scottish players
>>150723603>enjoying early 20s>spends all of his time on 4chan Don’t worry bro when you’re in your 40s you can say this to the new generation of idiots.
Transfers were less common and talent was more spread out among the top European leagues. Real Madrid, Barça, Bayern, Man United, Juventus etc still had shitters in the squad and couldn’t build a super squad where every position was covered by a world class player.
>>150725953We don't sign our posts here.
>>150715028for me, it's stating that jamie vardy is a better player than michael owen and watching the mental gymnastics start
>>150726846I don't think anyone will disagree with you on that
>>150726846why wasn't he allowed to perform for the nt?
>>150725923>validated equivalent
