Was playing at the highest level at 37 years old in 1988 as a midfielder something exceptional?
>>157315145Yes, being 37 in 1988 was like being 47 now
boomers will say something like>yeah, that's mathijs van der ooink, a superb midfielder from ikk ooken, they don't make them like this anymore
>>157315145Nowadays a 5'7" 150 pound munchkin is considered the greatest player ever.
>>157315163Hey he deserves some respect. Won everything there's to win with Ajax, won titles with Ipswich and Troonited, made that superb assist to Van Basten's iconic goal giving Holland its only silverware against the best Soviet side of all time.
>>157315145>>157315426You will never be Dutch, be accepted as one or be taken seriously by any one of us. Reminder that I'm onto you buddy.
>>157315483Blood will always be thicker than water
>>157315159A regular 37 year old in 1988 would be about biologically the same age as a regular 27 year old zoomer now. This is as a result of poor lifestyle choices and poorer nutrition, full of toxic chemicals, fumes, vaccines and other pharma, etc. Now if you're talking about the players then yes, some of the science is actually useful and the knowledge built up over decades of what happens to players - nutrition, supplements, training, is all heavily focused on regeneration and resilience, stuff completely unknown or underappreciated back in 1988. Also surgery has improved a lot since back then. So that's why the average retirement age has increased by maybe a year or two, maybe three - not sure, lots of 33 and 34 year olds back then just like now. Messi and especially Ronaldo are hugely past their peaks but their peaks were so strong that even being hugely past it can still be good enough to play top level international football. Oldest scoring player in the a world cup is still Cameronian Roger Milla who scored at 42 years & 39 days in the 1994 world cup. Second is Cristiano Penaldo who was 41 years & 147 days.
>>157315145>1988He played with part time plumbers and electricians
>>157315706blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb
>>157315909Are you seriously going out of your way to say the most trollish and objectively false things possible? I know we all have to get our thrills somewhere, but you've said this before, nobody else would say it, and I showed how wrong you were back then. What is your endgame here? Just to annoy as many people as possible?
well dont just stare at it eat it
