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Post by simple on Apr 23, 2018 20:39:42 GMT
If you’re going to post on here, try and think of proper questions, everyone in the 70’s team would get into this team, every single one of them, Ritchie or Dieuf, you are a comedian Butland or Banks Farmer,Fox And Jones before Butland,And before anyone said Shilton was average for us better when he went Forest.
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Post by wilcopotter on Apr 23, 2018 20:41:41 GMT
If you’re going to post on here, try and think of proper questions, everyone in the 70’s team would get into this team, every single one of them, Ritchie or Dieuf, you are a comedian Butland or Banks Banks, no contest . Butland would not have got anywhere near an England shirt in the 70’s or 80’s. Maybe my memory is blurred in the fullness of time, but I think Fox was better than Butland.
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Post by simple on Apr 23, 2018 20:42:49 GMT
I can’t believe anyone could possibly put Diouf and Big John in the same sentence For me Ritchie blows them all away Stein Bertie Crouchy. Non of them compare. In today’s market you’d be looking at 80m minimum £80m , serious? He must have been some player He was in the right set up,biggest bollock Waddo made was selling him to Sheffield Wednesday when we were top of the league.
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Post by simple on Apr 23, 2018 20:45:26 GMT
Banks, no contest . Butland would not have got anywhere near an England shirt in the 70’s or 80’s. Maybe my memory is blurred in the fullness of time, but I think Fox was better than Butland. We have been blessed with great keepers Butland is a 6/10 keeper.He makes some good saves but does not command his six yard box.
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Post by woodstein on Apr 23, 2018 21:14:21 GMT
Folk should cheer themselves up by looking on Facebook at the site: English football in the 70's. When Stoke and football in general wax much better. Loads of stuff about Subbuteo, mags etc on there too.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Apr 23, 2018 21:32:08 GMT
I can’t believe anyone could possibly put Diouf and Big John in the same sentence For me Ritchie blows them all away Stein Bertie Crouchy. Non of them compare. In today’s market you’d be looking at 80m minimum £80m , serious? He must have been some player 20+ goals a season striker. How much would you have pay for one of those in today's market?
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Post by emmbrook1956 on Apr 23, 2018 21:48:45 GMT
I can’t believe anyone could possibly put Diouf and Big John in the same sentence For me Ritchie blows them all away Stein Bertie Crouchy. Non of them compare. In today’s market you’d be looking at 80m minimum I agree you can not compare Big John with most others playing up front. i hope Campbell starts at Anfield. Diouf has had 6 gilt edged chances in 3 games and No conversions at all! I have been at all time low today!
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Post by rawli on Apr 23, 2018 22:19:10 GMT
Yes. Yes. Mrs.Ritchie would score more than Diouf. If we wheeled his statue round and put it in the area it would score more.
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Post by nott1 on Apr 24, 2018 6:20:25 GMT
I wasn't around to watch us in the mid 70’s but keep hearing stories. I am wondering, how do we compare. A/ would Smith get in this side B/ would Hudson enjoy playing for us today C / Ritchie or Diouf , who would score more Ritchie or Diouf, are you joking? Check their scoring records, and we also had Greenhoff, Eastham,Dobing, Hudson, Conroy, Banks, Shilton etc.etc. Everyone better than anything in this shower of shit we now have!
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Post by lordb on Apr 24, 2018 6:44:43 GMT
A/ would Smith get in this side = easy yes B/ would Hudson enjoy playing for us today = yes but not with Shaq C / Ritchie or Diouf , who would score more = i could score more than Donkey Diouf Why wouldn't Hudson enjoy playing with Shaqiri?
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Post by lordb on Apr 24, 2018 6:47:47 GMT
What about 80’s , i remember Brendan O’Callaghan and Ian Painter. Would they make this team up front? No/yes/maybe. Painter could finish but was constantly offside. Brendan wouldn't score goals
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Post by mrcoke on Apr 24, 2018 7:55:58 GMT
I can’t believe anyone could possibly put Diouf and Big John in the same sentence For me Ritchie blows them all away Stein Bertie Crouchy. Non of them compare. In today’s market you’d be looking at 80m minimum Ritchie would be worth a lot but £80m is OTT. There were better"centre forward" type players about in Ritchie's day: Astle, Dougan, Channon, and Ron Davies. There have been many since, and today Lukaku is better, but Ritchie was better than Wood and Barnes we saw on Saturday, Benteke, or Crouch at any time. The question is whether there is a place for that type of player in today's game. Because of the change in the pitches, there is now an emphasis on speed and passing along the ground that was impossible on mud baths, when it was necessary to resort to aerial combat.
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Post by jarvinski on Apr 24, 2018 8:05:34 GMT
Big John was a bit of a carthorse but he scored goals for fun
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 9:58:04 GMT
Forget the 70's side. ALL and I mean ALL of Lou Macaris side would get in this squad. The 70's team would mostly play for Chelsea.
What would Stein be worth? 70-80 million?
This team is a classic "we think were too good to go down team" to a man every one of them thinks they should be higher up the league and yet none of them have put in a consistant effort to attain this. They think it's theirs by right and doesn't need work.
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Post by ursemboys on Apr 24, 2018 13:30:28 GMT
A/ would Smith get in this side = easy yes B/ would Hudson enjoy playing for us today = yes but not with Shaq C / Ritchie or Diouf , who would score more = i could score more than Donkey Diouf Why wouldn't Hudson enjoy playing with Shaqiri? because Shaqiri is to selfish and a mardarse ,Hudson would be thinking two passes in front of shaq,Hudson had Mahoney and Roberston out wide and Greenhoff to play the ball to ,just couldn't see him and Shaq playing together
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Post by Waggy on Apr 24, 2018 17:51:49 GMT
£80m , serious? He must have been some player 20+ goals a season striker. How much would you have pay for one of those in today's market? Suppose, like somebody put , he was sold when top of the league!! Could have won it with a 20 plus striker by the sounds of it. Who did we replace him with ?
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Post by Old School Stokie on Apr 24, 2018 19:01:02 GMT
Smith would not have liked to play with all the diving pansies today.
Hudson would not have enjoyed playing in this team of wankers
Even Mike Pejic could have been more lethal than Diof anywhere on the pitch - Diof is in the poorest of Stoke Strikers Kyle Lightbourne etc
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Post by creweoatcake1 on Apr 24, 2018 19:55:15 GMT
1. Only if Bluto played alongside him! 2. Hudson would have Pi**** on this league! 3. Just to stupid to answer!
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Post by houstonmike on Apr 24, 2018 22:40:54 GMT
Ritchie a consistent 20 goal a season man with a couple seasons pushing 30 goals. Probably not quite Salah/Kane territory but well north of what we paid for the prolific Saido. Check out Ritchie's highlights reel on Youtube -- many of the goals against top teams
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Post by kustokie on Apr 24, 2018 23:57:28 GMT
£80m , serious? He must have been some player 20+ goals a season striker. How much would you have pay for one of those in today's market? I was one of Big John’s biggest fans. However, he would struggle to get into double figures without the service he got then from the players around him: Conroy, Dobing, Eastham, Burrows, Hudson, Greenhoff, Mahoney were all different gravy from what we have now. Smith and Bloor were hard tackling, old-fashioned center halves, that could also get the odd goal or two from corners. They excelled at tackling from behind, which is no longer allowed. However, they would adapted their styles to the modern game and done just fine. Hudson was a genius and there’s no doubt in my mind he would have been the first name on the team sheet every week and probably kept Shaqiri on the bench (there was only sub in those days and could only come on in the event of an injury).
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Post by kustokie on Apr 25, 2018 0:02:40 GMT
Ritchie a consistent 20 goal a season man with a couple seasons pushing 30 goals. Probably not quite Salah/Kane territory but well north of what we paid for the prolific Saido. Check out Ritchie's highlights reel on Youtube -- many of the goals against top teams My favorite Big John goals were the two he scored in the 5-0 win against Arsenal. However, the goal of the match was scored by TC who played a brilliant 1-2 with Dobing and smashed past Bob Wilson from 25 yards. The best Stoke goal I have seen - it’s easy to find on youtube.
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Post by scfcrmagic on Apr 25, 2018 1:41:40 GMT
If you’re going to post on here, try and think of proper questions, everyone in the 70’s team would get into this team, every single one of them, Ritchie or Dieuf, you are a comedian Butland or Banks Banks ...but then I’m biased ...I do think Butland is excellent though. We’ve managed to sign a few good goalies over the years ...
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Post by Veritas on Apr 25, 2018 12:37:23 GMT
I can’t believe anyone could possibly put Diouf and Big John in the same sentence For me Ritchie blows them all away Stein Bertie Crouchy. Non of them compare. In today’s market you’d be looking at 80m minimum £80m , serious? He must have been some player He is getting a little carried away here, Big John was a fine player but he wasn't international level, I saw him and would put hime at the level of a Andy Carroll or Les Ferdinand rather than an Alan Shearer or Ian Rush.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Apr 25, 2018 12:44:09 GMT
20+ goals a season striker. How much would you have pay for one of those in today's market? Suppose, like somebody put , he was sold when top of the league!! Could have won it with a 20 plus striker by the sounds of it. Who did we replace him with ? Was it Ian Moores?
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