internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

Well, they are paid far more... To whom much is given, a lot more is expected.

What Rashford and Pogba collect weekly is way above what they put in, in terms of output.

My thoughts anyway... Besides, football ought to have a higher standard with the improvements happening all round.

Aubameyang reached premier league goals milestone when he score an own goal...

He would have scored more goals in real Madrid. Imagine most if his goals are not penalties

lewan is lethal magician, he deserve to be name in the FIFA ist 3 personnel... kudos to him though

Beta striker wit few penalties to his name, unlike our penaldo.

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

goal is not the only criterion of being a legend

Madibah:
Barca fans would barely forget this guy

Bia stop disgracing my Club

Madibah:
Barca fans would barely forget this guy

He basically murdered an entire club, desecrated their history, and will haunt their dreams for life-times to come!!!

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

The quality of defence has dipped over the years hence the floodgates of goals

paulolee:

I gwt ur point bt I think maybe the difference is dt our current players, statistics, data, and analysis make scoring goals in football looks like an ordinary feat n not dt special like it was before..
imagine a lionel messi scoring a massive 91 goals in calender year maybe during cantona period, I think a massive statue wud be mounted for him I spain n in Argentina, but he did it now n some people are still saying its nothing bcoz he didn't win any cup In his country...

This is about Lewandowski and not messi...u messi fans think football revolves around messi... and y should a statue b erected for scoring goals that were just for his personal achievement...what did he win that year apart from la liga

Beverlyjean:


This is about Lewandowski and not messi...u messi fans think football revolves around messi... and y should a statue b erected for scoring goals that were just for his personal achievement...what did he win that year apart from la liga

am jus making a point with an example....he won d ballon d or dt year ahead of ur cr7...naim de pain u??

Beautiful records from Lewandowski...

paulolee:

am jus making a point with an example....he won d ballon d or dt year ahead of ur cr7...naim de pain u??

So bcis he won balon dor with 91 goals and a la liga title, his statue should b erected in Spain and Argentina .... delusional fans

paulolee:

I gwt ur point bt I think maybe the difference is dt our current players statistics, data, performances and analysis make scoring goals in football looks like an ordinary feat n not dt special like it was before..
imagine a lionel messi scoring a massive 91 goals in calender year maybe during dt cantona period, I think a massive statue wud be mounted for him outside camp nou and the capital of Argentina, but he did it now n some people are still saying its nothing just bcoz he didn't win any cup In his country....u dig??

He had a stacked team of Xavi, iniesta, alves, Puyol, busquets, Fabregas etc playing in a two team league...
He did alright but football back then, the talents were spread out...
We had world class players playing for Deportivo, fiorentina , Parma etc.
Unlike now

Madibah:
Barca fans would barely forget this guy

forget ke or u meant forgive

kendrick93:
He had a stacked team of Xavi, iniesta, alves, Puyol, busquets, Fabregas etc playing in a two team league...
He did alright but football back then, the talents were spread out...
We had world class players playing for Deportivo, fiorentina , Parma etc.
Unlike now

hmm....nice and solid points...mayb dts why goals aint dt appreciated

Beverlyjean:


So bcis he won balon dor with 91 goals and a la liga title, his statue should b erected in Spain and Argentina .... delusional fans

sure...players dt av statue already av not done close to wat lionel av done for football....m nt in d mood for ur dragging n arguments....pls its Owkay o....u win

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

Back then defenders dey break person leg

paulolee:
this lewa guy is a proven goal machine n its fun seeing dt other junior goal machine called haaland putting lewa on his toes on the race for the golden boot
I see lewa winning that the best award dis evening n he also deserves a ballon d or award b4 he retires because he av done so much for football with little European awards or recognitions to show for it..
the day I started giving this guy big RESPECT was dt his 5 goals in 9mins record..
Even our goats CNT try such...
I think Pep had an orgasm after dt 5th goal in jus 9mins..

As much as i enjoyed your quote, my only prob with it is this short forms you used all through.
Why cant you just write in full, this is not SMS where you have to mind the length of your words, express yourself and let the devil be ashamed na

Pavillon:

As much as i enjoyed your quote, my only prob with it is this short forms you used all through.
Why cant you just write in full, this is not SMS where you have to mind the length of your words, express yourself and let the devil be ashamed na

am sorry about that, some people are complaining too, I would edit snd try to change...my bahd..

Footbanis goal oriented now... Infact the full backs are now basically wingers and the wingers have to be in the box to score...

Also the No 10 is going extinct... The usual, jay Jay, Ronaldinho, oezil kinda 10 is dying. Nowadays box to box midfielders are preferred. Pogba etc...

Also the quality of defense has decreased from the Nesta, maldini, puyol, vidic tough tackling types, nowadays ball playing defenders are the new defenders...

Also Goal keepers are not left out, it's not about using your hands anymore as a goalkeeper, you must be equally good with your 2 feets. Mention a big team that has no ball playing goal keeper...

Football don change kpa.

Goal machine


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paulolee:

am sorry about that, some people are complaining too, I would edit snd try to change...my bahd..

Oops,
You didn't lash out at me

You are one of the few normal people in Nigeria o.

No prob bro, it's all good

Pavillon:


Oops,
You didn't lash out at me

You are one of the few normal people in Nigeria o.

No prob bro, it's all good

lash out on online unknown person dt can change my life tomorrow....dts nonsense to me

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

Football was way rugged and much more tougher to what we have now. The fooballers of then played under very tough condition. The conditions regarding football now has been way.. way simplified. However, still give it to the present crop of amazing players.

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

You have got it all wrong.

Football (like many sports) is dynamic. It changes constantly.

For example, football technology, ever-changing tactics, are some of the reasons why you can't compare football eras. The football itself changes in texture and weight. The football used in South Africa 2010 was so hard to hold on to that goalkeepers were deflecting otherwise weak shots. Enyeama' blunder against Greece comes to mind.

Another question is: "How many league matches was Eric Cantona averaging every month?

emmabest2000:
still under the Two Goats

One international male Goat
And one local female goat

If u know you know

you are a clown.
Go and re watch the game then tell me how Messi disgrace the international goat with a sharp turn sending him to buy ingredients for Íse Wu

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

Those old guys performed better for club n country unlike now , only club

paulolee:

I gwt ur point bt I think maybe the difference is dt our current players statistics, data, performances and analysis make scoring goals in football looks like an ordinary feat n not dt special like it was before..
imagine a lionel messi scoring a massive 91 goals in calender year maybe during dt cantona period, I think a massive statue wud be mounted for him in spain and in Argentina, but he did it now n nothing happened bt instead some people are saying its nothing just bcoz he didn't win any cup In his country....u dig??

Those guys replicate their success at country level too, not just club football

internationalman:
Most of these retired legends have way less goals compared to nowadays players considering how we hold them to higher esteem..

Imagine Eric Catona of man utd just scored only 64 EPL goals and we are all singing his praises and tagging him a Man Utd legend.

Now ask yourself this question, will any strikers be called a legend today if they just happen to score just 64 league goals...

I think we are not fair in judgment of current players.. The standard is raised too high for them..

Maybe we'd appreciate them more when they are retired .

Cmon man you can’t make comparison in anyway with football from back in the day, the fields where harsher and the balls where harder and stronger, even fouls back then where brutal. It was football/MMA back in the day

BluntTheApostle:


You have got it all wrong.

Football (like many sports) is dynamic. It changes constantly.

For example, football technology, ever-changing tactics, are some of the reasons why you can't compare football eras. The football itself changes in texture and weight. The football used in South Africa 2010 was so hard to hold on to that goalkeepers were deflecting otherwise weak shots. Enyeama' blunder against Greece comes to mind.

Another question is: "How many league matches was Eric Cantona averaging every month?

Exactly my point. He played way too fewer games to be called s legend..

I think he played 148 games