That's standard for Souness the man's a joke
Still my favourite player ever though.
All the good players you've had and he's your pick ?
Yup. I'll proably rate Gerrard higher when he's done I'd imagine.
Gerrard better than Souness ?
Listen, I cant stand the guy, but Souness in his prime would piss all over Gerrard.
It might be a whole topic of it's own but is it just me or does anybody else think past players were crap? I've seen footage of alot of players that were regarded as great. Best looked really talented but most played against a lot lower standard of opposition compared to now, against badly organised and tactically basic teams and i think it just made the players look better.
Players are getting fitter all the time, the game is quicker now, players get less time on the ball and teams are more organised. I think alot of players that are held in a high regard from the past wouldn't stand out in modern day football. They were just good for their time.
In nearly every sport the performances advance as time passes but as there isn't any way to measure it like the 100m we rely on other people telling us how good players were and older people tend to think the football that they watched was better.
It's nice to look back and think that a player was great but in reality Souness was probably Glenn Whelan standard and just a level above the players he played against.