Well if best we can snap right off anyone who played before the last 20 years
Because?
Its gone from being a bit of a knock about to a multi billion pound sport, as such players standards and professionalism standards have improved somewhat.
Can't think of a sport where the top from 20 years ago could be top today outside of maybe boxing (and of course the non athletic sports)
Fitness maybe, but do you think the young Cruyff would struggle today technically? Or Maradona? Or Charlton (R obviously), Best, Law, Peters. So much mediocrity in the PL these days masquerading as 'World Class' many of whom wouldn't get into the teams of 20 or more years ago even with the advance in fitness and such.
Giggs won a PL medal as an integral part of the 92/93 team, and then won another, 20 years on.
I could be wrong, but I think the difference between 1993 and 2013 is substantially less than that between 70s and 90s.
You're probably right, but that wasn't the issue I was addressing with Flushy. Although I still argue that Cruyff et al would hold their own today
I possibly misunderstood what you meant by the line about Giggs at the end then.
Still, I remember some friends of mine went on a tour of Anfield about 10 years ago. Emlyn Hughes happened to be there, so they got chatting for a while, and this subject came up.
When they asked how he thought the 'Liverpool team of the 80s' than Hansen referred to on MOTD would get on in the present day. He said that they wouldn't win a point, and even the teams at the bottom of the league would run rings around them.
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