Transfer Rumour Douglas Luiz

Eggsyblueskin said:
With all respect such comparisons are anachronistic and hopelessly futile.
A person can only thrive within the environment he exists.
While today’s players are undoubtedly more athletic, would they prosper or even survive in earlier times ?
Would they cope with the harder and more brutal ( by today’s standards) tackling ?
Would the sheer physicality of previous times negate their modern day abilities.
How would they fare in the days before substitutions , or even when only one substitute was allowed , when players had to play on carrying injuries that nowadays would warrant immediate withdrawal?
Ball excelled in the game , that is undeniable and to denigrate his standing by comparison to today’s game is not only foolish it’s deliberately disrespectful and devalues the game entirely.
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Yup, it's nonsense. Great players would be great players in any era. They'd adapt. Maradona is the greatest I have ever seen. Why? He was less successful and had less longevity than Messi, but he played at a time when defenders were allowed to saw legs off at the knee - and still made history. The Butcher of Bilbao, Claudio "the gentle touch" Gentile, and Antonio "Macho" Camacho were brutalists. The great creative players of the time were assaulted on a weekly basis. Bernd Schuster and Maradona had their bones shattered by the Butcher. Zico and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the two greatest players in the world going into the 1982 World Cup, were invalid substitutes by the 1986 World Cup.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - magnificent players - were barely ever injured in their careers because the tackle from behind was outlawed and the offside rule was changed to make man-to-man marking redundant. Would they have succeeded in the 1980s? Undoubtedly. They were great players. Would they have played as many matches as they did? Not a prayer. Would they have suffered serious injury? Almost certainly. They would have succeeded, but instead of having 20-year careers at the top level, they might have played three World Cups and 10 seasons at the top.
 



Drico said:
Yup, it's nonsense. Great players would be great players in any era. They'd adapt. Maradona is the greatest I have ever seen. Why? He was less successful and had less longevity than Messi, but he played at a time when defenders were allowed to saw legs off at the knee - and still made history. The Butcher of Bilbao, Claudio "the gentle touch" Gentile, and Antonio "Macho" Camacho were brutalists. The great creative players of the time were assaulted on a weekly basis. Bernd Schuster and Maradona had their bones shattered by the Butcher. Zico and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the two greatest players in the world going into the 1982 World Cup, were invalid substitutes by the 1986 World Cup.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - magnificent players - were barely ever injured in their careers because the tackle from behind was outlawed and the offside rule was changed to make man-to-man marking redundant. Would they have succeeded in the 1980s? Undoubtedly. They were great players. Would they have played as many matches as they did? Not a prayer. Would they have suffered serious injury? Almost certainly. They would have succeeded, but instead of having 20-year careers at the top level, they might have played three World Cups and 10 seasons at the top.
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Fantastic analysis Drico. I concur about Maradona being the best I've seen too, people should watch his freestyle ball skills just to get a feel of his incredible control and mastery of a football. My favourite player from that time was Michael Laudrup who had the best balance and vision I've ever seen in a footballer. As for teams my favourite will be the iconic Denmark team from 1984 to 1986 with their total football and iconic kit
 

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