Beardsley or Stuart?

[harry]

Beardsley was a fantastic player. I loved graham Stewart but would have to have Peter Beardsley.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Beardsley was an absolute beacon of light in that dire early 90s side,for younger blues if you think yesterday was bad,multiply it by ten and you may come close,he was that good and probably knew the rest were so poor it often appeared he was trying to get onto the end of his own throw ins and free kicks!!I'm not joking!diamond was a better servant over a longer period of time and a very versatile performer but I would have loved to have seen Beardsley alongside better players in an Everton shirt.

 

[FugginGerryn]

I've been watching Everton since around 1981 and always maintain that along with Kanchelskis (until he decided he couldn't be bothered anymore) and Wayne Rooney, Peter Beardsley is the best player I've seen play for us. I feel that, while the 1985 side was superb, it was a team that was greater than the sum of it's parts. That's not to say that they weren't great players. The 1987 side was a mish mash of players due to a horrendous injury list early on in the season - a superb achievement winning the league that season all things considered.
Beardsley was an utterly brilliant player in a team that was absolute dross.

 

[Donald Twain]

any one recall his overhead kick cross field pass with out looking , it went straight to one of our players!

 

[dave abrahams]

Beardsey had a better goals to games ratio but was ex-Liverpool and Stuart scored THAT goal vs Wimbledon.

Stuart or Beardsley?

Stuart scored two in that game and was a decent player but miles short of being in Beardsley class.

 

[roy vernon]

Beardsley all day every day no contest

 

[Groucho]

...Beardsley was better, no doubt in my mind about that but over a period of time Stuart was a good servant.

Was just gonna say this. Beardsley was the more skilful player, but Stuart has a special place for us for obvious reasons.

 

[Eggs]

Was just gonna say this. Beardsley was the more skilful player, but Stuart has a special place for us for obvious reasons.

...yep, without Stuart we could be watching lower league football.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Both players always gave 100%,that is the minimum requirement we fans expect,special in Beardsleys case for me though as he came from that lot.

 

[bretts angell]

beardsley was incredible, still amazed how we even got him....completely different league to stuart. loved stuart too and was equally as surprised when we let him go.

 

[RalphDring]

Beardsley was a fantasic player, shame we didn't have him here longer. I do recall having one of the smallest strike forces in the league at that time, Tony Cottee, Mo Johnson with Pat Nevin Mark Ward on the wings.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Beardsley is prob in the top 10 best British players of the last 40 years, it's doubtful if Stuart cracks the top 500. That being said, as an Evertonian, it's an interesting comparison as Beardsley was just passing through at Goodison. Two seasons, he was majestic, we were mediocre, won nowt, it was just a nothing time for the club.
Stuart was a great servant to the club and was involved in more memorable events. Slotting that penalty against Wimbledon took some bottle, he scored the winner, plus it was his shot that hammered the bar and Rideout put in the rebound in the FA cup win.

 

[maccavennie]

Beardsley by a country mile was the better player and that ain't a dig at Stuart who was a cracking player for us and I will forever be indebted to him for the goals against Wimbledon. Beardsley was a country mile better than most of the footballers around at the time and was the one shining light in an otherwise tripe Everton side ( apart from Southall & Watson ). Loved Beardsley, what I wouldn't give to see a player like him playing off and behind Lukaku.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Beardsley by a country mile was the better player and that ain't a dig at Stuart who was a cracking player for us and I will forever be indebted to him for the goals against Wimbledon. Beardsley was a country mile better than most of the footballers around at the time and was the one shining light in an otherwise tripe Everton side ( apart from Southall & Watson ). Loved Beardsley, what I wouldn't give to see a player like him playing off and behind Lukaku.

Yep macca,it was probably the "three man team" that kept us in the top flight those early 1990's years,some dreadful players,MoJo,Preki,Holmes,Angell(shiverslol)and the rest.

 

[Neiler]

Peter Beardsley is for my money the best playmaker England ever produced. Was way ahead of his time and massively under appreciated , if he played today he would be on 250k a week at real or Barca.