dusan nikolic Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 A discussion was started today on a Facebook ( I know) group , and it was regarding if these 2 goal getters would cut it in our team and todays football in general . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted December 3, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2022 Yes, I think both would. McGinlays style was similar to Charles but he was a better finisher. Walker more in the Klasnic mould. Lethal finisher. For me though, we'd need to get plenty more crosses in like they did for their goal last night. We'd have to alter how we play and we'd only run with one of them, not both together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted December 3, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, tomski said: Yes. Well thought out, in depth response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Id say Walker was ahead of his time. So intelligent and a classy finisher. SJM would have to be fitter obviously but his way of being johnny on the spot was fuckin genius. Hed do fuck all, all game, then pop up with tap in. Both would deffo cut it today imo. Our crop of strikers could only dream of having their natural ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 16 minutes ago, tomski said: Yes. 10 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said: Well thought out, in depth response tbh I thought he was a bit long winded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Nah, they’d both be out muscled & out sprinted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted December 3, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2022 The old guy I'd love in this team is Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Walker, klasnic & ricketts are the best finisher’s I’ve seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 26 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: Walker, klasnic & ricketts are the best finisher’s I’ve seen Them 3 certainly, I'd also chuck Anelka in there personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 24 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: Walker, klasnic & ricketts are the best finisher’s I’ve seen Gudjonsen wasn't bad! But those 3 were exceptional finishers. Answer to the question of the thread - 100% yes. I just have to think of the 2 goals at Anfield, the two at home v Arsenal (FAC) and Wolves (play offs), no striker we currently have would have scored any of those. And I could list dozens of Walkers goals that the current strikers could only dream of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted December 3, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2022 I'm going to say no. Watching the older videos and the play was just so different, games much quicker etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted December 3, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, only1swanny said: I'm going to say no. Watching the older videos and the play was just so different, games much quicker etc I think with today's training, diets, coaching methods etc, they'd adapt. Not sure you can coach the finishing instinct they had. Positioning and work ethic can be coached but not finishing. If they couldn't do a great job at this level, then Wright and Shearer wouldn't do it in the prem. Not having it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeep Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Of course they'd cut it, stupid question. If they were playing today they'd be a lot fitter, like every other cunt from that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 33 minutes ago, only1swanny said: I'm going to say no. Watching the older videos and the play was just so different, games much quicker etc Have a look at our first goal at Anfield (Lee cross, McGinlay header), I'm unsure which bit of that any of our current team could replicate - pace, beating a man, crossing superbly with the "wrong" foot, striker hanging high in the air to power in an accurate downward header. A different level to today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Different class both of them, but SJM was a top top finisher, check his stats. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGinlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said: Different class both of them, but SJM was a top top finisher, check his stats. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGinlay All the more remarkable they are only League stats as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted December 3, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2022 Not bad was it - as a 2nd striker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Walker was by the far the better player imo A natural finisher His injury brought SJM to the fore and made him the main man But the pair of them up front would destroy teams today…..if they had players like Lee, Kelly, McAteer, Patterson, Frandsen, etc behind them. Which sadly we don’t have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted December 4, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: Walker was by the far the better player imo A natural finisher His injury brought SJM to the fore and made him the main man But the pair of them up front would destroy teams today…..if they had players like Lee, Kelly, McAteer, Patterson, Frandsen, etc behind them. Which sadly we don’t have The turn with back to goal from right to left Frandsen had down to a tee, Charles has tried a few times recently with some degree of success. I'd prefer to see midfielders doing it to allow Dion to find space. We are improving imo. When the likes of Toal get up to speed, we'll improve again. Yes I'm biased and have had a whiskey or 2 but really do think we are improving. Johnston for example gets bullied of that lanky twat on Friday last season. He had his shirt off his back most challenges this season. He needs a new contract and sharpish imo Edited December 4, 2022 by Biggish Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerFan Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Loved both of them. Especially SJM, Walker better finisher though. Modern game think SJM would have been better than Walker as SJM was better with his back to goal and pressing. Walker would be 'bring him off the bench to get us a goal' player these days sadly. Class player, great finisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flannel Truscott Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: Different class both of them, but SJM was a top top finisher, check his stats. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGinlay Bury 0 (0)? Did he not score against us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Scored an hat trick against us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: Different class both of them, but SJM was a top top finisher, check his stats. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGinlay Better than 1 in 2 across 639 matches. Not at the highest level, but that's still some effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, radcliffe white said: Scored an hat trick against us Don’t remind me, they battered us that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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