[quote author=Modo link=topic=46291.msg1372707#msg1372707 date=1312139363]
[quote author=Fabio link=topic=46291.msg1372697#msg1372697 date=1312137032]
Barnes didn't win us the title though did he?
He had a better manager and better squad around him than gerrard has had. You could argue easily enough gerrard has won us finals on his own or made incredible impacts through his dynamism
You're effectively saying because gerrard hasn't won a title he's worse than digger.
Fat ronaldo was overrated because he didn't win a cl.
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89/90 - last time we won.
Barnes scored 22 goals in the league, remember this is a left winger we're talking about. He scored 28 goals in all competitions.
If he didn't win us the league that year who did?
Football writers player of the year in 1990?
Digger...
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Swap Barnes in his prime for Gerrard and we wouldn't have won anything more over the past ten years. The fact Digger had the fortune not to be surrounded by flotsam when he played means nothing. Gerrard might reasonably have hoped averaging a goal every other game from midfield (and being FW player of year) was doing his bit to get us a title.
[quote author=Fabio link=topic=46291.msg1372697#msg1372697 date=1312137032]
Barnes didn't win us the title though did he?
He had a better manager and better squad around him than gerrard has had. You could argue easily enough gerrard has won us finals on his own or made incredible impacts through his dynamism
You're effectively saying because gerrard hasn't won a title he's worse than digger.
Fat ronaldo was overrated because he didn't win a cl.
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89/90 - last time we won.
Barnes scored 22 goals in the league, remember this is a left winger we're talking about. He scored 28 goals in all competitions.
If he didn't win us the league that year who did?
Football writers player of the year in 1990?
Digger...
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Swap Barnes in his prime for Gerrard and we wouldn't have won anything more over the past ten years. The fact Digger had the fortune not to be surrounded by flotsam when he played means nothing. Gerrard might reasonably have hoped averaging a goal every other game from midfield (and being FW player of year) was doing his bit to get us a title.