Klopp's vs Paisley's and Daglish's squads
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Best I've ever seen.
They need more trophies to take their place right at the top though.
They need more trophies to take their place right at the top though.
I was chatting to my dad about this the other day and he struggles to say this squad is better. Whether it's down to nostalgia or whatever, hard to say. I remember the team of the late mid-late 80's but I was pretty young so can't really judge.
It's really hard to compare teams from different eras.
It's really hard to compare teams from different eras.
Old enough to remember the great teams of Bob and Kenny and this side would batter both.
Us and city would batter anything that has gone before. The arsenal invincibles would get a hiding and anything slur Alex put together wouldnt be within 20pts of us
The athletism has increased to the point where current Liverpool would harras and press the hell out of the older teams. Football is played at such a faster pace now, the old teams wouldn't be able to keep up just like how Villereal couldn't keep up their pressing for 90mins
Alan Hansen is 66, wouldn't be fair to press him too hard.
Souness would kill Keita inside the first ten minutes. They'd have to pause the game for 15 mins in order to collect all the pieces.
Haha well, that's another factor to consider, if the two sides from the different eras were playing which style of referring would you use? You cant get away with the type of contact that you used to be able to. If we used modern-day style refereeing then we would smash the older teams score-wise.
Even if you take the refereeing out of the equation the speed and power of players now is just a class apart. Rewatch the highlights of any game from more than 20 years ago and it looks like they are playing a testimonial. It's not that surprising when you consider half of them were on the lash 6 nights a week and turning up hungover for training
This kind of comparison only really makes sense if you assume both teams to be in similar physical condition, otherwise of course the modern players would be streets ahead. If one does make such an assumption I'm not convinced the current team would have it all its own way - Digger would tear Trent a new one out on that wing for a start, and Souey would dominate central midfield as others have indicated. I suspect the current team would win in the end, but I'm far from certain of it.
The 70s and 80s squads were much better than Klopps team..
Not a chance, mate, and I watched those squads myself. The best of them (they weren't all of the same standard) *might* have been as good, and even those weren't ever "much better".
You are taking the piss aren't you? I remember our teams from the late 70s on and this squad/team is far superior
This squad is unbelievable and stands comparison with any era. But the 88 squad was also truly special, full of great players with strong mentalities.
GKs
Grobbelaar
Hooper
Ds
Hansen
Gillespie
Lawrenson
Nicol
Staunton
Venison
Ablett
Ms
Houghton
Johnston
McMahon
Molby
Mcdonald
Spackman
Wark
Whelan
Marsh
Fs
Dalglish
Beardsley
Aldridge
Barnes
Walsh
We have been blessed with some wonderful teams and I wouldn't like to pick a winner if that 88 squad had all the technological advances of today, better pitches and medical facilities etc.
GKs
Grobbelaar
Hooper
Ds
Hansen
Gillespie
Lawrenson
Nicol
Staunton
Venison
Ablett
Ms
Houghton
Johnston
McMahon
Molby
Mcdonald
Spackman
Wark
Whelan
Marsh
Fs
Dalglish
Beardsley
Aldridge
Barnes
Walsh
We have been blessed with some wonderful teams and I wouldn't like to pick a winner if that 88 squad had all the technological advances of today, better pitches and medical facilities etc.
Good as our front three are these days, those 1988 front players were special too. Beardsley, Aldo and Digger up front, the King in reserve (!) and Walsh - a tremendous player whose skill deserved a better career and would have had it but for injury - were amazing. My own view is that MF isn't the strongest part of either squad, but there's plenty of quality in both midfields even so.
Where I do think the current squad wins out is at the back. Alisson and Kelleher beat Brucie and Hooper for me. Jocky Hansen and Lawrenson were the best regular CB partnership I've ever seen play for LFC but our other CB options then weren't quite on their level IMO, whereas we now have Virgil - who gets in my version of the All-Time XI alongside Jocky - plus Matip and Konate who are all top quality, three as against two. Likewise Stevie Nicol was as good a fullback as any of our current guys (and equally so on either wing) but the others weren't quite up to that gold standard, IMO of course.
It'd be tight, but IMO the current squad would win 2-1.
Where I do think the current squad wins out is at the back. Alisson and Kelleher beat Brucie and Hooper for me. Jocky Hansen and Lawrenson were the best regular CB partnership I've ever seen play for LFC but our other CB options then weren't quite on their level IMO, whereas we now have Virgil - who gets in my version of the All-Time XI alongside Jocky - plus Matip and Konate who are all top quality, three as against two. Likewise Stevie Nicol was as good a fullback as any of our current guys (and equally so on either wing) but the others weren't quite up to that gold standard, IMO of course.
It'd be tight, but IMO the current squad would win 2-1.
-----------------------------Alisson--------------------
----------Lawrenson---Virgil------Hansen--------
------Mo--------Gerrard-------Souness-------Barnes--------
---------------------------King Kenny-------------------------------
----------------------Suarez-------Rush-------------------------------
----------Lawrenson---Virgil------Hansen--------
------Mo--------Gerrard-------Souness-------Barnes--------
---------------------------King Kenny-------------------------------
----------------------Suarez-------Rush-------------------------------
Also Stevie Nicol was a footballing God. Full fucking stop
And Gary Gillespie was a much under rated centre back, so good that Lawrenson had to play left back for a while to get in the side.
The 88 midfield was so well balanced too, we scored so many goals from there but with grit and class as well.
Tough call but this team of ours now are worthy of comparison and could prove to be even better
The 88 midfield was so well balanced too, we scored so many goals from there but with grit and class as well.
Tough call but this team of ours now are worthy of comparison and could prove to be even better
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