Re: Laurie Cunningham
« Reply #20 on: Yesterday at 06:01:03 PM »
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Quote from: Atomic on Yesterday at 04:12:20 PM
No he wasn't. I know Albion fans love Laurie, me included but flippin heck we do talk some rubbish sometimes.
Look at Ronaldo's goal record and that alone tells you how far he is ahead of Laurie. I posted before in another post, Messi scored more goals in one season than Laurie managed in his career.
Rose tinted glasses and all that?
You may well talk rubbish my friend, but I don't.
As someone else says, the game was different then, pitches were often mud heaps, sometimes rock hard frozen and rutted, and on occasion so sandy they as well have been playing on the beach.
Tackling had yet to be outlawed, two feet up, both off the floor and over the ball was quite normal. Physical intimidation was just part of the game.
Laurie played at a time when being protected by the ref was unheard of and yet he thrived.
He was a gem, and given today's prevailing conditions would have been a world superstar.
Like I said, maybe you talk rubbish, but I don't. You may not agree, that's your call, but stow the insults, they aren't needed, they aren't welcome and in my case they won't be meekly ign
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