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Looking forward to the responses to the Premier League’s tweet about it :lol:

 

It would actually be amazing if all NUFC fans stopped to wish him well rather than the usual behaviour

 

Having said that I bet they show Shearer in his Blackburn kit

 

Becuase of course that won't trigger our fans even more. :lol:

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Yeah I always thought that, he was always first to the rebounds and you don't see it often these days.

 

less top strikers play so centrally these days i reckon, he was always in and around the 6 yard box when he didn't have the ball but nowadays most of the better strikers around seem to be part-wide player as well

 

kane the closest to shearer i suppose

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Cup semi v Sheffield United.

I was in the top tier of what is now the Sir Alex Ferguson stand and I thought it was going to collapse it was bending that much.

:lol: Fucking aye. I was in the back row. Was crazy how much it moved.

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Cup semi v Sheffield United.

I was in the top tier of what is now the Sir Alex Ferguson stand and I thought it was going to collapse it was bending that much.

:lol: Fucking aye. I was in the back row. Was crazy how much it moved.

 

We were right underneath the top tier. Never seen anything like it.

Man U steward told us "it's never like this when United are at home"

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https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/lee-dixon-on-alan-shearers-dark-arts-i-thought-im-not-going-near-him/

 

Who's the closest in modern times?  Can't think of a single player who could do the long range stuff, tap-ins, free kicks,  headers, and assists while being a leader and terrify defenders at the same time. Kane at a stretch, but don't remember him getting too many spectacular ones like Shearer had

 

C. Ronaldo at a push, but he was never a great leader and always about himself.

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Shearer changed a lot over his career as well, from what I remember he was pretty quick in the early days.

 

Probably what made him one of the best. Plenty good strikers go crap when they lose a bit of pace and don't try to change...for all his faults even Owen tried to change to fit Keegan's system, just didn't have the desire to see it through

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Out of interest who has an opinion of what the next striker trend will be. 80/90 was generally 2 up front big man little man combo, then 00/10/20 single guy supported by to wide forwards(pretty much a Mourinho creation) Can see it going to 3 out and out strikers when a decent team has some success with it

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