Guest Howaythetoon Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I'm not having Shearer was somehow inferior in the air to Sir Les, in open play or not. Sir Les was better, but Shearer wasn't far off. As for Sir Les as a player... he had it all! When he ran at defenders, he didn't use step-overs or trickery, just sheer pace and power. He played the game with a smile too and was never nasty or a bully. For someone who wasn't huge by any means, he was a tank of a forward. A joy to watch, a more aesthetic forward than Shearer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 KK got a lot of stick at the time for buying Shearer when everybody said we needed defenders but IMO if we'd have had Shearer the year before instead of Sir Les (despite how great he was) we'd have won the league as Shearer was a lot tougher mentally than him and he would have buried some of the chances that he missed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember watching Sir Les from the old Milburn stand back in the days when he played for QPR. In the season before he signed for us, he absolutely battered our centre backs into submission. Three performances, from back in the day, stand out for me from opposition players at St James'.....................Ferdinand for QPR who was unplayable and actually had a surprising turn of pace back then, Tony Adams marshalling an Arsenal back four like a roman general. Unreal. Finally Sol Campbell for Spurs before he made the move across North London was a total brick wall of a centre back. Remember commenting on him when he started to break into the QPR team (very early 90s) a real powerhouse of a forward, quick, strong, could shoot, head, had all the tools at his disposal. Yet again, some really great memories of NUFC through Sir Les Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember watching Sir Les from the old Milburn stand back in the days when he played for QPR. In the season before he signed for us, he absolutely battered our centre backs into submission. Three performances, from back in the day, stand out for me from opposition players at St James'.....................Ferdinand for QPR who was unplayable and actually had a surprising turn of pace back then, Tony Adams marshalling an Arsenal back four like a roman general. Unreal. Finally Sol Campbell for Spurs before he made the move across North London was a total brick wall of a centre back. yep had a season ticket in the milburn paddock- he was literally head shoulders and torso above our defenders that day- so much so the stopped challenging him, and picked up the second ball. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember watching Sir Les from the old Milburn stand back in the days when he played for QPR. In the season before he signed for us, he absolutely battered our centre backs into submission. Three performances, from back in the day, stand out for me from opposition players at St James'.....................Ferdinand for QPR who was unplayable and actually had a surprising turn of pace back then, Tony Adams marshalling an Arsenal back four like a roman general. Unreal. Finally Sol Campbell for Spurs before he made the move across North London was a total brick wall of a centre back. yep had a season ticket in the milburn paddock- he was literally head shoulders and torso above our defenders that day- so much so the stopped challenging him, and picked up the second ball. . That was right - My memory is shit but did he get a hatrick that day? I'm sure he scored a really early goal but I may be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember watching Sir Les from the old Milburn stand back in the days when he played for QPR. In the season before he signed for us, he absolutely battered our centre backs into submission. Three performances, from back in the day, stand out for me from opposition players at St James'.....................Ferdinand for QPR who was unplayable and actually had a surprising turn of pace back then, Tony Adams marshalling an Arsenal back four like a roman general. Unreal. Finally Sol Campbell for Spurs before he made the move across North London was a total brick wall of a centre back. yep had a season ticket in the milburn paddock- he was literally head shoulders and torso above our defenders that day- so much so the stopped challenging him, and picked up the second ball. . That was right - My memory is shit but did he get a hatrick that day? I'm sure he scored a really early goal but I may be wrong. I thought we lost 2-1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember watching Sir Les from the old Milburn stand back in the days when he played for QPR. In the season before he signed for us, he absolutely battered our centre backs into submission. Three performances, from back in the day, stand out for me from opposition players at St James'.....................Ferdinand for QPR who was unplayable and actually had a surprising turn of pace back then, Tony Adams marshalling an Arsenal back four like a roman general. Unreal. Finally Sol Campbell for Spurs before he made the move across North London was a total brick wall of a centre back. yep had a season ticket in the milburn paddock- he was literally head shoulders and torso above our defenders that day- so much so the stopped challenging him, and picked up the second ball. . That was right - My memory is shit but did he get a hatrick that day? I'm sure he scored a really early goal but I may be wrong. I thought we lost 2-1? Honestly can't remember, but thought Ferdinand got off to a flyer and ended up with a hatrick. Perhaps not, like I say my memory is really bad. I do remember that Milburn Paddock though. Brilliant craic. Do you remember those opposition wingers waiting for the ball back and getting endless abuse? I was a kid at the time and always sat perched on a concrete upstand thing. The banter between the players and fans back then was completely different to anything of today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Force of nature, nice bloke as well! Must have been a nightmare to defend against. The goals I love the most are the ones where he arrives late on the defenders and smashes a couple out of the way while planting a bullet header in the net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I remember watching Sir Les from the old Milburn stand back in the days when he played for QPR. In the season before he signed for us, he absolutely battered our centre backs into submission. Three performances, from back in the day, stand out for me from opposition players at St James'.....................Ferdinand for QPR who was unplayable and actually had a surprising turn of pace back then, Tony Adams marshalling an Arsenal back four like a roman general. Unreal. Finally Sol Campbell for Spurs before he made the move across North London was a total brick wall of a centre back. yep had a season ticket in the milburn paddock- he was literally head shoulders and torso above our defenders that day- so much so the stopped challenging him, and picked up the second ball. . That was right - My memory is shit but did he get a hatrick that day? I'm sure he scored a really early goal but I may be wrong. I thought we lost 2-1? Honestly can't remember, but thought Ferdinand got off to a flyer and ended up with a hatrick. Perhaps not, like I say my memory is really bad. I do remember that Milburn Paddock though. Brilliant craic. Do you remember those opposition wingers waiting for the ball back and getting endless abuse? I was a kid at the time and always sat perched on a concrete upstand thing. The banter between the players and fans back then was completely different to anything of today. aye, hit a leicester player taking a throw in,full on the back of the head with a snowball once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Pure confidence player and on his day unplayable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 It was 1-2, we missed a last minute pen IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 top top player, but err didn't Shearer nick his shirt number when he signed for us. Shearer was like, " err yeh Les i know you been banging them in but that number 9 shirt is mine" Very harsh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 He talked to Les and he "agreed" to give up the shirt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Loads of players have said that the only harsh thing about it was that he wasn't asked. He's said a few times that he would have given it up if it was a clincher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 He talked to Les and he "agreed" to give up the shirt! Didn't need to, i heard it was part of his contract agreement to have that number. Didn't he also had a clause in his contract that will make him always amongst the highest paid player at the club, so like when a new player comes in on 105K a week. Shearer gets a pay rise. I loved the player but he sure did have some outrageous demands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 He talked to Les and he "agreed" to give up the shirt! Didn't need to, i heard it was part of his contract agreement to have that number. Didn't he also had a clause in his contract that will make him always amongst the highest paid player at the club, so like when when a new players comes in on 105K a week. Shearer gets a pay rise. I loved the man but he sure did have some outrageous demands. It's not really outrageous though. It's exactly the same as Real Madrid giving in to whatever Bale wanted. If a club wants a player enough then the player and the selling club is obviously in the position of power. When you're a player that is being bought as the most expensive player in the world at the time, then even more so. If I was wanted by Man United, Newcastle and Barcelona, I reckon I'd be asking for things like purple M&Ms and a Scrooge McDuck money room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Suggestions for next players Enricho Chiasa Jurgen Klinnsmann Ruel Fox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Enricho Chiasa Not sure if poor PES joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 *Chiesa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 One of my biggest heroes in football. (Sir Les) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 How much would he be worth today? For those who didn't quite catch Sir Les for us, think of Ba but stronger, quicker and pretty much twice as good. The Premier League and indeed the world game in general was awash with top strikers back then and had lots of variety. England could call on Shearer, Sir Les, Cole, Fowler, Wright, Beardsley, Sheringham, Le Tissier, Sutton, Collymore et al, all of whom would get into the current England side. Back then the PL was geared towards strikers and all of those named would get amongst the goals for their respective sides, it was such an entertaining league back then. It still is today but nowhere near at the same level for me, there are far too many bland and samey samey type players and indeed sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 It does seem like a golden age of centre forwards and wide players, a pretty different style to now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Granted Les received some terrific service from Ginola, Gillespie, Beardsley etc but what stands him out from most strikers is that he could deliver a goal all by himself, without service...Shearer was the same before that horrid knee injury at Goodison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I was actually almost as excited when we signed Ferdinand as I was when we signed Shearer. He was phenomenal in the air at QPR and fast as fuck to go with it. Not what I would call a natural finisher, but with such power in his boots he usually put them away. We were a footballing side so we probably didn't exploit his aerial strength as much as we could maybe, but because he was a good all round player he still fit into our team beautifully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 How much would he be worth today? For those who didn't quite catch Sir Les for us, think of Ba but stronger, quicker and pretty much twice as good. The Premier League and indeed the world game in general was awash with top strikers back then and had lots of variety. England could call on Shearer, Sir Les, Cole, Fowler, Wright, Beardsley, Sheringham, Le Tissier, Sutton, Collymore et al, all of whom would get into the current England side. Back then the PL was geared towards strikers and all of those named would get amongst the goals for their respective sides, it was such an entertaining league back then. It still is today but nowhere near at the same level for me, there are far too many bland and samey samey type players and indeed sides. Closest thing from today i can think of is Drogba, there really isn't anyone else out there that is even close to being like him. Just an example with how the game has changed, not many dominating CFs around anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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