Originally Posted by
BLUETIT
Not going to run through names as it's an absolutely STUPID QUESTION.
When you take into consideration the conditions in times gone by, EVERY player could survive in today's game.
1) The state of the pitches in past times, yet you still witnessed great ball control.
2) The tackles that were allowed, yet you still witnessed great ball control
3) Leather footballs which got heavier as the game went on in wet conditions, yet you still witnessed great ball control. (No changing of the ball either, unless the f ucker burst)
4) None of this pampered travelling shit, players travelled on the day of the game, on Football Specials, with the fans.
Lots of other reasons why the game was better in times past, the main one for me being, people/fans, used to go to a game to not only support their home team, BUT to see THE STARS of the opposition, as this was the only way to see them play, as there was none of this television shit every f ucking day.
Give me 50/60's football over today's, any day of the week.