It’s something I’m sure most of us have done to pass the time at some stage. Where would a certain player from a certain team from years gone by fit into the modern game and vice versa, would a certain player have made it in teams gone by?
Would Pele have scored as many goals today as he did during his career? Would Lionel Messi be able to hack it in the 1950s?
In a moment of, I presume boredom waiting for the Jack Harrison deal to get over the line, Marching On Together Forum posed the same question of Leeds fans, and there was always going to be one side that he’d turn to, Don Revie’s famous, or infamous depending on how you viewed them, team of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
With the likes of Billy Bremner, Johnny Giles, and Peter Lorimer to choose from, Leeds fans aren’t exactly spoilt for choice when it comes to great players. That’s why it was so hard for these fans to come to a general consensus, with some going for nostalgia and others actually taking it seriously and trying to add some tactical nous into the whole affair.
every one of them!
— Iain M Cooke (@iainmcooke59) June 27, 2019
Never normally get involved in these hypotheticals but this is too tempting & a great question. Bremner, Giles, Madeley and Clarke are the obvious choices but I think MB would go for Jones or Cooper. Putting their talent to one side he’d love their work rate?
— PaulMak (@pmak27) June 27, 2019
Jeez, that’s a tough one ,but I have to go with a much needed proven goal scorer ,so it’s Clarke by a nose
— NinerLeeds (@49jacksdad) June 27, 2019
Too true, Bremner and Giles would probably last 10 minutes!
— Marching On Together (@motforum) June 27, 2019
At the risk of taking this too seriously people saying Clarke need to remember Jones did most of the graft with 2 up front. In today’s game Clarke as a single striker wouldn’t work. I’m overthinking this aren’t I????
— PaulMak (@pmak27) June 27, 2019
Bremner. Epitomised Leeds in them days. Named my dog after him. Then there’s Giles, Clarke, Lorimar, Gray, Reannie, Hunter, Charlton etc. What a team
— Carl Fielding (@FieldingCarl) June 27, 2019
Madeley…could play anywhere no matter who got injured….crisis, what crisis? Paul can play there ????????
— Matt Vare (@Matt_Vare) June 27, 2019
Johnny Giles…imagine him and Pablo together!
— LUFCHIGH (@lufchigh) June 27, 2019