20 years this weekend since Mooro's passing. Where has that time gone?
One of those truly exceptional players that transcends any club loyality and I feel privilaged to have seen him play.
We hear the words 'world class' banded about in relation to the likes of Terry, Ferdinand et al but Bobby was an absolutely fantastic player and in a different class again. The best we've ever had in his position, and in those 20 years we've not even come close to anyone reaching his standard and I don't see anyone doing it in the next 20 either.
RIP Bobby, you were taken from us far too young.
A great player and a great man.
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Not sure his relationship with them was healthy in his later years.
Got banned from the ground i think for not paying for a ticket i think? Never went back after getting told he had to leave the ground.
only been supporting charlton since the 80's.
I dont WHU treated him as the national treasure then as they do now.
Absolute legend..only one of two men in English football history whose name is universally respected worldwide for sheer sporting class. (and the other one isn't Beckham)
Represents a more noble vision of the beautiful game before the pimps, tarts, TV moguls, agents, cheats, spivs and shysters took over.
I would say....Tony Gale
Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton are in the greatest English players of all time category with Finney & Matthews.
As for English goalscorers, Greaves & Owen(before his injury)are superior to Lineker as goalscorers. Both of those were more clinical & could score goals running the ball in from distance. Lineker was a penalty box scorer who relied on service.
What Lineker had as a great attribute was instinct. Something you cannot teach or learn. It is a gift. He just knew where to be and when. I doubt he scored many goals outside the box, I don't recall him ever taking a free-kick. For England he had wingers like Barnes and Waddle supplying him plus the likes of Beardsley and Gazza.
A move to Barcelona in '86 counts for nothing. They were nowhere near the club they are today. They had never won the European Cup and had only won the Spanish title twice since 1960 when Lineker went there.
Once Cruyff, a true world class player, took over from El Tel he pushed Lineker out on the right, rather than a central role and he soon came home.
Great player for England, his style suited the team we had at the time, a team that was probably better that we realised and certainly under achieved.
Edit: Should've read the question properly!