ian1964 10,409 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,130 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 He’s been in bad health for a year or so. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,106 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 best striker I ever set eyes upon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 15 hours ago, compo said: best striker I ever set eyes upon Didnt see the guy play but his stats are there to be seen. It annoys me when people say Rooney was Englands "greatest" goalscorer when he is clearly the "highest". Dont get me wrong, Rooney was world class player but Greaves percentage rate is way the greatest. 44 in 57 games. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,130 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 44 in 57 gives Greaves an average of 0.77, well ahead of Rooney, 53 in 119 @ 0.45 and Charlton, 49 in 106 @ 0.46 and comfortably ahead of Lineker, 48 in 80 @ 0.60. Tom Finney got 30 in 76 @ 0.39 but he got most of his from the wings. Greaves doesn’t do as well as Nat Lofthouse. 30 in 33 @ 0.90. Of these only Lofthouse and Lineker were true centre forwards. Greaves was the classic inside forward, auxiliary striker (Ralph Brand) Charlton played both inside and centre, latterly midfield. Rooney is a mid-fiielder. How many would they have scored as centres only? Perhaps not as many because their talents of coming onto chances created by others would have been stifled in one to one battles with centre halves. How much does a striker’s average diminish the longer he plays? Did Lofthouse get out at the right time? Never mind the stats. Old @compo was probable right - again. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 9,351 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Greaves recorded 6 hat-tricks, so 18 of those 44 goals came in just 6 games. (I believe those hat-tricks came against some of the same sides too.) Clearly he shone bright, but surely Rooney gets bonus points for longevity? What does 'greatest' actually mean? Is Negri our greatest striker for his one wonder season, or is McCoist for doing it over several seasons? (Can you tell I'm bored... ?) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,130 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Something we will never know is the conversion rate. i.e. how many did they miss? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,106 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Scored on his debut for every professional club he played for seen him help destroy us in the early sixties you had to stop take a deep breath and watch him and spurs give us a good seeing to 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,130 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Queued for hours for my ticket. Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, McKay, Medwin, White, Smith, Greaves, Jones. No wonder we lost. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Scott7 said: Never mind the stats. Old @compo was probable right - again. Fair play. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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