Molby or Alonso?

[Tony Moanero]

 

[Lee909]

Didn't really see enough of Jan, by the time I was really starting to get a grip of football he was already injury prone and carrying even more weight. You could still see the odd moments of magic. 

 

So I'd go with Xabi, who was generally very good,. Though I do think he had a average spell that most fans are just happy to overlook. At his peak though with Mascherano and Gerrard as the 10. 

 

Would love to see those three with our front three or add Torres in there now

[Tony Moanero]

Both were fantastic players for Liverpool, obviously, but it’s Molby, for me. He could do everything Alonso could and a little bit more.

[Lee909]

Thing is he never could cement a place in the team or stay fit enough. 33 caps and only 292 games in 11 seasons tells the story. Think in them 11 seasons he only played in over 30 games 4 of them. 

 

 

The one that got away though was Michael Laudrup. Fuck me imagine if that happened. Though he would only ever have stayed 2/3 years

[Tony Moanero]

He was immense in the mid eighties. Absolutely brilliant in the 1986 Cup Final.

[Bjornebye]

Xabi. Might be an age thing. Alonso was absolutely wonderful. 

[Brownie]

I didn't see Molby at his best so has to be Xabi.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Xabi was boss. 

 

Molby was bosser. 

 

It's Big Jan, for me. Better passer, better finisher and set piece taker and, somewhat surprisingly for a big fella, he was more mobile and a better dribbler than Xabi. 

[Section_31]

Molby for me, if only for the fact he had a scouse accent and went to prison. Also his name is actually pronounced 'Molboo' which makes me love him even more. 

[Tony Moanero]

[easytoslip]

1 hour ago, Tony Moanero said:

He was immense in the mid eighties. Absolutely brilliant in the 1986 Cup Final.

The Evertonian land lord down here said a few years ago, we where beaten by 20 minutes of blistering football, orchestrated by Jan Molby in 86 Cup final. 

[stringvest]

Jan.  I loved Xabi, but I agree with Bob Paisley that Molby was the most skilful player ever to pull on a red shirt. Mind you, it needed a good strong pull.

[Special K]

Molby. And not just because he did a prize giving at my school when I was 10.

 

His passing was just sublime

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Molby.

After Xmas in the double season he almost single handed grabbed the team by the scruff and dragged it to the title. There was a game at Spurs in the snow and ice where he was immense. We were shite and all over the place, he took over and won us the game.

Plus, I remember a midweek game as a kid, in the cup vs United where he not only scored both, but when Whiteside was being his usual cunty self, Molby ran half the length of the field and right in front of the Kop shouted "eh you, fuck off" in his face. Whiteside shit himself and was anonymous after.

[TheHowieLama]

5 hours ago, Lee909 said:

The one that got away though was Michael Laudrup. Fuck me imagine if that happened. Though he would only ever have stayed 2/3 years

One of the all timers there.

[DalyanPete]

Big Jan for me. But Xabi oozed class at a time when we had been starved of it.

[VladimirIlyich]

Loved Big Jan but Alonso was an upgrade. Shame he wasn't with us longer but Alonso was brilliant wherever he played,even for those Madrid twats.

[Pete]

Jan Molby. My favourite player of the 80's

[Trumo]

Molby, just. Xabi was a majestic footballer who was very influential in our best moments under Rafa, but Molby had the pressure of effectively being Souness' replacement. He got over that hurdle, won over the doubters, helped us to multiple trophies, stuck around for over a decade, and must be the most Scouse-sounding foreigner on the planet!

 

Michael Laudrup is the one player that got away. That late 80s side was magic but he would have taken it to another level. Beardsley was ace for us but Laudrup was a world class footballer.

[JohnnyH]

Alonso, with the best defensive midfielder in the world, and the best all round ball playing midfielder in the world aorund him, still couldn't get us a league title.

 

It's Molby by an absolute fucking mile.

 

 

 

NB - While this will no doubt be coloured by my view that Alonso is a snidey horrible cunt, I'm pretty confident I'd think this way if I wanked over pictures of him like so many of you do.  I think there's a recency thing here like happens in so many cases.  Molby was amazing. Could pass better than Alonso and had more to his game.  Xabi isn't scoring that goal against Man Utd like Jan did, for example.

 

 

[JohnnyH]

38 minutes ago, Trumo said:

Michael Laudrup is the one player that got away. That late 80s side was magic but he would have taken it to another level. Beardsley was ace for us but Laudrup was a world class footballer.

Better than Jan, Alonso, and all that lot put together.  The finest, most elegant, ball player I've ever seen.  Perfection.

[VladimirIlyich]

14 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

Alonso, with the best defensive midfielder in the world, and the best all round ball playing midfielder in the world aorund him, still couldn't get us a league title.

 

It's Molby by an absolute fucking mile.

 

 

 

NB - While this will no doubt be coloured by my view that Alonso is a snidey horrible cunt, I'm pretty confident I'd think this way if I wanked over pictures of him like so many of you do.  I think there's a recency thing here like happens in so many cases.  Molby was amazing. Could pass better than Alonso and had more to his game.  Xabi isn't scoring that goal against Man Utd like Jan did, for example.

 

 

So wrong to say Molby by a mile. If you think Molby then fine,thats your opinion,but however you form an opinion the comparison is close by anybody's standards. Also,McMahon was Souness direct replacement while Molby was a mixture of a ball playing midfielder and streak of hardman in him. Molby was actually a mixture of his two central midfield rivals,McMahon and Whelan and this made him invaluable. He also had a successful stint as centre half too. I respect you think its Molby,I went for Alonso,but its a close decision for me.

[coachpotato]

Loved Alonso and thought he might have been more influential for us had he stayed, but the Barry incident with Rafa, and the effect that H&G had in our best players leaving put paid to that.

Molby though was different Class. Fabulous player at a great time for us.

[JohnnyH]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

So wrong to say Molby by a mile. If you think Molby then fine,thats your opinion,but however you form an opinion the comparison is close by anybody's standards. Also,McMahon was Souness direct replacement while Molby was a mixture of a ball playing midfielder and streak of hardman in him. Molby was actually a mixture of his two central midfield rivals,McMahon and Whelan and this made him invaluable. He also had a successful stint as centre half too. I respect you think its Molby,I went for Alonso,but its a close decision for me.

 

Fair point, I'm in EU land.  Molby by a kilometre.

 

 

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