Mohamed Salah v John Barnes

[YorkshireRed]

It might well have been done before but anyway….

 

I don’t want any “depends on which position” or “different eras” rational arguments. Also, no funny business commenting on the age/weight of Digger in comparison to the Egyptian King today. We all get old, some of us get fat.

 

It’s a simple choice, just make it. Who, at their peak, is the better player?

 

As @Code will no doubt remind us, Salah has the numbers. John Barnes was ‘poetry in motion’ though and gets my vote all day long. 

[Remmie]

My vote goes on nostalgia bias as no one will ever beat Barnes for me, he's the reason I support Liverpool

[Carvalho Diablo]

Digger, but both in my all time XI

[coachpotato]

Mo is so good, but, JCB was a phenomenon, I’ve said it before, built like a prop forward but with the grace and balance of a ballet dancer, would have been kicked to fuck if the defenders could’ve got near enough or weren’t bouncing off him.

 

[Remmie]

10 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Digger, but both in my all time XI

Yeah my all time XI would have no positional consideration, it'd be Stevie G in an advanced position plus 10 forwards

[Code]

Im sorry its not up for discussion , not even John Barnes would vote for himself here, not even in a secret poll. 
 

 

[TheHowieLama]

The future of Stavanger elections looks bleak lads.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

Barnes without a shadow of a doubt.

 

For the 40+ years I’ve been following Liverpool, I reckon only Barnes and Van Dijk may at some stage have been the best player in the world, while representant us.

 

Behind these two probably Gerrard, Suarez and Dalglish for me.

 

Next bracket would be the likes of Salah, Rush and Souness. Perhaps also Keegan, but that was slightly earlier.

[Chip Butty]

Ray Kennedy

[Barnesey]

We’re privileged to have seen both in a red shirt

[DalyanPete]

50 minutes ago, coachpotato said:

Mo is so good, but, JCB was a phenomenon, I’ve said it before, built like a prop forward but with the grace and balance of a ballet dancer, would have been kicked to fuck if the defenders could’ve got near enough or weren’t bouncing off him.

 

Think it was QPR at home, danced past all them, it really was poetry in motion.

[El Rojo]

Difficult one.

 

Barnes was absolutely phenomenal, but Mo is too.

 

To widen the argument, Gerrard could do a fair bit of what both could do and a lot more elsewhere on the pitch. 

[El Rojo]

1 minute ago, Barnesey said:

We’re privileged to have seen both in a red shirt

A good politician’s answer. 

[joe_fishfish]

I'm too young to remember Barnes the winger or Barnes the forward properly. Salah is relentless though.

[Barnesey]

I did vote mind

[Lee909]

Mo

He did it for longer 

Maybe not fair in Barnes as it was injury but Barnes peak was 4 years for us before that Achilles injury fucked him at 28

[CrownPaints]

Barnes, at his peak he was unstoppable and breathtaking.

 

The sound in the ground when he got on the ball was amazing.

[El Rojo]

10 minutes ago, Barnesey said:

I did vote mind

I’m edging towards Mo as his output in numbers is on a different level to practically every other player we’ve had. 

 

John Barnes also walked into a team of title-winners. Mo had a big hand in getting us to that level.

 

Like you said though, a privilege to have seen both. 

[johnsusername]

Score draw.

[index1000]

Both amazing but Barnes is the greatest player i have ever seen live.

[Bjornebye]

Have you ever seen Mo rap on a New Order record? No. 
 

Barnes 

[Trumo]

1 hour ago, Remmie said:

My vote goes on nostalgia bias as no one will ever beat Barnes for me, he's the reason I support Liverpool

 

Mo has been exceptional for us, but the above is exactly why it's Barnes for me.

[Code]

Nostalgia does not win you games, goals and assists do. 

[Elite]

Salah. His numbers are crazy.

[Jairzinho]

Barnes played as a left winger, often running in slurry pits, with fullbacks allowed to kick lumps out of him all game.

 

buT WhY DId SaLAh SCore mORe GOals?

 

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