Jump to content

  • Sign up for free and receive a month's subscription

    You are viewing this page as a guest. That means you are either a member who has not logged in, or you have not yet registered with us. Signing up for an account only takes a minute and it means you will no longer see this annoying box! It will also allow you to get involved with our friendly(ish!) community and take part in the discussions on our forums. And because we're feeling generous, if you sign up for a free account we will give you a month's free trial access to our subscriber only content with no obligation to commit. Register an account and then send a private message to @dave u and he'll hook you up with a subscription.

Dalglish named greatest striker by 4-4-2

Chocoholic

By Chocoholic,
in FF - Football Forum

 Share

Recommended Posts

Chocoholic Grand Master

Chocoholic

Posted
Posted

From the official site just now

 

Dalglish named the greatest - Liverpool FC

 

Kenny Dalglish has been named as the greatest striker British football has seen since the Second World War by Four Four Two magazine.

dalglish_4a6d8704ead07349736505_263X.jpg

 

 

 

The iconic Scot beat off competition from Eric Cantona, Thierry Henry, Jimmy Greaves and John Charles to land the prestigious accolade in February's edition of the publication.

A further nine Liverpool players were included in the overall top 50, with Ian Rush the Reds' second highest on the list in seventh position.

Kevin Keegan was next in 20th, followed by 'Sir' Roger Hunt at 24.

Current Anfield star Fernando Torres landed 29th position, just ahead of John Toshack (31), Michael Owen (33) and Billy Liddell (36).

The man known as 'God' on the Kop, Robbie Fowler, came in 41st place and John Aldridge completed Liverpool's presence in the half century by securing 48th.

Each player on the shortlist was rated out of ten in four categories: their goals return, how prolific they were at their peak, and how long that peak extended; their ability to turn it on in big games; their effectiveness in winning trophies and awards, taking into account that trophies tend to be more concentrated at a handful of clubs in the modern era; and the work they did for the team.

Then, Four Four Two ranked each player out of 20 for their 'wow' factor - what made them stand out and how they delighted and entertained fans.

 

 

How Four Four Two rated the Reds

 

Kenny Dalglish

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 9

Honours: 9

Teamwork: 9

'Wow' factor: 17

Total: 51

Ian Rush

Goals: 6

Big game temperament: 8

Honours: 9

Teamwork: 8

'Wow' factor: 14

Total: 45

Kevin Keegan

Goals: 5

Big game temperament: 8

Honours: 8

Teamwork: 8

'Wow' factor: 12

Total: 41

Roger Hunt

Goals: 8

Big game temperament: 7

Honours: 6

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 10

Total: 39

Fernando Torres

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 7

Honours: 3

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 15

Total: 39

John Toshack

Goals: 6

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 8

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 11

Total: 3

Michael Owen

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 8

Honours: 5

Teamwork: 6

'Wow' factor: 11

Total: 37

Billy Liddell

Goals: 6

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 5

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 13

Total: 37

Robbie Fowler

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 6

Teamwork: 5

'Wow' factor: 11

Total: 35

John Aldridge

Goals: 8

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 6

Teamwork: 4

'Wow' factor: 12

Total: 32

The top 50 in full

 

1. Kenny Dalglish

2. Eric Cantona

3. Thierry Henry

4. Jimmy Greaves

5. John Charles

6. Stan Mortensen

7. Ian Rush

8. Wayne Rooney

9. Denis Law

10. Henrik Larsson

11. Dennis Bergkamp

12. Nat Lofthouse

13. Didier Drogba

14. Jackie Milburn

15. Geoff Hurst

16. Gary Lineker

17. Alan Shearer

18. Tommy Lawton

19. Mark Hughes

20. Kevin Keegan

21. Lawrie Reilly

22. Tommy Taylor

23. Gianfranco Zola

24. Roger Hunt

25. Bobby Smith

26. Steve Chalmers

27. Ruud van Nistelrooy

28. Wilf Mannion

29. Fernando Torres

30. Teddy Sheringham

31. John Toshack

32. Trevor Francis

33. Michael Owen

34. Francis Lee

35. Brian Clough

36. Billy Liddell

37. Dwight Yorke

38. Ian Wright

39. Ally McCoist

40. Don Revie

41. Robbie Fowler

42. Joe Jordan

43. Ray Crawford

44. Andy Gray

45. Allan Clarke

46. Jack Rowley

47. Andy Cole

48. John Aldridge

49. Trevor Ford

50. Duggie Reid

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Durango Proficient

Durango

Posted
Posted
From the official site just now

 

Dalglish named the greatest - Liverpool FC

 

Kenny Dalglish has been named as the greatest striker British football has seen since the Second World War by Four Four Two magazine.

dalglish_4a6d8704ead07349736505_263X.jpg

 

 

 

The iconic Scot beat off competition from Eric Cantona' date=' Thierry Henry, Jimmy Greaves and John Charles to land the prestigious accolade in February's edition of the publication.

A further nine Liverpool players were included in the overall top 50, with Ian Rush the Reds' second highest on the list in seventh position.

Kevin Keegan was next in 20th, followed by 'Sir' Roger Hunt at 24.

Current Anfield star Fernando Torres landed 29th position, just ahead of John Toshack (31), Michael Owen (33) and Billy Liddell (36).

The man known as 'God' on the Kop, Robbie Fowler, came in 41st place and John Aldridge completed Liverpool's presence in the half century by securing 48th.

Each player on the shortlist was rated out of ten in four categories: their goals return, how prolific they were at their peak, and how long that peak extended; their ability to turn it on in big games; their effectiveness in winning trophies and awards, taking into account that trophies tend to be more concentrated at a handful of clubs in the modern era; and the work they did for the team.

Then, Four Four Two ranked each player out of 20 for their 'wow' factor - what made them stand out and how they delighted and entertained fans.

 

 

[b']

[/b]

How Four Four Two rated the Reds

 

Kenny Dalglish

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 9

Honours: 9

Teamwork: 9

'Wow' factor: 17

Total: 51

Ian Rush

Goals: 6

Big game temperament: 8

Honours: 9

Teamwork: 8

'Wow' factor: 14

Total: 45

Kevin Keegan

Goals: 5

Big game temperament: 8

Honours: 8

Teamwork: 8

'Wow' factor: 12

Total: 41

Roger Hunt

Goals: 8

Big game temperament: 7

Honours: 6

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 10

Total: 39

Fernando Torres

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 7

Honours: 3

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 15

Total: 39

John Toshack

Goals: 6

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 8

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 11

Total: 3

Michael Owen

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 8

Honours: 5

Teamwork: 6

'Wow' factor: 11

Total: 37

Billy Liddell

Goals: 6

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 5

Teamwork: 7

'Wow' factor: 13

Total: 37

Robbie Fowler

Goals: 7

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 6

Teamwork: 5

'Wow' factor: 11

Total: 35

John Aldridge

Goals: 8

Big game temperament: 6

Honours: 6

Teamwork: 4

'Wow' factor: 12

Total: 32

The top 50 in full

 

1. Kenny Dalglish

2. Eric Cantona

3. Thierry Henry

4. Jimmy Greaves

5. John Charles

6. Stan Mortensen

7. Ian Rush

8. Wayne Rooney

9. Denis Law

10. Henrik Larsson

11. Dennis Bergkamp

12. Nat Lofthouse

13. Didier Drogba

14. Jackie Milburn

15. Geoff Hurst

16. Gary Lineker

17. Alan Shearer

18. Tommy Lawton

19. Mark Hughes

20. Kevin Keegan

21. Lawrie Reilly

22. Tommy Taylor

23. Gianfranco Zola

24. Roger Hunt

25. Bobby Smith

26. Steve Chalmers

27. Ruud van Nistelrooy

28. Wilf Mannion

29. Fernando Torres

30. Teddy Sheringham

31. John Toshack

32. Trevor Francis

33. Michael Owen

34. Francis Lee

35. Brian Clough

36. Billy Liddell

37. Dwight Yorke

38. Ian Wright

39. Ally McCoist

40. Don Revie

41. Robbie Fowler

42. Joe Jordan

43. Ray Crawford

44. Andy Gray

45. Allan Clarke

46. Jack Rowley

47. Andy Cole

48. John Aldridge

49. Trevor Ford

50. Duggie Reid

Zola being at 23 makes a mockery of that list,how the fuck is he voted above Sir Roger and RVN etc etc

Link to comment
Share on other sites
G Richards Grand Master

G Richards

Posted
Posted

Ian Rush, goals, rating 6.

 

The man was a goal machine. Year after year after year. Whatever else he had to his game can be debated, but 346 goals makes a compelling case that he should have received higher in this category.

 

As for Kenny, top man and well done, although there's a part of me that wants to separate the strikers into at least two categories as Kenny's game was quite different to, say, Rushie's.

 

Still, overall the King is at no.1. Is right!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest ShoePiss

Guest ShoePiss

Posted
Posted
Was Kenny really classified as a striker though? Surely Gerrard would be considered if this was so. Correct me if I'm wrong in any way I always thought he was supposed to have a role similar to Gerrard's.

 

He played off a striker in much the same way that Gerrard has done lately and how Beardsley did, a forward but not an out and out goal scorer. Chipped in with a lot of goals like Beardsley also.

 

I wouldn't call Kenny a striker either, a deep lying forward seems a better description although second striker seems to be the fashionable description these days.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Unrighteous Grand Master

Unrighteous

Posted
Posted
Ian Rush, goals, rating 6.

 

The man was a goal machine. Year after year after year. Whatever else he had to his game can be debated, but 346 goals makes a compelling case that he should have received higher in this category.

 

As for Kenny, top man and well done, although there's a part of me that wants to separate the strikers into at least two categories as Kenny's game was quite different to, say, Rushie's.

 

Still, overall the King is at no.1. Is right!

 

That's my thoughts... It was total confusing to have Rush's goals rating at Six.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Stu Monty Grand Master

Stu Monty

Posted
Posted
Ian Rush, goals, rating 6.

 

The man was a goal machine. Year after year after year. Whatever else he had to his game can be debated, but 346 goals makes a compelling case that he should have received higher in this category.

 

As for Kenny, top man and well done, although there's a part of me that wants to separate the strikers into at least two categories as Kenny's game was quite different to, say, Rushie's.

 

Still, overall the King is at no.1. Is right!

 

Yep, snap.

 

If Rushie is a six then tell me how you get a ten? Scoring every goal ever scored in football perhaps?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
The Golden Eel Grand Master

The Golden Eel

Posted
Posted
Ian Rush, goals, rating 6.

The man was a goal machine. Year after year after year. Whatever else he had to his game can be debated, but 346 goals makes a compelling case that he should have received higher in this category.

As for Kenny, top man and well done, although there's a part of me that wants to separate the strikers into at least two categories as Kenny's game was quite different to, say, Rushie's.

 

Still, overall the King is at no.1. Is right!

 

 

That stuck out a mile for me too...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...