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- 29
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 5
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Di Stefano & Puskas
Dwight Yorke & Andy Cole
Ronaldo & Rivaldo
Henry & Bergkamp
Dalglish & Rush
Emilio Butragueno & Hugo Sanchez
Pele & Garrincha
Aguero has the best goals per minute ratio in Premier League history. It's fair to say he's better than Rooney.
Javier Hernandez had the best goals per minute ratio in Premier League history for quite a while, was he better than Rooney then?
Benson & Hedges
Slightly before my time but Romario and Stoichkov?
I'm too young to comment on those in bold. Rivaldo is my favourite player of all time, he was more of an attacking midfielder.
Rivaldo, Bergkamp, Dalglish and Garrincha weren't strikers were they?
DId Zlatan and Adriano actually play well together though? Or was it just Zlatan beasting Serie A as per usual. Adriano had declined by that point.
Torres and Villa was a case of two strikers at their peaks playing well but not as two strikers. Villa played behind and off to the left.
@matherto I think you're right to point to the fact that some of the 'partnerships' listed were not actually partnerships in the truest sense. However, that being said many of those suggested have been great front two's and Zlatan, for instance, played well with Larsson who was also world class.
World class forwards can play well together, we just have not seen much of that recently because playing one up top has been the fashion for the last 10 years. However, in places where the front two has come back into fashion e.g. Serie A. You can still find top players linking up well together.
Radamel Falcao played quite well with Diego Costa, if memory serves?
World class forwards can play well together, we just have not seen much of that recently because playing one up top has been the fashion for the last 10 years. However, in places where the front two has come back into fashion e.g. Serie A. You can still find top players linking up well together.
Radamel Falcao played quite well with Diego Costa, if memory serves?
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Adriano was also brilliant at that time, and of course Bergkamp (not really really a 9) and Henry
Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez.
Jurgen Klinsmann and Rudi Voller.
Deigo Forlan and Sergio Aguero.
Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton .
Jurgen Klinsmann and Rudi Voller.
Deigo Forlan and Sergio Aguero.
Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton .
If anyone has the article in which Paul Merson says Danny Welbeck is better than Falcao and that Falcao won't be that good for Utd I'd like to have a read please.
hehe exactly!...and don't forget United are paying him £385k a month
Wow less than Young
Garrincha was a winger-forward (Similar to Ronaldo), Dalglish was a striker and Bergkamp was definitely a second-striker. True, Rivaldo was more of a second-striker/Attacking midfielder.
The partnership between Henry and Bergkamp was simply majestic
I know I'm an United fan but I could certainly see the appeal of Arsenal back then.Haha. Classic Merse.
Garrincha was a winger-forward (Similar to Ronaldo), Dalglish was a striker and Bergkamp was definitely a second-striker. True, Rivaldo was more of a second-striker/Attacking midfielder.
The partnership between Henry and Bergkamp was simply majestic
If one of our strikers got Bergkamp numbers for goals in a season they would be crucified on the Caf.
Well, if one of our strikers had Bergkamp's ability on the ball I think the Caf would be too busy with their right-hand than to bother typing coherent sentences to crucify him on the Caf.
Bergkamp was always a scorer of great goals rather than a great goalscorer. That pirouette goal is my favourite non United Premier League goal ever!
To be fair Berbatov got a lot of stick despite being one of the most eye-catching strikers in modern football. Perhaps not Bergkamp level in terms of gracefulness but he came pretty close. I'm not sure even the likes of Zidane or Laudrup would be Ballon D'Or winners in the current era.
Some reports saying he is actually born in 84 instead of 86?
Seems this was reported a while ago also: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/23/radamel-falcao-age_n_3638143.html
Seems this was reported a while ago also: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/23/radamel-falcao-age_n_3638143.html
From the age of 26-30 at Arsenal, he played a part in 40-50% of their goals scored. He was an assisting machine, main playmaker and a scorer of great goals. He won't get the Ballon D'Or because of Messi and Ronaldo, but he'll still be rated as one of the best players in the Premier League era.
Berbatov was certainly pleasing to the eye, but Bergkamp is quite a class above Berbatov in terms of contribution to the team.
Berbatov wasn't effective though. His talent was incredibly overrated too, he had one of the best first touches you'll see but not much else really.
Yeah I stand corrected on that one. Maybe Berbatov wasn't the most apt comparison in terms of productivity. Looked up some Bergkamp stats and his assist numbers are ridiculous from the mid to late 90s and one peak beyond that :
The total for him would be :
1995 : 29
1996 : 31
1997 : 42
1998 : 31
and 33 in 2001/ 2002. And to think this number could be even higher if not for him well documented case of aviophobia.
Yeah I stand corrected on that one. Maybe Berbatov wasn't the most apt comparison in terms of productivity. Looked up some Bergkamp stats and his assist numbers are ridiculous from the mid to late 90s and one peak beyond that :
The total for him would be :
1995 : 29
1996 : 31
1997 : 42
1998 : 31
and 33 in 2001/ 2002. And to think this number could be even higher if not for him well documented case of aviophobia.
The United player that most reminds me of Bergkamp right now is Mata. Both have very little pace and great technique, have amazing playmaking abilities and an eye for the pass, and have relatively good goal-scoring records. Bergkamp had a certain grace when he dribbles and had a great team around him, something that Mata lacks in the current United set-up. I think that's the key difference between the two players which I hope Van Gaal would address.
Salas-Zamarano were pretty special tbf
Get them all in straight away if fit. We haven't got the time to bed them in to be honest, considering our first 5 fixtures many fans were predicting a lot of points, so far it has been quite abysmal. Now is the time to get the confidence up with this QPR game at OT. They have lost their best forward to Chelsea and with Rio and co at the back looking almost as calamitous as our defence so far, I think we need the big guns in to punish them.
If LvG sticks to his formation (I personally hope he reverts to 4 at the back) I can see Rojo left of the three with Blind LWB, Valencia RWB and hopefully a fit again Herrera in midfield with Di Maria with Mata, Rooney then supporting Falcao. I know that is very attack minded but I don't really believe Fletcher brings anything defensive to the team plus it is QPR and not Man City or Chelsea.
I think we will put three past them and really give the fans something to be positive about and the players good confidence going to Leicester the following week.
IMO that's all he has to do, with a system that uses width then it'll all slot into place, really hoping to see 4 at the back against QPR.
I can picture Falcao being lovable like Mata, he seems so genuine and always smiling! Rojo another who's being dubbed ''likely to be a fan favorite'' and the two of them seem to want to be here at United, including Di Maria, Herrera and Blind. I think we've done extremely well on not only the players ability on the pitch but also off the pitch. Not sure about Shaw though, seems a great chap but he's a Chelsea fan
Yeah I stand corrected on that one. Maybe Berbatov wasn't the most apt comparison in terms of productivity. Looked up some Bergkamp stats and his assist numbers are ridiculous from the mid to late 90s and one peak beyond that :
The total for him would be :
1995 : 29
1996 : 31
1997 : 42
1998 : 31
and 33 in 2001/ 2002. And to think this number could be even higher if not for him well documented case of aviophobia.
Check Berbatov's stats at Spurs. They are quite similar to those, Spurs were a far worse team than Bergkamp's Arsenal though.
The second Falcao signed for United he aged 10 years and because semi-decent.
The second Welbeck joined Arsenal he because twice the player he ever was at United.
The world of football.
Totally agree, this is spot on
Was the one that sprang to mind for me. Pallister and Bruce totally ripped to pieces. They seemed to have a telepathic understanding much like Yorke and Cole, the only difference beign individually they were both far better players, both absolute stars. Shame romario seemed to move on so quickly as for the time it lasted I cant remember a better partnership to be honest
Falcao plays for us......
Insanely ridiculous that we can even say that
Insanely ridiculous that we can even say that
It's amazing that when he was at Athletico or Monoco no one bought up his age or any other negative thing about him. Now his a UTD player apparently his a old crippled money hungry blood sucking beast! I can't wait till we play again and hopefully he scores and the world will be in total meltdown...
Romario and Bebeto was pretty nifty too. Though we wouldn't need anything that good.
If Falcao can forge a partnership at United, similar to the one he had with Costa at Atleti, we'll be set.
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