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The most curious thing..
Do we play this on today's pitch, or the 1980's swamp?
[Albion] Would this team beat our current best eleven?
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Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Nope. They are all too old.
cjd
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Depends on the referee and what boots they were wearing.
A lenient referee and least 5 of the current side would be carried off on stretchers.
A harsh referee.....Horton and Foster would have been sent off in the first 15 minutes.
Edit; Neither Horton or Foster were considered 'dirty' players in the 80's but they were very strong in the tackle.
A lenient referee and least 5 of the current side would be carried off on stretchers.
A harsh referee.....Horton and Foster would have been sent off in the first 15 minutes.
Edit; Neither Horton or Foster were considered 'dirty' players in the 80's but they were very strong in the tackle.
withdeanwombat
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It would be an Albion win.
This.
If the players of old were trained today, then you've got a match on, but if you just played today's side against an old side, it would be a drubbing.
aolstudios
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Crucial post
There really is.
You might as well pretend we don't know who'd win between Allan Wells and the current 100m runners.
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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I guess the question is how many players in an Albion squad during that successful period would be anywhere near our or any Premier League squad?
Think about the amount of foreign players, the competition at academy level, the seeming lottery of it all at a young age.
Die hards to that period will always demand certain players would have made it no matter what, but I'd guess at least half of all players playing top level football back then in England would be nowhere near first team squads of this generation.
We didn't plough up the Amex and cover it in slippery mud, did we?
No, I was just replying to the rest of your post (eg, with 1980 rules on what constituted a 'fair tackle' might be an eye-opener for today's youngsters though).
Lifelong Supporter
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True. I am not sure they would be too effective on the press though !!! Changing times.
POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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Whats cricket got to do with the 100m?
Washie
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Our Championship promotion team would destroy that team, pitch quality or not.
Really?? Lawerenson, Horton, Foster and Ward. Not a bad spine that.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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There's another point here about the size of the pool talent could be recruited from.
The early 80's team were primarily English, we were really only recruiting in that pool.
The modern Premier League represents an incredible concentration of the talent of world football and we're one clubs who have most obviously taken advantage of this
The early 80's team were primarily English, we were really only recruiting in that pool.
The modern Premier League represents an incredible concentration of the talent of world football and we're one clubs who have most obviously taken advantage of this
Washie
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For its time, would probably be lower championship/league one these days