To even ask the question whether Shearer was that good, is just ridiculous !
Did football start with the premiership?
Always makes me laugh when we get all these stats with just prem players, conveniently forgetting about the 100 years of football before the premiership.
Thierry Henry was good, but only half as good as Jimmy Greaves who scored twice as many goals.
Shearer was good. Not Henry level but he was still facking class. Left foot right foot heading he had it all as a proper centre forward.
Shearer is probably on that second rung of CF's from the 90's, early 00', behind the likes of Batistuta, Henry, Romario etc, but was still an awesome player
Comparing both their first 8 seasons in the PL Shearer actually has a better ratio than Henry.
Henry - 254 games - 174 goals
Shearer - 253 games - 176 goals
Henry was a better all round player than Shearer but at just sticking the ball in the net I think Shearer MIGHT just pip him, but Henry had so much more to his game than just the goals. He also looked super cool playing the game where as Shearer was boring
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Shearer was that good. Did you see him play? Absolutely lethal striker
And the strike rate doesn't take into account the fact that Shearer hardly scored when he was undeniably past his best in the latter stages of his career. Henry left Arsenal whilst still pretty close to his peak
He was 'that good' as a striker
He was more consistent than anybody at 'striking' other players
He could finish from any position and he scored every type of goal from a scrappy goal to a tap-in to a long-range volley!It was a pleasure to see Shearer score all types of goals!Thanks Shearer for all the football memories!
comment by Paul Mathers (U1734)
posted on 16/12/14
Shearer played for the likes of Blackburn and Southampton who were always going to be competing for the title every season, thrashing teams week in week out, so of course he was going to get goals. Rooney has never really had that luxury in his career.
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This. I can't believe anyone is even questioning how good Shearer was.
I've never really liked the guy but he is one of the best finishers I have ever seen. Miles better than Rooney or Cole in that regard and I don't care what the stats say.
This thread highlights the difference between actually watching football and being an amateur statistician. Shearer was an incredible striker and it really shouldn't be up for debate.
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posted on 16/12/14
To even ask the question whether Shearer was that good, is just ridiculous !
posted on 16/12/14
Did football start with the premiership?
Always makes me laugh when we get all these stats with just prem players, conveniently forgetting about the 100 years of football before the premiership.
Thierry Henry was good, but only half as good as Jimmy Greaves who scored twice as many goals.
posted on 16/12/14
Shearer was good. Not Henry level but he was still facking class. Left foot right foot heading he had it all as a proper centre forward.
posted on 16/12/14
Shearer is probably on that second rung of CF's from the 90's, early 00', behind the likes of Batistuta, Henry, Romario etc, but was still an awesome player
posted on 16/12/14
Comparing both their first 8 seasons in the PL Shearer actually has a better ratio than Henry.
Henry - 254 games - 174 goals
Shearer - 253 games - 176 goals
posted on 16/12/14
Henry was a better all round player than Shearer but at just sticking the ball in the net I think Shearer MIGHT just pip him, but Henry had so much more to his game than just the goals. He also looked super cool playing the game where as Shearer was boring
posted on 17/12/14
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posted on 18/12/14
What an idiot
posted on 21/12/14
Shearer was that good. Did you see him play? Absolutely lethal striker
posted on 21/12/14
And the strike rate doesn't take into account the fact that Shearer hardly scored when he was undeniably past his best in the latter stages of his career. Henry left Arsenal whilst still pretty close to his peak
posted on 21/12/14
He was 'that good' as a striker
He was more consistent than anybody at 'striking' other players
posted on 25/12/14
He could finish from any position and he scored every type of goal from a scrappy goal to a tap-in to a long-range volley!It was a pleasure to see Shearer score all types of goals!Thanks Shearer for all the football memories!
posted on 18/11/15
comment by Paul Mathers (U1734)
posted on 16/12/14
Shearer played for the likes of Blackburn and Southampton who were always going to be competing for the title every season, thrashing teams week in week out, so of course he was going to get goals. Rooney has never really had that luxury in his career.
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This. I can't believe anyone is even questioning how good Shearer was.
I've never really liked the guy but he is one of the best finishers I have ever seen. Miles better than Rooney or Cole in that regard and I don't care what the stats say.
This thread highlights the difference between actually watching football and being an amateur statistician. Shearer was an incredible striker and it really shouldn't be up for debate.
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