Jack Hobbs vs Gary Sobers

[capt_Luffy]

How much pre Pele football have you all watched?

I've watched some games, and the standard tends to be honestly quite poor. If a forward can dribble past even one guy in order to get a shot on goal, that's considered quite good, and is pretty rare.

The concept of a balanced formation, WM, and then 4-2-4 really started around the time of Pele, because players like him and Garrincha (probably Matthews before them), could consistently jink past defenders in a way that was never required to defend against before.

Andrade certainly was important in big wins for Uruguay, but what does the mean when creating an all-time team, once again, when the skill level simply wasn't there at that time?

Well then, I didn't expect you to be that old honestly.....


To answer your other question, in an era when attacking football ruled the game, even more so than now; Andrade wasn't just a defensive blocked, he was considered the Greatest Footballer Ever. From a defensive position. When 5 man attacks were the norm. Tells you everything I want to say really.