In my eyes, the most influential player Liverpool have ever had. I watched him in a league game at Old Trafford, be about 1983, the rest of the team played in a circle around him. He dictated all there play, and he touched the ball 30 plus times in the 1st half. Liverpool was winning European Cups for fun back then. Wilkins was a top player for us back then, he could also play and pass it about . Souness used to hit him hard in the first 5mins and that was Wilkins out the game. More clever than dirty. Fantastic player and my favourite pundit
Pure genius. A delight to watch him on those tough old pitches back in the day. These modern players on silky smooth pitches have no idea what it would be like to trip and fall about the place
Graeme Souness was my childhood hero and Liverpool my favourite team then and now. Yes, Souness could participate in the dark arts, but his dribbling, passing, shooting, and ability to control a game and take it by the scruff of the neck was just spectacular! Graeme Souness will always be my #1 LFC player of all time.
A midfield assassin. The majority of his brutal tackles were calculated to cause maximum damage to the opposition team. Younger fans don't realise that was the way it was back then. Every decent team had a player that could tackle like Souness. Every. Single. One. The difference was - Souness was also a world class midfielder. He terrorised Europe for a decade and when he started in midfield against Holland at the 78 world cup he drove Scotland to a famous victory. The amazing thing was hecdifn't get a game v Iran and there's no way we would have drawn that game with Souness on the pitch. I rate Souness above Dalglish as Souness was the engine of Liverpool and Scotland. A true legend.
He wasn't a loon but if you had a rep he may get his revenge in 1st. Also one of the only players you can say were truly unbullyable. World class in ALL other departments too. If Rice is worth £100M, Souey would be worth £300M in todays market
Tougher than Yosser Hughes. What a player he was, True Liverpool legend! He wasn't just a hard man dishing it out, he REALY COULD PLAY, beautiful passes, great goals and above all a natural born leader on te pitch!
Everton fan here- a fabulous player, how I wished he played in our midfield instead of the rs's. I hated yet massively admired him, he was soooo influential for Liverpool. Absolute quality.
Probably the most underrated if not least mentioned captain of Liverpool if any football club! Kinda like a roy keen,Duncan Ferguson and Stevei G rolled into one talented beast of a n old school footballer!
Modern 'people' have become soft let alone aththletes. just look at the Sean Dyche incident the other day "FFS grow a pair, STFU and drive your Bentley".🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don’t get the fawning over Stevie G . Rarely did Stevie G get the better of the top midfielders of his period, whether for club or country , never mind being compared to club legends
Souness was absolutely superb player he somehow put a power into the gsme that lifted it to the amazing levels that has grown to today. Graham Souness and Kenny Dalgliesh are the 2 greatest Scottish players that ever lived!
Watching Liverpool in the 80s there was a saying, 'If Souness plays well liverpool play well'. And on the rare occasions he was off it Liverpool would be too.
One of my favourite Liverpool Players growing up! Brilliant Footballer and probably the greatest influence on me during my playing days, as I very often left my foot in and collected cards!
@@richardcoats6430 I'd have to agree.And even he regrets some of that stuff now.Where as some old pros seem to see it all as a nudge nudge wink wink laugh....unless they had their careers ended by it of course
If Graeme was to get picked for either Barcelona, Bayern, Madrid, Inter Milan or AC Milan, he would be the engine in the team making sure everything is working correctly. That team would be world beaters. Souness is a Scottish Legend
Liverpool won 4 out of 6 champions leagues in the late 70s and early 80s. Barca didn’t win their 4th champions league trophy until 2011. Inter doesn’t have 4 champions league trophies *today*. The late 70s and early 80s - ie Graeme’s prime - were a very mixed bag for them. They weren’t in the same stratosphere as Liverpool, hamburger sv, vila, forest, etc. Similarly, AC Milan was absolute crap during this era, winning one serie A in 1980 and immediately getting eliminated out of the champions league the next year. They were also relegated to serie B in 1981, the same year Liverpool beat Real Madrid to win the champions league. They were levels below juve and to a lesser extent Roma during this time. Not in the same conversation as Liverpool. Graeme was the right man. And he was on the right team. *The* European giants of his career. Liverpool FC.
@@gavintuesday4959more than close to being world beaters. They were the best club team in the world. Seriously, they were just astonishing with Souness, Dalglish, Rush etc.
Souness had the rights…the king.. and a honest man.. and a heart of gold… helping good causes.. he was quite ruthless but he knew he was a target early on he receive some nasty tackles.. no one sees them just the ones he gave out.. a judge on the park you mix it with my teams… and I,ll take the rap
One thing about a lot of these “hard men”was it was very much paradoxical because they could really play because if they were only hard or difficult they would have been a liability to their teams but they were not. They new when to put the boot in & when to strike the ball. They were brilliant.
Souness was one of my favourite players when I was growing up and I tried to base my game on his and Bryan Robson's Souey could pass, shoot, tackle, control a game and be ultra competitive......not sure about heading though. For me he didn't get enough credit for his technical ability. He was a strong charismatic leader, who led by example, and a winner. For me a very good footballer!
the best player i Ever SAW against my beloved Everton, ......WHEN OUR MOMENT CAME liverpool got their own way again, and fucked us over, great player shite selfish club, always managed to get their own way..... your welcome to it, all these years later i cannot forgive or forget. ,and to think i had a grudging respect as your club did....ONCE UPON A TIME
@@tonydixon9579 thankyou Tony and apart from Everton and all they mean to me, George was the best player to grace the goodison turf.... Thank you for your comment, stay well and UP THE TOFFEES.
I'm not a Liverpool fan, in fact I hate them. ( who doesn't ) .... But Souness was a brilliant p!ayer. He's also a good human being . I respect him, and that's the highest compliment you can give someone in my opinion
I agree with a lot of what is said in other comments,Souness has a reputation for wreckless tackles but he was a great player as well.But Ronnie Whelan was ten times better than any anchorman in England.
At Boro Souness perhaps faced a guy that was actully harder than him had the scars and medals to prove it too... I miss BIG JACK and characters like him.
16:56 "all of the SO CALLED best players were in Italy" ...now THAT is confidence, add that to his charisma and sheer talent and you really do have a special player.
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The focus is so often on his aggression and how he would be unable to perform today. I have no doubt this is well wide of the mark given his fitness, mobility, passing range and tactical awareness. He was a superstar then,he would be a superstar now.
You're obvs very young and/or don't understand the game. Ramos is an exceptionally talented footballer who suffers from 'red mists' from time to time - medals on the table much? Keane was more limited but his exceptional decision making and central importance to his teams made him one of the very best in the world in his time. That said, Souey was THE best in the world in his position in his time - a truly immense footballer - had everything - could outplay everyone but if you wanted to mix it up....