"He would score 60 goals a season in the modern game." Jimmy Greaves lauded by Rio & Chopper Harris 

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I have his signature but I’m not into football that much cause my mum worked with his daughter

@@toxicity2342 he passed away it might be worth more anyway rip ledgend

No doubt…

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An incredibly educated reply

Paul Davis, My friends (who followed other teams) used to tell me that Jimmy was a goal hanger. My answer was maybe so, the trick was when the chance came, to put the ball in the net, and when it came to Greaves 99.9 per cent of the time that's what happened

He used to come in for fearful punishment back in the day. Today he would get more protection and playing on billiard table pitches his blistering acceleration and easy ability to drift past players and excellent off both feet with natural instincts all in a top 6 side would have been irresistible.

Nah that's Dixie Dean mate !

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I don't think people really appreciate old skool players. Best, Charlton n Dalglish were ridiculous too

@@lostella81 Best and Charlton are regularly voted some of the greatest players of all time.

Benjamin Eckford Very well put.

Had his England career continued his goal tally would have been in the 60's. I was lucky enough to see him play.

I totally agree with everything said his close control is like Messi with his quick feet and placement of goals

People would forget Messi and Ronaldo. The world might never see a player like that man greaves.

he was twice as good as Messi

Harris looks like Harold Shand's brother and likes to act like it.

@Wolffpak 4lyf I would have thought it was obvious, GOALSCORER

He never won a ballon dor though

@@McFlashh Who cares ?

@@McFlashh Or a Goldfish Bowl at a funfair..

Jimmy's international career was finished by the time he was 28. His last England goal in competition was at 25 in British Home Championships (1965). Last eight internationals he scored one goal (a friendly 1967); He was totally inconsistent: 26 games and no goals; 22 goals BHC; 18 goals in friendlies; only 4 goals for England in World Cup and Euro qualifiers and finals so when it came to the world stage ('62WC, '64EU, '66WC) he was a luxury that England couldn't afford to keep any longer.

He couldn't manage close to that in a 46 game season and was rarely the top scorer in the league. Pure fantasy to think he'd even top the scoring charts regularly

@@alansouthall8221 At that time the number of games played in the top flight was 42 and not 46. Jimmy Greaves was actually the league's top scorer in 5 seasons. Furthermore he has scored the most top flight goals in the history of Engĺish league football. So your conclusions are at the best questionable if not misinformed. It is without doubt that Messi and Ronaldo would not have coped in the harsh conditions of the fifties and sixties. The heavy leather balls, heavy pitches and little protection given to attackers would have limited their success which would have fallen far short of what Jimmy had achieved.

@@alecsuchi3293 so someone who couldn't achieve top scorer most seasons back then would outscore everyone today? Sorry its pure revisionist nonsense

We must remember the standard of football is much higher now, the gap at the top is much smaller. He would not score more than Kane

Did Geoff Hurst have a stinker then?

@@CIMAmotor Greaves was a better player than Hurst. No-one is saying Hurst would score 60 a season.

@@grantmiller4775 Surely with the benefit of hindsight any manager would have picked Hurst for the world cup final.

No he should not in those days only 16 teams contested the finals Greaves played in the 3 group games not scoring and picked up an injury 8 teams went through England then went on to beat Argentina Portugal to reach the final and greaves was not fully fit no subs in those days all 11 players had to be fully fit .

@@georgemoore2878 No, no, Greaves was injured against France in the last group game, needing fourteen stitches, but he was fit for the final and the press were calling for him to be reinstated. However, Ramsey picked Hurst in a straight selection choice. Hurst was a very good striker, but Greaves was in a different class.

Not a chance they smoked drunk like fish gimmie peace

modern sports science yes but there has to be discipline as well....sports science won't help if players keep on drinking and smoking the good stuff

Well that confirms it then if your friends Dad said so ;)

No he’s just an example of who’s seen everybody play since the 50’s

What about Dixie Dean 🤷🤷🤷🤷

He would, he dribbled the ball into the net

@@psycoticbastard Yeah Jimmy greaves underated dribbler

No no no. The man’s pace, close ball control, football brain and yes dribbling ability he’d score 60+ easy.

Steady on.

Scored 132/165 for Chelsea too

9/10 Series A, I think.

COYS And the European cup

don't forget Chelsea produced some of Tottenham legends such as jimmy greaves bobby smith terry vanebles and les allen

@@jrjo_4z246 it was the European Cup Winners Cup! Not the European Cup! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤡

Comparing Hurst to Greaves is like comparing Crouch to Henry😂

That if true is a wonderful statement by GH. RIP Jimmy!

Great interview

He just ain’t tho lmao, one of the best yeah but the best scorer ever ? No

Viva Greavsie! Viva Ché!

He never won the ballon dor

tripster2011 I think he is exaggerating. Jimmy would score 45 goals, not 60

Arrogant fans of today as usual. From what I've seen, Jimmy was better than most of the modern footballers, even half a look at Jimmy's ability will show that.

he one of chelsea greatest strikers and is spurs greatest goalscorer of all time

Perduced

Could be 5'8". Rio's 6'3" and the presenter must be even taller!

He was a right back not a centre half

Good shout

If this old lad scores 60 goals, Aubameyang can score 100

Pierre Auba ‘this old lad’ 😬😬

Tom Watts hahaha

Lets get one thing straight, Aubameyang wouldn't last half a season in Jimmy Greaves' era, and he probably would've retired by now.

He absolutely would get closer to it than anyone playing in the UK today. He would be priceless. A genius.

No offside rule when Dixie scored those, I think...you’d have to check.

@@bear1245 of course there was an offside rule. It's been there since the 1840s. Dean was a goal machine.

@HMQ They're not Centre Forwards but they're still the focal point of their teams attack, Greaves ain't matching their numbers.

@HMQ they score more goals than any striker. He may be great but let's not overhype than he was.

The game is easier for strikers now than what it was back then

@@sunnyghosh9147 he will not match those numbers.

@@Emmany97 they play in la liga most strikers that score 20's to 30's in england score 40's to 50's in spain. spain made injured micheal owen coming off the bench look like a beast.

Guess what he passed away rip

they've been playing 'on a carpet' since the 1980s.

Because he wouldn't benefit from that increased strength and fitness and sports science?

@@eamonreidy9534 He would. But that wasn't the point.