It is just a nostalgic factor. Football is 100 times better in current times than it was back then. Most barclays era cult heros would struggle to get in southampton.
@@kk7324 that's just absolutely and complete nonsense. Unfounded bs. Propaganda to make fans believe they are currently watching the best thing. It's funny because until very very recently the two best players in the world were in their mid to late 30's. Players from that era to which you put down. The talent today is so low that there was no one to come close to knocking them off their perch. Yes they are particularly great. But this era is a lower level. There's no one around today who is as good as the likes of R9, Zidane, Maldini, Ronoldinho. The level has dropped. Only cookie cutter standard players around today. A bit of ability and pace and you're world class today 😂
@@left4deadR great argument. The vast majority of players today are literally coached to death to have no individual flare, and to take zero risks. It's all about systems. The players just fulfill their roles. Their individual talent is borderline, if not flat out discouraged. That's from grass roots upwards. There's not one player in today's game that can compare with the likes of Zidane and R9 and R10, and a whole list of others around their time, for talent, skill, daring and individual brilliance. Magic moments. The talent level has dropped significantly. There were 10 plus world class players in every position in previous eras. It's slim pickings these days. Outside of Madrid and City, there are hardly any world class players in the rest of Europe. In previous eras, despite the galacticos, there were multiple stacked teams, top to bottom, full of great and world class players. And, heck even at Madrid, Modric at 39 is still the best midfielder. He would have been dropped or sold years ago and replaced with another top midfielder if this was in previous eras. But they still need him, even at 39. The vast majority of players around today would just be another player back in the day. And many of the "stand outs" from today would be one of many world class players in previous eras. None of the current United players, Chelsea players, AC Milan players, Inter Milan players, Juventus players or Barcelona would get in their teams from the previous eras. And only a handful of Arsenal and Bayern Munich players would get in to their old teams. Madrid would swap it's current squad for a young R7 era team in a heartbeat. Only City, PSG and Liverpool have better players now, than then. And even some of Liverpool players from back then would get in to their current team. City and PSG are fairly unique cases because before they were owned by oil money they had terrible players, but even if we go back to the early days of their take overs, some of those players would get in to the teams today. Especially at PSG. The spread of top level footballers is awful today, borderline a monopoly, and there's less of them overall anyway. The standard of coaching effective systems has improved across the board, sure. But that is. What's hilarious though, is that the manager who gives his team the most freedom to play in the old school manor, Carlo, still gets the best results in the UCL.
The iconic Chelsea teams around Cech, terry, lampard and drogba. Feels like they built teams around them for my whole childhood, whenever I looked at Chelsea, they managed to put a bunch of fun players around them
When it comes to chelsea people always talk about cech,drogba,lampard and terry. They forgot how malouda saved the team in clutch moments many times. Also shoutout to invanovic too. This man always scored when needed.
Demba Ba, Hatem ben Arfa, Robin Van Persie, Chicharito, Samir Nasri, Salomon Kalou, Ramires, Berbatov, Adebayor, Anelka, Michu, Wilfried Bony, Florent Malouda, Modric, Bale, Nico Krancjar, Jermaine Defoe, Papiss Cisse, Djibril Cisse, Edin Dzeko, Yossi Benayoun, Rafael and Fabio, Graziano Pelle, Theo Walcott, Brad Friedel, Tim Howard, Nikica Jelavic, Leon Osman, Leighton Baines, Steven Pienaar, Phil Jagielka, Martin Skrtel, Dirk Kuyt, Alex Song, Gervinho, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierez, Federico Macheda, Lucas Leiva, Daniel Agger, Andy Caroll, Stewart Downing, Anders Lindegaard, William Gallas, Scott Parker, Rafael Vander Vaart, Aaron Lennon
Is it nostalgia that players nowadays can't even take freekicks anymore? Salah, Saka, Haaland, Son(only for national team) how many of these can score freekicks? They don't have good shot power or technique as barclays era players. Suarez, Van Persie, Rooney, drogba all can score freekicks. Now only haaland is striker premier league. All these great strikers will destroy the current teams with people like gabriel jesus and darwin nunez as an excuse of a striker
Sunderland around 2010. Asamoah Gyan, Darren Bent, Welbeck, Kenwyne Jones, Stéphane Sessègnon in attack. Cattermole, Jordan Henderson and David Meyler clattering fools in midfield. Perhaps the funniest CB partnership ever of Titus Bramble and Anton Ferdinand! Prime Mignolet in goal. Man I despise Sunderland but they were so fun back then. Proper Barclays.
The funniest part is a few people have spoken about those players that come play with them on off days from the academy and they can’t ball because all they do is play a specific position and are trained to play in a zone. But the artist will eventually return and the tactics will eventually be useless
“Peak football?” Ok watch a full 90 of West Brom v Palace. I promise you it’s not the giddy highlights you might remember it is. Barclays era football is genuinely JUST nostalgia. Also isn’t it hilarious people ‘long for the days’ a multinational bank sponsored the premier league? What a time to be alive huh
You should do a part 2, there’s loads you missed out. - Gillette soccer Saturday with Kammy, Merse, Hansen, Le Tissier, Geoff Stelling. - Pulis having back 4’s of 6’4+ Centre half’s for stoke and West Brom. - the front flip celebration by Nani, Obafemi Martins and Kenwyne Jones. - commentary by Martin Tyler and Alan Smith, Riise, Ji Dong Won, Aguero come to mind. - Harry Redknapp hanging out of his car and Odemwingie on deadline day. ( and the dildo in the ear) - Gerrards slip
the season before the Wigan FA Cup was one of my favorite moments. Wigan went 9 games with 7 wins 2 draws(I think, can’t remember) to stay up and not get relegated Also chocharito was class during barclays
I think people miss the uniqueness and diversity in players and teams more than being nostalgic about Barclays era. Rooney could score a 40 yarder or headbutt a ref, you'd never know until you tuned into the game, JJ Okocha could terrorize a defense with his 'megs or Delap dishing out the most lethal throw-in assist in the 90th min. From pretty United footy to gritty Charlton ball, from pristine Highbury to dirty Stoke, from last day title deciders to 6 pointer relegation dogfights, there was something for everyone to enjoy(or hate). Stoke vs Wigan was ass 9/10 times but the one time it wasn't it used to be a proper blockbuster. Current PL does not have this. Bottom 3 teams are usually decided by GW 6 and you don't see unique or good players in them, top teams hoard all the talent and top 4/6 positions are usually decided between the same 6 teams(Villa have been exception in recent times). Matches between top teams like City and Arsenal are praised for being "chess" matches and not football matches but in reality they are just plain boring. No new or innovative tactics from managers, everyone wants to play out from the back, every top player is a one trick pony more or less, and teams have become more robotic. Football quality has gone up for sure, but that's largely due to modern players being better athletes than footballers.
although he came in a bit later, david silva really is special for me. that city side with dzeko and a younger aguero really was something else. even with a midfield of yaya toure and fernandinho, david silva stood out. El mago
aguerooooo. berbatov tottenham, bale left back, and that essien goal, and no one can forget adebayor making a fool of arsenal fans with his celebration
Ask fans who grew up in the 80s, theyll say that was the era. Ask fans who grew up in the 90s that was the era. And so on and so on. Just like music and films. Its just nostalgia.
It's not because of nostalgia that they seem good because there are strikers like Suarez who is an all time great striker and Rooney, Van Persie, Drogba, Torres etc. Now players shot are incredibly poor. Among nowadays greal pl players, Salah, saka, haaland, watkins, palmer who can score a freekick? Forward nowadays can't even score freekicks which means they don't have enough good shooting technique.
Joe Cole, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Pedersen, Lua Lua, Ivanovic, Howard, Tim Cahill, Scott Parker, James Beattie. Arsenal selling all their players to Man city.
