Remember McCoist having a wee dig when Morelos broke his record about how he scored his goals in European Cup.
Respectful?
To have a barney
Are you saying Morelos is better than McCoist?
I disagree Advocaats first two years were our best Euro side.
In Europe without a doubt.
Highly debatable on the salary front given Klos was on 60k a week. Also takes no account of the wage inflation in the game in general.
I disagree the team of Smiths era not only had ability they had guts and every one were winners.
No chance Klos was on that, not even half of it.
Majority of this team are on less than most of the 95 onwards players mentioned in his team.
I bow to your superior knowledge, it's all in the name eh.
Is this thread because you appear to dislike most of our current team?
A general point I would say across many clubs and leagues is that I don't think defenders are as good at defending now as they used to be. This is possibly more to do with having defenders that can pass and play positively nowadays, but that's often at the expense of defensive abilities as the guys who are top level at both are few and far between.
That's the team I grew up with. They'd pump the current team.
Actually, very few of the players listed in the OP cost huge amounts. I think Numan (£5m?) and Gazza (£4.2m?) were the most expensive.
Exactly this.
He absolutely was
Gazza cost us £4.3m in 1995.
I deliberately said Advocaat’s first 2 years.
Including the qualifiers against teams of very poor quality. McCoist never played 2 or 3 qualifying rounds to get into the proper tournament. McCoist was the best Rangers striker I've seen. Not the best finisher though, like Morelos he needs 4 or 5 chances before he takes one. Both are similar that they don't let the misses bother them.
And what's the difference between then n now? Do you not think there is a massive gulf in class still? I'd say its still the same, if not worse, except the current team has trouble with the dreaded low block. It is not a new phenomenon.
The younger fans have only seen the current ones and maybe dvds of our team. We have seen both and we know.
Boils my blood, makes me want to crush heads like The Mountain vs The Viper.
Not at all, it's only a comparison. Is this suggesting I'm no longer a Rangers supporter? I will be one til I die.
It’s a continual frustration tonne that if you had much of the 1990s team playing under modern day preparation and coaching conditions… it would be phenomenal.
Dunno what age you are, I am 45 so your squad brings back many happy memories.
You don't win the league at home.
I think you adapt to the circumstances you are in. I remember one of the Liverpool players from the late 70s / early 80s talking about how most of that side were pretty big drinkers, but got away with it because the other squads were doing the same.
I think this pretty much nails it. The fitness levels now would render the majority of the squad mentioned blowing out of their arse by half time.
European comps changed - McCoist played against teams in the tournament actual who are the equivalent of the teams we play in the qualifiers.
I'm 54 and if you swapped the current ones to that era or the 90s team to the modern era it would be the 90s guys both instances hands down. With all the good points you make they would have been even better with modern fitness and coaching. If you put our current team back then they would have that eras coaching, not as fit or modern tactics and analysis same result for me.
Sorry, I thought we were comparing the 90s boys as they are against todays team in some kind of time defying spectacular exhibition!!
McCall from 1991 when he was bombing forward and joining the attack, even scoring goals would thrive in this side.
