NewCorkSethSnowflake RoyalNewCorkSeth Wait. Do people think Shorey wasnt one of the best LBs the championship has seen?
I get the argument of "players who have played at least once in the championship but are or were better than Shorey in their prime" might merit inclusion (like Cole who was clearly the best LB any league in England has ever seen) but DD isnt wrong is he? Shorey was a phenomenal player. Better than Bertrand and around the same level as Harte and Bridge.
This is based on ability right? Not silverware?
He's undoubtedly one of the best players I've seen at Reading. And a very good LB in general. But tier 2 has been running 70 years just post war. Football didn't begin in 2004 or the 90s. There have been a helluva of a lot of quality LBs in that time. Many who have been more successful than Shorey.
Right but take successful out. We are talking ability. Pure ability. I'm sure there are tens of LBS in that time who, in their day, were better than those around them to a comparable degree with modern football, but they were all on the pints half the time. Its impossible to compare them.
Its like Lev Yashin. Revolutionised the way GKS are seen and probably was a phenomenal, natural athlete but if you "magically transported" him to the modern game would he stack up against the best in the world? Probably not.
Well if it's about ability then any top PL LB who drops a level counts.
And if you don't like the word successful, I'm happy changing it to ability. The point stands. There are 70+ years of tier 2 post war, and 24 teams. That's a staggering number of LBs many of whom have been extremely good.
It's just daft levels of arrogance to state Shorey is undoubtedly one of the greatest ever.