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Much better player than Shearer imo, as Zidane said, he is the complete player, not just goals, he has it all.He really is different class. The new Shearer, and he’s Spurs through and through.
Much better player than Shearer imo, as Zidane said, he is the complete player, not just goals, he has it all.
Maybe, but Shearer was a beast. Harry would have to maintain his current superhuman levels for a decade to surpass his goals tally, which suggests he was pretty bloody good.
Much better player than Shearer imo, as Zidane said, he is the complete player, not just goals, he has it all.
Shearer also had three seasons post- premier league formation where he managed only half the games or fewer due to injury. In the first year of the league he actually scored 16 in 21 ( and there were 42 games until 1995).I remember Shearer well. An incredible striker who could regularly smash goals in from 30 yards, great in the air, and superb positional sense. Have to respect him for staying at Newcastle on purpose too.
They would have also shared a sizeable chunk of the attention of the defence and teams are much better ar setting up defensively now than in the 90s.Shearer also had three seasons post- premier league formation where he managed only half the games or fewer due to injury. In the first year of the league he actually scored 16 in 21 ( and there were 42 games until 1995).
Additionally, most of his career he played with a strike partner who would have been the recipient of a sizeable chunk of the teams chances (Newell, Sutton, Ferdinand, etc).
Shearer was a phenomenal goal scorer, I believe Kane will be remembered as his equal but there's a way to go yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shearer#Career_statistics
Shearer's stats are interesting
He really racked the goals up with Blackburn, but was a tad underwhelming at Newcastle; 10 seasons there, but only scored 20 or more league goals in 4 of those seasons
If he had have signed for Man Utd, instead of Newcastle, he probably would have scored 300+ goals for them lol
People also forget (or never knew) that he was scoring in the league for Southampton before the Premier League was even formed. But as they were "First Division" goals they don't get counted. Add those on and it's another 23 goals.
Brilliant again today. That pass for Sonny, magic
86 league goals in 122 games now
WOW
IMO, he hasn't actually added speed that was not there earlier, but he has a vastly improved his sprinting technique to unlock the full potential of his pace.I am 100% sure Kane this season has increased his speed in short sprints. That left footed drive into box was a thing of beauty, shame shot was blocked..
What makes these stats even more impressive is that a fair amount of the games were from his early days when he got subbed on for the last ten minutes or so. His "minutes per goal"-ratio must be sensational.