Sensational Jimmy Greaves YouTube video says it all

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  1. BRF

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    https://youtu.be/KTtpd07cIA8

    Things that strike me from this video - precision, pace, composure, immaculate first touch, master class in meeting a cross, and why thrash at it when you can roll it in?

    What a player.
     
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    puts some of todays so called superstars into perspective and a lot of it on pitches they would laugh at today never mind the weight of the balls at the start of his career
     
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    Top quality striker, dread to think what he'd be worth today.
     
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    Thank you for posting that, mate. As you rightly say, what a player.
     
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    Quality striker. All other England goalscoring records pale into insignificance in comparison to his. His club record stands up with the best too.
     
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    What a "goal poacher" Greavsie was in his hey day. Only one other player reminded me of him and that was " sniffer " Clarke ( Allan Clarke - ex Reds manager and Leeds Utd player.
     
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    Thing is, you'd not see Alan Clarke taking a ball down, turning his man and running at a defence from outside the area. Jimmy Greaves could play as a poacher, but he could do something magic with the ball at his feet too. You'd have to think long and hard before you decided not to play Jimmy Greaves in the all time great England side. I'd certainly pick him ahead of Wayne Rooney.
     
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    Denis Law was another. But Jimmy Greaves is far and away the best finisher I've had the privilege to see playing live.
     
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