
Originally Posted by
roger_ramjet
Jeez Bloomer you are older than I thought. Romanis' questions stated "Has to be someone you've watched. If not for sure, Messrs Hurst, Charlton and Greaves would walk away with this".
I always detested Kevin Keegan when he played - always seemed to score against us, yet never seemed to perform for England. Best thing he did was fall off that bike on Superstars. We need that show back - I always wanted to see Jocky Wilson on it.
Which leaves me to ponder who was the best. The thing is there were many who looked great at club level (Keegan, leTissier, Francis at Birmingham, Mariner at Ipswich etc) who never stepped up to England level. But what makes a good striker - is it just scoring goals or is it the second man in a good partnership that is more the creative that is best: Beardsley to Lineker, Sheringham to Shearer? Do we simply judge a striker by his goals?
if it is the latter yardstick alone, then Rodney is number one and, bizarrely England second highest goalscorer ever is not Charlton, its not Lineker but its........ there is your trivia question for the day (google not allowed)