The class of 2009/10 vs the class of 2022/23

[Chicken Balti Pie]

1. Hughes in this side would score for breakfast, in all due respect to Langstaff, I don't think he scores many in the Munto team because the chances weren't there and we didn't dominate as much as we do now, we played quite a bit direct and I'm not sure that is Langstaff's game so on that basis, Hughes but both are fantastic strikers.

2. Ruben without a doubt. Davies had decent deadball delivery but as a winger he was too slow and in the middle, too lightweight. Ruben has deadball delivery (although arguably less capable) but his open play game runs rings around Davies.

3. I'd only pick Kasper, Hughes and maybe Bishop from the Munto side. Lee at a push for his distribution but I honestly think that the current squad is better than the Munto season

[Elite_Pie]

I honestly think that the current squad is better than the Munto season

Perspective required. Did the Munto squad have the luxury of playing teams like Maidstone, Maidenhead, Gateshead, Altrincham, Dorking etc?

[jacobncfc]

Perspective required. Did the Munto squad have the luxury of playing teams like Maidstone, Maidenhead, Gateshead, Altrincham, Dorking etc?

It’s hard to directly compare, but even since 2009 there’s been such a further influx of big money and foreign signings into the top two (and even the top of the third) tiers that I suspect the quality of tier five now is probably comparable to tier four back then.

It’s also hard to compare because they’re very different teams. The Munto team was eight hard-working, honest lower league journeymen who were well-organised and three players in Schmeichel, Davies and Hughes who were there because we promised them money they didn’t have and ‘reasons’ in the latter’s case.

Lots of that team would be useless in this one, even at a lower level. The entire back four were very limited on the ball, Ravenhill I loved but he couldn’t cope with the amount of passing he’d have to do etc. Davies’ success was based on his dead ball delivery and crossing from deep/wide, which this team actively tries to avoid most of the time etc. But would Ruben be as good shoehorned into a traditional 4-4-2? As we saw under Ardley, absolutely not.

I think you can say Hughes and Langstaff would score loads of goals in either team, though, ‘cos that’s just what they do.