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

[keldsyke]

I think some people are forgetting that Langstaff scored 30 plus goals for Gateshead from the wing. Yes, the wing. Then has been adapted as a poacher by LW and banged in 40. In the modern game I'd take Langstaff over Hughes any day of the week.

The interesting question for me is this.

Does LW Notts of now beat SC Notts of then, both in their prime?
The answer is yes for me.

I reluctantly answered this thread because I hate these kind of comparisons. The time difference is so big that it’s impossible to say. However, it's just a bit of fun! So there we are.

Just because you can be exceptional at one level doesn’t mean you’re skills are necessarily be the same at the next level up, that’s how people in sport find their ‘level’, until you have proved yourself st higher levels tbere is no way that you can say someone at a lower level is better than someone who has proved themselves. By your reckoning you could say someone playing at Clifton All Whites who’s scored 50 goals in a season in midfield is better than Rodrigues, it’s only relevant at the performance level at the time.