Billy Blaggs
Flacco of the Blaggs tribe
Laudrup was better than Iniesta.A poor man's Andres Iniesta.
Laudrup was better than Iniesta.A poor man's Andres Iniesta.
The same. Clear lack of players with a high football IQ these daysBefore my time sadly.
Overdose of Laudrup in these drafts@Ecstatic will be all over this thread.
I feel better nowMiles better than Hazard.
I'm assuming @Ecstatic is calming himself down (after seeing Laudrup compared to Hazard) before commenting. Until he recovers.....
Behave. He was better than Iniesta. The Spaniard was inspired by himA poor man's Andres Iniesta.
About 99.9% of footballers can only dream of being a poor man's Iniesta.A poor man's Andres Iniesta.
Little joke, although I prefered his brother - how come he's never mentioned alongside Michael? Can't remembr too much but he wasn't much worse a player, was he?Laudrup is considered greater than Iniesta and Xavi by many.
That's true, yes.About 99.9% of footballers can only dream of being a poor man's Iniesta.
Brian was perhaps a comparable dribbler, but had nothing like Michael's vision or passing ability. I'd compare him to a less prolific, but more elegant, creative and polished, version of Alexis Sanchez.Little joke, although I prefered his brother - how come he's never mentioned alongside Michael? Can't remembr too much but he wasn't much worse a player, was he?
I am not sure that is true. He was more talented, but Iniesta's achievements and consistently outstanding performances on the biggest stages goes a long way.Behave. He was better than Iniesta. The Spaniard was inspired by him
Michael might be the best final-ball passer in the history of the game. Brian had few weaknesses as a roaming forward but he didn't have that in his locker.Little joke, although I prefered his brother - how come he's never mentioned alongside Michael? Can't remembr too much but he wasn't much worse a player, was he?
His passing and planning were rarely questioned; it was his drive and forcefulness to turn a game that needed turning that was. You have to remember that he came through just in (or just after) the era of the greatest cluster of #10's in history and further to that, he had Gullit right there carrying that kind of spirit on. Platini, Zico, Maradona put a shadow over everyone else and they were the collective measure of #10's. All 3 of them plus Gullit were revered for turning games in their team's favour. The question was then asked why Laudrup didn't do the same. Baggio pretty much became the #10 successor after Gullit, which might not have been if Laudrup had fulfilled all if his potential.@Fortitude quick query.. most of the games I see of Laudrup, he seems to be playing at pretty full pelt.. so it isn't an Ozil scenario where he's strolling through games. Was it more that he looked for the pass rather than going for the matchwinning moment himself.. that is the criticism mostly levelled at him?
So touching on that point in further detail, would he become invisible when things got tough.. stop taking people on with the same conviction, show a lack of fight when the game got ugly.. only asking because he was bit before my time (would have been 3/4 when he was in his pomp).His passing and planning were rarely questioned; it was his drive and forcefulness to turn a game that needed turning that was. You have to remember that he came through just in (or just after) the era of the greatest cluster of #10's in history and further to that, he had Gullit right there carrying that kind of spirit on. Platini, Zico, Maradona put a shadow over everyone else and they were the collective measure of #10's. All 3 of them plus Gullit were revered for turning games in their team's favour. The question was then asked why Laudrup didn't do the same. Baggio pretty much became the #10 successor after Gullit, which might not have been if Laudrup had fulfilled all if his potential.
Invisible isn't fair on him - he wasn't a bottler, per se, he just didn't elevate himself further. Down with the ship, if you will. If you've ever seen Baggio's heroics or any of the aforementioned from my previous post, you'll get what I mean in saying that they all had it in them to push every sinew when facing a tough opponent or team. Laudrup's whole demeanour was that of someone who didn't want the burden put on his shoulders. Both the Platini comment and the one's from Cruyff allude to that because, as I've heard many times before, he was supposedly absolutely elite in training when the pressure was off but couldn't dig into himself, when it was.So touching on that point in further detail, would he become invisible when things got tough.. stop taking people on with the same conviction, show a lack of fight when the game got ugly.. only asking because he was bit before my time (would have been 3/4 when he was in his pomp).
I never talked about achievements. Just that Laudrup was an Iniesta with productivity yo keep it simple.I am not sure that is true. He was more talented, but Iniesta's achievements and consistently outstanding performances on the biggest stages goes a long way.
Top top player, and a coach, he fell out with those at Swansea where he made and bought players that will never be seen there again. Another player and coach who is under valued..
Nej!Undoubtedly the best player ever to come out of Scandinavia!
Vem skulle du vilja ha före honom?Nej!
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After him there was another player from Scandinavia I liked a lot during the 90's but unfortunately after USA 94 he started to have problems with injuries in Serie A, and when he arrived at Leeds he was a shadow of himself.Undoubtedly the best player ever to come out of Scandinavia!
gamla timers! här: Nordahl (#1 Scandi), Liedholm och även Schmeichel, -/- Ibrahimovic.Vem skulle du vilja ha före honom?
Loved his goal celebration after scoring v Brazil in 98 World cup.
The best thing about that celebration is Søren Colding doing the same thing but wrong right behind him.Actually it was Brian who scored that!
Anyway great game from a great tournament.
He did well at Brøndby in Denmark where he won the cup twice and Brøndby's most recent league title (2005). After that he had a spell with Getafe where he got them to the cup final and almost to the UEFA Cup final, they got knocked out by Bayern in an absolutely ridiculous game (which is probably well worth a watch) where they probably should've gone through if not for their 'keeper or something.Talking about his coaching career, I thought he started off quite well at Swansea. What has he become since then?
wat.After him there was another player from Scandinavia I liked a lot during the 90's but unfortunately after USA 94 he started to have problems withinjuriesalcohol in Serie A, and when he arrived at Leeds he was a shadow of himself.
Tomas Brolin, who also played in a great NT Sweden had in Euro 92 and USA 94, not so atractive as the Danish team of the 80's but very competitive, imo somewhat underrated team who isn't much mentioned regarding their performances in 94.
And it wasn't only Brolin, also Dahlin, Kennet Andersson, Jonas Thern and Stefan Schwarz who played at Benfica under Erikson, not forgetting the keeper Ravelli and others.
Go along with that until you bring Zlatan into it.wat.
None of those were anywhere near Laudrup's level. Zlatan is the only one that compares, excluding 50s footballers no one here have seen play anyway.
Don't think that he was more talented. A slightly better dribbler, perhaps, but he lacked Michael's visionPerhaps Brian Laudrup, his brother, is a bigger enigma. Some say he was more talented than Michael, but he couldn't do it at top club level. How do you compare them ?