Comparing players from different eras is always a difficult task, not only because of the way the game has changed across the last 115 years, but also because of the significant advances in sports science and the ever-increasing athleticism of players, particularly in the era of fulltime professionalism.
The perennial question is whether great players from the past would be just as effective in the modern game, would their skill sets still be relevant, or would they struggle physically to be ...
Published on April 27, 2023 02:12