"He would score 60 goals a season in the modern game." Jimmy Greaves lauded by Rio & Chopper Harris
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- Ron 'Chopper' Harris, Rio Ferdinand, Peter Crouch and Eidur Gudjohnsen laud the impact Jimmy Greaves has on the English game and his unbelievable goal record.
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I also was lucky enough to see Jimmy play. Without doubt, in my mind the greatest goal scorer I have ever seen in English football.
The game is different these days but Jimmy Greaves is one of the greatest strikers there's ever been. That's beyond debate.
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I have his signature but I’m not into football that much cause my mum worked with his daughter
@@toxicity2342 he passed away it might be worth more anyway rip ledgend
No doubt…
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Greaves & Brian Clough were lethal in front of goal. Clough scored 251 goals in 274 games before injury cut his career short. Greaves amassed 357 top flight goals.
The FIFA20 fanboys judging a player they wern't even alive to see. It's absurd to try and place him in the modern era but at the same time deny him modern training methods, diets, the perfect pitches and the lighter footballs of today. Some things don't change across time and that is natural instinct, awareness and finishing ability. It doesn't matter what era, certain things elevate the greats above others. He would still score loads.
An incredibly educated reply
Paul Davis, My friends (who followed other teams) used to tell me that Jimmy was a goal hanger. My answer was maybe so, the trick was when the chance came, to put the ball in the net, and when it came to Greaves 99.9 per cent of the time that's what happened
He used to come in for fearful punishment back in the day. Today he would get more protection and playing on billiard table pitches his blistering acceleration and easy ability to drift past players and excellent off both feet with natural instincts all in a top 6 side would have been irresistible.
One of the most under appreciated English strikers ever! A very silky natural striker
Jimmy Greaves best english striker ever.
Nah that's Dixie Dean mate !
This is very, very true. He was a true Icon. I had never seen him play much before, but i saw the video and i was stunned at how good he was. Farewell, Legend.
I loved Jimmy Greaves, l saw him dribble round Gordon Banks then had to round the fullback then he beat Gordon Banks again against Leicester and I was a Leicester fan, plus like Messi he never committed a foul, just a fabulous player.
My Dad used to talk about Jimmy Greaves. He said he was good. So Ive watched his goals on TH-cam. Good is an understatement and wouldn't be a waste of anyone's time. Go and see how good Jimmy was.
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I don't think people really appreciate old skool players. Best, Charlton n Dalglish were ridiculous too
@@lostella81 Best and Charlton are regularly voted some of the greatest players of all time.
When Jimmy played, the pitches were just mud, referees let defenders get away with kicking him, the fitness regime was poor, the quality of the ball and the boots was poor. If Jimmy played in the modern era he would be unstoppable. He was the Messi of his day
Benjamin Eckford Very well put.
Had his England career continued his goal tally would have been in the 60's. I was lucky enough to see him play.
I totally agree with everything said his close control is like Messi with his quick feet and placement of goals
People would forget Messi and Ronaldo. The world might never see a player like that man greaves.
he was twice as good as Messi
As an Arsenal season ticket holder, I have nothing but admiration for Jimmy Greaves, he was quite frankly bloody brilliant and should have played in the 1966 World Cup final. Along with George Best and Duncan Edwards he was in my favourite top 3 all time great players. Harris in the bottom 3!
Harris looks like Harold Shand's brother and likes to act like it.
The best ever, no question, as a Spurs fan, it was a privilege to watch him
@Wolffpak 4lyf I would have thought it was obvious, GOALSCORER
He never won a ballon dor though
@@McFlashh Who cares ?
@@McFlashh Or a Goldfish Bowl at a funfair..
What a touch of understated class Crouch is.......unlike many of the millennial fanboys in these comments. MEN played the game form pure passion and glory at a time when their careers could be ended with a terrible tackle on potato fields at any time. Drop Greaves, Law or Best In to the EPL in their prime with modern sport’s science and facilities and they’d be world class footballers.
Not a chance they smoked drunk like fish gimmie peace
modern sports science yes but there has to be discipline as well....sports science won't help if players keep on drinking and smoking the good stuff
Condolences to those who knew and loved him. RIP Jimmy Greaves.
We must remember in Jimmy Greave's era much fewer penalties were awarded. Of his 44 goals for England not one was a penalty in 57 games. In view of this and the protection given to strikers today, including better pitches, Jimmy would have scored more like 70 per season.
Jimmy's international career was finished by the time he was 28. His last England goal in competition was at 25 in British Home Championships (1965). Last eight internationals he scored one goal (a friendly 1967); He was totally inconsistent: 26 games and no goals; 22 goals BHC; 18 goals in friendlies; only 4 goals for England in World Cup and Euro qualifiers and finals so when it came to the world stage ('62WC, '64EU, '66WC) he was a luxury that England couldn't afford to keep any longer.
He couldn't manage close to that in a 46 game season and was rarely the top scorer in the league.
Pure fantasy to think he'd even top the scoring charts regularly
@@alansouthall8221 At that time the number of games played in the top flight was 42 and not 46. Jimmy Greaves was actually the league's top scorer in 5 seasons. Furthermore he has scored the most top flight goals in the history of Engĺish league football. So your conclusions are at the best questionable if not misinformed. It is without doubt that Messi and Ronaldo would not have coped in the harsh conditions of the fifties and sixties. The heavy leather balls, heavy pitches and little protection given to attackers would have limited their success which would have fallen far short of what Jimmy had achieved.
@@alecsuchi3293 so someone who couldn't achieve top scorer most seasons back then would outscore everyone today?
Sorry its pure revisionist nonsense
We must remember the standard of football is much higher now, the gap at the top is much smaller. He would not score more than Kane
RIP Mr Jimmy greaves. One of England's greatest forward players n of course a spurs n Chelsea legend. Condolences to Jimmy's family and friends.
Greaves should have played in 1966 World Cup final. Total respect to greavsie, he went through the tough times. Sadly it has taken its toll on him. Like Brian clough who should have been ENGLAND manager, greavsie should have been in World Cup final.
Did Geoff Hurst have a stinker then?
@@CIMAmotor Greaves was a better player than Hurst. No-one is saying Hurst would score 60 a season.
@@grantmiller4775 Surely with the benefit of hindsight any manager would have picked Hurst for the world cup final.
No he should not in those days only 16 teams contested the finals Greaves played in the 3 group games not scoring and picked up an injury 8 teams went through England then went on to beat Argentina Portugal to reach the final and greaves was not fully fit no subs in those days all 11 players had to be fully fit .
@@georgemoore2878 No, no, Greaves was injured against France in the last group game, needing fourteen stitches, but he was fit for the final and the press were calling for him to be reinstated. However, Ramsey picked Hurst in a straight selection choice. Hurst was a very good striker, but Greaves was in a different class.
Never saw him but my friends dad said greaves was the best English striker ever closely followed him was Alan shearer.
Well that confirms it then if your friends Dad said so ;)
No he’s just an example of who’s seen everybody play since the 50’s
What about Dixie Dean 🤷🤷🤷🤷
He was simply the best nobody comes close
Ron is spot on. Jimmy is my favourite player of all time
My dad’s favourite player! 👏👏👏
Lovely to hear the tributes they were all greatly lads and entertainment
With VAR nobody is scoring 60 a season
He would, he dribbled the ball into the net
@@psycoticbastard Yeah Jimmy greaves underated dribbler
No no no. The man’s pace, close ball control, football brain and yes dribbling ability he’d score 60+ easy.
I saw The Great Greaveie play in his heyday, it was a privilege.
Simply the best JIMMY GREAVES RIP
Saw Ron Harris walking with John Hollins before a game at the Bridge a few years back now, then 5 minutes later saw Roy Bentley which was probably one of the last games he attended. Doesn’t get any better than that. 🔵 ⭐️ ⭐️
When Jimmy Greaves had the ball in the penalty area,us opposing fans sh** ourselves a true legend
Thoroughly enjoyable video!
I wish jimmy could get well ,but it’s not to be, the greatest player England’s ever had. Arise SIR jimmy in my book
He was a fantastic player.
The biggest Laugh came When Crouch is lined up all great Scorer's
Osgood was a striker years ahead of his time. The first striker instead of centre forward. A world class striker that would have thrived today!
Steady on.
1957...58. I had 2 photos in my school locker...Jimmy Greaves and Brigitte Bardot!
Hurst said "Greaves has more talent in his little toe than I have in my whole body"...It would never have taken a ref and extra time if Greavsie had played.
That if true is a wonderful statement by GH. RIP Jimmy!
RIP the greatest England striker ever and the greatest Spurs player ever
BT upping their game love it
Great interview
Well said Chopper.
Greaves ...left foot, right foot plus headers and on wet pitches, with a heavy ball. What would he do on today's smooth pitches and with a lighter ball?
Doesn’t Ron Harris come across well. Really spoke beautifully about Jimmy.
No one can judge jimmy apart from the people that watched him he Scored 9/12 in serie a he Scored 220/300+ 44/57 he'd be very close to 60 ngl
Scored 132/165 for Chelsea too
9/10 Series A, I think.
Jimmy greaves came to spurs to make us the greatest side in the country in the 60s, first European winners 😘
COYS
And the European cup
don't forget Chelsea produced some of Tottenham legends such as jimmy greaves bobby smith terry vanebles and les allen
@@jrjo_4z246 it was the European Cup Winners Cup! Not the European Cup! 🤦🏻♂️🤡
Comparing Hurst to Greaves is like comparing Crouch to Henry😂
Bloody hell chopper even sounds ard
Rest in peace, jimmy
Jimmy the best goal scorer of all time RIP
He just ain’t tho lmao, one of the best yeah but the best scorer ever ? No
How mad is it that he gets introduced as chopper Harris
a few key stats really sum up the brilliance of Greaves for those that haven't seen him play. 6 times lge top scorer in the top flight..a record. no-one post -war has hit 40+ lge goals in the top flight..apart from Greavsie. & all time top-scorer in the top flight ( post war & pre-war ! ) . & he quit the top flight lge's aged just 31. add to that 100 lge goals before his 21st birthday...another record. genius !!!
unbelievable scoring record
Jim still is the greatest scorer for England of all time. Forget how many Rooney and Co. have scored.....look at goals scored for England against how many matches Jim scored them in...NO ONE is near him.........
🙏🙏RIP LEGEND 🙏🙏
RIP legend
As Ron Harris pointed out, defenders aren’t allowed to tackle nowadays..
Sadly the great man as passed. I’m a Man U fan. But what a player and I mean that. As good as muller or anybody. Some player
Crouch is listed at 6'7" but he looks about 7' !!
I am here after he passed
Peter crouch is organic
Steve Bloomer definitely would.
Greavesie was the very best ever!
Jimmy was the greatest and a much more natural striker than Harry Kane, good though he is.
Chopper Harris played against a Guy that I know when he was just 16 and went thru' the back of him, while the ball was down the other end of the pitch.
10 minutes later when the ball was elsewhere, my customer, now in his 70s, almost knocked him out with a punch.
After the game one of the Chelsea backroom boys came up to him and said "Well Done that is long overdue!"....:)
RIP Jimmy.
Peter scored the best goal of all time in the premier league....against Mancity,,,,,,,this master use to go to my old school W7
He absolutely wouldn’t.
If this old lad scores 60 goals, Aubameyang can score 100
Pierre Auba ‘this old lad’ 😬😬
Tom Watts hahaha
Lets get one thing straight, Aubameyang wouldn't last half a season in Jimmy Greaves' era, and he probably would've retired by now.
He absolutely would get closer to it than anyone playing in the UK today. He would be priceless. A genius.
He was the greatest of all simple
god bless Jimmy Greaves
Viva Greavsie! Viva Ché!
He never won the ballon dor
60 lol Jimmy would have scored 90 on perfect pitches the guy is the greatest goalscorer in England ever and don't forget Brian clough his goalscoring record was incredible before his injury
60 goals a season bet the older players could not even make a half ffs .
tripster2011 I think he is exaggerating. Jimmy would score 45 goals, not 60
Arrogant fans of today as usual. From what I've seen, Jimmy was better than most of the modern footballers, even half a look at Jimmy's ability will show that.
Every supporter from lots of different clubs who saw him play say he was the greatest English forward by some margin
RIP
Great player
he one of chelsea greatest strikers and is spurs greatest goalscorer of all time
Jimmy just passed away rip🙏
Chopper has a great accent
Perduced
UP THE REDS
Chopper Harris, one of the greatest man-markers of all time
🙏 RIP
Amazing how small Chopper Harris looks, he must be only 5ft 6.
Could be 5'8". Rio's 6'3" and the presenter must be even taller!
I liked Jimmy it’s a Shame he
didn’t win a World Cup fair and square.
Well he wouldn’t because only Messi and Ronaldo routinely score 50+ a season and have done for 6 years plus. More like 30-40
@HMQ They're not Centre Forwards but they're still the focal point of their teams attack, Greaves ain't matching their numbers.
@HMQ they score more goals than any striker. He may be great but let's not overhype than he was.
The game is easier for strikers now than what it was back then
@@sunnyghosh9147 he will not match those numbers.
@@Emmany97 they play in la liga most strikers that score 20's to 30's in england score 40's to 50's in spain. spain made injured micheal owen coming off the bench look like a beast.
Dixie Dean Enough Said !
RIP Jimmy Greaves
greavsie was the man,,and chopper is a star,,,they would run a mile from him in todays game
Young Greaves looks like he should in Bronx Tale
Jimmy Greaves played on a football pitch.
Today's lot play on a carpet.
they've been playing 'on a carpet' since the 1980s.
Chopper must be 5’8 - how on Earth was a centre half ??
He was a right back not a centre half
4/1 Tottenham, get on it!
Good shout
Chopper Harris went back to driving his black cab after this
Crouchy could
Jimmy Greaves would at least be on the same level as Messi and Ronaldo if he played these days.
No tackling, perfect pitches and the top fitness and diet specialists looking after him would all only improve him as a player.
Not with VAR!
DIXIE DEAN scored sixty goal in one season
How did he do that???
And he done it with Everton..............
No offside rule when Dixie scored those, I think...you’d have to check.
@@bear1245 of course there was an offside rule. It's been there since the 1840s. Dean was a goal machine.
Is that eidur gudjohnsen
"...Playing today in the modern game where defenders arent allowed to tackle..." Classic Chopper.
Everyone is forgetting the pitches and the ball where terrible,and the players now are suffering now , with what we no now about heading,
Different ages players today couldn't handle the game back in the 50s 60s
Chopper Harris...only 4 feet tall. Never knew.
My father once said Jimmy greaves is a lazy but prolific goal scorer. A sure bet for 50 goals per season.
Unfortunately the exclusion from the winning WC final team did effect him.
Guess what he passed away rip
no he couldnt. get in the bin.
he had a similar record to der bomber ffs
Chopper Harris
Dbi
Jimmy greaves today world class Ron Harris wouldn’t be in the Chelsea line up to slow
Jimmy .