Firstly I'm gonna point out here and now that I've been guilty of comparing our players, more so to standards past players have set as opposed to ability. For example I'd say things along the lines of "central midfielder should be chipping in with a few goals the way Souness, Terry Mc, McMahon, Molby did". Rather than "he should be passing a ball like Molby used to".
Secondly, I remember so many people harp on about how we couldn't compare Lucas to Alonso. How that simply wasn't allowed because Lucas weren't this, that or the other but he was x, y and z at things Xabi weren't. I've just seen people compare Lucas to Adam as a way of bigging Lucas up. It's mind boggling at times it really is.
One that really gets on me tits, and is quite apparent on this forum at times, is the obsession with other club's players. How Dzeko compares to Carroll, how Nani compares to Kuyt, how Modric compares to Adam. So F***ing what. We're Liverpool fans aren't we? So rather than concentrating on what others have - concentrate on the good we have. It isn't always greenier on the other side. And jealousy, envy and bitterness are traits that are meant to set us apart from other fans. Not sure it does anymore.
Can't we just each player on their own individual merit as opposed to having to have him compared to someone else - either to big him up or use it as a stick to beat him with. Just concentrate on that player when discussing that player because each player is different in their game. By and large, each will have better traits than whoever you're comparing them to (cue the smart arse to compare Maradona to Poulsen or some pointless post like that). So it's a waste of time really. And as soon as the comparison is pulled up to show the other players trait as better, it becomes an argument as the poster will make out they're not discussing that.
This will fall on deaf ears, and I've just wasted time typing it out, but so what. I needed to get it off me chest rather than just rant and ruin a thread that already existed. I'll let others ruin this one. Probably need a rant thread in the Arkles board or something where you can just go and let steam off by things that annoy you as opposed to being "extremely pissed off".
And no doubt within this thread somebody will compare two players. But F**k it, it's been said now. Carry on posting (starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques) and in the words of the very annoying adverts - go compare.
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