A Question for you older Spurs' fans, like me! Who remembers the great partnership of Greaves and Gilzean.....

Question

....in the 60s, and how much does our present partnership of Keane and Berbatov remind you of it??
Greaves was an ace goalscorer, with crafty, astute skill, and Gilzean was a tall, graceful artist, with great guile!
I think the "G-Men", as they were called, were better, but can you see the comparison?!?

Answer 1

I bet my dad remembers Greaves and Gilzean. He used to go to all the Chelsea matches, and probably went to both Chelsea v Tottenham matches each season. Of course, Jimmy Greaves used to play for Chelsea, for whom he was very successful.

I feel really sympathetic for Tottenham fans, because their game tonight kicks-off at 9:35pm, by which time many children will be in bed, and I wouldn't be surprised if a high percentage of the British population is in bed by the time the match finishes. I don't know if I will watch the game tonight.

By the way, I was in attendance for the 0-0 draw between Watford and Tottenham earlier this season.

Answer 2

As far as I'm concerned, there is absolutely no comparison. Greaves was one of the all time great scorers, of any era, any country. Gilzean was an adequate player, who proved to be a perfect foil for Greaves. Keane and Berbatov are not on the same planet, compared to Greaves!

Answer 3

For me, I remember more the partnership of Gilzean with Chivers (Greaves had gone to West Ham, I think, by the time I was old enough to really appreciate football) .

Berbatov is a very classy finisher and is a liitle like Gilzean in that respect, but I certainly wouldn't put Keane in Greaves' class...he has too many poor games and Jol recognizes that he doesn't deserve a regular place.

And a modern day "big Chiv"? How about Mido?

Answer 4

Good question, and yes I do remember watching Greaves & Gilzean. Whether Berbatov & Keane will be as good is yet to be seen, they are certainly proving to be an exceptional partnership so far. Lets hope they get better & better.

Answer 5

Greaves a better scorer, Berbatov the better provider. What a partnership that would have been.

Answer 6

Oh Yes!...What a Strike partnership!...'Gilly' and 'Greavsie'.
The former the best header of the ball in the business back then,the latter with the footballing brain superior to any other at the time.
...In fact,what a team!( Jennings,Kinnear,Knowles,Mullery,England,Mackay,Beal,Greaves,Chivers,Gilzean,Jones.
(Not forgetting of course players such as Coates,Robertson,Saul,Venables,Neighbour,Pearce,Morgan,Perryman etc...Apologies to those whom I forgot to mention!)

Answer 7

ok so why is this in Scottish football? perhaps the scum could flow play contained in the sweaty league, they could have a threat of having contained in the genuine 6. quite they prefer to conflict it out with the different shite communities contained in the bottom 1/2 of the premiership. have a good time with your second even as you are able to, the scum deserved their victory yet out of the genuine 4 in reality Chelsea take this competition heavily. i understand i could quite be struggling with for the premiership call and scuffling with it out for CL glory than resting all my hopes on a tin pot cup.

Answer 8

There are similarities I suppose,but Jimmy Greaves was for me a total pro;he could use BOTH feet!!

Answer 9

yep, gilly flicked it in with his head and greavsie used both feet . Do you remember chivers and gilzean? chivers took the long throws straight on to gillys head .

Answer 10

ME // there is no comparison different era.


but i think the two Gs were better==