The 1970s was probably the greatest era of football, not too commercialized yet, cheap ticket prices meant lots of football fans in stadiums, before mass tv coverage and internet, so you would not be exposed to armchair internet fans tweeting or posting "Messi is so overrated" or "Lewandowski has never scored against big teams". You had one source of information for football and that was kicker magazine, you maybe saw the world cup on tv and maybe the odd club cup final, like a Cup Winners Cup or UEFA cup final, otherwise you had to go and watch in person.
The play in the 70s was more skilled and the reason I say that is because players were not as athletic as they are today. Good players of the 70s were mostly skill players, but training was not near the level it is today. You got tired after 60 minutes or could never catch a player like Mbappe. It was slower back then, so you could argue players are more skilled today, because they are doing things at a higher pace, but back then you had to have skill, Jurgen Grabowski was a legend of that era. A legend of the 70s that no one has ever heard of.
He was in the 1974 WC winning team, but no one could name him on that team. If asked, you would say Muller, Beckenbauer, Breitner Maier, Netzer (even though he didnt play) Bonhof, maybe Vogts or Hoeness, maybe even Holzenbein but you would never remember Grabowski. He also played for only one Club, you cant name a current player who has only played for one club. Grabowski was with Eintracht Frankfurt from 1965 to 1980, where he had a career ending injury inflicted by Lothar Matthaus( I did not know that). Lothar is kind of indicative of 1980s to present football, which is all maim and injure and cynical hacking and play acting.
So much death and destruction in the 20s, terrible decade for mankind and it is only 3 years in.
Rest in peace sweet Prince.
--- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
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