Gary Lineker and Micah Richards ignore Alan Shearer in best striker debate | BBC Sounds

[@elbeekb4331]

micah knew straight away that he was gonna name himself as soon as he mentioned main centre forward, but Gary didn't get it at all.. he seriously never thought that he was gonna name himself and was so serious about it😂😂😂 thats not an act, its real😂😂

[@LuxLisbon26]

Gary's little "ohhh" as the lightbulb goes on will be what I come back to whenever I need a laugh!

[@phucnguyen0110]

I thought you mean Micah's laugh haha

[@redred9882]

Micah is a class human being. They really wound up Shearer so good 🤣🤣

[@BBCSounds]

😂🎣

[@Isleofskye]

Considering Alan winked at Micah at the start,I beg to differ though it was great fun:)

[@raminybhatti5740]

This reminds me of the bit in the UK Office when Brent was doing a staff appraisal with Dawn, and he keeps fishing for her to name him as her most inspiring role model 😂😂

[@leebosworth5828]

Shearer was an absolute nightmare used to score every week nearly

[@sdp76]

I think he scored against all 19 clubs in a season which is probably very rare because of how difficult it is, in what is probably the toughest league in the world

[@SuperMillwall]

What's even more impressive is the fact he was doing it for a perceived "weaker" side. He never played for any of the top clubs and he could still score for fun. Imagine if he played for Man Utd at the time.. The amount of chances he'd get to score even more would be insane!

[@mbongedanielmoyo8405]

The way mic and shearer would sigh together at the end of the laugh 😂😂😂😂

[@ConstantineJoseph]

Shearer didn’t need to play for an all star team to get his goal tally up. Newcastle was a top team then but with Blackburn and Southampton as well he was scoring at record rates. Imagine if you put him in a great team like Man United, he would have bagged goals for fun

[@omgblastbeatslol]

He won the league with Blackburn mate.

[@ConstantineJoseph]

@@omgblastbeatslol No doubt. Him, Sutton, Sherwood, Flowers, Le Saux all made Blackburn a top 3 Premier league team for quite a few seasons

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

The Blackburn team he was in was superb

[@johnmitchell2269]

Rooney played on the left of a front three for Man Utd over two seasons. So he could play wide. Not sure why Micah was so surprised by that.

[@WR10678]

He was too busy getting burnt to realise where Rooney was on the pitch😂😂

[@AidilMirza]

Ohh… that was so pure and serious. What’s gem of a moment.

[@scholesiefirsttime]

Amazing how Andy Cole is never mentioned in these discussions - if he was United’s penalty taker he’d definitely be a lot, lot closer to Shearer, in a lot less games. 56/260 of Shearer’s goals were pens. 22% 30/210 of Kane’s goals were pens. 14% 27/184 of Aguero’s goals were pens. 15%

[@JamesPCroad]

Why is it that people exclude Shearer's pre-Premier League goals? It was still the same league - it just had a different name.

[@scholesiefirsttime]

⁠ probably because they’re looking at the ‘best premier league strikeforce’. Agreed, he did score a few pre-premier league. But then so did quite a few other players…..Jimmy Greaves, Dixie Dean, Ian Rush etc.

[@JamesPCroad]

@@scholesiefirsttime in the context of the discussions that follow, particularly in comments, my point stands. But yes, best Premier League strike force, blah blah. Smartarse.

[@ndark907]

you still have to score them

[@saiga1545]

Well, all we know is that even if you remove Shearer's penalty goals, he still has better goal per game ratio (204 goals in 441 games which is 46.25% ) than Andy Cole (187 goals in 414 games which is 45.17%). So Andy Cole doesn't belong in these discussions either way because there are other top strikers with way better goal ratios (like Kane, Aguero, Henry) even when you exclude penalties. Shearer at least has the distinction of having scored the most goals so he kinda has to be mentioned in these discussions.

[@whereweregoingwedontneedroads]

Imagine...shearer, henry and rooney. What a strike force that would have been.

[@aritraroy2701]

Won't work. Not FIFA.

[@whereweregoingwedontneedroads]

@@aritraroy2701 ahhh we have a time traveller with us, welcome person who must have seen with his own eyes how it wouldnt have worked, and thats why i said imagine. Thanks though 🤙

[@NeilLewis77]

​@@aritraroy2701 would completely work. Henry was happy on the left. Rooney didn't mind playing on the right. Shearers link up play was fantastic. Henry offers pace, Shearer offers a huge threat in the air, Rooney offers passing and vision. All 3 could do almost everything and I can't see a single reason it wouldn't work. Your wrong.

[@4231jerome]

yep, pretty much what he said. Henry’s favourite places to pick up the ball were the left wing and the left half space. Rooney is famous for being a Swiss Army knife, he could play any position on the pitch brilliantly. I remember how he started playing the no.6 role at the end of his United career, he became a world class midfielder overnight. With the fullbacks bombing on and providing width, that front three would be a nightmare to defend in and around the box.

[@MrThedonhead]

Not as good as Rooney Ronaldo and Tevez

[@dardobartoli]

If ever I'm a bit low... these soon make me smile.

[@dave93x]

Shearer didn't care about the goalkeeper in that net. He'd nearly take the net off regularly. One of my childhood idols and it seems underrated 🤷‍♂️ Gary Lineker of all people to not mention Shearer. Kinda crazy.

[@vmforno]

what a beast was Shearer making goal after goal. but coming to the discussion Giggs is one that I would take anytime Henry is tired.

[@moz7777]

Id take prime Shearer over either Kane or Aguero all day long.

[@johnnyboy2268]

Luckily no one will listen to you

[@hennyspiderman9974]

Lay off crack

[@Nippleless_Cage]

You have to compare prime to prime. Then compare longevity to longevity. Lastly, compare the teams they got around them. Kane wins it by a distance imo.

[@JamesPCroad]

​@@Nippleless_Cage Shearer: 1987 - 2006, 379 career goals (excluding England), never playing outside the top flight. Oh, and several serious injuries, including to his knee. But yes, longevity.

[@thegadgetzone]

facts

[@RobertBayliss-x8e]

Aguero is just a natural killer in a big game. Kane just seems to go missing

[@adamlw7181]

Srange that because i remember him not scoring for 20 games in a row sometimes.

[@adamlw7181]

Sergio Aguero ends 417 day Premier League goal drought. Says it all really. Rose tinted glasses

[@RobertBayliss-x8e]

@@adamlw7181 you’re forgetting to mention that he only played 14 games in 12 months due to injury and sickness 🤷‍♂️ it’s a known fact that Kane goes missing in big games for club and country I.e second penalty against France he bottled it. I’m a Liverpool fan I hate Man City but I know who I’d chose between them two in a major game

[@vtuolor]

Prime Shearer 🔥🔥

[@tgdkls5891]

Honestly people really can't open their eyes. Imagine any of these other lads becoming the PL all time top scorer, while a) having two career-threatening surgeries, and b) spending their entire career at Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle. It sounds ridiculous that anyone could be #1 in that context, but he was.

[@davekika7394]

Aguero is CLEAR ✔

[@dvtflyguygreen1263]

This made my day I am not gonna lie 😂😂😂

[@faz8055]

Aguero; Big. Game. Player.

[@githin23]

For city definitely, not for Argentina

[@davidthompson1383]

@@githin23 That's the only thing about Aguero that takes something away from him. Think if he'd been as good on the international stage then he'd have been up there as one of the very best.

[@kiriakoz]

Haaland has shown the kind of record you should have when you have Man City midfielders providing for you and you spend most of the match in the opponents final third. Why else do you think Haaland also has a better scoring record in England (which is supposed to be a tougher league) in his first season than his time in Germany?

[@wasdrankings1518]

Not in europe

[@elliott1346]

@@githin23 and Harry Kane is for England? Never scores a big goal that isn’t a penalty

[@chunkylefunga]

Aguero all day long.

[@rankobarensic]

Love the English banter😂😂...greetings from Holland ❤

[@Isleofskye]

Thanks,My Friend. Especially during The Cruyff/Neeskens era when Holland were every Englishman's second team:)

[@venners77]

As an Everton fan Shearer hands down the best cf. Playing for Newcastle he bagged 30 a season. Imagine him with Haaland’s service.

[@MrHenhen5]

Would be ridiculous, but imagine kane with haaland service too.

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

@@MrHenhen5why do we go on like the Spurs team hasn’t reached a cl final and came 3rd in a 2 horse race with 5 games to go. Please stop he’s had plenty service and only hit 40 goals once 😂 haland is on 2 40+ goal seasons 7 years younger and done it once for Dortmund. “If _____ played at city he would have _____ amount of goals”

[@we5t5id3gunn]

1. Henry 2. Aguero 3. Rooney 4. Shearer 5. Kane

[@JJJ-io6sc]

Shirts was great, but can’t compare him with Kane, the only advantage he had would be pace.

[@craigang311]

Van Persie, Suarez and Kane

[@the_uncannyzebra5143]

That wink says it all

[@jamesmiles1328]

Henry on the left,shearer down the middle,Salah on the right,what a machine can’t beat that,

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Suarez in his pomp was better than Salah in his pomp

[@jamesmiles1328]

@@Matthew-bu7fg Suarez never played right wing though lol,Suarez wasn’t better then shearer at scoring goals

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

you say that like Henry played on the left

[@jamesmiles1328]

@@Matthew-bu7fg played as a left winger for Monaco juventus and France lol,let’s face it he did at arsenal to used to float out to the left run in behind,

[@westtothewest]

I dont care what you say, but when you are 1-0 down on a cold winter night in Stoke, and you need one goal to pull you back at the 90th minute, there is none other than Shearer.

[@Isleofskye]

As a Millwall fan who will hit his 8th decade, next May,I know EXACTLY, what you mean as we were 1/0 down on a cold winter night at Birmingham,on Tuesday 9th February,1988 and I just wanted to go home:)

[@TonyHavenMusic]

Aguero was a natural winner, Kane just isn’t, it’s a different mentality, if you have one game to win everything you need Aguero and avoid Kane

[@JJMcfee1970]

all day long

[@Mcfc2Rich]

​@rathead this "if Aguero played for Tottenham he wouldn't have won anything" argument is bollocks too. How are you ever going to prove that? You aren't, that's why you said it. You can't deny Aguero's clutch mentality, he has the best goal ever scored in the premier league. Last kick of the season, City hadn't won the title in 44 years, was about to lose the title to United.....give it a rest. There's evidence Aguero is that guy, there's no evidence Kane is.

[@tas466]

Auguero had much better players around him.

[@donjohn2695]

Well if Kane had played for man city he would have won plenty of trophies imagine aguero at spurs he'd have won nothing aswell

[@johnnyboy2268]

Youre penalising a player for a teams incompetence. That isnt how it works fool.

[@davekika7394]

AGUERO UNDERRATED

[@1009reaper]

He can do whatever he wants he’s that good

[@noam8314]

Can't blame lineker, cr7 is the best player that played in the premier league at any point in his career. I'd take prime ronaldo over anyone they can come up with.

[@MrLuccatoni]

Kun was a superb 10 at Atletico de Madrid, not a striker

[@Dailojazz]

Agreed they’re overlooking his all round game, dribbling, link up etc. he could do it all, he just (quite rightfully) stayed higher and became more of a devastating poacher.

[@lJordanns]

Kanes main attribute is striking the ball lol. And Kane the most complete striker itw

[@4231jerome]

have you seen his passing range?

[@Nippleless_Cage]

​@@4231jeromeTrue. Hard to decide which is better.

[@Rab_Daddy]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Shearer! 🤚

[@charlieholden88]

Who doesn't love Alan Shearer 😅❤

[@brianholmes3547]

Reduce or eliminate the analysis, save millions and increase the matchplay.

[@halpep3363]

Rooney in his prime was the best

[@leehambleton9919]

Alan Shearer the king

[@jamesfishlock4201]

Gary Linaker, Alan Shearer and Kris Akabusi.

[@BBCSounds]

Alan & Micah reveal their All Time Premier League teams in the full ep here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fncb7p

[@mrfreeze2446]

Kane could be a world class midfielder

[@Nippleless_Cage]

He's the best forward and the best midfielder in his club at the same time. It's a hybrid 9/10 position. Crazy how he's able to pull it off.

[@JayR_9]

He'll do a Rooney where he'll slowly drop back into the 10 then the 8 like he did when he went to Everton

[@mrfreeze2446]

@@JayR_9 hopefully, but it'll be a trillion times better & amazing-& last longer than that donkey u mentioned!

[@hellohi1445]

@@mrfreeze2446eh Kane is gonna have such long longevity. His game has no pace at all. It’s just pure elegance on the ball and pure intelligence. Not to mention having the best technique in the league. Well top 3 minimum.

[@laureanoalfaro9351]

This english notion that Aguero was kind of a poacher is so fecking silly, Kun just became more lazy in the EPL and had proper midfielders so he started to play more upfront, yet when he dropped back he alwasy was class, as a kid he played too as "mediapunta", off midfielder. In his Independeinte days and Aleti he was a menace from any postion, he also focused more on dribbling and he had so many spectacular games were he even destroyed a prime Barca mostly on his own. I get that like I've said later in his carreer in EPL and also after every injury he became more statotionary, but the main trait with him was alwasy his all around game and technical ability to score from anywhere and capability to dribble his way throguh, I do agree that Kane it's more of a passer, yet also because he is not as good as a dribbler as Kun was.

[@HarryDay-xx8th]

Kane is the best Prem striker ever, obviously.

[@johnhayes7872]

Brilliant

[@roadrunner2930]

Best laugh ever 😂

[@Lukqru]

Gary being so confused about that is hilarious

[@kelarez]

Ronaldo at RF, Suarez at ST, Henry at LF

[@onekumarajay]

Prime Henry, Prime Haaland, Prime Suarez. Shearer & Aguero on the bench.

[@erikpuka2627]

Suarez is the best by far. Omly Henry and Shearer come close. Suarez could have named his stats in those City team had he played there instead of Aguero as we seeing it with Haaland.

[@stephencowling8404]

Not from his prem time is he among any of the greats, Henry, Rooney, Shearer, Aguero, VNR. Going of his Spanish career he beats them but was a higher scoring league with the best team ever

[@donjohn2695]

Rooney was equal to them all

[@redfordreddington8834]

​@@donjohn2695 no

[@donjohn2695]

@@redfordreddington8834 well I retract my statement you've given me ALOT of reasons why I'm wrong with your perfect answer giving me a great comment with stats and what the players brought to the table with the strengths on the pitch

[@redfordreddington8834]

@@donjohn2695 Rooney was another overhyped English player.

[@EvoGoody]

Shearer was unstoppable at Blackburn and in his first year at Newcastle. Lineker did better for England though. Both were prolific and consistent goal scorers throughout their careers. Shearer was the better all round footballer. Both were selfish.

[@SonnyK248]

You want goals. Haaland, Ronaldo and Suarez. That's a front three that will murder anyone.

[@julesjules7097]

Andy Cole was better than Both. and if they're talking about dropping not space pinging a pass or playing as a number 10, whom did it better than the man whom kind of created that position in the poem, Dennis Bergkamp.. and all round striker whom also probably has the most assists as a striker in the prem history then its Henry..

[@davidvarey5072]

Seen both and Kane better than shearer. Luis Suarez better than all

[@jordanbyford2693]

Alan shearer scored 260 goals without being in a top team with top players around him and is still the top scorer in Premier league history just imagine how many goals he would of scored in the early 2000s team of Manchester United or aresnal he should put himself in 😂

[@shozltn2376]

Henry is the best striker of all time

[@hellohi1445]

😂😂😂😂😂 R9 exists.

[@shozltn2376]

@@hellohi1445 I’m taking Henry over R9. His assists stats are crazy

[@hellohi1445]

@@shozltn2376 yeh ur bugging. That’s some hard weed you’re smoking 😮‍💨

[@shozltn2376]

@@hellohi1445 03/04 Henry over any R9 season

[@darthvaydor4226]

Aguero was worldclass but kane is clear qnd shearer is clear of both of them

[@Termiaus]

of course he never came to the legend of the game mind Lineker, Gary played for Barcelona and before anyone starts crying about this look at Shearers record at Southampton F.C. 118 app 23 goals, he always need someone to set him up, Sutton, Sheringham, Ginola, if your a true football fan you will know how good lineker was in his day

[@Termiaus]

The best striker is Jimmy Greaves, stop air brushing the facts, record for goals 357 not 260

[@anonymous-d4n1v]

In prime Suarez better than all these

[@ashtonworth6288]

I'd take prime shearer all day long over Kane and aguero

[@JiTiAr35]

He might've been only less than 1 season, but I would put Haaland ahead of Shearer. The guy's a freak of nature.

[@BigBoss7777777]

He’s a tap in merchant

[@jamesmiles1328]

Plays in a Mickey Mouse era off football,also the luxury of never being tackled,old days would got upended 3-4 times a game,let alone elbowed in the face a few times,and some good vinny Jones two footers as well,that big soft shiiiite woudnt of lasted in the old days,

[@JiTiAr35]

@@jamesmiles1328 lol you should see Kimmich tackled him and see what happened.

[@jamesmiles1328]

@@JiTiAr35 kimmich ???,he’s a 3ft midget lol,I like haaland definitely a good centre forward unfortunately plays for city,done good this season,but he is a tap in and pen merchant,every team needs that player,but for me I want to watch gifted talented players like messi mbappe,haaland can’t pick a ball up go past 3-4 players not good enough,also like I say football in this era is very poor I can barely name 2-3 world class defenders in football these days,that’s just facts,

[@redfordreddington8834]

​@@jamesmiles1328 you're delusional

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

When talking about how many penalties a player scored it should be noted that Gerrard scored a lot of penalties and if you take those away he only scored the same number of goals as Paul Scholes, who played a deep lying play-maker role for over half of his career!!! So in summary when Scholes played further forward in his early career his goal scoring record was better than Gerrard! Which means that he was better than Gerrard in an attacking sense and he was also miles better as a play-maker, which became his strongest suit 👍

[@IndecentExposure.]

What about bergkamp?

[@SuperTuggz]

The laugh

[@shubhamvashishtha7036]

Aguero was injured most of the time.... Aguero over kane anyday

[@Scipted]

Kanes better at golf than aguero 😅

[@siddhanth3044]

Rooney can do anything

[@paulwhite2533]

Lineker was quality in his day, destroyed his own legacy.

[@stevenrussellhaime6626]

All strikers are “proper” strikers

[@aaronlondon2312]

Looool

[@markbrookes6915]

Henry keft surez striker salah right wing . Surez to me was an absolute baller never injured worth every penny & more loved him to bits was gutted when he finished. Watch him against Norwich 😮

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

He’s not a better finisher than Kane please stop it 😂😂

[@michaelfawole9974]

This is funny.

[@nintendogamer4703]

Anyone who leaves out Rooney from an All-Time EPL XI; I immediately think that they don't know ball. Stick him wherever you'd like, he'll play at least top 5 in that role/position. All that matters is that he is in the team.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

"don't know ball" you must be 11 years old with statements like that

[@Dailojazz]

Prime Aguero over prime Kane any day. English bias is legit

[@miguelrosado6348]

People want to watch beautiful football: who cares about Alan Shearer, Inzaghi, Muller, Pauleta, Klose and all the stiff towers who scored lots of goals but had no elegance.

[@sirdope2575]

HOW MANY PENALTY YOU GOT??? I WILL PICK SHEARER FOR 150 PENALTY

[@asfixia9141]

suarez better than kane rooney and aguero

[@hellohi1445]

Oh yeh 100%

[@MrThedonhead]

Richards is hard to listen to as doesn't know much about football

[@igloo223]

Kane over aguero will always be crazy, you can count on one hand how many big goals he’s scored! Do not compare…

[@hellohi1445]

What is this retarded myth that Kane goes missing in big games?

[@121music4life]

Shearer had no skill or dribbling technique. He was simply the classic English target man

[@JamesPCroad]

Bullsh*t. Target man. Way to devalue a role. He was a centre-forward: similar to Haaland's role. But I forgot, football didn't exist before 1992...

[@wintah188]

Rooney is overrated

[@Isleofskye]

I know. Those Club Record 250+ Manchester United goals were ALL lucky...

[@benarcher7411]

Lineker is unbearable

[@snookerstones]

So bias to Kane being English that they’d have him over aguero lol

[@mrbtpark]

Micah literally said he’d have Aguero over Kane, and Shearer put himself, so where you get that massive English bias from, I don’t get it

[@matj2743]

Kane has just a good a scoring record as aguero but has never played in a team as good as him

[@snookerstones]

@@mrbtpark did you not hear linekar?

[@mrbtpark]

@@snookerstones So Lineker is “they”? If you mean simply Lineker, say Lineker. Plus Kane is not a bad shout, his all round game is better than Aguero’s, but I would say Aguero is a better striker

[@snookerstones]

@@mrbtpark sorry didn’t realise it was that deep ffs

[@TrustGangaidzo]

😂😂😂

[@titleinislington]

Goal ratio Aguero.... front man is better than Kane, but the English lad is alright..you could bet your house he won't miss a one & one

[@alexhaynes7220]

Alan is better than Aguero and Harry Kane

[@redfordreddington8834]

No

[@jameswyatt4443]

Micah never actually says anything of value. He just makes sounds and says ‘come on’.

[@patinho5589]

Romario

[@jamesdunne3626]

No Bergkamp no team

[@goldytwatus1674]

Lineker needs to be deported

[@Martinw_909]

Lineker is vile

[@rlmross]

Aguero miles ahead of kane in every way.

[@hellohi1445]

Oh yeh I forgot aguero could hit a 40 yard pass and assist.

[@erikpuka2627]

On how good they actually were 1. Suarez 2. Shearer 3. Cantona 4. Rooney 5. Torres 6. Drogba 7. Bergkamp 8. Nistelroy 9. Aguero 10. Tevez Henry would have been 2nd after Suarez but I consider him more of a winger

[@08TheNick]

Torres cantona drogba tevez don’t belong in here

[@DC_18]

If we're going on how good they actually were as football players, Henry was better than all of them 😂

[@donjohn2695]

You can't put cantona above a prime Rooney because Rooney was unplayable in his pomp

[@Nippleless_Cage]

That list is an absolute joke 😂 No Kane and Aguero at 9th? I want some of whatever you're smoking 😂

[@finbarrcorcoran9342]

Really time for some new faces at the Beeb.

[@Isleofskye]

I thought this was really good banter and I remember The 1962 World Cup in Chile...

[@fiddy-lr1sl]

Kane wouldn't be on my bench

[@conner.9262]

Three X English players deluded …. Just wondering if THE BEST player ever to come out of the UK Gareth Bale !! Did he make the team ??? Oops he’s NOT ENGLISH….??? So predictable….

[@lukedavies3732]

All time premier league - 1. Shearer 2. Aguero 3. Henry 4. Rooney 5. Tevez Honourable mentions; Kane, Cantona, Suarez, Yorke, Cole, Drogba, Nistelrooy, Bergkamp, Torres.

[@davidthompson1383]

Tell me you don't watch football without telling me you don't watch football 😂

[@AJ-nd4nk]

Suarez was the best striker of his generation. Definitely deserves a mention.

[@redfordreddington8834]

Aguero is clear of Shearer

[@Nippleless_Cage]

💩

[@hellohi1445]

Bro stop this bullshit putting Tevez above kane 🤦‍♂️