Almost posted Linekers Barca honours as 1888 and 1889![]()
Gary Lineker
Ian Rush
Gary Lineker
Date of birth: 30 November 1960
Place of birth: Leicester, England
Height: 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight: 11 04
Position: Striker
Nationality: English
Int apps: 80
Int goals: 48
Career Honours:
Code:Barcelona CF Copa Del Rey: 1988 UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1989Personal Honours:Code:Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup 1991
Appearance Stats:Code:Fifa World Cup - Golden Boot: 1986 (Mexico) English league top scorer: 1985, 1986, 1990
....Code:Senior Club Appearances: 567 (406 in England) Senior League Appearances: 466 (340 in England) Goal Tally: 283 in total. 244 in league football
Ian Rush
Date of birth: 20-10-1961
Place of birth: St Asaph
Height: 6.00
Weight: 12.06
Position: Forward
Nationality: Welsh
International Caps: 73
International Goals: 28
Career Honours:
Personal Honours:Code:Liverpool FC European Cup 83/84 First Division (5) 81/82, 82/83, 83/84, 85/86, 89/90 FA Cup (3) 85/86, 88/89, 91/92 League Cup (5) 80/81, 81/82, 82/83, 83/84, 94/95
Appearance Stats:Code:1983 PFA Young Player of the Year 1984 PFA Players' Player of the Year 1984 FWA Footballer of the Year 1984 European Golden Boot 1984 First Division Top Scorer Record FA Cup Final goalscorer with 5 goals
Code:Senior Club Appearances: 810 Senior League Apearances: 603 (572 in England) Goal Tally: 388 in total. 254 in league football.
Last edited by Stevo Da Gull; 14/10/2008 at 1:48 PM.
Almost posted Linekers Barca honours as 1888 and 1889![]()
Last edited by Stevo Da Gull; 14/10/2008 at 1:47 PM.
Lineker for me. His GPG is miles better. 244 in 340 English league games, opposed to Rush's 254 in 572.
Can't really compare their international records, England were a million times better than Wales back then.
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Rushie for me. One of the, if not the greatest 6 yard poachers to ever play the game.
Lineker:
Overall: 1 goal in every 2.005 games
League: 1 goal in every 1.9 games
International: 1 goal in every 1.666 games
Rush:
Overall: 1 goal in every 2.087 games.
League: 1 goal in every 2.37 games
International: 1 goal in every 2.69 games
Overall, the only place where Lineker is far more prolific is Internationally. Given that Rushie is a poor Taff, its a no brainer. I wonder what his England tally would have been if he was a English? Just as good I'd say.
I'm a Liverpool fan so I'm probably being biased in saying Rush. What I can honestly say is that both of them were supreme goalscorers and clinical finishers. However, Rushie's all round game was far superior to Linekers and his last few seasons were basically spent playing the 2nd striker role and doing the donkey work which wouldn't have helped his goals per game ratio.
Rush would never give the defenders a moments piece and his link play was excellent IMO. Lineker on the other hand was a lazy git who just hung around the box![]()
Rush did the donkey work for Fowler to score plenty of his goals and did the same at Newcastle.
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Ian Rush all day. Scored more, achieved more, and was just better at everything, from heading and long range, to defending from the front and hold up play. Easy one this...
I'm probably biased also as an Everton fan, but Lineker for me also. A bet poacher and also did it when he left England, the fact that he missed out on the all time England goalscoring record will probably haunt him. Its probably not fair to compare them on International statistics as Lineker obviously played in a more potent team.
Lineker. During the 85/86 his record was phenomenal. Plus he managed to be relatively successful when he moved overseas, unlike Rush who was a flop at Juve. Plus rush was sad enough to do that April fools "joke" in Shoot!
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Rush.
Never forgave Lineker for equalising in Poland in 91.
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Rush without a doubt!
Ian Rush no contest.
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Rushie for me
No surprise considering your sig.
I can't imagine a Liverpool fan would vote for Lineker.
Rush played in THE TOP team in Europe at the time, making chance after chance for him. Flopped badly at Juventus, failed to integrate into a different way of life and football system.
Lineker did it with every club he played with, he'd have scored more at Barca if it wasn't for Cruyff crazy selection of him as a right winger.
Scored a hatrick vs Real Madrid too, which made him an everlasting hero there. Thought, I was making things up ^, so I had to check .
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Lineker. Rush did it as part of the anfield machine, whereas Lineker proved he could do it at different clubs, in different leagues at different levels.
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