Just how GOOD was George Weah Actually
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seriously? Dude he won WPOY, European player of the year and CAF all in one year 1995. He was top notch
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Re: Just how GOOD was George Weah Actually
He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
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this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
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Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
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Not true. On the world stage, he came between Romario and Ronaldo....the former, a 20-25 goal per season striker. The latter, a 30+ goal per season strike. Even Kluivert was scoring more.
Weah arrived in a barren period for strikers. And AC Millan was riding high. And the Serie A was held in high esteem. Like I said, right place/right time
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deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
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Yekini wasn't better than Weah
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Gbam!! Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp failed in Serie A, but lit up the Premier League when they arrived.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
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Should we start listing players for which the opposite was true??Scipio Africanus wrote:Gbam!! Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp failed in Serie A, but lit up the Premier League when they arrived.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
These are meaningless observations. Weah at his peak was an AC Milan player - who underperformed those who came before and after him. For whatever reason, at his peak, there was a dearth of quality strikers. There is nothing in Weah’s career that says he was as good as his legend. Without the blur of in-season hype, George Weah was very ordinary.
Yekini, Drogba, Yeboah, Etoo and a host of others too controversial to name (I don’t want my afternoon eaten up by defenses of Hosam Hassan) were better than George Weah...
But for whatever twist-of-fate reason, Weah was the right guy at the right place and the right time. His stats and his play were eminently forgettable. He’s a poor man’s Eto’o....a very poor man
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When I ask people why Weah was better than Yekini, I get some mix of WPOY excuses. I respect the award but I was watching European soccer back then...every week. I remember quite clearly the soccer atmosphere at the time. I know the quality of strikers that came before and after Weah. As the youngins say, Weah wasn’t ****Bigpokey24 wrote:Yekini wasn't better than Weah
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The floor is yours! Abeg list dem o!deanotito wrote:Should we start listing players for which the opposite was true??Scipio Africanus wrote:Gbam!! Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp failed in Serie A, but lit up the Premier League when they arrived.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
These are meaningless observations. Weah at his peak was an AC Milan player - who underperformed those who came before and after him. For whatever reason, at his peak, there was a dearth of quality strikers. There is nothing in Weah’s career that says he was as good as his legend. Without the blur of in-season hype, George Weah was very ordinary.
Yekini, Drogba, Yeboah, Etoo and a host of others too controversial to name (I don’t want my afternoon eaten up by defenses of Hosam Hassan) were better than George Weah...
But for whatever twist-of-fate reason, Weah was the right guy at the right place and the right time. His stats and his play were eminently forgettable. He’s a poor man’s Eto’o....a very poor man
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You do know this is ‘google-able’ right? If I list them, you go agree with me on Weah or you go start wif ‘but-but-but-isms’?Scipio Africanus wrote:The floor is yours! Abeg list dem o!deanotito wrote:Should we start listing players for which the opposite was true??Scipio Africanus wrote:Gbam!! Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp failed in Serie A, but lit up the Premier League when they arrived.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
These are meaningless observations. Weah at his peak was an AC Milan player - who underperformed those who came before and after him. For whatever reason, at his peak, there was a dearth of quality strikers. There is nothing in Weah’s career that says he was as good as his legend. Without the blur of in-season hype, George Weah was very ordinary.
Yekini, Drogba, Yeboah, Etoo and a host of others too controversial to name (I don’t want my afternoon eaten up by defenses of Hosam Hassan) were better than George Weah...
But for whatever twist-of-fate reason, Weah was the right guy at the right place and the right time. His stats and his play were eminently forgettable. He’s a poor man’s Eto’o....a very poor man
My guess is that you’d do the latter...like I said, that is a meaningless observation. It was still 1995 when Ajax won the Champions League over Milan
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Abeg stop dancing Atilogwu and list the strikers in Weah's era who failed in the Premier League but lit up Serie A. You threatened to list dem, so go ahead ... and list dem!deanotito wrote:You do know this is ‘google-able’ right? If I list them, you go agree with me on Weah or you go start wif ‘but-but-but-isms’?Scipio Africanus wrote:The floor is yours! Abeg list dem o!deanotito wrote:Should we start listing players for which the opposite was true??Scipio Africanus wrote:Gbam!! Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp failed in Serie A, but lit up the Premier League when they arrived.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
These are meaningless observations. Weah at his peak was an AC Milan player - who underperformed those who came before and after him. For whatever reason, at his peak, there was a dearth of quality strikers. There is nothing in Weah’s career that says he was as good as his legend. Without the blur of in-season hype, George Weah was very ordinary.
Yekini, Drogba, Yeboah, Etoo and a host of others too controversial to name (I don’t want my afternoon eaten up by defenses of Hosam Hassan) were better than George Weah...
But for whatever twist-of-fate reason, Weah was the right guy at the right place and the right time. His stats and his play were eminently forgettable. He’s a poor man’s Eto’o....a very poor man
My guess is that you’d do the latter...like I said, that is a meaningless observation. It was still 1995 when Ajax won the Champions League over Milan
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Re: Just how GOOD was George Weah Actually
During his time at Milan the lowest a Capocannoniere totaled was 22. I think Weah was great but I also think humanitarian considerations allowed him to win the Player of the Year award.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
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Interesting to watch him vs Ronaldo West and co
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Re: Just how GOOD was George Weah Actually
Nope. That is not what you said. Na you dey change mouth. You listed Bergkamp and Thierry as examples of players that succeeded in England and failed in Italy. I said there are many players that did the opposite. Now you dey change mouth to “in Weah’s era”. Unless you want to argue that Henry and Bergkamp are in Weah’s era. There wasn’t a lot of cross-border movement in “Weah’s era”...but my number one example would be Weah himself .... he was a flop in EnglandScipio Africanus wrote:Abeg stop dancing Atilogwu and list the strikers in Weah's era who failed in the Premier League but lit up Serie A. You threatened to list dem, so go ahead ... and list dem!deanotito wrote:You do know this is ‘google-able’ right? If I list them, you go agree with me on Weah or you go start wif ‘but-but-but-isms’?Scipio Africanus wrote:The floor is yours! Abeg list dem o!deanotito wrote:Should we start listing players for which the opposite was true??Scipio Africanus wrote:Gbam!! Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp failed in Serie A, but lit up the Premier League when they arrived.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
These are meaningless observations. Weah at his peak was an AC Milan player - who underperformed those who came before and after him. For whatever reason, at his peak, there was a dearth of quality strikers. There is nothing in Weah’s career that says he was as good as his legend. Without the blur of in-season hype, George Weah was very ordinary.
Yekini, Drogba, Yeboah, Etoo and a host of others too controversial to name (I don’t want my afternoon eaten up by defenses of Hosam Hassan) were better than George Weah...
But for whatever twist-of-fate reason, Weah was the right guy at the right place and the right time. His stats and his play were eminently forgettable. He’s a poor man’s Eto’o....a very poor man
My guess is that you’d do the latter...like I said, that is a meaningless observation. It was still 1995 when Ajax won the Champions League over Milan
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Thank you. Finally, some honesty.kalani JR wrote:During his time at Milan the lowest a Capocannoniere totaled was 22. I think Weah was great but I also think humanitarian considerations allowed him to win the Player of the Year award.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
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You dey try use style wiggle out of the hole you dug yourself into. For your education, this is the originating context of this argument.deanotito wrote:Nope. That is not what you said. Na you dey change mouth. You listed Bergkamp and Thierry as examples of players that succeeded in England and failed in Italy. I said there are many players that did the opposite. Now you dey change mouth to “in Weah’s era”. Unless you want to argue that Henry and Bergkamp are in Weah’s era. There wasn’t a lot of cross-border movement in “Weah’s era”...but my number one example would be Weah himself .... he was a flop in EnglandScipio Africanus wrote:
Abeg stop dancing Atilogwu and list the strikers in Weah's era who failed in the Premier League but lit up Serie A. You threatened to list dem, so go ahead ... and list dem!
Others would be https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/galler ... gue-082515
Like I said, Google is your friend.
Do you see the time qualifier that I nicely bolded, underlined and even colored for you? That was there before I jumped into this discussion. So I no dey change mouth anytin.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
Now show me ya list of those that supposedly lit Serie A on fire after failing in England.*
*And don't use Weah because Weah moved to England from Italy on the downswing (twilight) of his career. In his last season in Serie A (1999 - 2000), he scored just 4 goals. In his next season in England he scored 3, playing less minutes. Not much of a difference there.
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Crespo, Veron, Berti, Bianchi, Maccarone?Scipio Africanus wrote:You dey try use style wiggle out of the hole you dug yourself into. For your education, this is the originating context of this argument.deanotito wrote:Nope. That is not what you said. Na you dey change mouth. You listed Bergkamp and Thierry as examples of players that succeeded in England and failed in Italy. I said there are many players that did the opposite. Now you dey change mouth to “in Weah’s era”. Unless you want to argue that Henry and Bergkamp are in Weah’s era. There wasn’t a lot of cross-border movement in “Weah’s era”...but my number one example would be Weah himself .... he was a flop in EnglandScipio Africanus wrote:
Abeg stop dancing Atilogwu and list the strikers in Weah's era who failed in the Premier League but lit up Serie A. You threatened to list dem, so go ahead ... and list dem!
Others would be https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/galler ... gue-082515
Like I said, Google is your friend.
Do you see the time qualifier that I nicely bolded, underlined and even colored for you? That was there before I jumped into this discussion. So I no dey change mouth anytin.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
Now show me ya list of those that supposedly lit Serie A on fire after failing in England.*
*And don't use Weah because Weah moved to England from Italy on the downswing (twilight) of his career. In his last season in Serie A (1999 - 2000), he scored just 4 goals. In his next season in England he scored 3, playing less minutes. Not much of a difference there.
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Numbers please. And we are only talking about strikers. So that should help your efforts.kalani JR wrote:Crespo, Veron, Berti, Bianchi, Maccarone?Scipio Africanus wrote:You dey try use style wiggle out of the hole you dug yourself into. For your education, this is the originating context of this argument.deanotito wrote:Nope. That is not what you said. Na you dey change mouth. You listed Bergkamp and Thierry as examples of players that succeeded in England and failed in Italy. I said there are many players that did the opposite. Now you dey change mouth to “in Weah’s era”. Unless you want to argue that Henry and Bergkamp are in Weah’s era. There wasn’t a lot of cross-border movement in “Weah’s era”...but my number one example would be Weah himself .... he was a flop in EnglandScipio Africanus wrote:
Abeg stop dancing Atilogwu and list the strikers in Weah's era who failed in the Premier League but lit up Serie A. You threatened to list dem, so go ahead ... and list dem!
Others would be https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/galler ... gue-082515
Like I said, Google is your friend.
Do you see the time qualifier that I nicely bolded, underlined and even colored for you? That was there before I jumped into this discussion. So I no dey change mouth anytin.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
Now show me ya list of those that supposedly lit Serie A on fire after failing in England.*
*And don't use Weah because Weah moved to England from Italy on the downswing (twilight) of his career. In his last season in Serie A (1999 - 2000), he scored just 4 goals. In his next season in England he scored 3, playing less minutes. Not much of a difference there.
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Re: Just how GOOD was George Weah Actually
Bros, e be like say you think say na Village cobbler you dey follow debate. You are actually trying to substitute what YOU said with what Bigpokey said and you think say no one would notice??Scipio Africanus wrote:You dey try use style wiggle out of the hole you dug yourself into. For your education, this is the originating context of this argument.deanotito wrote:Nope. That is not what you said. Na you dey change mouth. You listed Bergkamp and Thierry as examples of players that succeeded in England and failed in Italy. I said there are many players that did the opposite. Now you dey change mouth to “in Weah’s era”. Unless you want to argue that Henry and Bergkamp are in Weah’s era. There wasn’t a lot of cross-border movement in “Weah’s era”...but my number one example would be Weah himself .... he was a flop in EnglandScipio Africanus wrote:
Abeg stop dancing Atilogwu and list the strikers in Weah's era who failed in the Premier League but lit up Serie A. You threatened to list dem, so go ahead ... and list dem!
Others would be https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/galler ... gue-082515
Like I said, Google is your friend.
Do you see the time qualifier that I nicely bolded, underlined and even colored for you? That was there before I jumped into this discussion. So I no dey change mouth anytin.Bigpokey24 wrote:this is false. Goals were very difficult to score back then in Seria A . tops goal scorers back then were 19 to 20 goals .Also he cored more than 15 goals in France per season for both monaco and PSG .deanotito wrote:He wasn’t as good as his legend. It was really a case of right place/right time.
Never scored more than 15 goals in the season for Milan. I mean, that’s pretty scandalous right there. Like Yakubu type range
But people no wan hear. I can think of 10 African CFs I’d put ahead of Weah. Remember arguing with some people here that Yekini was way better but as long as oyinbo don give Weah award, no one gree see road again.
however this thread should be moved
Now show me ya list of those that supposedly lit Serie A on fire after failing in England.*
*And don't use Weah because Weah moved to England from Italy on the downswing (twilight) of his career. In his last season in Serie A (1999 - 2000), he scored just 4 goals. In his next season in England he scored 3, playing less minutes. Not much of a difference there.
Like I alluded to in the beginning of this your Italy-is-toughest bent, it’s a meaningless observation and a waste of time for me as it is easily disproven.
Bigpokey said goals were hard to come by in Serie A at that time. YOU said Thierry and Bergkamp failed going to Italy....seemingly forgetting that if one could stretch to say Bergkamp was a contemporary of Weah - and that is a stretch - no one in his right mind would say the same of Thierry. When I retorted, then you added “in Weah’s era” (again, no one in his right mind...Thierry). So if you thought it fit to include Thierry as Weah’s contemporary, why you wan change mouth now?? If I throw in Shevchenko, you go begin dey talk story.
In any case, I have provided you a link to a fox sports post showing you a whole host of defenders, mids and strikers that did not make it going from Italy to England.
This bent is a distraction. A WPOY award for me means you are great. HOWEVER, I can never substitute that to mean ALL. Weah was great but he was nowhere near the best African striker I’ve ever seen. In fact, there are 3-4 current African strikers better (and more dominant in their era) than he was for my money. CF Striking is about goals. I don’t care where you play...Serie A or Serie Mars. You don’t score 15 goals a season and be claiming greatest in Africa. Even in France - where he was “discovered”, how many goals did Weah score??
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Re: Just how GOOD was George Weah Actually
But, does the number of goals scored in the league tell the whole story?
Top scorers 1994-95 Division 1 (France)
1. Patrice Loko: 22 goals
2. Alain Caveglia: 20 goals
3. Nicolas Ouedec: 18 goals
4. Florian Maurice / marco Grassi: 15 goals
6. Joel Tiehi / Youri Djorkaef: 14 goals
8. Ardian Kozniku / Didier Tholot / Laurent Blanc: 13 goals
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. George Weah: 7 goals
Top scorers 1995-96 Serie A
1. Igor Protti / Guiseppe Signori: 24 goals
3. Enrico Chiesa: 22 goals
4. Gabriel Batistuta / Marco Branca: 19 goals
6. Oliver Bierhoff: 17 goals
7. Luis Olivieira: 16 goals
8. Nicola Amoruso / Nicola Caccia / Pierluigi casiraghi: 14 goals
11. Abel Balbo / Goran Vlaovic: 13 goals
14. Kennet Andersson / Marcelo Otero / Fabrizio Ravanelli: 12 goals
15. George Weah: 11 goals
Top scorers 1996-97 Serie A
1. Filippo Inzaghi: 24 goals
2. Vincenzo Montella: 22 goals
3. Abel Balbo: 17 goals
4. Sandro Tovalieri: 16 goals
5. Roberto Mancini / Marco Negri / Guiseppe Signori: 15 goals
8. Enrico Chiesa / Youri Djokaef / Pasquale Luiso: 14 goals
11. George Weah / Sandro Tovalieri: 13 goals
Top scorers 1994-95 Division 1 (France)
1. Patrice Loko: 22 goals
2. Alain Caveglia: 20 goals
3. Nicolas Ouedec: 18 goals
4. Florian Maurice / marco Grassi: 15 goals
6. Joel Tiehi / Youri Djorkaef: 14 goals
8. Ardian Kozniku / Didier Tholot / Laurent Blanc: 13 goals
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. George Weah: 7 goals
Top scorers 1995-96 Serie A
1. Igor Protti / Guiseppe Signori: 24 goals
3. Enrico Chiesa: 22 goals
4. Gabriel Batistuta / Marco Branca: 19 goals
6. Oliver Bierhoff: 17 goals
7. Luis Olivieira: 16 goals
8. Nicola Amoruso / Nicola Caccia / Pierluigi casiraghi: 14 goals
11. Abel Balbo / Goran Vlaovic: 13 goals
14. Kennet Andersson / Marcelo Otero / Fabrizio Ravanelli: 12 goals
15. George Weah: 11 goals
Top scorers 1996-97 Serie A
1. Filippo Inzaghi: 24 goals
2. Vincenzo Montella: 22 goals
3. Abel Balbo: 17 goals
4. Sandro Tovalieri: 16 goals
5. Roberto Mancini / Marco Negri / Guiseppe Signori: 15 goals
8. Enrico Chiesa / Youri Djokaef / Pasquale Luiso: 14 goals
11. George Weah / Sandro Tovalieri: 13 goals