| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? 15:32 - Jan 12 with 1583 views | cbower |
Assuming they were at the height of their powers:
Here's my guesses:
Cooper - 8 million - top 5 goalkeeper in the country
Burley - 15 million - scottish international, marauding full back
Mills - 20 million - England regular and sometimes captain!
Thijssen - 30 million - Dutch international - recognised by fellow pros as player of the year!
Osman - 20 million - England international
Butcher - 40 million - legend, capped 70+ times by England
Wark - 70 million - 36 goals from midfield, bought by multiple Champions League winners
Muhren - 25 million - Dutch international, walked into Man Utd first team.
Mariner - 50 million - England centre forward for many seasons
Gates - 30 million - England international
Brazil - 50 million - scored lots of goals, went on to Man Utd and Spurs
and let's not forget the Beat too. (60 million) - Sir Bob said he was the best he'd seen!
Over 400 million!
Wow! I even think I have been a little conservative too!
Any thoughts?
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 15:39 - Jan 12 with 1530 views | norfsufblue |
Paul Mariner only twice as good as Chris Wood????...mmmmm I'm looking for close to 100 million in todays market tbh unless we are adjusting for covid |  | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 15:43 - Jan 12 with 1516 views | hype313 |
Cooper would be worth min £30m
Burley (given Wan Bisaaka's price tag) £50m |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 15:48 - Jan 12 with 1500 views | JDB23 |
When you take into account Harry Maguire being sold for £80m I think a lot of those fees need to be revisited. |  | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 15:51 - Jan 12 with 1481 views | Metal_Hacker |
Muhren at £25m nah
At least double that |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? (n/t) on 16:27 - Jan 12 with 1355 views | Sharkey |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 16:28 - Jan 12 with 1351 views | yesjohn99 |
Miles out! | | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 16:31 - Jan 12 with 1344 views | hoppy |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 16:28 - Jan 12 by yesjohn99 |
Miles out! |
What's Kenlock done wrong now? |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 16:31 - Jan 12 with 1344 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 16:28 - Jan 12 by yesjohn99 |
Miles out! |
I'd say. When you think many were considered amongst the best of their contemporaries at the time, you could easily triple some of those estimates. |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 16:36 - Jan 12 with 1325 views | Churchman |
Mariner at £100m would be a steal. He’d walk into any current top team. Think Havertz, Werner, Lukaku - he could do all of what those three do. Hard as nails too.
Burley: undervalued. Luke Shaw signed for Man U for £30m in 2014. GB was a lot better than him.
Wark - top scorer in Europe for years. £100m bare minimum.
Osman - worth more than a paltry £20m
In fact the only correct valuation is Cooper |  | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:03 - Jan 12 with 1275 views | portmanpensioner |
If Grealish is £100m surely Thyjssen would be 60-70 million | | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:27 - Jan 12 with 1220 views | hoppy |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:03 - Jan 12 by portmanpensioner |
If Grealish is £100m surely Thyjssen would be 60-70 million |
You spelt "If Grealish is £100m surely Thijssen would also be £100 million" wrongly. | |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:32 - Jan 12 with 1195 views | Churchman |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:03 - Jan 12 by portmanpensioner |
If Grealish is £100m surely Thyjssen would be 60-70 million |
Anyone who saw Thijssen play in his prime here will tell you what a devastating
player he was. At times, he was unplayable. You’d have him in your team long before Grealish | | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:35 - Jan 12 with 1184 views | Vic |
Bowers - not your usual standard!
You could double most of those - except Warkie. But even then he’d go for more that £100m |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:54 - Jan 12 with 1147 views | norfsufblue |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:32 - Jan 12 by Churchman |
Anyone who saw Thijssen play in his prime here will tell you what a devastating
player he was. At times, he was unplayable. You’d have him in your team long before Grealish |
He certainly could stay upright a lot longer than Grealish 😉👠| | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:07 - Jan 12 with 971 views | cbower |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 17:35 - Jan 12 by Vic |
Bowers - not your usual standard!
You could double most of those - except Warkie. But even then he’d go for more that £100m |
I did say I had been conservative. However, from the reactions received it seems I am miles out! I grew up in the 70s and 80s with that team so know them well but perhaps I still can't get my head around the ridiculous money for transfers nowadays. I will go away and consider how wrong i have got it! | |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:19 - Jan 12 with 948 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
Steve McCall-Play anywhere. 50 million.
Total squad value.
Feckin billions. |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:22 - Jan 12 with 940 views | Durovigutum |
I think the saddest thing is that if we could so some timewarp and be 1981 in 2021 that despite £45 million from the Europa League win, £160m in PL prize money, £3m from an FA cup semi, selling out PR each week, we wouldn't be able to keep the players because the oil/blood/etc money would blow us out of the water. Selling Wark for £100m is great, but how can you replace him? |  | | |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:28 - Jan 12 with 922 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:22 - Jan 12 by Durovigutum |
I think the saddest thing is that if we could so some timewarp and be 1981 in 2021 that despite £45 million from the Europa League win, £160m in PL prize money, £3m from an FA cup semi, selling out PR each week, we wouldn't be able to keep the players because the oil/blood/etc money would blow us out of the water. Selling Wark for £100m is great, but how can you replace him? |
Easy, get Mark Brennan for 25k. | |
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It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:31 - Jan 12 with 909 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:28 - Jan 12 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Easy, get Mark Brennan for 25k. |
Or wait for his contract to run down and re-sign him on a free. Again. |  |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:32 - Jan 12 with 905 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
"Thijssen - 30 million - Dutch international - recognised by fellow pros as player of the year!"
So £30M for the best player in the league in today's money?
Yes, I agree you have underestimated.
The best team he ever built. | |
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| Following on from the Wood thread - how much would the 1981 team be worth today? on 22:52 - Jan 12 with 878 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Peak John Wark is 100 mil in todays money. Maybe more, could play anywhere and scores 30 plus goals from midfield...... |  |
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