Best, Law and Charlton - the United Trinity
TIME goes by, and the certainties are no longer so-certain. For the best part of 50-years we have believed, George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton were the greatest trio of forwards ever to be seen together in one team.
Conn, Bauld and Wardhaugh - Hearts' "Terrible Trio" of the 1950s
I know, at this point, some Heart of Midlothian fans will be saying: "What about Conn, Bauld and Wardhaugh - the Terrible Trio. Aye, in a Scottish context, they were good, but, come on, get real here.
The New Kids In Town: Suarez, Messi, Neymar
Today, to quote the Eagles, we have some New Kids In Town, the Barcelona front three of Suarez, Messi and Neymar; and, on the evidence of their play in Barcelona's 2-0 Emirates win over Arsenal in the Champions League this week: they just might be better than their illustrious Old Trafford predecessors.
Time to feed-in a Tommy Docherty one-liner here: "Maybe so, but, you have to remember, George is dead and Denis and Bobby are both in their seventies".
Arsenal are a good team, but, Barcelona are a VERY good team, with much of the difference coming from that talismanic front three. The opening goal, for which Neymar and Suarazev ran so unselfishly to provie the opening for the sublime Messi, well, that was a fantastic example of swift and deadly counter-attacing: 16 seconds from Pique heading the ball out of the Barcelona penalty area, to Messi sticking it behind Peter Cech, five passes later.
When, I wonder, will Barcelona FC erect a statue to this, their 21st century heavenly Trio?
For as long as we Scots have access to BT Sport TV, to watch such brilliance, Scottish football will struggle to persuade the fans to come out to watch the dross which passes for the best of the SPFL.
Twenty-four hours later, I was able to watch Manchester City score a terrific win at Dynamo Kiev, in their Champions League game. It really is a sair fecht for Scottish fitba, having to compete with such brilliance.
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