Strikers! The Golden Era, Rooney's Tips for Forwards & Is Kane the Best No. 9? | The Overlap Fan Debate
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🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Welcome to Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet.
In this episode, Jamie Carragher is joined by Wayne Rooney and some of the biggest fan channels in the country to talk all things strikers past and present!
Wayne looks back on the toughest defenders he faced during his career, including legends like John Terry and Paolo Maldini. Meanwhile, Jamie reflects on his own battles with top forwards, including what it was like to face Didier Drogba.
The debate turns to the Premier League’s greatest ever striker. Spurs fan Flav argues that Harry Kane deserves more recognition, sparking a lively discussion among the panel.
Wayne also shares how the role of the striker has changed over the years, from his early days at Everton to leading the line for Manchester United. He also offers insight into how he now helps strikers develop as a manager, and what he looks for when signing new forwards.
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| 0:00.0 | If Harry stayed in the Premier League, he'd break Shira's record. |
| 0:02.4 | But also, if he played for United... |
| 0:04.0 | Still can, he still should. If Trogba was smiling and happy in a game, you're all right. In terms of Premier League history, obviously you've got Shira, Andy Cole, who used to have Michael Owen in that period was incredible. Have you come across any players at sleep with a hairdryers on as well? I've never blew myself up in the D.C. Looked over |
| 0:22.6 | Nannies and full tears |
| 0:23.8 | Kailen |
| 0:24.3 | And that sleep with her hair dryers on as well. I've never blew myself up in the D.C. Looked over, nannies, in full tears, crying. Then the scouse can me come out. And I've got off to him where, he's crying. You're talking about like she, a drug fair, pain, a guiral, on re sort of moved about that, a little bit like weighing in some ways. The big thing for managers and coaches was stopping the players from going out and on the piss or whatever. |
| 0:42.2 | And the manager. |
| 0:44.7 | Is it ridiculous that Harry Kane is the best number nine that Premier League's ever seen? |
| 1:01.0 | Hello and welcome back to the fan debate brought to you by Skybet And as we had last week |
| 1:02.7 | We've got one of English football's greatest ever strikers, |
| 1:05.6 | Wayne Rooney, joining me on the couch. |
| 1:07.7 | So I just want to start off because we're going to do this show around |
| 1:10.8 | Great strikers |
| 1:12.1 | and what makes a great striker. |
| 1:13.6 | I mean, for you, when you're thinking about a great striker, |
| 1:16.8 | centre forward, one of the first things that spring to mind. |
| 1:20.7 | Goals. |
| 1:22.3 | No, I think, obviously, score on goals. |
| 1:25.0 | I think there's been so many great strikers. |
| 1:27.2 | You go back to |
| 1:28.7 | Ronaldo, Arnaann. |
| 1:31.8 | You've had a bit of everything. |
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