Greatest goalscorer/finisher of the 1990s

[mersey86]

When I first read the title I thought Fowler(biased head) and then shearer

Yes. As I was opening the thread I was wondering why DJ hadn't put it in the Liverpool section. Then I saw his mistake.

[Joe Le Toff]

As good as Batistuta was, and he was world class, he would have to play second fiddle, imho, to Romario. His goal scoring ratio for PSV, Barca, Flamengo, and Valencia in the 90's was staggering.

Romario scored a hat-trick last week in 13 minutes at the age of 41.
By his reckoning hes now on 995 career goals and will retire when hes got 1000.
Will try and find the link

[Rich]

Another top class striker was David Hirst (Ex Sheff Wed), he was considered the best forward in England at his peak and I remember reading a debate in the papers about who should partner him in attack for England!

Man Utd attempted to buy him about 6 times for around £5m and he was considered better than Shearer! Had injuries not wrecked his career he could have reached the same heights as Shearer.

David Hurst might have been highly rated, and it's true United were sniffing around him for £4m, which was huge at the time. However, he wasn't dedicated, and basically it was his own fault that he failed at the highest level.

Story I know was a good friend of mine was a reserve goalkeeper for Sheff United the time David Hirst was doing really well. Well, one day during training, Hirst whistles my mate over and gives him a £20 note and tells him to go to the butty shop. Any Jon comes back with 5 bacon butties (as requested) and Jon hands Hirst the change and one of the butties and asks who the others are for. David Hirst just says "What do you mean?" "They are all for me!" He then proceeded to eat all 5 butties. Basically he totally wasted his talent - and he was supremely talented.