A couple of points to consider. Firstly, the quality and weight of the footballs in the past compared to modern ones. The modern ones are easier to do different things with them. Secondly, what level they played at for BFC. Thirdly, are we talking about dribbling skills, close ball control, passing, shooting, heading, abilty to beat a man, cross the ball, tackling or someone that can do all of them. Unfortunately, no player was the complete package, which is why you have a team with different skills. That also reflects the threads we had on here where we had to select our best keeper, right back, etc.
The two players that particularly excited me when they had the ball were Green and Hoolahan