Last night was probably the first time I've watched a whole Rangers game and it was odd watching Tav the Elder, some of the mannerisms are almost weirdly identical to Marcus. But what I saw was that "Our" Tav seems quicker more influential and more skilful compared to his older brother.
It seems to me that when you get two footballing brothers it is nearly always the junior bro that is the pick of the pair?
Any science to this or just my limited viewpoint?
Having watched Rangers entire run to the final I would definitely disagree with your assessment of James Tav not being influential. Top scorer in the competition, main set-piece taker, and the captain during some great displays.
As mentioned it's probably just a limited viewpoint having watched the final last night which definitely wasn't his best game of the run. But he still looked very steady at the highest level against a good opposition (Kostic in particular being a tough opponent).
Also agree with wilko_perm that they play completely different positions so would have different skillsets. Our Tav probably has more natural ability hence why he plays higher up the pitch.
But we could really do with Tav matching his older brothers scoring rate if he's still with us next season.
On the footballing brothers piece its pretty even
Gary + Phil Neville - older G Nev
Fillipo + Simone Inzaghi - older F Inzaghi
Michael + Brian Laudrup - older M Laudrup
Kolo + Yaya Toure - younger Y Toure
Jack + Bobby Charlton - younger B Charlton
Erwin + Ronald Koeman - younger R Koeman