I watched the opening half an hour of the '83 Cup Final again recently - it's impossible to compare then to now as the tackles flying in then would have resulted in Match Abandoned now, due to all the sendings off. It's an absolutely cracking watch though.
As has been said before I'm sure (though I admit to not having read the 3,343 pages of posts on the subject of Stephens), there's a bit of this that smacks of Bridcutt and Buckley. Fine players but no one ever thought they'd set the Premier League alight. I feel the same about DS; whatever...