Georgie Best

[Welsh_red 4,635]

Ive given up deciding between messi and ronaldo . Used to be people assumes messi was the nice one and ronaldo was the selfish arsehole. As times gone on messi hasnt done himself any favours with his antics at barcelona theratening to leave every year or two to get a bumper pay rise . Looking at the amount of contracts either player has signed gives a glimpse into who has a big taste for the coin

Cant comment on best as ive only ever seen highlight reels

Also never understood tge hype about gazza . Obviously a very talented player but he gets spoke about as if he was close to being one of the worlds greatest sometimes 

[pesky1972 5,222]

5 hours ago, Welsh_red said:

Also never understood tge hype about gazza . Obviously a very talented player but he gets spoke about as if he was close to being one of the worlds greatest sometimes 

Always thought the same. Decent player, but Gascoigne never really played consistently at the top level, and probably had his best years up here. And I’m the first to admit that the Scottish league was a level below the best in the world at that time. Think the heart on sleeve persona, and the tears in ‘90 endeared him to many, as much as his talent and achievements on the park.

As for George Best, imho not even in my top ten best ever, but when you hear the tribute paid to his talent by great players of his era, he must’ve been a stand out. Again though, I think the lifestyle and ‘what might have been’ has added to his legend. 
As been said, the whole GOAT thing is entirely subjective, so little point in debating really. Especially as it’s definitely Messi, no doubt about it

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,840]

The tragedy of Gazza is what he might have achieved if he’d went to man United 

[dytkos 17,784]

11 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

The tragedy of Gazza is what he might have achieved if he’d went to man United 

He would have gone down in my estimation

Cheers, D.

[NEWKID 27,142]

1 hour ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

The tragedy of Gazza is what he might have achieved if he’d went to man United 

Same as Shearer...

[Welsh_red 4,635]

1 minute ago, NEWKID said:

Same as Shearer...

I can always make peace with Shearer choosing newcastle . Hed already won the premier league  . I really liked the fact he went to his hometown club and that was all he wanted . He was a absolute monster player aswell

[NEWKID 27,142]

1 minute ago, Welsh_red said:

I can always make peace with Shearer choosing newcastle . Hed already won the premier league  . I really liked the fact he went to his hometown club and that was all he wanted . He was a absolute monster player aswell

Agreed mate....I'm fishing a little...

[Welsh_red 4,635]

7 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Agreed mate....I'm fishing a little...

By all means carry on casting 

I do wonder what he could have achieved at UTD

[Wolfdog91 7,001]

15 hours ago, Sinistre said:

Best footballer ever?

.... So birds is just some weird British term for women ....right? 

Edited May 19, 2021 by Wolfdog91

[Wolfdog91 7,001]

1 minute ago, W. Katchum said:

Aye weird as fcuk when you compare it with broad

Mabye when you get alot of money you just naturally start having to use fancy terms for wild women

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,840]

2 hours ago, Welsh_red said:

I can always make peace with Shearer choosing newcastle . Hed already won the premier league  . I really liked the fact he went to his hometown club and that was all he wanted . He was a absolute monster player aswell

An absolute statue of a player , what an icon of a striker back to your home town club 

[Lenmcharristar 9,745]

2 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said:

.... So birds is just some weird British term for women ....right? 

Whatever the others say, best by name, best by nature, he was the 1st superstar footballer. 

[WILF 46,767]

2 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

An absolute statue of a player , what an icon of a striker back to your home town club 

To still be the all time record goal scorer (by a mile !) in a league that has seen Rooney, Henry, Van Nistilrooy, Anelka, Van Perse, Torres, Fowler, Owen, Cole, Yorke, Aguero  etc etc etc tells you all you need to know about the bloke !

Giant of a player ! 

 

[Welsh_red 4,635]

1 hour ago, WILF said:

To still be the all time record goal scorer (by a mile !) in a league that has seen Rooney, Henry, Van Nistilrooy, Anelka, Van Perse, Torres, Fowler, Owen, Cole, Yorke, Aguero  etc etc etc tells you all you need to know about the bloke !

Giant of a player ! 

 

Also to score that many goals for a club that wasnt filled with mega stars to help him along . Back to the messi thing , would he have scored as many without the likes of xavi/iniesta in the team . Shearer didnt have that luxury. 

My defining memory of him is him being insanely strong and powerfull. I played centre back and if a striker can smash you around aswell as score theirs not a major amount you can do . If their a small tricky skillfull player you can always bash them about a bit and try put them off their game

[SONOFSOIL 215]

20 minutes ago, Welsh_red said:

Also to score that many goals for a club that wasnt filled with mega stars to help him along . Back to the messi thing , would he have scored as many without the likes of xavi/iniesta in the team . Shearer didnt have that luxury. 

My defining memory of him is him being insanely strong and powerfull. I played centre back and if a striker can smash you around aswell as score theirs not a major amount you can do . If their a small tricky skillfull player you can always bash them about a bit and try put them off their game

Alan shearer was far more reliant on his fellow players than lionel messi, messi is capable of scoring goals from anywhere, beating multiple defenders if need be, i think he is king of the assist also, different gravy to the likes of shearer, van nistelrooy.