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I was too young to remember '66 world cup and barely remember '70. Between '70 and '90 England as a footballing nation we were 2nd rate and then came along Gazza.
I agree with posts about George Best he was something else but I'm struggling to think of an English footballer since 1970 that matches Gazza at his best and was on a par with the best of the best at his time.
Made me feel fantastic about England in '90 and along with Shearer made a great summer in '96.
As a person he is no role model but I don't see him trying to judge me so don't see why I should judge him.
As a footballer and an entertainer he was a good one.
Gascoigne, Lampard, Gerrard - no contest which one I'd have at their best.
Robin Friday. Rodney Shithouse Marsh. Frank Worthington (when he felt like it). Alan Hudson (periodically)
Friday - entire playing career with (iirc) Reading and Swansea, 0 caps.
Shithouse - 9 caps, 0 in finals
Worthington - 9 caps, 0 in finals
Hudson - 2 caps, 0 in finals
None of them fit to lace Gazza's boots, even post-knee carnage. Ask any foreigner who the last English player to light up a World Cup was..
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Friday - entire playing career with (iirc) Reading and Swansea, 0 caps.
Shithouse - 9 caps, 0 in finals
Worthington - 9 caps, 0 in finals
Hudson - 2 caps, 0 in finals
None of them fit to lace Gazza's boots, even post-knee carnage. Ask any foreigner who the last English player to light up a World Cup was..
None of them fit to lace Gazza's boots, even post-knee carnage. Ask any foreigner who the last English player to light up a World Cup was..
No offence, Hetzke, but most people here in France would struggle to remember him ..... midfield players like Platini, Giresse and Jean Tigana, who finished playing much longer ago, are remembered in England.
He may have lit up our World Cup but more people remember Chris Waddle's pelanty over here to be honest.
No offence, Hetzke, but most people here in France would struggle to remember him ..... midfield players like Platini, Giresse and Jean Tigana, who finished playing much longer ago, are remembered in England.
He may have lit up our World Cup but more people remember Chris Waddle's pelanty over here to be honest.
I remember Beardsley and Lineker dual-handedly reviving England's World Cup bid. I remember Michael Owen slaloming his way through the Argentine defence before lashing an unstoppable shot past the keeper. I remember Archie Gemmill doing much the same thing to World Cup favourites Holland. Paul Gascoigne? Crying like a bairn because he got booked for being a hot-headed liability.
I hate the French for their pompous obsession with good manners but even I was cringing when Gascoigne was shown laughing at his own belches and fake plastic tits.
They like Bobby Moore mind :roll:
I remember Beardsley and Lineker dual-handedly reviving England's World Cup bid. I remember Michael Owen slaloming his way through the Argentine defence before lashing an unstoppable shot past the keeper. I remember Archie Gemmill doing much the same thing to World Cup favourites Holland. Paul Gascoigne? Crying like a bairn because he got booked for being a hot-headed liability.
You're talking several competitions there. Strange that you'd then miss out Gazza's goal against Scotland.
Ask any unbiased football fan to name a best England 11 of the last 25 years and I'd wager that Gazza's name would be one of the most commonly picked - more than Owen and Beardsley put together.
Would we saying the same if Gazza had been a mackem and played for Sunderland all of his career? I doubt it.
Gazza's personal life has nothing to do with his ability as a footballer, and really, I think they should be separated, and we have no right to talk about what is obviously a serious psychiatric disorder. He has obviously resorted to extremes in his attempts to cope with his disorder.
He is not the only one to press the self destruct button due to chemicals.
I don't see any remarks about a Sunderland player, a similar personality, not as extreme, but still as self-destructive - and dead because of his dependencies.
I had the pleasure of watching him in my youth:- In 98 games over two and a half years at Sunderland he became known for drinking himself unconscious the night before a match.
He drank to excess, and at one point was said to be consuming three bottles of Bacardi a day
After retiring from football he became manager of a pub, and his continued heavy drinking damaged his liver so badly that he needed two transplants at the age of 55, after which he swore off alcohol. He was also addicted to gambling, and is estimated to have lost between £250,000 and £500,000 a fortune in the 1960's. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2001.
ANOTHER TOTAL WASTE OF LIFE. R.I.P Jim Baxter.
And what exactly is this 'serious psychiatric disorder' you speak of?
Bipolar disorder. Sufferers are commonly known to attempt to offset the effects with drink and drugs rather than endure the effects of the illness itself.
Sorry if my comments disagree with the herd mentality of the mag haters.
Gazza was a brilliant footballer. His private life is a different matter, and I for one, hope he recovers and doesn't meet an early demise.
Was Hitler a genius? Pol Pot? Charles Manson? Andy Carroll?
Give your head a shake.
Michaelangelo was genius. Beethoven, Einstein, Newton. None of which were ever caught driving round the quayside pissed.