StockholmRam Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 IVE seen him play... New York Cosmos at Giants Stadium in 1979/80.... Gary Teale was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbeard Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Pele? Over-rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab a dab doo Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 You think so. He only got 3 World Cup winners medals and scored the highest number of goals of any player.I suppose in the grand scheme of things that is nothing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 He was the player of his era. Anyone who tries to directly compare two players across different eras is simply wasting their time, because there are so many variables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Can't remember the opposition but whenever I see the clip where the ball is played through to him & he dummies the keeper then runs around him and sticks it wide & Hugh Johns the commentator just exclaims "oh ...genius!" I always have tears in my eyes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 12 hours ago, eddie said: He was the player of his era. Anyone who tries to directly compare two players across different eras is simply wasting their time, because there are so many variables. Except George Best maybe.. I like to think that for all the physique of modern full backs George would still out dribble and nutmeg them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 13 hours ago, eddie said: He was the player of his era. Anyone who tries to directly compare two players across different eras is simply wasting their time, because there are so many variables. Spot on eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 On 27/05/2017 at 07:24, Ellafella said: The late Jeff Astle was my football coach for a season. Lovely man. Had a lovely friendly quality and a great motivator. He was my grandparents' window cleaner. Apparently the best one they ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 On 28 May 2017 at 11:51, BurtonRam7 said: He was my grandparents' window cleaner. Apparently the best one they ever had. He could always get up in the air well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 28/05/2017 at 10:21, StockholmRam said: Except George Best maybe.. I like to think that for all the physique of modern full backs George would still out dribble and nutmeg them... No doubt at all. Fitness and strength might change, medicine might mend broken players more effectively but the great ball players and those with the vision would have shone just as brightly. Best was one of those. Saw him once. End of career, bloated, unhealthy but the ball at his feet transformed him . It belonged to him. Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 <cough> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Van der MoodHoover Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 All this Pele love.... He was rubbish for Southampton against us in the 2007 playoff semi's. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Does this mean Blackman is leaving with Pele arriving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Gypsy Ram said: Does this mean Blackman is leaving with Pele arriving? That'd be a best move ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 On 27 May 2017 at 07:24, Ellafella said: The late Jeff Astle was my football coach for a season. Lovely man. Had a lovely friendly quality and a great motivator. On 28 May 2017 at 11:51, BurtonRam7 said: He was my grandparents' window cleaner. Apparently the best one they ever had. You can't compare window cleaners of different generations. Its a whole different game now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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