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Post by richie22 on Jul 25, 2020 21:20:22 GMT
Your not allowed to digress ... I call
Bobby Charlton
Two word answers only please
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Post by BuzzB on Jul 25, 2020 21:30:09 GMT
Mara Donna
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sean
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Post by sean on Jul 25, 2020 21:30:18 GMT
Our very own
Stanley Matthews
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 25, 2020 21:39:37 GMT
George Best
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Post by datguy on Jul 25, 2020 21:40:08 GMT
Lionel Messi.
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Post by thfc67 on Jul 25, 2020 21:40:21 GMT
Johan Cruyff
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Post by mrcoke on Jul 25, 2020 21:44:22 GMT
Stanley Matthews
The only player to put an extra 10,000 on the average home gate at away grounds he played.
The only player invited to go on personal tours to other parts of the world, when travel was very difficult.
The first English League footballer of the year and won it twice.
The first European footballer of the year.
The first footballer to be knighted.
Generally regarded as the greatest ever by his peers.
The player, Pele said taught the world to play football.
Played on pitches today's footballers would find impossible.
Played against defenders who would terrify today's forwards.
(Apologies, I digressed.)
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Post by Gods on Jul 25, 2020 21:47:38 GMT
George Best
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Post by richie22 on Jul 25, 2020 21:52:56 GMT
Stanley Matthews The only player to put an extra 10,000 on the average home gate at away grounds he played. The only player invited to go on personal tours to other parts of the world, when travel was very difficult. The first English League footballer of the year and won it twice. The first European footballer of the year. The first footballer to be knighted. Generally regarded as the greatest ever by his peers. The player, Pele said taught the world to play football. Played on pitches today's footballers would find impossible. Played against defenders who would terrify today's forwards. (Apologies, I digressed.) Jesus ‘H’ it’s hard to argue against that, I love Stan , he signed my 98 away shirt that my mum threw away when I moved out, but he wasn’t sir bobby. That boy had it all |
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Post by mattador78 on Jul 25, 2020 21:54:25 GMT
I agree with maradona however I think the original Ronaldo minus the injuries would have surpassed anyone
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Post by thedeadlyshart on Jul 25, 2020 21:56:32 GMT
Danny Collins.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 25, 2020 21:59:04 GMT
Diego Maradona
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Post by lordb on Jul 25, 2020 21:59:22 GMT
Bobby Charlton is England's best ever player however Duncan Edwards could have been
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 22:03:09 GMT
Maradona
Won it all
Only Messi and Ronaldo come close
Sorry but Matthews is nonsense. Great player but not on the same planet
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Post by lordb on Jul 25, 2020 22:07:09 GMT
Maradona Won it all Only Messi and Ronaldo come close Sorry but Matthews is nonsense. Great player but not on the same planet Your simply wrong there Matthews was the world superstar in the 1930's Problem with perceptions now is most of the footage of him is from the 50's when he was in his (very lengthy!) Veteran phase Be like judging Messi on his form in about five to ten years from now. |
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Post by StatesideStokie on Jul 25, 2020 22:13:29 GMT
Messi.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 22:14:55 GMT
George Best
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Post by Cast no shadow on Jul 25, 2020 22:19:01 GMT
Our Stan
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 25, 2020 22:19:58 GMT
Cristiano Ronaldo
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Post by heworksardtho on Jul 25, 2020 22:21:15 GMT
Mike Tyson
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Post by pretzel on Jul 25, 2020 22:35:08 GMT
Not the Autoglass Trophy he didn't... not even one time |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 22:41:39 GMT
Justin Whittle.
Perfected the minutes silence
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Post by maine on Jul 25, 2020 22:51:09 GMT
George Best. (Charlton not in the conversation from my perspective).
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Post by GrahamHyde on Jul 25, 2020 22:55:39 GMT
Cristiano Ronaldo
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Post by mrcoke on Jul 25, 2020 22:56:32 GMT
Stanley Matthews The only player to put an extra 10,000 on the average home gate at away grounds he played. The only player invited to go on personal tours to other parts of the world, when travel was very difficult. The first English League footballer of the year and won it twice. The first European footballer of the year. The first footballer to be knighted. Generally regarded as the greatest ever by his peers. The player, Pele said taught the world to play football. Played on pitches today's footballers would find impossible. Played against defenders who would terrify today's forwards. (Apologies, I digressed.) Jesus ‘H’ it’s hard to argue against that, I love Stan , he signed my 98 away shirt that my mum threw away when I moved out, but he wasn’t sir bobby. That boy had it all You should read Bobby's autobiography "The United Years" where he drools over Matthews, for pages, talks about his ambition as a boy to emulate Matthews as a winger, how he and Jackie would always stand near the corner flag when Blackpool played Newcastle so they could be close to their idol, how whenever he visits Preston football museum he always insists on watching the Matthews' final and how he destroyed the Bolton FB, Ralph Banks, who was regarded as one of the very best. He writes of many of his 50s heroes and says Matthews "was the greatest of them all." |
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Post by robstokie on Jul 25, 2020 23:03:08 GMT
From a historical perspective - Sir Stan
From a modern day fan who's been going since 95/96 - Ricardo Fuller
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 23:17:39 GMT
Brek Shea
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 26, 2020 3:23:57 GMT
Johan Cruyff.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Jul 26, 2020 6:12:12 GMT
Maradona Won it all Only Messi and Ronaldo come close Sorry but Matthews is nonsense. Great player but not on the same planet Between the ages of 24 to 30 Stanley Matthews career was put on hold because of a slight issue going on in the world. I wonder what Messi and Maradonna plus others careers would’ve looked like if you take these years out of their careers? (Of course it’s a crazy hypothetical point to raise and doesn’t diminish what they have actually achieved) |
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Post by Northy on Jul 26, 2020 6:20:18 GMT
You are
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