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Post by zerps on Aug 10, 2020 14:25:13 GMT
He was miles better than just "good". He is one of the most talented footballers England has ever produced. You can argue that he never quite achieved what he should have done in the game and I'd accept that, but to say he was a "good player, no more" is seriously under egging how good a footballer the bloke was. Baggio, Stoichkov, Hagi were great players in that era. Gascoigne produced a few moments but not in their class. Jonny Baggio?
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Post by biglad180 on Aug 10, 2020 15:36:59 GMT
Jonnie Vagas
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Post by hyaduck on Aug 10, 2020 23:49:53 GMT
How about one of those blokes who hang around outside Wetherspoons
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Post by yeswilko on Aug 11, 2020 6:57:35 GMT
I can’t understand why anyone would want to make a movie of him, he’s not the only footballer who has become addicted to alcohol. He had a few good years as a player and more than a few making a bell end of himself, he won’t be the first or last. Absolutely Hardly George Best He was a good player no more Behave
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Post by StaffordPotter on Aug 11, 2020 20:41:28 GMT
I certainly won't be watching.
He had a few decent years as a player, then kicked fuck out his Mrs and surrendered his life to the booze.
Never got the love-in with the bloke.
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Post by danceswithclams on Aug 11, 2020 21:28:27 GMT
Ice Cube
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Post by markby on Aug 11, 2020 21:55:50 GMT
Me.
I can't act, can't play football, can't do a Geordie accent and don't look anything like him, but hey - I can get very drunk on very little these days, which has gotta be close enough.
(Am willing to audition)
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Post by toppercorner on Aug 11, 2020 21:56:53 GMT
jack o'connell
by far the best british actor out there.
'starred up' is an unbelievably brilliant film
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Post by hyaduck on Aug 11, 2020 21:59:41 GMT
I certainly won't be watching. He had a few decent years as a player, then kicked fuck out his Mrs and surrendered his life to the booze. Never got the love-in with the bloke. Absolutely 👍
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Post by soswalker1 on Aug 12, 2020 21:07:39 GMT
Think Chubby Brown would be perfect
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Post by markby on Aug 12, 2020 23:12:48 GMT
For those who say Gazza was "decent", but not much more, a quick look at the Individual Honours section of his Wiki entry give the lie to that - he was an outstanding talent, even despite his many problems and injuries depriving him of the best years of his career:
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1987–88 PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1987–88, 1990–91 1990 FIFA World Cup All-star team BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 1990 Ballon d'Or: 1990 (4th) BBC Goal of the Season: 1990–91 PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 1995–96 SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1995–96 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996
Remember, in 1988, when Gazza had just turned 21, Terry Venables and Alex Ferguson were fighting it out to pay £2.2m for him, at a time when the British record transfer fee was Ian Rush from Liverpool to Juve at £3.2m, when Rush was in his prime. And four years later Lazio paid Spurs £5.5m to smash the record, even though he'd missed the entire previous season with a crocked knee.
World Class talent, even if he was also a World Class dickhead.
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Post by hyaduck on Aug 13, 2020 0:34:43 GMT
He was a good player there's no debating that, but an absolute bell end, no debating that either.
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Post by NassauDave on Aug 13, 2020 3:07:03 GMT
Craig from Correh.
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Post by Gods on Aug 13, 2020 7:16:47 GMT
He had ability in an elbows out sort of way.
But he never got with a club in England that won stuff, in fact I don't think he played 100 games for anyone.
50 odd England caps.
His biggest problem for me is he was never cool, a la Alan Hudson or George Best
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Post by potterspele on Aug 13, 2020 18:02:45 GMT
I can’t understand why anyone would want to make a movie of him, he’s not the only footballer who has become addicted to alcohol. He had a few good years as a player and more than a few making a bell end of himself, he won’t be the first or last. He was hugely popular though, undoubtedly because of his flaws which I expect will be the angle the film takes. Whatever you can say about his ability, whether he ever hit the heights that he was capable of hitting or not, I suspect that the film will focus more on his accessibility as a human. Most people can relate to him on some level and it's probably the reason he's remained in the public eye, even to this day.
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Post by misterj on Aug 13, 2020 18:28:28 GMT
Jason Statham.... roughly same age height etc as Gazza and could do with a proper challenge I reckon (eg Geordie accent!!)
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