Semi Finals

[MikeH72]

Simply cannot have players like Maradona and Pele ahead of Messi.

Maradona played when fat defenders that were bamboozled by a shoulder faint while Messi plays against lads who were built in labs

Yeah but you’re forgetting that in the 80’s fouls didn’t exist and you could literally just boot players everywhere legally.

I think.

 

[Goat]

Simply cannot have players like Maradona and Pele ahead of Messi.

Maradona played when fat defenders that were bamboozled by a shoulder faint while Messi plays against lads who were built in labs

And Dixie Dean was a goal hanger.

You dont pick the era you play in.

 

[MikeH72]

And Dixie Dean was a goal hanger.

You dont pick the era you play in.

George Best would’ve been Anthony Gordon in today’s era.

 

[Pootsy]

George Best would’ve been Anthony Gordon in today’s era.

Wash yer mouth out!

 

[Simon Buttle]

Qatari's cancel 7 flights from Morocco for no apparent reason, fans that were due to go to tonights game. Miserable sods worried about a bit of a party.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

When you say complete, is it his cheating that you think sets him apart from the rest. Especially as he used it to his advantage so well.

Was watching a video of him in the 1990 World Cup where he had a mixed tournament and in one of the group games he handballed one on the line to prevent a goal and he admitted he got lucky again there. 2 World Cups where he got away with cheating.

3 if you count his rampant coke and steroid use in 1994

 

[Papa Shango]

When you say complete, is it his cheating that you think sets him apart from the rest. Especially as he used it to his advantage so well.

Was watching a video of him in the 1990 World Cup where he had a mixed tournament and in one of the group games he handballed one on the line to prevent a goal and he admitted he got lucky again there. 2 World Cups where he got away with cheating.

If you aint cheating you aint trying.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Should have played better for Northern Ireland then...

Well if Matt Busby would have allowed him to play in the 'winner takes all' qualify vs Russia in 1969, he may have played better. Win that and they qualified for Mexico. Busby wanted him to play in cup game which clashed with it, so he stayed behind (and scored the winner vs Burnley).

 

[Papa Shango]

Well if Matt Busby would have allowed him to play in the 'winner takes all' qualify vs Russia in 1969, he may have played better. Win that and they qualified for Mexico. Busby wanted him to play in cup game which clashed with it, so he stayed behind (and scored the winner vs Burnley).

Obviously didn't fancy it the massive phony.

(I am not being serious by the way!)

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Obviously didn't fancy it the massive phony.

(I am not being serious by the way!)

I did think you were on the wind-up, but wasn't sure whether some of the crappier posters would run with it.

 

[Old Blue 2]

George Best would’ve been Anthony Gordon in today’s era.

George Best would have left all these 'modern' defenders on their backsides. Every time.

What goes against George Best is that he played for a national team that never played in the WC Finals. Had he been Braziliain or German, he would have eclipsed everyone on the world stage. I believe even Pele acknowledged that Best was best...

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

I believe even Pele acknowledged that Best was best...

According to George Best.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

What goes against George Best is that he played for a national team that never played in the WC Finals.

They reached the finals a few years before Best's international debut- and a few years after his last game for NI, so they had some talent.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Diego was the best I ever saw, but then I only saw him every 4 years.

I think its impossible to say somebody was a GOAT.

Era matters, football changes.

Big fan of whatever defensive shape that is supposed to be from the Belgians.

The famous Belgium pic was taken after a free kick which is why they have that shape. Argentina lost that game

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[Old Blue 2]

They reached the finals a few years before Best's international debut- and a few years after his last game for NI, so they had some talent.

At Best's time of playing...