Perfect ball control, clever one-touches, abundant imagination… perfect player
@rodrobson3 жыл бұрын
No matter what team you support George Best was a fantastic football player and come across as a great bloke 👍
@paulterrelonge43814 жыл бұрын
One of the Greatest Of All Time.....
@ysgol35 жыл бұрын
A fantastic reminder of how brilliant, brave and tough George was.
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
dead on mate
@711honved5 жыл бұрын
I watched the impish Best skip across quagmire pitches with a rain soaked leather ball, pursued by the hard men of the day. The best efforts of Norman (Break Your Legs) Hunter, Ron (Chopper) Harris or Tommy Smith could not stop him. I once had the great privilege to spend an evening in the company of George & his wife Alex. A truly humble man who was a genius with a ball at his feet.
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
no not hardmen georges words dirty bastards
@richardgoode47615 жыл бұрын
Legend of football in sport.
@eric-yy2cq5 жыл бұрын
@@richardgoode4761 truly the greatest player ever
@richardgoode47615 жыл бұрын
@@eric-yy2cq Agree.
@0secure125 жыл бұрын
You lucky bastid! Would have loved to have met George. I suppose I will one day ;-)
@tedsonkabiru43493 жыл бұрын
BEST WAS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD
@markharris58612 жыл бұрын
Your correct take care )
@kevindobbs33545 жыл бұрын
He was and still is my sporting hero and a lovely man
@phililpb5 жыл бұрын
not to mention the new style balls . that thing is like a brick compared to modern equipment
@arnold-hu4vk3 жыл бұрын
@@phililpb The ball weighed the same, except if it got wet.
@steaks6525 жыл бұрын
His balance and sheer natural ability with the ball is unsurpassed. Brave. , notice no shin guards.
@golden.lights.twinkle23292 жыл бұрын
That's not brave, it's stupid.
@steaks6522 жыл бұрын
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329, brave comment had no relevance to lack of shinnies.
@pauldavies376411 ай бұрын
Or magic sponges!
@choppy2495 жыл бұрын
He was the best player in the world then , playing on awful heavy ,quagmire like pitches , wearing great clog like football boots that were cumbersome and uncomfortable and trying to play with a ball that was ridiculously hard and heavy and almost impossible to spin and swerve. And on top of that he had almost no protection from referees , he was kicked and fouled constantly and play was allowed to go on. Imagine him today playing on beautiful , sleek perfect , flat football pitches , wearing light , comfortable state of the art football boots , playing with a football that is incredibly light and responsive to the touch and being given protection from the referee so that players are not allowed to just hack into him anymore. He would be totally unplayable and a dream to watch. Defenders wouldn't have a clue how to handle him . He would be priceless.
@tittymilk59795 жыл бұрын
choppy249 back then he was great, if he played today he wouldn’t be able
@king.k2845 жыл бұрын
And imagine the tools he could have had at his disposal in the modern day. The video reviews, the sports science, advances in nutrition, psychotherapy, etc. all to improve performance. I would love to see players with that raw talent play today, they would be something special.
@king.k2845 жыл бұрын
Titty Milk I get what you’re saying, but I think with the same tools that today’s players had growing up, best would have still been one of the greats. To become a legend, you need to be mentally special, not just physically special. Best had so much self-belief and confidence. I think those traits would have taken him to the top even today.
@rnstoo15 жыл бұрын
Bit of an exaggeration. I played on those pitches and wore the boots. They were not "quagmires" nor did we wear "clogs" and the balls were not too bad either. There was a actually a " George Best " side laced boot ( not a success) but it was a pretty light weight slimline piece of kit. I don't know where these ideas came from that the 60's pitches were like "farmers fields" but its entirely mistaken. Maybe not quite up to today's standards but not THAT bad.
@johnhughes84664 жыл бұрын
@@rnstoo1 I think you looking thro rose tinted glasses? The pitches were awful most of the time!
@jasmineblack97783 жыл бұрын
George & Bobby could play with either foot with such ease
@brianhiggins30905 жыл бұрын
The greatest player to play the game, never wore shin pads. Imagine him on today's pitches he would be priceless!!
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
certainly up there mate
@tittymilk59795 жыл бұрын
I’d have to disagree, he’s a great player now but there’s no organization and he’s never be a top player today too many mistakes back then
@Perseus55 жыл бұрын
@@tittymilk5979 But with proper training in today's game best would shine when he dribbles the ball.
@ropaul80064 жыл бұрын
@@tittymilk5979 load of shite. Natural skill is good no matter what generation.
@dougreed22574 жыл бұрын
@@tittymilk5979 hahahahahahahahahaha, quite simply 1 of the most hilarious things iv heard, EVER
@Bill-Butcher5 жыл бұрын
Great video... thanks for the upload 👍
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
not only was George one of the best players of all time but he was the hardman not the so called hardmen cowardly fouling him they were in georges words just dirty bastards George stayed on his feet if he could no laying on the floor screaming r I p george
@eric-yy2cq5 жыл бұрын
George the greatest player that ever lived
@fitzjon46282 жыл бұрын
Me and my mate watch man Utd home and away in the sixties and seventies and Best was and is the BEST footballer that I ever saw my mate allways said it was Duncan Edwards I never saw Duncan.Play
@danielcameron11323 жыл бұрын
If George best had got the protection that messi gets from referee today who knows the skills he would have displayed especially with the great pitches and lighter balls Pele said you had to trip him to stop him I was only 12 when he won United the the European cup I've never seen a better player
@suyezlee66503 жыл бұрын
Most retarded comment ever. Messi is the most fouled player ever. He gets up even after a brutal tackle from behind. Best never had the motivation to continue playing at the top level. He lost his way. No matter what generation or pitches he plays on we cannot be sure if he would be great or just another drunk
@hill16gs832 жыл бұрын
@@suyezlee6650 you have just showing your football intelligence RIGHT there ,lee ,if I was you delete now lee ,ya DOPE
@ianmcdonald15382 жыл бұрын
Messi gets protection?? That's a new one.
@jives112202 жыл бұрын
there'll never be another Geordie Best
@Bill-Butcher5 жыл бұрын
More George Best please 😎
@JulioLeonFandinho3 жыл бұрын
at 3:29 Best tries the nutmeg at Gento and fails and immediately Gento tries a rabona and fails 🤣 that's a legendary duel there between 2 geniuses 😍
@HarmsFootball3 жыл бұрын
Nice find 🙂
@paulswords37052 ай бұрын
Surly had the most appropriate surname!
@dannyvanstrien32492 жыл бұрын
George Best You are a Fantastic Football player You are the Best George Best Good bye the Belfast boy World legend Maradona Cruyff Pele George Best is the Best Danny van Strien Holland Europe
@CoalMiningTown5 жыл бұрын
Look how they celebrate
@cubecubesson67793 жыл бұрын
Plain as day how much more athletic the opposition were. Our drinking culture has denied us lots of success over the years
@edge8033 жыл бұрын
Very good Point.you can see the difference in speed and movement between the two teams.
@golden.lights.twinkle23292 жыл бұрын
Not only that but drink shortened many careers well before their time.
@dannyvanstrien32332 жыл бұрын
George Best You are a Fantastic Football player you are the best George Best Good bye The Belfast Boy word Legend Maradona Pele Cruyff George Best is the Best
@mickfoskett66295 жыл бұрын
Best by name..Best by nature..taking into account the state of the pitches..the hatchet men defenders then and the heavier ball..George Best is/was the best in the world!!👹
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
exactly
@trini28305 жыл бұрын
Yeah...I remember him in the ......World Cup...!!! Had a blinder....!!! LMFAO
@mickfoskett66295 жыл бұрын
trini..obviously you need to go to specsavers and not a true football fan..he obviously didn't play in the world cup because n.ireland we'rnt good enough..or perhaps you're too thick to realise that..now crawl back under that stone where you came from..knobhead!👹
@trini28305 жыл бұрын
@@mickfoskett6629: Too far away from Maradona..Messi...Ronaldo ....Neymar or Gerrard.....
@MrGaberlunzie14 жыл бұрын
@@trini2830 Those guys would have been allowed to carry his boots.
@AhmadSafty965 жыл бұрын
WOW! Best was really a very talented player. And Real Madrid played dirty af
@tigerarmyrule5 жыл бұрын
No dirtier than any team at the time. It was a different game.
@suffern635 жыл бұрын
@@tigerarmyrule Indeed it was.I always say to people that Messi is the best player I've ever seen but the football today has no comparison to the past with what talented players had to put up with.Would Messi have scored so many goals in the past?No,because like Best and other talented players he would have been kicked to the ground.
@tigerarmyrule5 жыл бұрын
@@suffern63 I totally agree. Messi is magically talented but there is no way he would have those goals back in Best's days. The massively talented Cruyff who is one of the greatest in history found it difficult to score in Spain...hacked fouled, pulled dragged, every game. Bestie the same. Stud first tackles from behind were common.Would Messi score in every game in England in the 1960s or Spain in the 1970s? No chance. I say that as a huge huge fan of Messi who is withoutargument the best player in the world....but Best would thrive and score bagfulls in today's Liga.
@jonesy15895 жыл бұрын
@@suffern63 he wouldnt even be a pro footballer back then, he had to take growth pills to get where he is today
@suffern635 жыл бұрын
@@jonesy1589 That's true
@alvaroproanoaviles52933 жыл бұрын
He was so fit!
@EWS-F3 жыл бұрын
Wiry, quick, and strong and deceptively fast. He is on my all time 10 field players to also include Pele, CR7, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Cruyf, Beckenbauer, Landrup, and Francisco Marinho Chagas.
@lionelmessi3944 жыл бұрын
GEORGE IS fantastic¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
@kckink4 жыл бұрын
what does his name tell you? BEST
@essexboy55203 жыл бұрын
I wish Bestie had played for West Ham.⚒
@D.K.93.4 жыл бұрын
3:15 who is this guy?
@HarmsFootball4 жыл бұрын
Manuel Sanchís, father of Manolo Sanchís.
@MrMetalchamp5 жыл бұрын
George's lack of control and wasted passing (against Europe's best) as evident on this video would probably cost him a regular place in todays top teams. But, as well as his close incredible ball control he could head a ball as well as anyone, he could , and would tackle and his work rate was superb. So he was the complete football player.
@JulioLeonFandinho3 жыл бұрын
The "wasted passing" wasn't Best fault, it was the much more vertical style of playing that caused it... coaches back then weren't obsessed by control and players were allowed to make their own decissions. I've seen recently the legendary argentinian coach Cesar Luis Menotti answering the question about intelligence of today's players, and he responded disapointed with the lack of good decisions and initiative of modern players. Out of coaches commands they got lose. That's why they make less mistakes. They just obey orders. And that's why players like Best are so rare nowadays An then pitches... even the 3rd division pitch where my town's team plays nowadays is at least equally good as the best pitches back then. The leather ball and the boots made everything less accurate too
@manurooney007Ай бұрын
Can you imagine if he played on the pitches of today
@jeffreyadams6483 жыл бұрын
If you watch this a few times you realise how his thinking was so far ahead of his teammates.
@HarmsFootball3 жыл бұрын
Definitely. There are some interviews of his teammates where they say how difficult it was to adjust to him at first - you had to understand, for example, that you could (and should) make a run even if he was currently turned away from you and seemingly couldn't see you or make a pass to you. Because he could and he would. His vision and ability to make a creative pass was just fantastic, even though he had never fully recovered after his imprisonment.
@jeffreyadams6483 жыл бұрын
I saw him two times live.....my first ever match at Tottenham where he seemed to have more time than anyone else on the ball and when United were a pretty ruthless machine; then at the end at Fulham where he was embarrassingly better than anyone.
@Dmcq9995 жыл бұрын
If only Northern Ireland could unearth a player like this today
@davidsimm8054 жыл бұрын
A star
@davidsimm8054 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@dvra2203 Жыл бұрын
Real Madrid Dominated 90 minutes, But Best Made difference.
@Stabilemat3 жыл бұрын
1:58 - 2:09; 5:42; 7:27... 👏👏👏
@meestermeesterhastings.31595 жыл бұрын
Very sad that today there are very few British players playing in British teams.
@trini28305 жыл бұрын
That says a lot about the quality of English football....and it shows....won fuck all since that goal that wasn't in '66...( with the exception of the under 17's World Cup last year )
@golden.lights.twinkle23292 жыл бұрын
@@trini2830 The quality of the England team hasn't declined, the quality of the rest of the world has improved. Even Brazil, Germany and Italy now struggle against lesser teams. England won the U21 Euros in 1982 and 1984 and the U17 Euros in 2010 and 2014. England won both the U20 World Cup and the U17 World Cup in 2017.
@trini28302 жыл бұрын
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 With respect mate I do disagree...In the Continent and in Sth America quality under 17's/18's/19's/20's are already playing for the senior side. No British team has won anything of significance since '66 at national side level and that reflect where they're at...At club level things are a bit different, with between 7-9 foreign players per team. PS: A team that selects the likes of McGuire deserves all the shite they do get !
@johnm98454 жыл бұрын
RM not up to much and not averse to putting the boot in. Always a sign of a team not confident in their ability. Best a great player, but not his best game apart from assisted header that led to goal. But,he was closely targeted as a threat and you can see him exasperated at being heavily fouled at times.
@johnpacino0075 жыл бұрын
He was a top player for a short while. From 1967 to 1972. Way too short to rank amongst the top six, to seven players of all time who did for over ten to 15 fifteen years. The ball control & skills of the greatest South American players like Pelé, Di Stefano, Maradona, Ronaldo (Brazil), Messi, I'd rank over him & Cruyff was the best player, Europe ever produced. Add in the brilliant CR7 & his longevity to do it at the highest level for over twelve years & you've got. The top seven players, the game as seen.
@johnhughes84664 жыл бұрын
ARE YOU FORGETTING 64 TO 67 . THOSE WERE GREAT BEST YEARS! I know i watched him every week in the 60s home and away! The greatest player I ever saw! Dont care what anybody says! A level above the very best!
@johnpacino0073 жыл бұрын
@tigerarmyrule On an aesthetic front. I find Cruyff more balletic than Best. Cruyff moved & waltzed through defenders like a gazelle. The legendary Rudolph Nureyev was a massive fan of Cruyff. Said he could have been a dancer. So beautiful & graceful off motion was Cruyff. Here's an article on the subject: www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/johan-cruyff-the-balletic-genius-who-changed-football-a6951636.html%3Famp But like you said. Aesthetics is a personal thing.
@vja19703 жыл бұрын
@@johnpacino007 I admire your careful analysis and your football knowledge. Before watching "Best vs. ... " games of his touches I thought he would have been one of the very best ever. I think he has been overrated , probably by the media being clouded by his SuperStar Lifestyle. Most games I've watched of him , he has been quite poor, bad passes, often running down blind alleys trying to dribble everyone then losing the ball. The oft repeated quote comes to mind... Maradona - good. Pele better. George - Best. In no universe was George Best as good as O Rei and Don Diego. I think he was several levels below them.
@phylstaunton21762 жыл бұрын
@@johnpacino007 Cryuff was a much better passer and football brain.
@johnpacino0072 жыл бұрын
@@phylstaunton2176 To my mind also. That's an uncontestable fact. Cruyff's orchestral plays, are without peers.
@chancesareshewears Жыл бұрын
Goalkeepers in the UK in the day, all they did was hoof it..prehistoric even then.
@HarmsFootball Жыл бұрын
It was still the case even in the 90’s with only a few notable exceptions like van der Sar. It’s quite incredible how drastic the progress in that aspect was over the past 2 decades.
@chancesareshewears Жыл бұрын
They kicked him all the time.
@choochoochooseyou5 жыл бұрын
Dirty bastards trying to kick him off the park.
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
well said
@eduardoluiz50785 жыл бұрын
Phenomenals player Best! !! Genial mutant of skills and driblingns! !! The ten fifa players! !
@rustyjake8404 жыл бұрын
Messi, ronaldo hybrid.
@KandMe1 Жыл бұрын
I remember he scored 6 goals in one of these, I am sure it was a European cup match.
@matthewzuckerman62674 ай бұрын
I think that was the FA Cup tie when Man U won 8-2 and Best scored 6.
@MrBarrynicholas5 жыл бұрын
One eye on the ball the other on his shins.
@tigerarmyrule5 жыл бұрын
2 assists for Best.
@Taketimeout35 жыл бұрын
Not his Best game.
@danielalberto62605 жыл бұрын
No pun intended
@gerardmann30384 жыл бұрын
Took his lumps and carried on. Watching Italian or Brazilian players writhing in agony after a dirty look these days makes me want to puke. Cheating sissies!
@randybackgammon8903 жыл бұрын
IDK....seems to loose the ball more often than not.
@pdbeihosawthly20932 жыл бұрын
The best who destroy Real
@steverichards5755 жыл бұрын
No final score then , can I presume United won ?
@ianthomas59555 жыл бұрын
Yes, 4-3 on aggregate. Apparently Madrid's three goals weren't worth filming! I was in the scoreboard end at Old Trafford for the first leg and watched Best score the only goal.
@amaan81235 жыл бұрын
@@ianthomas5955 How many people can actually say that? A lot of us would dream to see Sir Matt Busby and the Legends in any one of those major games. A lot of us were not even a twinkle in our fathers eyes in those days. GGMU.
@daveglynn7482 жыл бұрын
@@ianthomas5955 And the great Bill Foulkes veteran of the 58 semi final Munich Disaster team getting the winner to put us in the 68 final👍 How poetic the united story is.
@k1k2lee9 ай бұрын
100 percent Irish
@MikeHaggarSF3 жыл бұрын
Driblava muito
@57bindy5 жыл бұрын
This was the 1st leg !!
@HarmsFootball5 жыл бұрын
No, it wasn't. This is the 2nd leg at Santiago Bernabeu. It's easy to check as Law played in the 1st one.
@0secure125 жыл бұрын
No, it was indeed the 2nd leg. The first leg was at Old T. United won 1-0 with Best whacking in the winner.
@elzorro87873 жыл бұрын
Best was a brilliant player. But even he and Bobby Charlton said Di Stefano of the great Real Madrid side that won 5 European cups in a row was the greatest player ever.
@52darcey3 жыл бұрын
Well that was a pretty underwhelming performance ...not very good crossing/shooting/dribbling/passing or even basic control at times ...
@richardl7723 жыл бұрын
Thanks. My thoughts exactly.......
@peterwhittaker59272 жыл бұрын
Very true. And he had the ball taken of him enough. And on them standards and this showing he was not in the same league as Christiano Ronaldo. But A genius on his day!
@peterwhittaker59272 жыл бұрын
@@davis7099 your wrong about the boots puma and continental boots where on the Market in the early 60s I bought A pair of puma for £5.12+6p A fortune then. As much as I loved Best todays game + players are much more fitter + faster on that performance it makes you wonder would he get on the bench these days?
@johnpacino0072 жыл бұрын
@@davis7099 Most of his matches weren't recorded. The best ones on film are: Best vs Benfica 1966 Best vs Benfica 1968 Best vs Scotland 1968 Best vs Northampton 1970 Best vs Spain 1970 Best vs West Ham 1971 The rest of the other recorded games. He just flitters, in & out of games.
@fcukwork5 жыл бұрын
Gave the ball away numerous times and terrible crosses 🤨
@brian.79665 жыл бұрын
I don`t know how good you think he is but it takes a Team not just one man.
@eric-yy2cq5 жыл бұрын
Great teams are made up of 11 great players but its individual genius that win the games.Look at Gazza a great player but was crowded out a lot because teams knew he was Englands only great player in the tea,ms that he played in for England.
@slavincakes86375 жыл бұрын
I dont agree i think if you have the best player on the pitch you stand the best chance of winning the game
@eric-yy2cq5 жыл бұрын
For a team to win a top tournement it takes a whole team of good players , look at cantiona at united he could do nothing all through the match then a touch of genius he wins the match for you.Now take Gazza when he played for England, he was surrounded by very average players so other teams always cramped him out , not much room to do his magic but at club level he had great playes around him so his gen ius stood out
@tittymilk59795 жыл бұрын
Can people not see what I’m saying, everything is rushed back then, a lot of mistakes and no organization, yea George was great back then but if he was to play in today’s game he wouldn’t be a top player
@toon87mill4 жыл бұрын
He lost the ball quite a lot. More ability than Ronaldo but not Messi level overall
@arnold-hu4vk3 жыл бұрын
@God is Here Best couldn't win the European Cup without Charlton and Stiles lol
@daveglynn7482 жыл бұрын
Heavier pitches heavier ball ruthless heavy tackles with minimum referee protection. Messi wouldnt survive👎
@toon87mill2 жыл бұрын
@@daveglynn748 Yeah, I mean lesser players than Messi not only survived but thrived, but Messi wouldn't..
@clevertrevor73603 жыл бұрын
Some very cynical challenges by the Spaniards.
@stevens55413 жыл бұрын
Best was so overated
@johnnyrocker74952 жыл бұрын
100% the most overrated player of all time.
@josephaguilar25035 жыл бұрын
He was very good but not the best ever. If he had been he would not have stayed at Man Utd, he would have joined Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, AC Milan or Inter Milan.
@HarmsFootball5 жыл бұрын
I would agree that he was not the best ever, but this particular argument is, to say the least, a bit weird. The biggest argument against his claim would be his short career - he reached an incredible peak but ultimately failed to keep up with his partying and drinking.
@choppy2495 жыл бұрын
Joseph Aguilar . That's just silly. Not all the best players at the time wanted to leave their first clubs. It was not like it is today where most players are just money grabbing machines. Take a look at Bobby Moore from the same period . He is arguably the greatest defender who ever lived ( Pele thought he was ) and Bobby stayed at Westham his whole effective career until he was too old to play for them anymore. He could have gone to any club in the world at his peak but he didn't want to .Also another point to ponder which not many people know about is that Juventus once offered 4 times the world record transfer fee for Westhams Geoff Hurst , and Westham practically just laughed at the offer as they knew he was irreplaceable. Can you imagine what players like Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton and George Best himself would have been worth ? Plus don't forget that Manchester United won the European Cup with George and were arguably for a time the best and most famous club in the World. So why would he want to leave ? Also he loved the life in nearby London, England as at that time it was the only place to be. The swinging sixties and all that. Plus George was never a greedy man , not like today's so called superstars .
@HandleGF5 жыл бұрын
You can rule out all those Italian teams for a start, mate. Foreign players were banned from Italy in those days.
@trevorjackson13984 жыл бұрын
@@HarmsFootball CRAP!
@brianoreilly2394 жыл бұрын
@@choppy249 Bobby Moore the greatest defender who ever lived ? ! What are taking ? ! He wasn't in the class of Beckenbaur ,Baresi , Maldini , Costacurta, Rudi Krol ........I could go on. Pele just said whatever the media wanted to hear depending on which country he was being interviewed in.
@hussainbinshamsuddin94883 жыл бұрын
Best, Best, Best but not absolutely the best in this game considering the fact that this RM team did not even man mark him like the way it was then played. Too many failed dribbles, wayward passes, did not create opportunities for himself and relatively weak shots for someone considered the best.
@chrisvg19665 жыл бұрын
You gotta love the player if not the man. But in loving the awesome attacking player he was we have to be honest and recognize he was a shit defender, and really shit by today's standard but hey, he destroys today's Neymar standard of players milking the lightest contact. Best ploughed through, winced, hobbled and clutched his shins and ankles three dozen times without going to the ground and without complaining. Best should always be remembered for his football. And despite going off the rails with fame and fortune it's fair to say there was also a good man. Always a legend on my field
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
wrong mate not shit by todays standard the ball the pitches fouls that today would have been straight red cards crowd abuse then and many more things all todays top players would have found to do what George did
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
ok I have suffered from dyslexia never stopped me making a good living b ut you must be the only person on line to put the words George best a shit in the same sentence you must think david james joe hart were better goalkeepers than Gordon banks because of todays standards
@chrisvg19665 жыл бұрын
@@georgemoore4139 You're a shame! You're not dyslexic but rather slightly illiterate - probably raised on a cell phone amidst our outrage culture. It's likely impossible for you to recognize flaws that rock your narrow perspective. An honest conversation with you is clearly not possible. As I stated George Best was an awesome attacking player with rarely matched skills who ploughed through tackles that would destroy many of today's contemporaries (aka. Neymar!) BUT none of that dismisses the reality that he WAS a shit defender both then and certainly by today's demands of attacking midfielders. He was suckered into the very same moves he humiliated defenders with. He was easy enough to beat if 'you' had the ball on the run, but give him the ball and you're fucked! A better, brilliant defensive-capable example of another world-class United attacking midfielder is the one and only Paul Scholes. Scholes was a dream machine and likely one of the most underrated players ever... in the world. Scholes was sublime skill, uncanny distribution, dribbling balls into the net and whacking vollies from 25 yards, game smarts, dogged determination, unlikely to pull a 'Neymar' and if you by chance had the ball Scholes would have you both. He attacked like George Best and he defended like Roy Keene. I absolutely cannot say about Scholes that he was a shit defender. Rooney had it... once... for a brief beautiful moment. He could attack and distribute like Best and Scholes and defend like Scholes and Keene, and he was our English bulldog riding tackles, getting hit, getting up and getting the ball between the posts from 3 yards or 30. Rooney could have been better than Best as an anywhere on the park player but again... he gave us magic briefly then lost his way and his game despite breaking United records. Nuances Mr. Moore, nuances. And a little honesty and a little less outrage go a long way. Call me out, call me wrong but do it by actually making a case after first reading what I actually write. ps. Beckham was a better distributor, better shooter and better defender than Best :)
@georgemoore41395 жыл бұрын
no mate you said shit by todays standards must have forgotten what the person who wrote the article for you stated the players you mentioned were great players never would deny it ive been polite and cannot understand what you class as outrage beckham was a great player as for George going off the rails he had an illness which must have tortured him that's not going off the rails has for honesty I have struggled with dyslexia and spent many hours trying to improve that leaves me open for people who don't think George had an illness through their ignorance REALLY SHIT BY TODAYS STANDARDS read it again
@chrisvg19665 жыл бұрын
@@georgemoore4139 I'd attempt to answer if I truly knew what you were saying. You actually begin with a fallacy... I said Best was a shit defender then and shit by today's standards. The rest I don;'t care to clarify. Except, sincerely, good luck working through your personal issues but such has NOTHING to do with your arguments or lack thereof. Gotta go. Thanks for playing. Just wish I knew what game you're playing!
@legioxiii8213 жыл бұрын
Average player.
@legioxiii8212 жыл бұрын
@@davis7099 So what? One of the most average players ever seen. He had 3/4 good years but only in UK. In those days there were players who were far superior to him everywhere in Europe, including East Europe at that time! He was a clown with and without the ball and only remembered because of his lifestyle rather than his skills. Average player. Now, get the fuck out of here.
@paulswords37052 ай бұрын
The new name is George average
@crespylk9635 жыл бұрын
Nowadays, i think his talent would be more or less like Griezmann's one.