An Evening with Gazza

[mattcity5]

I think that could cut either way. Yes he possibly would have better care and guidance nowadays, but equally his flaws may have stopped him getting to the top earlier - can't see a teenage gazza progressing in our academy.

Just about every midfield/forward in our academy now has the talent that Gazza had. He just stood out a mile at the time because his game was more about technique, dribbling and passing than it was about stamina, commitment and tackling, which was rare in England back then.

 

[GunnerGer]

I think in terms of raw talent he was up there. Obviously the injury wrecked him so we never seen him truly reach his potential, but he was still a very good player in patches.

His trauma started when he took his mates little brother to the shop and he ended up getting knocked down and killed by an ice cream van, that he blamed himself for. He also seen another friend died in an accident on his Uncles building site. He had nightmares, developed a stutter and a tic, and started having convulsions and his OCD started, so was having therapy for it all, football was seen as his escape from reality even at an early age.

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

Horrific waste of an incredible natural talent.

I hate the way people look up to fools like this, he is a piss head who has been given so many chances to "start again" , yet he blows it each and every time.

Just amazed that he is still with us.

This. It’s only a matter of time before he goes the way of Maradona and Best.

 

[crazyg]

Rather spend an evening with the ex !

Come on. You know the rules by now.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Last night at Edgeley Park. He put on a decent show

No doubt he wasted a chunk of his talent but for me the best ever english player.

Whos yours ?

Definitely not Paul Gascogne!!!!


My best ever English player? Duncan Edwards.
He never got the chance to show how great he really could have been but boy was he good.
It still breaks my heart to think of his death.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

Frank Lampard, won them all.

 

[normskih]

Last night at Edgeley Park. He put on a decent show

No doubt he wasted a chunk of his talent but for me the best ever english player.

Whos yours ?

As a player with genuine talent, I agree probably the best English player I have ever seen, although as a midfielder with all round ability, it takes something to take away from Colin Bell, that great man had everything. Of course I’m only talking about on the football pitch here, not personalities.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It wasn’t just the booze and his demons that did him. His greatest asset was his incredible acceleration to get away from players with the ball at his feet, and those two injuries - the one on Gary Charles and the other for Lazio stole that part of his game from him when he should have been in his prime. The fact he played for Rangers and Middlesbrough from the age of 28-33 supports this.

 

[Bluesince1979]

As a player with genuine talent, I agree probably the best English player I have ever seen, although as a midfielder with all round ability, it takes something to take away from Colin Bell, that great man had everything. Of course I’m only talking about on the football pitch here, not personalities.

Neither was i. Pure talent, up there. Traits as a man, shite

 

[hilts]

Last night at Edgeley Park. He put on a decent show

No doubt he wasted a chunk of his talent but for me the best ever english player.

Whos yours ?

I heard he was pretty offensive and some people walked out?