If you check out gazzas stats what really sticks out is his goal scoring record at rangers when he was well past his best. What this proves is what an utterly wank one and a half horse race Scottish football was (is).Gascoigne got very lucky by being very good, not world class, at a time england were shit,injurys alone stopped paul lake being twice the player “good old gazza” was
The Kinkladze EffectGascoigne got very lucky by being very good, not world class, at a time england were shit
Exactly mate, i remember him tearing us apart at maine road with lineker, but them days were few & far between, till like you say he appeared in a scotish pub leagueIf you check out gazzas stats what really sticks out is his goal scoring record at rangers when he was well past his best. What this proves is what an utterly wank one and a half horse race Scottish football was (is).
I genuinely once had a conversation with Gary Charles about that tackle. On High Pavement in the Lace Market. Sat on a wall. We were talking for about an hour. He genuinely didn’t have anything bad to say about Gascoigne, despite my best efforts to elicit a different response.Disgraceful tackle. And was at the time too, even by the standards then.
As an aside, Gary Charles went on to have demons not too dissimilar to Gascoigne.
Gascoigne is an arsehole and someone to have sympathy for - they aren't mutually exclusive.
He is also not fit to compare careers and achievements with some of the other greats of the English game, whilst simultaneously being significantly more technically talented than most of them as a footballer. That's not a contradiction either. His pure footballing ability was off the scale. But, as others have pointed out, this isn't the only characteristic that goes into making a truly all time great footballer.
And, yes, in my opinion he was never anywhere near as good once he had that injury. In fact, I would say he was pretty shite, at the highest level, once he left Lazio. He was picked on reputation for too long before Hoddle binned him from England.
Gascoigne was indeed a tremendously skilful player and I agree that he wasn't the same after his self-inflicted injury in the FA Cup Final. Who knows how good he would have gone on to be, especially if he'd managed to keep away from the sauce for any serious length of time.Disgraceful tackle. And was at the time too, even by the standards then.
As an aside, Gary Charles went on to have demons not too dissimilar to Gascoigne.
Gascoigne is an arsehole and someone to have sympathy for - they aren't mutually exclusive.
He is also not fit to compare careers and achievements with some of the other greats of the English game, whilst simultaneously being significantly more technically talented than most of them as a footballer. That's not a contradiction either. His pure footballing ability was off the scale. But, as others have pointed out, this isn't the only characteristic that goes into making a truly all time great footballer.
And, yes, in my opinion he was never anywhere near as good once he had that injury. In fact, I would say he was pretty shite, at the highest level, once he left Lazio. He was picked on reputation for too long before Hoddle binned him from England.
It was only against Scotland, though.The thread title just needs an "r" adding to the end of the last word.
Good player. Bit of a bell end though. Can't argue with his goal against Scotland at Euro 96!
Quite entertaining when he turned up with a fishing rod for Raoul Moat also.