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clingo

clingo

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Sad to hear the great man is receiving palliative care.
The greatest player ever to grace a football pitch and his truly was the beautiful game.
I'm sure he's in the minds of football fans everywhere.
 
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clingo said:
Sad to hear the great man is receiving palliative care.
The greatest player ever to grace a football pitch and his truly was the beautiful game.
I'm sure he's in the minds of football fans everywhere.
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Indeed but is he the greatest player ever as you describe?
Many could be candidates for that - Best, Cryff, Charles, Maradona, Messi, Beckanbaeur, Matthews, Banks, Di Stefano, Zidane, Ronaldo, Puskas, Moore, Niasse (<whistle>) and on and on....
 
ninian opinion said:
Indeed but is he the greatest player ever as you describe?
Many could be candidates for that - Best, Cryff, Charles, Maradona, Messi, Beckanbaeur, Matthews, Banks, Di Stefano, Zidane, Ronaldo, Puskas, Moore, Niasse (<whistle>) and on and on....
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Hold onto that thought nin and I'll be happy to get into it after the inevitable has happened. <ok>
 
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Hold onto that thought nin and I'll be happy to get into it after the inevitable has happened. <ok>
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Sure but my point really is there is no one player whom could be called the greatest - it’s all subjective- but NDAI Pele was truly a great. I can still see him powering home that header to give Brazil the lead in the 1970 final
 
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ninian opinion said:
Sure but my point really is there is no one player whom could be called the greatest - it’s all subjective- but NDAI Pele was truly a great. I can still see him powering home that header to give Brazil the lead in the 1970 final
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All worthy of discussion but I'm just with the sad thought of the great man dying.
 
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clingo said:
All worthy of discussion but I'm just with the sad thought of the great man dying.
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Not discounting the likes of Puskas and Di Stefano and others but Pele was probably the first worldwide great due to the expansion of television in the late 50's/early 60's.

Added to that he appears to have been a thoroughly good bloke who loved the game.
 
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BluefromBridgend said:
Not discounting the likes of Puskas and Di Stefano and others but Pele was probably the first worldwide great due to the expansion of television in the late 50's/early 60's.

Added to that he appears to have been a thoroughly good bloke who loved the game.
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Totally agree. <applause>

ps I read he scored 1279 goals in 1363 games. Warren Feeney eat your heart out:emoticon-0138-think
 
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One of the best footballers of all time. I remember way back when Alan Mullery played for Fulham against Pele’s team Santos at Craven Cottage. Mullery was a tough nut but when he tried to shoulder charge Pele off the ball with all his strength he just bounced off the great man.
RIP Pele, an inspiration and a legend.
 
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