Where would Gazza Sit ?

[TEKNOPUG]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Pele scored a 1000 goals, yet he played for Santos and NY Cosmos. Not sure that you can draw many conclusions from that,

He also went to World Cups and made top international players look ordinary. And scored goals at world cups.

He stood out as head and shoulders about everyone else in the brilliant 1970 Brazil side. The other 10 players in that side were all miles better than Gazza.

I think if you speak to most Brazilians who watched those sides, they'd argue that he wasn't the best player in the team. He certainly wasn't "head and shoulders about everyone else in the brilliant 1970 Brazil side" - you're the only person I've ever heard say that. People like Jarzinho and Garincha in earlier tournaments were the more important players. Pele was the "star" though; much like Beckham in the England teams.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

He was the star for a reason, he was the best player. In a team of great players.

[TEKNOPUG]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

He was the star for a reason, he was the best player. In a team of great players.

That's purely your opinion.

Plenty of people who think otherwise. I didn't watch all the games in the 1970 World Cup, so I can't comment.

Which was my point.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

TEKNOPUG said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

He was the star for a reason, he was the best player. In a team of great players.

That's purely your opinion.

Who else's opinion would I hold?

And it's not purely mine. I'm sure a few others hold it too.