by Crazeenick » Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:16 pm
I agree Best was best. And he would have been even better still without the booze and partying and if he had looked after his body as well as modern footballers.
He was great with both feet and with his head. He often had to play on dreadful pitches in those days with thuggish defenders knocking lumps out of him with zero protection from the ref. I had the pleasure of watching him play a few times for Man U at Old Trafford when I was a lad, alongside Bobby Charlton and Denis Law. Wow - what a trio!
Because Best played for Northern Ireland he didn't get a chance to shine on the international stage. Had he been English I'm sure he would have had a far bigger international profile.
I believe both Maradonna and Pele thought he was the best player.