[TomClare]

Some of you good people may have seen this before, but I'll post it anyway. When you look at this 5 minutes of a pure genius in action, note his incredible ability to stay on his feet and ride tackles. In doing so, see how he really hurts defenders and defences. Notice his use of BOTH feet and the ability to keep the ball very, very close. If I was SAF, I would sit Cristiano down each day and make him watch this five minutes until the penny dropped! George really was... simply the Best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0tkfJxPhg

[Devil500]

Quality

Simply the Best...

[Uniteder]

One of the few tributes to bring a tear to my eye I just wonder what would have happened if he and Duncan would have been working together 5 stars
Downloaded and saved it too,



R.I.P

[TomClare]

The thing is, that they were both young enough to have played in the team together. When you think of it, Munich really did throw up some real posers. We could ask ourselves if it hadn't have been for the tragedy, would the likes of Nobby have ever made it at United? Would Paddy, or Denis ever have been bought?

[gazza]

Great video. Wow.


reped.

[Numquam Moribimur]

And Number 1, was Georgie Best.............

[TomClare]

Originally Posted by Uniteder

One of the few tributes to bring a tear to my eye I just wonder what would have happened if he and Duncan would have been working together 5 stars
Downloaded and saved it too,



R.I.P

In the picture, Best Law and Charlton are easy to recognise - anybody know who the other 2 players are?

[bestbecks]

Best (no pun intended) Manchester United player in the teams history. I say this because Duncan never had a chance to really make his mark on United due to his extremely premature death. If he had I may be saying something else right now, but it stands as it is, George Best = Ultimate Legend.

This, by the way, reminds me of one of my father's friends from work. He came into my house to install cabinet doors and we got to talking. He noticed all the Man Utd memorabilia in my room and asked me if I liked football. I said yes, and that as he could've probably have discovered, Man Utd were my team. He asked me who my favorite player was and I told him Beckham, but George Best was in my opinion the greatest. He looked at me with a smirk and told me that he and George Best used to be good friends back in England. He told me a story of when he and Best were playing in some pick-up match or charity match (I can't really remember what the match was for) and Bobby Moore was playing against him. This was right after the World Cup '66 where Moore had captained England to the title. Best ran circles around Moore and Moore kept getting pissed off at Best for it. Best turned around after scoring 1 of his goals and said to Moore with a smile "Just because you won the World Cup doesn't mean you thought you could stop me right!"

That's what my dad's friend told me. Take as you will, but he had an English Accent, and he described to me how he saw Bestie's life fade away do to women, money, and alcohol. I believed him. it may not be true but he sure as hell sounded convincing and extremley truthful.

[TomClare]

Originally Posted by bestbecks

Best (no pun intended) Manchester United player in the teams history. I say this because Duncan never had a chance to really make his mark on United due to his extremely premature death. If he had I may be saying something else right now, but it stands as it is, George Best = Ultimate Legend.

This, by the way, reminds me of one of my father's friends from work. He came into my house to install cabinet doors and we got to talking. He noticed all the Man Utd memorabilia in my room and asked me if I liked football. I said yes, and that as he could've probably have discovered, Man Utd were my team. He asked me who my favorite player was and I told him Beckham, but George Best was in my opinion the greatest. He looked at me with a smirk and told me that he and George Best used to be good friends back in England. He told me a story of when he and Best were playing in some pick-up match or charity match (I can't really remember what the match was for) and Bobby Moore was playing against him. This was right after the World Cup '66 where Moore had captained England to the title. Best ran circles around Moore and Moore kept getting pissed off at Best for it. Best turned around after scoring 1 of his goals and said to Moore with a smile "Just because you won the World Cup doesn't mean you thought you could stop me right!"

That's what my dad's friend told me. Take as you will, but he had an English Accent, and he described to me how he saw Bestie's life fade away do to women, money, and alcohol. I believed him. it may not be true but he sure as hell sounded convincing and extremley truthful.

I have to take issue with your opening paragraph. Duncan was without doubt imho, the finest ALL ROUND player that the game has ever seen. He did make his mark at United and had in fact played in the First Division for 5 years at the time of his passing. He was an England International at just 18 years of age, and that in an era when International Caps were not given away so freely as they are now. He had won two Championship medals, appeared in the FA Cup Final and was as I said, an established international player. As Jimmy Murphy told Sir Matt when Duncan first arrived at Old Trafford; "Matt, this kid's got the lot - there is nothing we can coach into him." He really was an exceptional footballer. He could play in any position and still be the most outstanding player on the field. I have never ever seen a player who had all the attributes that Edwards had.

[MyHouse!]

Great stuff