Celtic fans think he's just another Hun cunt. Not sure where your Glasgow history comes from
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Ex-Spurs Player Paul Gascoigne
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What is this by the way? How can surgery be intended to stop drinking?
In 2020 Gascoigne revealed he had spent £20,000 on having pellets sewn into the lining of his stomach that would make him feel sick if he had a drink, saying he was “the happiest I’ve been for many years”
You can get an implant thing in your stomach that makes you sick if you drink alcohol. Think George Best had one too.
Ever beaten a woman ? Of course not because ( the way you come across ) you are a decent person.
Yeah, I can see your point (and that of others)
Maybe I'm trying to make a distinction between someone who did an awful thing and an awful person, but I accept that I'm not on the most solid of ground.
Probably Jimmy Five Bellies. I assume that loser is still around?
Gazza was the greatest player I’ve ever seen in a Spurs shirt. People rave about Ginola, Klinsmann, Lineker, etc but they all joined Spurs well past their prime and their time here was fleeting. Modric and Bale both forced moves whilst their stars were rising. Hoddle? Never truly world class like Gazza but that didn’t mean I didn’t love him.
Gazza had the creative genius of an AM, the box-to-box of a CM (even though his extra weight suggested this shouldn’t be the case) and the tackling / industriousness of a DM. A complete midfielder.
How good would he have been with Harry Kane’s dedication to diet and training? I reckon we would be talking about him in the same breath as Pele and Maradona.
Off the field his pranks and funny stories are legendary. I particularly like the trouts in Gordon Durie’s car one.
The bad shit? Almost all driven by alcohol. I’m not saying that he should be given a free pass for beating his wife and the like, but alcohol addiction is a disease. That addiction combined with clearly some form of mental illness is a toxic recipe.
I’m not saying we should all forgive Gazzas transgressions. But we do need to put them in context.
Gazza had the creative genius of an AM, the box-to-box of a CM (even though his extra weight suggested this shouldn’t be the case) and the tackling / industriousness of a DM. A complete midfielder.
How good would he have been with Harry Kane’s dedication to diet and training? I reckon we would be talking about him in the same breath as Pele and Maradona.
Off the field his pranks and funny stories are legendary. I particularly like the trouts in Gordon Durie’s car one.
The bad shit? Almost all driven by alcohol. I’m not saying that he should be given a free pass for beating his wife and the like, but alcohol addiction is a disease. That addiction combined with clearly some form of mental illness is a toxic recipe.
I’m not saying we should all forgive Gazzas transgressions. But we do need to put them in context.
Sums up the man if that causes a rift
He should ask for his money back!
Didn’t work for George best either.
People who didn’t see him live just don’t get that. He was phenomenal. I was lucky to get to go as a kid during that time quite a lot. If he played today he’d be easily the best player in the league. He’d be at City on £400k a week smashing them in showing KDB etc how to do it.
Although he probably wouldn’t have got through the system without a lot of luck.
1989/90 was when I first started going to games with my Dad. The season before was when I really paid attention on the TV and news etc.
Having England’s top generational talent as well as our leading striker was something I took for granted. Gazza was incredible. Skilful, with power and pace, a great finisher too with both his feet and his head. He had the lot. Cheeky bastard made it all the more fun as a young teenager.
A couple of years later and I’m watching the likes of Andy Gray, Paul Mahorn and Jason Dozzell.
1989/90 was when I first started going to games with my Dad. The season before was when I really paid attention on the TV and news etc.
Having England’s top generational talent as well as our leading striker was something I took for granted. Gazza was incredible. Skilful, with power and pace, a great finisher too with both his feet and his head. He had the lot. Cheeky bastard made it all the more fun as a young teenager.
A couple of years later and I’m watching the likes of Andy Gray, Paul Mahorn and Jason Dozzell.
Feels a bit like now that, the drop off from prime Kane, eriksen et al. Isn’t quite the dozzell levels, but it’s not miles off.
Can you guys not mention Dozzell in a Gazza thread please
Honestly, in my opinion if he had the diet and dedication of Kane he would have given Messi a run for his money on most Ballon D’or’s. But maybe he was too industrious and therefore exposed himself to injury too much.
A really sublime talent. I hope I see his ilk at WHL again.
Why?
It only exposed how badly he was suffering from mental health. He didn't rock up with another shot gun to try and help Moat, he (in his deeply troubled psychosis mind) thought he could help get through to someone he fleetingly thought was suffering as he was. It's not as tho his arrival hindered the Police in their objective to capture/kill Raul Moat. To hold that against him and deem it as unforgivable is utterly nonsensical.