Ronaldo v Best

[Mick Mac]

Ronaldo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDYZdPfDN0

Best

Two tributes to players who have claims to be Manchester United's greatest.

Who was the best?

[Narnia]

Best

[Tony.London Suburbs]

To the sound of "Yellow Submarine" to frighten the opposition:

"At Number 1 is Georgie Best, at Number 2 is ..Georgie Best, at Number 3 is Georgie Best, at Number 4 is..Georgie Best." etcetc

Bestie: Nae contest Wee Man...(tu)

[Jah Lush]

No contest. Bestie was probably the greatest player I've ever seen. Ronaldo and George shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. No comparison. Bestie was a footballing god. If he was playing today he'd be absolutely priceless.

[SteveT]

Best was a majician on a sticky muddy pitch, he alone could keep his feet, zig-zag around players and score, when all the rest were left slithering and sliding, or lying in the mud.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

SteveT Wrote:

Best was a majician on a sticky muddy pitch, he alone could keep his feet, zig-zag around players and score, when all the rest were left slithering and sliding, or lying in the mud.

Hence my comment on the "On The Ball" thread.

Played with much harder balls that did not swerve all over the place, as well.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Best.

[red devil]

Georgie was my boyhood hero and still is. Every boy at school, including Citeh fans, wanted to be him. I agree with Jah, no comparison.

The week he died I attended a match at QPR with some friends. During the minutes applause a spontaneous chant of 'Georgie, Georgie' went up. He had no connection with QPR, but this showed how much he was universally loved and admired by the footballing public...

[????]

1971. Upton Park - 'Georgie Best superstar,walks like a woman and he wears a bra'

2-1 West Ham

....Best

[Mick Mac]

Were you also there when he - according to Harry Redknapp - "He beat West Ham on his own with a hat trick. He was unplayable".

[FatherJack]

I can't see the bronzed Ronaldo surviving the working conditions of George Best's world.....however

George Best would have thrived and been an even better player in the world that Ronaldo exists in.

Best is Best.

[matthew123]

Were the Ronaldo claims made by Ronaldo himself by any chance?

[Mick Mac]

George Best said "Many young United players have been compared to me over the years, but the Ronaldo comparison is the only one that is a compliment to me."

That was George Best being typically charming.

[matthew123]

Aye there was a long list of 'the next George Best' at United... Russel Bearsdmore, Luke Chadwick being two of the most memorable

[Keef]

Ronaldo is a cunt, Best was quality, and a cunt.

[Ladymuck]

...definitely George Best...in fact I remember getting into a lot of trouble at school because I wrote his name all over one of the school desks!

[JetSetWilly]

georgie boy, on and off the field.