George is almost done

[Dundeegeorge]

Nice one Alf

Where do you get all this stuff (please don't say from your record collection
:-)

[AlfredJPruffock]

Where do you get all this stuff (please don't say from your record collection
:-)

Aye DG

Record collection , showing your age a tad there eh ?

Nowadays its all CDs or MP4s or whatever new fangled nonsense.

Back on thread , Its adapted from WH Audens Ode to Yeats


If you have little else better to do on a Friday afternoon the full text is here

http://search.able2know.com/About/4033.html

[sasguru]

There is probably quite a lot of evidence that alcoholism is genetic. raises interesting questions of free will. Did he really have a choice about his actions? His mother died of alcohol related diseases too.

[shaunbhoy]

Alcoholism is a disease like any other. I would say that as some form of compensation for the joy he brought to countless football fans, George deserved every helping hand he was given and then some. I count myself lucky as I was privileged enough as an 11-year-old to see the great man in action at the peak of his powers. Those who attempt to undermine his right to a second chance can count themselves amongst the truly narrow-minded and bitter in our society. Nothing to be proud of when you consider the level of contemporary opposition!

Go with our blessing George, the world is truly a lesser place for your passing!

[AlfredJPruffock]

Alcoholism is a disease like any other. I would say that as some form of compensation for the joy he brought to countless football fans, George deserved every helping hand he was given and then some. I count myself lucky as I was privileged enough as an 11-year-old to see the great man in action at the peak of his powers. Those who attempt to undermine his right to a second chance can count themselves amongst the truly narrow-minded and bitter in our society. Nothing to be proud of when you consider the level of contemporary opposition!

Go with our blessing George, the world is truly a lesser place for your passing!

Aye SB

True words.

Perhaps you recall the great fashion he set by wearing ones football shirt so it almost obscured your shorts, rather than being sensibly tucked in, as everybody else did at he time.

But boy,could this man play soccer .... rest in peace GB , the final full time whistle has blown.

[wendigo100]

I count myself lucky as I was privileged enough as an 11-year-old to see the great man in action at the peak of his powers.

I count myself unlucky - I supported Chelsea as a kid and he kept taking the p1ss out of us.

Great player, interesting character, supposed to be a nice bloke.

Above all though, I hope some prospective p1ss artists learn from what happened to him.

[mcquiggd]

Ah, if only Mother Theresa has dribbled as much as george best, she would have made the papers more...

hic

[tonyblair]

Let no-one be in any doubt
George Best was the greatest player
of his generation.
I remember sitting in the Gallowgate end as a small child
watching George Best
and being amazed at what he could do
with a football.

[Board Game Geek]

George Best was a man with a talent, agreed, who exploited his talent to the best (no pun intended) of his ability.

Yet, how many others out there have done the same ? The unsung heroes who have contributed much, if not more, to our lives, and enriched our existences in ways George Best could only dream of ?

A little sense of proportion please !

GB, I salute you Sir and I respect what you did in your niche field, but let's not lose our sense of gravitas here.

By all means commerate the man, but let's not put him on a pedestal which others more rightly deserve.

He was a Class A footballer. Nothing more, nothing less. Let's remember him for that and that alone.