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Pele - Overrated Charlatan
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 Robert Heenan  East Cheshire 22 Jul 21 10.19pm |
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Since I've been little and started following the game back in 1977,and especially pre 2000, all I ever heard was the media fawning and falling over themselves in adoration and praise of Pele. It was like he was some sort of messiah. Children and even adults were brainwashed into believing that Pele was a divine footballer. They still are brainwashed. Pele lived up to his messiah status by turning upto publicity shoots for charity events and so forth. I don't know if anyone here really didn't get bought into the hype. I must admit that I started finding him really creepy back in January 1990 when he presented this series of programmes about the game. Beginning of each episode he'd be in a sunny Maracana and half the programme was all about adulation of himself. Talk about hubris! Think it was on screensport or Eurosport
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 23 Jul 21 12.11am |
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True Worldies : Maradona George Best Johann Cruyf Messi/Ronaldo zinedine zidane Franz Beckenbauer any others ?
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| matthau South Croydon 23 Jul 21 12.39am |
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sprites  Auckland 23 Jul 21 2.56am |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
True Worldies : Maradona George Best Johann Cruyf Messi/Ronaldo zinedine zidane Franz Beckenbauer any others ? Great question! I'd say Iniesta and Bergkamp come close too.
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Teddy Eagle  23 Jul 21 6.08am |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
True Worldies : Maradona George Best Johann Cruyf Messi/Ronaldo zinedine zidane Franz Beckenbauer any others ? I always enjoyed watching Ronaldinho play. Eusebio was top class too.
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 23 Jul 21 7.17am |
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vince
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| Badger11 Beckenham 23 Jul 21 7.53am |
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To answer the OP No he was a great player. Of course he was hyped up and he has a big ego but that doesn't mean he wasn't a great player. It's always worth noting that when they ask ask ex professional footballers he is always in their lists.
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| fromtherope In the woods of deepest Surrey 23 Jul 21 10.15am |
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maradonna was a fat, drug taking, evil little cheat hate him as much, if not more that that french git c*ntana
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 23 Jul 21 11.06am |
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Originally posted by fromtherope
maradonna was a fat, drug taking, evil little cheat hate him as much, if not more that that french git c*ntana Good footballers but I agree with you. No way would I watch any sh1t film with either in it. Cnuts.
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| PalazioVecchio south pole 23 Jul 21 11.14am |
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Tlsestu  Toulouse 23 Jul 21 11.21am |
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| mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 23 Jul 21 11.45am |
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One of my pet subjects.....and yes I do think he is/was an overrated charlatan. 1000 goals scored in his career? Really? If you work out how that can happen it means he had to have scored over 60 goals a season. Now, if you count all the games of 3 and in that I've played, I might come close so maybe that's what he's counting too. If you ask anyone what their main three memories are of the genius Pele, they usually say (in no particular order) the header against Gordon Banks (he missed); when he dummied the keeper and went the other side to shoot at an open goal (he missed); and the shot from the half way line against the then Czechoslavakia (guess what, he missed). There will be the odd one that remembers him scoring in the 1958 or setting up Carlos Alberto for the 4th goal v Italy in the 1970 Final which I still suspect was a misplaced shot from him in any case. After he'd retired they gave him the chequered flag to wave at the Brazilian Grand Prix. You've guessed it. He missed the finish because he was talking. And then he advertised erectile dysfunction tablets. Why? Because he couldn't score, that's why. And don't even get me started on all the signed shirts that have been auctioned around the world. The only thing I've seen more of are splinters of wood from the cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified in Catholic churches across the globe. Other than that, I've no strong opinion on Pele.
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