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Battle of the World Cup stars
- Thread starter BoyBrumby
- Start date
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Nazio didn't pay £6.7m for a bloke who just liked a blub. Doesn't sound much nowadays, but for context Shearer was bought for less than half that a year later.
Gascoigne clearly always had problems, but he was an amzing footballer and 90 was his zenith.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hilarious stuff, he was sublime up to the tears which was a major minus point for me. Wuss. Yet he played with brilliant technique, and drive, totally unparalleled by any England player that I've ever seen. He is a pathetic human-being which is why he largely wasted that talent afterwards, but he still scored some incredible goals. The spuds-Forest Cup Final, a real disaster for English football, TBH.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Gazza joins the Banks of England as Albion representatives in round 2, but the fat drug-abusing serial cheater ousts Big Jack.
Next up for your pleasure and consideration:
Battle Seventeen
Marco Tardelli (Italy)
World Cups: 2 (1978, 1982)
World Cup Apperances: 13
World Cup Goals: 2
Best Performance: Winner in 1982
Noteable for: His glorious, bug-eyed, fists-clenched, running, screaming goal celeb after scoring the second goal in the final.
v
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Spain)
World Cups: 2 (1954, 1962)
Apps: 6
Goals: 4
Best: Runner-Up in 1954
Noteable for: Being the most magnificent of the Magyars who lost to West Germany in the final of 1954 after defeating them 8-3 earlier.
Battle Eighteen
Hriston Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
World Cups: 2 (1994, 1998)
Apps: 10
Goals: 6
Best: Semi-Finalist in 1994
Noteable for: Scoring six goals during Bulgaria's run to the 1994 semi-finals including the equaliser in their hilarious 2-1 win over the Germans in the quarters.
V
Garrincha (Brazil)
World Cups: 3 (1958, 1962, 1966)
Apps: 12
Goals: 5
Best: Winner in 1958 & 1962.
Noteable for: Being arguably the best dribbler to ever grace the highest stage and inspiring Brazil to the 62 title in Pele's absence.
Next up for your pleasure and consideration:
Battle Seventeen
Marco Tardelli (Italy)
World Cups: 2 (1978, 1982)
World Cup Apperances: 13
World Cup Goals: 2
Best Performance: Winner in 1982
Noteable for: His glorious, bug-eyed, fists-clenched, running, screaming goal celeb after scoring the second goal in the final.
v
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Spain)
World Cups: 2 (1954, 1962)
Apps: 6
Goals: 4
Best: Runner-Up in 1954
Noteable for: Being the most magnificent of the Magyars who lost to West Germany in the final of 1954 after defeating them 8-3 earlier.
Battle Eighteen
Hriston Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
World Cups: 2 (1994, 1998)
Apps: 10
Goals: 6
Best: Semi-Finalist in 1994
Noteable for: Scoring six goals during Bulgaria's run to the 1994 semi-finals including the equaliser in their hilarious 2-1 win over the Germans in the quarters.
V
Garrincha (Brazil)
World Cups: 3 (1958, 1962, 1966)
Apps: 12
Goals: 5
Best: Winner in 1958 & 1962.
Noteable for: Being arguably the best dribbler to ever grace the highest stage and inspiring Brazil to the 62 title in Pele's absence.
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Puskas, Garrincha
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Puskas and Garrincha
.................... and a recount for Big Jack please
.................... and a recount for Big Jack please
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Not in World Cups
.But yeah, I don't doubt his ability as a player. It's just that I don't have a lot of time for the player whose quality took his side past Belgium and Cameroon in his only World Cup before he burst pathetically into tears in the semi. I don't think he ever achieved anything.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Puskas & Stoichkov.
A sympathy vote for Hristo. Yes, he was a little bit of a nob, but he dragged a team that should have been knocked out in the group stages through to the semis; without the help of dubious refereeing (South Korea, yes, I'm looking at you.)
A sympathy vote for Hristo. Yes, he was a little bit of a nob, but he dragged a team that should have been knocked out in the group stages through to the semis; without the help of dubious refereeing (South Korea, yes, I'm looking at you.)
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Whilst Khan took the Hun past Paraguay, the Yanks and the Koreans........Not in World Cups
But yeah, I don't doubt his ability as a player. It's just that I don't have a lot of time for the player whose quality took his side past Belgium and Cameroon in his only World Cup before he burst pathetically into tears in the semi. I don't think he ever achieved anything.
This.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
The Galloping Major and The Little Bird advance.
Next up before the jury:
Battle Nineteen
Alan Ball (England)
World Cups: 2 (1966, 1970)
World Cup Apperances: 7
World Cup Goals: 0
Best Performance: Winner in 1966
Noteable for: Being the youngest of the boys of 66 and being possessed of red hair and superhuman stamina.
v
Miroslav Klose (Germany)
World Cups: 2 (2002, 2006)
Apps: 14
Goals: 10
Best: Runner-Up in 2002
Noteable for: Being Germany's most reliable source of goals in the last two tournaments and overall top scorer in 2006.
Battle Twenty
Romario (Brazil)
World Cups: 2 (1990, 1994)
Apps: 8
Goals: 5
Best: Winner in 1994
Noteable for: Scoring the goals that took Brazil all the way in 1994 and marking each with the much-mimicked "rocking the cradle" celeb.
V
Roger Milla (Cameroon)
World Cups: 3 (1982, 1990, 1994)
Apps: 10
Goals: 5
Best: Quarter-Finalist in 1990.
Noteable for: Being, at 38 in 1990, the greatest world cup impact sub ever, celebrating each goal with a dance around the corner flag & becoming, at 42 in 1994, the oldest ever goalscorer.
Next up before the jury:
Battle Nineteen
Alan Ball (England)
World Cups: 2 (1966, 1970)
World Cup Apperances: 7
World Cup Goals: 0
Best Performance: Winner in 1966
Noteable for: Being the youngest of the boys of 66 and being possessed of red hair and superhuman stamina.
v
Miroslav Klose (Germany)
World Cups: 2 (2002, 2006)
Apps: 14
Goals: 10
Best: Runner-Up in 2002
Noteable for: Being Germany's most reliable source of goals in the last two tournaments and overall top scorer in 2006.
Battle Twenty
Romario (Brazil)
World Cups: 2 (1990, 1994)
Apps: 8
Goals: 5
Best: Winner in 1994
Noteable for: Scoring the goals that took Brazil all the way in 1994 and marking each with the much-mimicked "rocking the cradle" celeb.
V
Roger Milla (Cameroon)
World Cups: 3 (1982, 1990, 1994)
Apps: 10
Goals: 5
Best: Quarter-Finalist in 1990.
Noteable for: Being, at 38 in 1990, the greatest world cup impact sub ever, celebrating each goal with a dance around the corner flag & becoming, at 42 in 1994, the oldest ever goalscorer.