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F365: Portrait on an Icon... Paul Gascoigne

Gassin's finest

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The rather excellent F365 run a regular article called "Portrait of an Icon", which looks back on the career of some the greatest footballers to play the game.

This week it's our very own Gazza:

http://www.football365.com/news/portrait-of-an-icon-paul-gascoigne

... Gascoigne was undoubtedly the most talented English player of his generation, perhaps even of all time. His dribbling ability was the stuff of comic book heroes, his burst into space, drop of the shoulder and swagger distinctly un-English. Gascoigne also had a coolness in front of goal, a capacity to disguise where he was shooting or passing that made every one of his moments on the ball eminently watchable. You didn’t know what Gazza would do next, but you knew it would be good...

After Hoddle captured my imagination for football as a 7 year old, so Gazza made it my obsession for the rest of my life.

Worth a read.
 

Metalhead

But that's a debate for another thread.....
Nov 24, 2013
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The rather excellent F365 run a regular article called "Portrait of an Icon", which looks back on the career of some the greatest footballers to play the game.

This week it's our very own Gazza:

http://www.football365.com/news/portrait-of-an-icon-paul-gascoigne



After Hoddle captured my imagination for football as a 7 year old, so Gazza made it my obsession for the rest of my life.

Worth a read.
What a player. Took us to the '91 cup final almost single handedly.....and could have lost it for us in the final. I've never seen someone so pumped up in a game.
 

RichieS

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Gassin's finest

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And what about Daveed?
Daveed joined when I was 18, and was more akin to a sexual awakening. Watching Hoddle was like appreciating art. Watching Gazza was to witness a genius at work. Watching Ginola was like being in love.

And I don't care how gay that sounds.
 

RichieS

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Daveed joined when I was 18, and was more akin to a sexual awakening. Watching Hoddle was like appreciating art. Watching Gazza was to witness a genius at work. Watching Ginola was like being in love.

And I don't care how gay that sounds.
Everyone's gay for Ginola.

Not Moleman though.

 

Metalhead

But that's a debate for another thread.....
Nov 24, 2013
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Daveed joined when I was 18, and was more akin to a sexual awakening. Watching Hoddle was like appreciating art. Watching Gazza was to witness a genius at work. Watching Ginola was like being in love.

And I don't care how gay that sounds.
Any time that Gazza or Ginola got the ball, it felt like we could score a goal. Apart from Bale, I've not often felt that confident about a player since.
 

Krule

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Hilarious fireworks story.....wonderful player and his goal against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi final 'lit up' my life.
God bless Gazza....stay safe and well.
 
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