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Originally Posted by darklord700
Not sure I would equate Scholes with Gazza. But that's a good pick.
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I wasn't a big England fan because of Gazza and the biased (the only feed we got was the British one on TSN) commentators in 1990 thinking England was a shoe-in to win it all as each game went on.
Was Gazza that good? Don't get me wrong, I think he was a decent midfielder, but nothing that any England team hasn't had since in some form.
My dad would get me "Shoot" from the newspaper store downtown every month, and it was Gazza this and Gazza that. IMO, he was more popular because he was a man of the people, rough around the edges, liked his booze, wore his emotions on his sleeve and had a good relationship with the press, always being good for a quote.
But for overall footballing skill, he's not head and shoulders above any midfielders listed since by any means, he just had a personality moreso than most.