buchansleftleg
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Some people have mentioned people here that can run well with the ball, others have mentioned people that can do tricks and feints but to me that is not really dribbling.
For me the winner is Best...just watch his highlights and imagine that in most cases that ball is a sodden lump of soaking wet leather with all the bounce and consistency of a ball of concrete made by toddlers. Then look at how you can't predict whether each run will end in a pass, a cross, a rifled shot or a simple tap in. As Paddy Crerand said - defenders against him would suffer from "twisted blood"
That's the difference for me. Others wait until they got in optimum position to either cross or shoot once they have beaten the last man. Georgie could do anything at anytime and could hurt you in multiple ways. Probably only Garrincha and Ronaldinho had the same confidence in their dribbling ability to actively goad the defenders into trying to tackle them again, but they did not offer quite the same range of threat that Best did
For me the winner is Best...just watch his highlights and imagine that in most cases that ball is a sodden lump of soaking wet leather with all the bounce and consistency of a ball of concrete made by toddlers. Then look at how you can't predict whether each run will end in a pass, a cross, a rifled shot or a simple tap in. As Paddy Crerand said - defenders against him would suffer from "twisted blood"
That's the difference for me. Others wait until they got in optimum position to either cross or shoot once they have beaten the last man. Georgie could do anything at anytime and could hurt you in multiple ways. Probably only Garrincha and Ronaldinho had the same confidence in their dribbling ability to actively goad the defenders into trying to tackle them again, but they did not offer quite the same range of threat that Best did