How good was Paul Gascoigne

[pascell]

I saw the clip of him ‘scoring’, first a misskick, then the defender teed it up for him and he hit the slowest shot which the goalkeeper deliberately dived over. It’s the kinda things you do to make a disabled kid happy. Seeing a grown man who used to be one of the worlds best in his time, is pretty sad. I would not be surprised to hear he’s kicked the bucket in the next year or 2

Said exactly the same to my mates, couldn't believe what I was watching, that's not a guy in his 50s.

 

[matt10000]

I might be misremembering but even his ''banter'' stuff while with England was just like him acting as an arsehole. Which tbh seems be a lot of footballers sense of humour.

It's called having a laugh with your team mates.

 

[Dans]

Good documentary currently airing on BBC 2 - also iPlayer of course. Worth a watch.

 

[lefty_jakobz]

Talented player who just liked the drink too much. The late great Walter Smith couldn’t tame his penchant for a drink and I doubt SAF would have been able to either.

Anyone remember that Raoul Moat incident?

 

[j65454]

Great player, probably the best English player for the last 40 years at his absolute peak.

 

[glaspalast]

Gascoigne had the ability of Zidane.

But has suffered severe mental illness since childhood.

 

[Red the Bear]

He's one those great figures who makes you wonder what could have been instead of what was.
Lazio fans and rangers fan love him i think? Rather extraordinary considering how many matches he lost due to injury.