He was an extremely hard working midfielder who unfortunately due to a rash tackle on Gary Charles fecked his career up, in fact he probably became half the player he was.
Nope, he was just Paul Gascoigne. One of those unique players who seem to play with special powers. The reason the comparison is wrong is that he did things that those two have never been capable of.
Was brilliant until he went to Rangers, then he became an unbearable cnut. Biggest mistake obviously was turning down Fergie for the spuds
Obviously he's a unique talent but the OP was asking for a comparison. Going by the OPs question, who do you think he was comparable to?
Can't say I agree. You describe him like he was some work-a-day midfielder. He was a tour de force in his prime. A major headliner capable of breathtaking brilliance. His passion for the game especially when playing for England was unparalelled. If today's England squad have half of his fire going into Euro 2016, I would be very optimistic. Shame things ended as they did for him.
Its a hard question, there were so many strings to his bow. A quicker, stronger, better shooting, and better dribbling version of Iniesta. Basically Iniesta that can drive with the ball through midfield almost at will eliminating 1,2,3 without much of a fuss.
Maybe I used the wrong words because he obviously wasn't some milner-esque midfieldfield workhorse
what I was trying to say with the hardworking quote is that he was all over the pitch just like a box2box midfielder, but with the intelligence and technical abilities of the best playmakers.Yeah, your description is way better than mine
I was struggling to think of a comparable player in recent times. Zidane maybe? It's very difficult to compare him to anyone.
How would that of panned out though? Robson with Ince, Gazza in Mclair's role as deep support for Hughes?
Exactly what I thought when i entered this thread.
Laudrup was better than Gascoigne.
In terms of talent and ability, no he wasnt. In terms of his career, consitency and time at the very top, yes he was.
was thinking Zidane-ish as well.
Pre F.A Cup Gazza was faster than Zidane, and the horror tackle aside, he was also a combative ball winner.
Stan Bowles for me. Very similar players.
He tried, went to Spurs instead after they offered to buy his parents a house in Newcastle
He was a twat too by all accounts
You're quite right, but considering the OP can't remember Gazza playing I'm sure he'll know nothing about Bowles
In terms of pure talent, Gazza was way way ahead of Laudrup. At his peak he was a top 3 in the world player, in a time when the best player I've ever seen was playing. Had it not been for that injury & some very poor career decisions, he would have been an all time great.
Agree.
True but it would have been a very very good player that would keep him out of a starting 11 like a Gullit or Rijkarrd.
Disagree. However that was a response mainly to the comparison of him and Modric/Hererra.
Gascoigne did nothing in his career to show more talent that Laudrup. Outside of the UK people would simply laugh off the idea he's even close. There's simply no debate with regards to career/consistency and time at the very top since Gascoigne has close to zero in all areas. Laudrup is a legitimate all time great.
Some people seem to rewrite history when it comes to Gascoigne, at no point was he top 3 in the world or even close. That argument is laughable. He was playing at the same time as Maradonna so no argument there. Baggio had moved to Juve for a world record fee and Van Basten was picking up his 3rd Ballon D'or as part of an AC Milan team that on it's own had 3 players better than Gascoigne. Then you've got Romario/Weah/Matthuas etc.
Im outside the UK. You are talking utter rubbish.
That's garbage. He was brilliant.
