New Posts For Thread: Bobby Charlton at 80 BBC1https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1What a hell of a player he was.Was fortunate to see him a few times at Elland Road, late 60s early 70s.Very possible the greatest England footballer .....yet he didn't think he was in the same parish as Duncan Edwards , who but for Munich would have been 29 and in all liklihood the England captain in 66.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552939099#552939099Very possible the greatest England footballer .....yet he didn't think he was in the same parish as Duncan Edwards , who but for Munich would have been 29 and in all liklihood the England captain in 66.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:13:36 -0500A right miserable git apparently.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938879#552938879A right miserable git apparently.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:36:22 -0500no anxious Greaves , certainly before he caught meningitis in the mid sixties( which he felt robbed him of a yard of his great pace), was not only the greatest goal scorer but footballer.He could go past players better than Best could, he could contrhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938877#552938877no anxious Greaves , certainly before he caught meningitis in the mid sixties( which he felt robbed him of a yard of his great pace), was not only the greatest goal scorer but footballer.He could go past players better than Best could, he could contrMon, 09 Oct 2017 12:35:48 -0500Greaves the best English player ever ? , he was a good goalscorer but he was not in the same class as Moore or Charltonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938855#552938855Greaves the best English player ever ? , he was a good goalscorer but he was not in the same class as Moore or CharltonMon, 09 Oct 2017 12:28:13 -0500But at his best Charlton could be devastating, a wonderful player.And of course him life became almost mythical.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938839#552938839But at his best Charlton could be devastating, a wonderful player.And of course him life became almost mythical.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:25:16 -0500Johnny Giles said he had no positional sense when they both played for Man Utd.Giles would be somewhere on the pitch and find Charlton standing beside him.Giles used to have to tell him to piss off to a different part of the midfield.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938801#552938801Johnny Giles said he had no positional sense when they both played for Man Utd.Giles would be somewhere on the pitch and find Charlton standing beside him.Giles used to have to tell him to piss off to a different part of the midfield.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:19:22 -0500I know blackbarn - I was dissing neither you nor your post and my second post was only tongue in cheek. Sure there's plenty other interesting stuff, such as you mentioned, and hopefully there'll be another documentary along soon ... with warts and ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938775#552938775I know blackbarn - I was dissing neither you nor your post and my second post was only tongue in cheek. Sure there's plenty other interesting stuff, such as you mentioned, and hopefully there'll be another documentary along soon ... with warts and aMon, 09 Oct 2017 12:11:22 -0500Jimmy Greaves was England's greatest ever player, greatest British player also.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938705#552938705Jimmy Greaves was England's greatest ever player, greatest British player also.Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:57:32 -0500when i was living down winchmore hill way Bobby Smith used to go in my local when you bought him a few drinks he would dish the dirt on the old players,he used to say that charlton was far from a saint he was portrayed as & was one of the worst offehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938425#552938425when i was living down winchmore hill way Bobby Smith used to go in my local when you bought him a few drinks he would dish the dirt on the old players,he used to say that charlton was far from a saint he was portrayed as & was one of the worst offeMon, 09 Oct 2017 11:26:02 -0500trilby - it was advertised as a tribute not a documentary. I was not criticising the programme (read my first line!!). I was suggesting that there is other interesting stuff about him that is worthy of attention to perhaps get a more rounded view ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30952403/bobby-charlton-at-80-bbc1?post_id=552938179#552938179trilby - it was advertised as a tribute not a documentary. I was not criticising the programme (read my first line!!). I was suggesting that there is other interesting stuff about him that is worthy of attention to perhaps get a more rounded view ofMon, 09 Oct 2017 10:33:03 -0500