tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post7818946775322619513..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Back from... BerlinGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-63078440122846504142009-09-23T17:14:36.663+01:002009-09-23T17:14:36.663+01:00I thought the service for Bobby Robson in Durham C...I thought the service for Bobby Robson in Durham Cathedral was very moving - what little I saw of it - but I saw Charlton and he looked 'wrecked' (not in the alcohol sense) - the man looked like a man whose wife or kids had suddenly perished in a car crash - I hope he recovers. <br />He could never make it as a manager. He had the failing of being, well, too human.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-20236729354769163842009-09-17T12:01:10.286+01:002009-09-17T12:01:10.286+01:00"with...electric purpose..." absolutely!..."with...electric purpose..." absolutely!<br /> Pele and Charlton. Two of sport's gentlemen. No need for early showers or cards.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-14643333501760036432009-09-15T21:05:27.357+01:002009-09-15T21:05:27.357+01:00Yes, I know how highly Pele rated Bobby Charlton, ...Yes, I know how highly Pele rated Bobby Charlton, who was my great hero when I just turned ten. He could and did play badly sometimes but providing that isn't too often we tend to remember players at their very best. Charlton at his best was majestic, striding and cruising through defences with a kind of electric purpose. We knew he could let one fly at any moment.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-79649549054147731182009-09-15T19:39:58.724+01:002009-09-15T19:39:58.724+01:00George, you were there. And did you know I was the...George, you were there. And did you know I was there, well at least there in the sense that I was in front of the TV, when they asked Pele who was the next to him world's greatest footballer and he smiled and said softly but I heard him George and I read his lips and he said Bobby Charlton...Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com