Eusebio RIP

[Des]

Blimey

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25611509

[aka Dus]

Too young. Can't say I ever saw much of him but notable how he was one of the few all time greats that nobody had anything bad to say about.

[kop205]

Thought he was older than that, no age really that these days.

 

Never looked in the best of health. was he a heavy smoker or am I mixing him up with someone else?

 

733 goals in 745 games, kinell.

[£440,000]

First knew about him from a football annual when I was a kid. Wasn't old enough to have seen him play, but he seemed to have something magical about him.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIqrnkKo1Hc

 

There are some great goals in there.

Edited January 5, 2014 by £440,000

[muleskinner]

wasn't there a quote about him along the lines of he could do everything pele could but faster

[Cobs]

wasn't there a quote about him along the lines of he could do everything pele could but faster

 

that's Viagra for you

[pipnasty]

My dad said he was the best footballer he ever saw. But then again, he supports Everton, so the bar has been set low.

[New York Red]

His performance in the 1966 World Cup was amazing. He was the best player of the tournament by a long shot.

[DecidedByPoll]

My dad says he's the best player he ever saw. RIP

[Duncan Disorderly]

 

 

Never looked in the best of health. was he a heavy smoker or am I mixing him up with someone else?

 

 

Socrates maybe?

 

Eusebio being buried this afternoon. They don't hang about in Portugal.

[realtarragona]

Anyone else find bringing his coffin to the middle of the pitch a bit eery...

[matty]

Anyone else find bringing his coffin to the middle of the pitch a bit eery...

For us, yeah, but these Latins have a different approach to death.

[Swan Red]

I find waking someone in the house a bit eerie tbf

[Des]

Yeah, people sitting round a corpse, eating sandwiches and drinking. It's bizarre, but it's what I grew up with.

[whitewidow]

Yeah, people sitting round a corpse, eating sandwiches and drinking. It's bizarre, but it's what I grew up with.

 

Minus the corpse that's a great picnic

[Duncan Disorderly]

Just talking in work about wakes and post-funeral piss-ups in Ireland.

 

They're a great laugh.

[SkippyjonJones]

Yeah, people sitting round a corpse, eating sandwiches and drinking. It's bizarre, but it's what I grew up with.

in my family its often the first time in years that they haven't caused a fight...

[Des]

Just talking in work about wakes and post-funeral piss-ups in Ireland.

 

They're a great laugh.

 

They can be. Depends on the circumstances though.