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oldironside

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9. Yeah, attitude is a little thing that makes abig difference.

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 06:33 AM

Jul 2013

It's all very well having talent, but the all-time greats are united by one thing - the ability to do something game changing even when the chips are down.

I remember during the early days of Serie A on channel 4 watching Marco van Basten play for AC Milan. It was clear to me that not only was he the most talented bloke on the pitch, no one was working harder. He wasn't content to give 85 minutes of round shouldered indifference.

As for Becks: he got England to a world cup single handedly, when the rest of the team froze like rabbits in headlights. That's the difference between a good player, and a great player.

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Is David Beckham one of the Premier League all-time greats? He's not even in the top 1,000 says Chri [View all] oldironside May 2013 OP

In his prime, he was world class Ron Obvious May 2013 #1

I never saw some of the other contenders in their primes... Aquavit May 2013 #2

I have a feeling you'll enjoy this. oldironside May 2013 #3

I can remember loads of Chrissy Waddle highlights T_i_B May 2013 #4

I actually did specify... oldironside May 2013 #5

If you look at the sides he played in...... T_i_B May 2013 #6

"he wasn't the best or most important player in most of them" oldironside May 2013 #7

The best comment I ever heard about Waddle's games for England was SwissTony Jul 2013 #8

Yeah, attitude is a little thing that makes abig difference. oldironside Jul 2013 #9