Some great comments & debate on Sir Bobby's XI guys, more videos coming to the channel soon. Here's another video especially for those that liked his opinion on Duncan Edwards, with Sir Matt Busby & Jimmy Murphy talking about Duncan to. ruclips.net/video/ic_RZw3X-Jo/видео.html
Duncan Edwards Was The Best Full Stop And I'm A Burnley Fan I Would Accept No Title In 1959/60 Had He Been Alive May He Rest In Peace Always Along With Sir Bobby Our Jimmy Mac Jimmy Adamson And Brian Miller And All Great Players
I have lived in spain for 20 years, I am an old git that saw the Best, Charlton, Law geniuses many times. When Sir Bobby died recently, bar owners and rural farmers in the bars were all deeply moved by the great mans passing. None of them ever saw him live but they were all, old and young, aware of our grestest ever players skill, sportmanship and integrity. Made me proud to be English.
I live in Chile...and the sadness local people showed me when Sir Bobby passed. Yes. I was proud to be English.... He was, as they say here: Verdadero caballero. He will not be forgotten in Chile.
My all time XI Goalkeeper Lev Yashin Defenders Paolo Maldini Lothar Matthaeus Franz Bekenbaur Carlos Alberto Midfielders Clarence Seedorf Diego Maradona Alfredo Di Stefano Forwards Lionel Messi Ronaldo Luis Nazario Eusebio.
As a boy I grew up with the post-Munich Manchester United with Bobby as my hero. Most our heroes let us down at some stage. Bobby never did. Always a gentleman and a wonderful footballer.
Well said. I would just add that Sir Stanley Matthews and Sir Tom Finney were cut from the same cloth. They were at the end of their careers when Bobby would have seen them. Both gentlemen like Bobby. RIP all and, of course, big Duncan.
The way Bobby speaks of Duncan Edward’s sends shivers down my spine, and a tear down my face knowing how great he was and how good he would’ve been and yet never got to reach that greatness
Yes,I heard from a few ' old timers' as a kis,who said they had seen,Pele,Best,Maradona, but Edwards was the best 'All round ' player they'd seen..And in the last 40/50 yrs l think of Lothar Mathias and Ruud Gullit in that fashion..They could play anywhere!
@@jerryoshea3116 Yea a lot of people say that of Edwards, a player that could play & did CB, CM, LW & CF to a great level. John Charles is another great all round player.
I saw Duncan play out of position at center forward in one game against Bolton at OT. He was so great and adaptable his performance was one of the best no 9 displays I have ever seen.
@@tt99football56 its hard to say. He was so young when he died. Dennis The king was the Stretford ends hero goalscorer, Bobby was the respected playmaker and rocket shot, , Bestie was the best dribbler . I thing big Dunc would have gone to to be the best all rounder.
In a World XI Jack Charlton wouldn't quite make it, only Moore & Franklin of English CB's would have a chance maybe Billy Wright to. Duncan Edwards brings the steel & maybe more so than any player ever. He could cover every blade of grass & with great power & aggression in the tackle.
That 12 would take some beating. If I could travel back in time I would go and see Duncan Edwards play. Charlton spoke so well. I like what he said about el diego
I m glad to see Bobby include Platini . Great Player and underated. The" carre magic" of the French team of the mid 80s , Platini, Giresse, Fernandez, and Tigana was one of the best mid fields ever.
Yes......a colossus at 17...18...Big Dunc was the man...the rest were great players too...and I agree with his team...although I would have put Dunc as the deep midfielder...and looked for a left back...I would see if there was a another right back too...but Moore and Beckenbauer were standout CHs...and the rest of the team was excellent...simply the BEST...
“Platini would take it in any position”. “ooh la la, thank you big Bobby”. He was a great dribbler but he could also shoot if he thought the other lads were behind him. A real good organiser who loved to dominate from the middle. He was in his element at an orgy. Versatile, he could take on any role. At the back or up front. He could also dominate even if he started off as a sub. A quick rub down with oil and he’d be sliding in and out with ease, but he was always protected by “mates”.
Maradona: “…when I was living in Italy they always were with the same debate: Pelé or Maradona… But when I was in Spain a few years earlier that debate didn’t exist. For the spaniards the best of all times was Alfredo Di Stefano. Period. And I think I have to agree with them” Its funny that in the interview Sir Bobby was asked: “Pelé or Maradona, who do you think was the greatest?” And the great english gentleman just answers what all the people in Spain knew without hesitation sixty or seventy years ago: the best was Di Stefano. RIP Sir Bobby Charlton. In Spain all football fans admired your wonderful way of playing football (very similar to Di Stefano, by the way) and loved you as a marvelous man
Great great man Bobby but this is just a collection of the best players it’s not really a great team lots players out position. John Giles said it about Bobby he was the best player he played against and with but he played off the cuff he didn’t really understand or read football really well
After Bobby's first 12 and subs,you could pick many other dozens that would give them a good game.If i wanted a goal scorer i would always find a space for Greaves,Gert Muller,you would have to have a 25 year old Ronaldo and Messi,Zidane,,Carlos etc,the list just goes on and on.
@@51elephantchang In that sense Edwards would have been better in CM, but Di Stefano could defend to. He could defend enough for this team to work & then with the great defence behind them.
What a all XL team or XII in this case. Modernist's will claim its a bit too old school, leaving out modern great's like Ronaldo, Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi. But it's the late RIP Sir Bobby Charlton choice, so we have to respect that. My personal XL team: Neuer Maldini Baresi Moore Cafu Beckenbauer Cruyff Di Stéfano Maradona Pelé Messi
True but it's hard to win, if he picked more modern players people would say he left out greats from his career etc. So many all time greats to pick, it's hard to really pick the best team & everyone would pick someone different etc. He picked this in 2001, so I can see why it's dominated mostly by players he shared a pitch with. He did another in 2007 for fourfourtwo with a few changes, but only Keane & Schmeichel of the modern era made the bench. Great team you picked to
@@tt99football56 Yeah true. These things are highly subjective. Which is why i always use the caveat " my " choice. Still, Sir Bobby Charlton picked am excellent side. I just thought Edwards & Best, never saw the full unfolding of their talents at what should be a great player peak years. 25 to 31. So i wouldn't have picked them, ( both fabulous players, but Edwards gone at 21 & Best fell off at 26 ), as am stickler for longevity ~ consistency, & seeing out the talents to their maximum exposure. Ps, thanks for like of my XL team.👍
@@johnpacino007 I agree but I think with Edwards especially he was just in awe of him, that he probably could never imagine a team without him in it. Also he & so many others rate Edwards next to anyone. Some videos on my channel of Edwards, we can see a glimpse of his all round ability. Because of the longevity I'd have had Maldini over him though. I like how Charlton has so much respect for Platini to, he also put him in his 2007 team. Platini doesn't often make an all time XI, but is one of the all time greats.
As a great you appreciate those with special skills, other greats. Maybe, having watched the modern players, Sir Bobby does not rate them as good as many do.
Would've been a better video if you'd added video clips of the players/matches? You could also have added a visual of the players in formation on a pitch?
Interesting choices by Sir Bobby: however, I think there would be too many egos for his team to work! The best 11 players don't necessarily make the best team-and it's a team game. Bobby should have put himself in there-the best English player I saw 'live' many times.
Let me guess: Duncan Edwards, Pele, Eusabio, Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, George Best, Dennis Law, Carlos Alberto, Ray Wilson, Alfredo di Stefano
My personal selection: Gianluigi Buffon, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Nesta, Javier Zanetti, Fernando Redondo, Lothar Matthäus, Diego Maradona, Roberto Baggio, Lionel Messi, Ronaldo Nazario, Formation: 4-3-3.
I see your point so much attacking talent, but Di Stefano in midfield would bring the defensive side & with his stamina to & great defence behind him would make this team great.
@@tt99football56 Yer,in that they both had terrific balance vision and scored plenty.Zico was known as The White Pele.I think Zicos free kicks were known as the scorpion or something similar.
What a team! George best was the greatest out them all. Best had reached his peak 6 years before he was to reach his peak? Now thinking of how much greater best was going to be is scary. But sadly lost interest at age 26. Most natural gifted player ever. And bobby knows that. He said people would come from all over the place just to watch george best incase they missed something! Every where he played the ground was heaving and full up before 10am. My friend went to see best at west ham utd in 1971 and the crowd had been waiting since 7.30am to get in. Madness, but great. I have never saw a crowd que up like that before and never will. People used to try and jump over the turnstiles to get in or over any wall to see best! So they had to make the turnstiles 6ft high. I remember most grounds were just 3ft high turnstiles but just a foot high made so they kept turning round and people could jump over them or even crawl under them.
A genius & with Finney & Ronaldo, probably the best goal scoring wide players ever. Inside Forwards as they'd call them now & I bet Best like Finney & Ronaldo would be a great striker to.
At the time FIFA ranked Jimmy Johnstone no 1 and George Best no 2 best wingers in the world. Personally I would say Johnstone was better at close up ball dribbling but in goal scoring Best had it . Anyway , on their day , they were both completely unplayable.
@@jamesguitar7384 Fifa did rankings back then? Any lists? Both really great players, I think Best was better but that Johnstone was the most skillful British player ever.
@@jamesguitar7384 George Best is the greatest ever! If fifa ranked Johnstone no.1 how come he wasnt a balon dor winner but George was? Sorry that must be fake news! Best plied his trade in the greatest league in the world but the scottish league? Well no comparison there is there!
Schmeichel on the bench was the last straw for me. Bobby was obviously a United guy through and through. And with Britain having no less than 6 players in the, squad, more than any other country, imagine how many world cups they'd won had they all played for England!
We're seeing the end of brilliant footballers. Since spain and guardiola started dominating football they've little by little, eliminated individual prowess in favor of tactical compliance. Thats why modern football is so incredibly boring compared to past football. We will never see again players like cruyff, maradona, beckenbauer, di stefano, pelé, platini,. Now the best players in the world are mbappé and haaland, both good players who rarely show the imagination, skill and talent you'd expect from the best player in the world
I see what you're saying & you make a great point, but IMO Mbappe is a player like that with flair, skill & quality. A guy you could just give the ball to & watch him entertain, but maybe he has less freedom today to express himself fully.
could be,. but it just seems there arent entertainers anymore, just two guys on the sidelines, usually spaniards if you're watching the PL, who behave like circus clowns while the players are completely paralyzed by their instructions@@tt99football56
@@tt99football56 To add to that, Jude Bellingham is shaping up to be one of the greats. Perhaps it's a bit premature to put that curse on him, but barring injury (please God, don't curse him like R9) he certainly has the talent. I watched all the greats since the 60s, and only R9 was so polished at such a young age.
How so? Banks, Edwards & Best are 3 of the best to ever play, I know Edwards had a short career but others rate him as highly to. Maybe Edwards could be changed for someone with a longer career, but Best & Banks are top tier ever in their positions IMO.
@@sean_43 What is? Which players would you take out & for who? These teams are always different & Sir Bobby saw all these players. Also he said there's others unlucky to miss out.
@@tt99football56George best played in one European cup final. He didn't ever play in the world cup or euros. Northern Ireland have reached major tournaments with worse squads than what Best played in. I think it's nonsense personally. No maldini or Baresi. Didn't pick one Italian in fact. No Messi or Fat Ronaldo. Or Cristiano Ronaldo. No Zidane. I know you mentioned it but Duncan Edwards? That's mental. We have no idea what he would have become. I can think of loads of players with promise who did sod all.
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Some great comments & debate on Sir Bobby's XI guys, more videos coming to the channel soon.
Here's another video especially for those that liked his opinion on Duncan Edwards, with Sir Matt Busby & Jimmy Murphy talking about Duncan to.
ruclips.net/video/ic_RZw3X-Jo/видео.html
Duncan Edwards Was The Best Full Stop And I'm A Burnley Fan I Would Accept No Title In 1959/60 Had He Been Alive May He Rest In Peace Always Along With Sir Bobby Our Jimmy Mac Jimmy Adamson And Brian Miller And All Great Players
@@paulcasini4759 Respect did you see him play?
I have lived in spain for 20 years, I am an old git that saw the Best, Charlton, Law geniuses many times. When Sir Bobby died recently, bar owners and rural farmers in the bars were all deeply moved by the great mans passing. None of them ever saw him live but they were all, old and young, aware of our grestest ever players skill, sportmanship and integrity. Made me proud to be English.
I live in Chile...and the sadness local people showed me when Sir Bobby passed.
Yes. I was proud to be English.... He was, as they say here: Verdadero caballero.
He will not be forgotten in Chile.
I thought you meant because he was such a great passer of the ball …. They got emotional. The great man’s great passing was truly magnificent
And they certainly know their football in Spain.
My all time XI
Goalkeeper
Lev Yashin
Defenders
Paolo Maldini
Lothar Matthaeus
Franz Bekenbaur
Carlos Alberto
Midfielders
Clarence Seedorf
Diego Maradona
Alfredo Di Stefano
Forwards
Lionel Messi
Ronaldo Luis Nazario
Eusebio.
As a boy I grew up with the post-Munich Manchester United with Bobby as my hero. Most our heroes let us down at some stage. Bobby never did. Always a gentleman and a wonderful footballer.
Well said. I would just add that Sir Stanley Matthews and Sir Tom Finney were cut from the same cloth. They were at the end of their careers when Bobby would have seen them. Both gentlemen like Bobby. RIP all and, of course, big Duncan.
Lovely to see Bobby picking George.
The way Bobby speaks of Duncan Edward’s sends shivers down my spine, and a tear down my face knowing how great he was and how good he would’ve been and yet never got to reach that greatness
Yea a big loss to the game, a legend he'd have became no doubt. In this XI despite the legends he picked, Sir Bobby spoke in awe of Edwards the most.
@@tt99football56it’s the fact he was so good Bobby wasn’t even jealous where as I feel there was a bit of that with Best
Duncan would have captained England and Moore probably would not have had to wipe his hands as Duncan would have taken the trophy from The Queen.
Yes,I heard from a few ' old timers' as a kis,who said they had seen,Pele,Best,Maradona, but Edwards was the best 'All round ' player they'd seen..And in the last 40/50 yrs l think of Lothar Mathias and Ruud Gullit in that fashion..They could play anywhere!
@@jerryoshea3116 Yea a lot of people say that of Edwards, a player that could play & did CB, CM, LW & CF to a great level. John Charles is another great all round player.
This is brilliant it is truly like listening to an historic gemstone. RIP Bobbly Charlton ❤
What a great player Bobby charlton was and a true gentleman
Sir Bobby Charlton, England’s greatest footballer.
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I saw Duncan play out of position at center forward in one game against Bolton at OT. He was so great and adaptable his performance was one of the best no 9 displays I have ever seen.
Where would you rank him next to Law, Best & Charlton?
@@tt99football56 its hard to say. He was so young when he died. Dennis The king was the Stretford ends hero goalscorer, Bobby was the respected playmaker and rocket shot, , Bestie was the best dribbler . I thing big Dunc would have gone to to be the best all rounder.
Fabulous: What a bloke. He knew his stuff. Thank you Sir Bobby...... For everything. Good Night & God Bless.
Jack was my hero, I am amazed he isnt picked. Their is No Steel in this team.
In a World XI Jack Charlton wouldn't quite make it, only Moore & Franklin of English CB's would have a chance maybe Billy Wright to. Duncan Edwards brings the steel & maybe more so than any player ever. He could cover every blade of grass & with great power & aggression in the tackle.
Pele, Marradona and Best up front, what I wouldn’t give to see that combo playing
I would have Jimmy Greaves in, from that era.
A phenomenal goal scorer.
Aw day everyday twice on a Sunday first on the team sheet
That 12 would take some beating. If I could travel back in time I would go and see Duncan Edwards play. Charlton spoke so well. I like what he said about el diego
I m glad to see Bobby include Platini . Great Player and underated. The" carre magic" of the French team of the mid 80s , Platini, Giresse, Fernandez, and Tigana was one of the best mid fields ever.
not as good as Di Stefano, Cruyff, Platini and Puskas, would have been, though...
@@chrisp4170 neither puskas or Di Stefano were midfield players. They were forwards.
Bobby the modest genius, Think most players would have picked him as well.
yep--I would replace Platini...with Sir Bobby..
Listening to that was a true privilege. Thank you
Yes......a colossus at 17...18...Big Dunc was the man...the rest were great players too...and I agree with his team...although I would have put Dunc as the deep midfielder...and looked for a left back...I would see if there was a another right back too...but Moore and Beckenbauer were standout CHs...and the rest of the team was excellent...simply the BEST...
He knows what he's talking about !
Sir Bobby--you too humble..I would replace Platini----with you...
You can’t pick yourself when you do these teams
TT99,
Thanks for providing this interview with the great Bobby Charlton RIP. Some wonderful players picked showing what a good judge Bobby was!
Saw many a game with this guy at the Hawrthorns, a gorgeous player, and a great gentleman.
I mat Jackie Charlton once (Queens building at Heathrow), and couldn't stop thinking if BFG was based on his life!
Great choice Sir Bobby, RIP
Great he picked George
“Platini would take it in any position”. “ooh la la, thank you big Bobby”. He was a great dribbler but he could also shoot if he thought the other lads were behind him. A real good organiser who loved to dominate from the middle. He was in his element at an orgy. Versatile, he could take on any role. At the back or up front. He could also dominate even if he started off as a sub. A quick rub down with oil and he’d be sliding in and out with ease, but he was always protected by “mates”.
This is like listening to Bob Dylan talk about his favourite songs.
Beckenbauer was superb they didn't call him the Kaiser for nothing.
Yes, totally agree with you. Beckenbauer was so majestic and one of the all-time greats.
Bobby Charlton is the greatest British player that has ever been....RIP BOBBY...
No George Best is the greatest british player! In fact the greatest ever player in the world!
The world's greatest ever player.
Sorry mate George Best is the greatest player Britain ever produced and if we're talking ability then he is as good as anybody Pele included!
@@jamesgordon2805 Well said James! George Best is the greatest ever player! No doubt!
@johnhughes8466 I have been watching football since 1966 and I have never seen anyone with the ability George Best had!
Maradona: “…when I was living in Italy they always were with the same debate: Pelé or Maradona… But when I was in Spain a few years earlier that debate didn’t exist. For the spaniards the best of all times was Alfredo Di Stefano. Period. And I think I have to agree with them”
Its funny that in the interview Sir Bobby was asked: “Pelé or Maradona, who do you think was the greatest?” And the great english gentleman just answers what all the people in Spain knew without hesitation sixty or seventy years ago: the best was Di Stefano.
RIP Sir Bobby Charlton. In Spain all football fans admired your wonderful way of playing football (very similar to Di Stefano, by the way) and loved you as a marvelous man
I respect the Spanish people and Bobby Charlton but Pele was a better player than Di Stefano..
Excellent team, I was hoping George would be in it.
He put him in
@@tt99football56 Well he would have to as George Best is the best of all time!
Great great man Bobby but this is just a collection of the best players it’s not really a great team lots players out position. John Giles said it about Bobby he was the best player he played against and with but he played off the cuff he didn’t really understand or read football really well
Bobby wasnt keen on best think he resented him waisting his talent
@@carlthomas2278 Yea that's true but they later made peace.
I’d certainly pay to watch that lot
Every one a top player. The opposition would struggle to get the ball off them.
rip sir bobby
After Bobby's first 12 and subs,you could pick many other dozens that would give them a good game.If i wanted a goal scorer i would always find a space for Greaves,Gert Muller,you would have to have a 25 year old Ronaldo and Messi,Zidane,,Carlos etc,the list just goes on and on.
That team lacks one thing a midfield ball winner without which no team can be successful.
@@51elephantchang In that sense Edwards would have been better in CM, but Di Stefano could defend to. He could defend enough for this team to work & then with the great defence behind them.
@@tt99football56 good points Edwards into cm in place of Platini and Maldini at left back would greatly strengthen the team.
What a all XL team or XII in this case. Modernist's will claim its a bit too old school, leaving out modern great's like Ronaldo, Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi. But it's the late RIP Sir Bobby Charlton choice, so we have to respect that.
My personal XL team:
Neuer
Maldini Baresi Moore Cafu
Beckenbauer
Cruyff Di Stéfano Maradona
Pelé Messi
True but it's hard to win, if he picked more modern players people would say he left out greats from his career etc. So many all time greats to pick, it's hard to really pick the best team & everyone would pick someone different etc.
He picked this in 2001, so I can see why it's dominated mostly by players he shared a pitch with. He did another in 2007 for fourfourtwo with a few changes, but only Keane & Schmeichel of the modern era made the bench.
Great team you picked to
@@tt99football56 Yeah true. These things are highly subjective. Which is why i always use the caveat " my " choice. Still, Sir Bobby Charlton picked am excellent side. I just thought Edwards & Best, never saw the full unfolding of their talents at what should be a great player peak years. 25 to 31. So i wouldn't have picked them, ( both fabulous players, but Edwards gone at 21 & Best fell off at 26 ), as am stickler for longevity ~ consistency, & seeing out the talents to their maximum exposure. Ps, thanks for like of my XL team.👍
@@johnpacino007 I agree but I think with Edwards especially he was just in awe of him, that he probably could never imagine a team without him in it. Also he & so many others rate Edwards next to anyone. Some videos on my channel of Edwards, we can see a glimpse of his all round ability.
Because of the longevity I'd have had Maldini over him though. I like how Charlton has so much respect for Platini to, he also put him in his 2007 team. Platini doesn't often make an all time XI, but is one of the all time greats.
As a great you appreciate those with special skills, other greats. Maybe, having watched the modern players, Sir Bobby does not rate them as good as many do.
Well seeing this was done in 2001 did you expect him not only to be a fabulous footballer but a clairvoyant as well.
My 10 field players:
Pele, Ronaldo, CR7
Best, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Cruyf
Beckenbauer, Laudrup, Francisco Marinho
Bobby C belongs in his own team.
Bobby Robson would suit the team as manager I feel as he could handle creative talents well
One of the greatest players ever. As good as anyone and yes better than George best who I loved.
Two of the greatest, did you see Edwards to?
Would've been a better video if you'd added video clips of the players/matches? You could also have added a visual of the players in formation on a pitch?
That's true but there might have been an issue with copyright. I could have but I never thought about it or know how to do that.
As a GLASGOW RANGERS FAN.
RESPECT.
BALLER.
Interesting choices by Sir Bobby: however, I think there would be too many egos for his team to work! The best 11 players don't necessarily make the best team-and it's a team game. Bobby should have put himself in there-the best English player I saw 'live' many times.
There can't be any team without Maradona. Gratitude for picking him ❤🎉
Let me guess: Duncan Edwards, Pele, Eusabio, Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, George Best, Dennis Law, Carlos Alberto, Ray Wilson, Alfredo di Stefano
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I would have Edwards in midfield tbh, far more dynamic than Di Stefano & Platini but i suppose you could go 3-5-2 formation
All time XI becomes all time 12. 😂 RIP Sir Bobby.
Interesting there's no Messi. I'd still put Maradona head of him though. Only Maradona and George Best have ever got me on the edge of my seat.
It's only interesting to those unfamiliar with the concept of time.
This was done in 2001, perhaps that might explain the omission of Messi.
@@gorse9030i wouldnt have messi anywhere near the best XI ...he is just hype
@@beniteztheconman All very subjective but his football achievements over the last 18 years are phenomenal and he has given me hours of entertainment.
@@gorse9030 one club in a farmers' league? Useless in every world cup?
My personal selection: Gianluigi Buffon, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Nesta, Javier Zanetti, Fernando Redondo, Lothar Matthäus, Diego Maradona, Roberto Baggio, Lionel Messi, Ronaldo Nazario, Formation: 4-3-3.
There are great players and then there are great team players. Would Bobby's team play for each other or....
I see your point so much attacking talent, but Di Stefano in midfield would bring the defensive side & with his stamina to & great defence behind him would make this team great.
The Mighty One Brian Clough Should Be The Manager
The only one different i would have is Zico in place of Platini.
A great player, If I'm right he was similar to Maradona?
@@tt99football56 Yer,in that they both had terrific balance vision and scored plenty.Zico was known as The White Pele.I think Zicos free kicks were known as the scorpion or something similar.
Zico scored 79 goals in a single season, he was magnificent.
Bobby always said it and I think he could be right! De Stafano maybe was the greatest! After messi 😊
Pele 😂
He did miss one great , I would have had Mr Charlton on the bench !
Schmeichel
Cafu
Baresi
Beckenbauer
Maldini
Zidane
Iniesta
Pele
Maradona
Messi
Ronaldo
You should of included yourself R.I.P
Out of curiosity where does Charlton rank amongst your all time greats? I have him 13th, behind Matthews, ahead of Van Basten XD
It's hard to ever rank in order, but top 20 for sure.
@@tt99football56 Do you have a top 5? Mine is Pele, Maradona, Di Stefano, Garrincha and Best, in that order!
@@a_guinness Messi, Pele, Maradona, Di Stefano & Puskas.
@@tt99football56 I got Messi just outside my top 5 at 6th ^^
@@a_guinness I put him top because of his all round ability & goal scoring & creativity. Like Maradona with the qualities & scoring of Puskas.
Where is the video 📹 sir 😢
The interview was just audio
What about Stanley Matthews?
I'm sure he'd be close, but Cryuff was a better & more complete player.
What a team! George best was the greatest out them all. Best had reached his peak 6 years before he was to reach his peak? Now thinking of how much greater best was going to be is scary. But sadly lost interest at age 26. Most natural gifted player ever. And bobby knows that. He said people would come from all over the place just to watch george best incase they missed something! Every where he played the ground was heaving and full up before 10am. My friend went to see best at west ham utd in 1971 and the crowd had been waiting since 7.30am to get in. Madness, but great. I have never saw a crowd que up like that before and never will. People used to try and jump over the turnstiles to get in or over any wall to see best! So they had to make the turnstiles 6ft high. I remember most grounds were just 3ft high turnstiles but just a foot high made so they kept turning round and people could jump over them or even crawl under them.
A genius & with Finney & Ronaldo, probably the best goal scoring wide players ever. Inside Forwards as they'd call them now & I bet Best like Finney & Ronaldo would be a great striker to.
At the time FIFA ranked Jimmy Johnstone no 1 and George Best no 2 best wingers in the world. Personally I would say Johnstone was better at close up ball dribbling but in goal scoring Best had it . Anyway , on their day , they were both completely unplayable.
@@jamesguitar7384 Fifa did rankings back then? Any lists? Both really great players, I think Best was better but that Johnstone was the most skillful British player ever.
@@jamesguitar7384 George Best is the greatest ever! If fifa ranked Johnstone no.1 how come he wasnt a balon dor winner but George was? Sorry that must be fake news! Best plied his trade in the greatest league in the world but the scottish league? Well no comparison there is there!
@@tt99football56 BEST WAS THE GREATEST EVER ALL ROUND FOOTBALLER! Johnstone was just a great dribbler! Massive difference!
Stevie Bull
P.S. I'm a Brit!
What price that team ?
Why don't you show the videos ?
Nobby Stiles
All great players, but i reckon theyd end up fighting each other to have the ball.
Jimmy greaves aw day
Schmeichel on the bench was the last straw for me. Bobby was obviously a United guy through and through. And with Britain having no less than 6 players in the, squad, more than any other country, imagine how many world cups they'd won had they all played for England!
Brian Clough as manager
We're seeing the end of brilliant footballers. Since spain and guardiola started dominating football they've little by little, eliminated individual prowess in favor of tactical compliance. Thats why modern football is so incredibly boring compared to past football. We will never see again players like cruyff, maradona, beckenbauer, di stefano, pelé, platini,. Now the best players in the world are mbappé and haaland, both good players who rarely show the imagination, skill and talent you'd expect from the best player in the world
I see what you're saying & you make a great point, but IMO Mbappe is a player like that with flair, skill & quality. A guy you could just give the ball to & watch him entertain, but maybe he has less freedom today to express himself fully.
could be,. but it just seems there arent entertainers anymore, just two guys on the sidelines, usually spaniards if you're watching the PL, who behave like circus clowns while the players are completely paralyzed by their instructions@@tt99football56
I agree. I'm so thankful I saw the Great George Best in his heyday, still the greatest ever for me regards skill and natural ability!
@@tt99football56 To add to that, Jude Bellingham is shaping up to be one of the greats.
Perhaps it's a bit premature to put that curse on him, but barring injury (please God, don't curse him like R9) he certainly has the talent.
I watched all the greats since the 60s, and only R9 was so polished at such a young age.
12 & no balance 👎 come on you can’t have 4 number 10s + strikers in midfield I mean 😆
With that back four I beg to differ.
Denis Law!!
You'd have him in the team?
I picked 5 of his team. I don’t agree with his GOAT. Pele for sure with me.
I respect Bobby Charlton, like everyone, but he's picked all his mates here, hasn't he?
How so? Banks, Edwards & Best are 3 of the best to ever play, I know Edwards had a short career but others rate him as highly to. Maybe Edwards could be changed for someone with a longer career, but Best & Banks are top tier ever in their positions IMO.
@@tt99football56 it's nonsense though isn't it? That's not the best team ever.
@@sean_43 What is? Which players would you take out & for who? These teams are always different & Sir Bobby saw all these players. Also he said there's others unlucky to miss out.
He's picked that team as if football stopped in 1990.
@@tt99football56George best played in one European cup final. He didn't ever play in the world cup or euros. Northern Ireland have reached major tournaments with worse squads than what Best played in. I think it's nonsense personally. No maldini or Baresi. Didn't pick one Italian in fact. No Messi or Fat Ronaldo. Or Cristiano Ronaldo. No Zidane. I know you mentioned it but Duncan Edwards? That's mental. We have no idea what he would have become. I can think of loads of players with promise who did sod all.
Five english players? You lost all credibility. If we are naming older players, no italian player. Just wasted my time.
His choices didn't I include 5 English . You knob
Italy weren't good in his era
The closest player to di Stefano in the modern game was Zidane