:shitwine: Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Has died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Has died. I heard he was seriously ill. Shame. R.I.P Socrates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory House M.D. Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Told he was an outstansing player. Of course, I never saw him play. R.I.P Socrates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 One of the Brazilian true greats in a truly great National side. Brazil were so much more fun to watch before they started to deploy European style players in their side. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cow Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Socrates , now that's a name that takes me back to the first world cup that I can actually remember in 1978. What a player. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NaFish Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I'm taking his death philosophically. rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Wilson Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16017071.stm R.I.P Socrates Only ever saw him from world cup dvds but he was class. Edit. Please excuse the spelling mistake in thread title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 RIP to a quarter of one of the best ever midfields. He was class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Wilson Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Some older articles about Socrates on BBC website. Remember the time when he turned out for that non-league side? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/photo_galleries/4032397.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drylaw Hearts Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Now he was a guy who made playing the game look easy. I have an old Brazil v France match from Mexico 1986, which is recorded on technology yet to be invented btw, and he was just brilliant that day. One of the all time great footballers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1874robbo Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Celtic trying to get their game postponed today as a mark of respect. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 RIP, Great player. Hibs will be gutted, now they will have to look for inspiration in their style of play elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 More deserving of a minutes applause than Speed if the criteria is 'good football man'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:shitwine: Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 More deserving of a minutes applause than Speed if the criteria is 'good football man'. Very good point. Also, please merge with earlier thread mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 You sir no how to get to the point. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Wilson Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Socrates Obituary from BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16019637.stm Had know idea he was a qualified doctor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Hoggie Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 R.I.P Socrates. Class player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastajambo Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Socrates Obituary from BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16019637.stm Had know idea he was a qualified doctor! I no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzyfoster Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 one of the worlds greatest.....R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 RIP Socrates. Captain of one of the best sides I've seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkq4fVKzibY&feature=share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotland Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Truly fantastic player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 They don't make them like chain smoking Dr Socrates anymore. Pele said that Socrates could play better using his back heel than other most other players using their whole body. I remember we used to practice Socrates penalties when I was young. One of my favourite ever players in my favourite ever football team Brazil 82. His epitath should read Damn that Paulo Rossi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 That's a damn shame - just an incredible player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Draper Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Sad to hear this. A very classy footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticJambo Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Had presence ... real presence. Off field he seemed pragmatic, never extolling the Brazilian myth. Central figure in one of my three all-time favourite teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 The only footballer to inspire a Monty Python sketch? Anyway, one of the greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Problem Officer? Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmaroon Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Class! Class! Class! Seville '86 was a privilege to see him "in the flesh"!!! His chain smoking will not have helped him on the ventilator trying to fight off the infection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drylaw Hearts Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Class! Class! Class! Seville '86 was a privilege to see him "in the flesh"!!! His chain smoking will not have helped him on the ventilator trying to fight off the infection! 82 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 A lovely little dribbler. He'll be particularly missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Not many players can say they played in the Yorkshire district leagues and represented arguably the best country in the world. And, also study medicine and be a chain smoker. Like said before, you just don't get players like that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Not many players can say they played in the Yorkshire district leagues and represented arguably the best country in the world. And, also study medicine and be a chain smoker. Like said before, you just don't get players like that anymore. RIP Garforth's finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambos are go! Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 A lovely little dribbler. He'll be particularly missed. Not really the great player I remember. He was an upright strident midfielder who played with his head up and chose his options well and did not have to think too hard about the position of the ball at his feet - he instinctively knew were it was. Oozed World Class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Not many players can say they played in the Yorkshire district leagues and represented arguably the best country in the world. And, also study medicine and be a chain smoker. Like said before, you just don't get players like that anymore. I'm welling up. A fitting tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world_3 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 To put it in perspective, the 4 best players to have plied their trade in Scotland in the last 40 years were Dalglish, Gascoigne, Laudrup and Larsson. Socrates was so far ahead of every one of those players that it's not even funny. Dalglish was probably world class, Gascoigne, Laudrup and Larsson not quite. But Socrates was more than world class, he was playing football from a different planet compared to our best from the last 4 decades. An absolutely unbelievably brilliant football player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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