Zatman Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 11 hours ago, Davkaus said: Pele can't believe what he's just heard about this new "bicycle kick" manoeuvre from the GOAT himself. Rumour is that Doug was originally cast in Escape to Victory but his schedule was busy so Pele replaced him 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 RIP Pele 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Newry_Villan Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 RIP Pele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Sad to hear RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 A sad but not unexpected day. Still think he’s the greatest. What he was able to do in an era of super hard case balls, inferior footwear, terrible pitches and lacking the protection that a lot of the modern equivalents get sets him above them IMO. RIP champ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 RIP Pele - the greatest of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted December 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2022 RIP Pele. May not be the Goat but he definitely has a profound impact on the way football is/was played 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Sad day for our great game, RIP Pele. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Directed and written by Doug Ellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) One of the immortals. The first superstar of the TV era. Probably the first global superstar. RIP Pele. Edited December 29, 2022 by The_Rev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhavenhibby Posted December 29, 2022 Visiting Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2022 Thoughts with his family and friends. Was fortunate to see him play for Santos at Villa Park in 1972. RIP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted December 29, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2022 I know it's a running joke amongst the longer-standing members of VT, but on a personal level, the death of Pelé is sad for me. They say never to meet your heroes but, man, it was a privilege to meet the greatest hero of them all. PS, even though it was 2005 I'll apologise for that jacket. I make no excuses for the look of awe on my face though. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) RIP. Still the greatest in my mind. Even if you prefer Maradona or Messi in the eternal debate as to the GOAT, he was undoubtedly, as The_Rev said above, the first global superstar of the game and was the most important of those three in the sense that he was a pioneer of today's global football culture. To me, the epitome of Brazilian football will always be the fourth goal against Italy in the 1970 World Cup final, capped off with Pelé's famous no-look pass to Carlos Alberto. Edited December 29, 2022 by TomC Fixed grammar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Fun Factory Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Along with Ali, probably the first global sports star. And like Ali they transcended their chosen field of excellence. A genius on the pitch, and off the pitch made football the global sports industry it now is. The MLS probably wouldn't be in existence without him. And of course he got to play on the hallowed turf at Villa Park during the Santos friendly in 1972. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 I feel lucky to have been old enough to have seen Pale Maradona and Messi play in their prime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) Edited December 29, 2022 by Brumstopdogs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 RIP what a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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