Paul Gascoigne Was No Genius
PAUL Gascoigne, Gascoigne, he’s dafter than you and me, he’s in a mental facility, Paul Gascoigne, Gascoigne:
Gascoigne was a very good footballer, at least the equal of Jackie Sinclair for a year or two, but it does not take “genius” to flick the ball over the head of a Scotland defender with the grace and mobility of a fridge-freezer. It takes a bit of skill and chutzpah, and that’s it. But Gazza, like all our top players, was indulged to a degree that must have led to a profound psychological imbalance. A simple soul – well, if we’re honest, a bit on the thick side – bombarded with intimations of his own invincibility, afforded the sort of adulation we might, in earlier times, have given a Nobel Prize-winner or a long-serving prime minister. And even in his decline, indulged again and again by TV companies who filmed his moronic pranks and embarrassing, incomprehensible interviews, by nonleague clubs who sought to exploit his name by pretending to him that he might be a good manager, a man who has not uttered a sentient thought in his entire life.
Burp!
Posted: 24th, February 2008 | In: Back pages Comments (6) | TrackBack | Permalink
