Disco Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02187/Tom_2187671b.jpg Genuine legend of English football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Concurred. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I also agree. A true legend of the game. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Aye proper legend, RIP great man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Grand old man....one whom my old Dad and Grandad waxed lyrical about, they couldn't praise him highly enough and therefore in my eyes a real legend of the game. RIP Sir Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 "Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age ... even if he had been wearing an overcoat." (Bill Shankly) Shankly was also once asked about how a top star of the day compared to Finney: "Aye, he's as good as Tommy – but then Tommy's nearly 60 now." "Tom Finney should claim income tax relief ... for his 10 dependents." (Satirical observation on the weakness of the Preston team in his absence). "To dictate the pace and course of a game, a player has to be blessed with awesome qualities. Those who have accomplished it on a regular basis can be counted on the fingers of one hand – Pelé, Maradona, Best, Di Stefano, and Tom Finney." (Stanley Matthews) "Lionel Messi is an immature Tom Finney. He reminds me of him with his attitude, an approach he plays. You never see him concerned in any tasteless things, we never hear him criticising anyone, and that was Finney. To me Messi is Finney reborn." (Tommy Docherty) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 R.I.P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 RIP, legend of the English game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 "Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age ... even if he had been wearing an overcoat." (Bill Shankly) Shankly was also once asked about how a top star of the day compared to Finney: "Aye, he's as good as Tommy – but then Tommy's nearly 60 now." "Tom Finney should claim income tax relief ... for his 10 dependents." (Satirical observation on the weakness of the Preston team in his absence). "To dictate the pace and course of a game, a player has to be blessed with awesome qualities. Those who have accomplished it on a regular basis can be counted on the fingers of one hand – Pelé, Maradona, Best, Di Stefano, and Tom Finney." (Stanley Matthews) "Lionel Messi is an immature Tom Finney. He reminds me of him with his attitude, an approach he plays. You never see him concerned in any tasteless things, we never hear him criticising anyone, and that was Finney. To me Messi is Finney reborn." (Tommy Docherty) You know even as a very young kid, maybe 5 or 6 ish I appreciated what a proper football legend that Bill Shankly was too. A very under rated manager in the scheme of the all time greats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Genuine legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 R.I.P Genuine legend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Very sad news. Just got this when I was out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Sad news, My old man always said he was the best player he ever seen play . A true legend of the beautiful game.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 RIP to a legend of our game. Me grandfather used to go on about him constantly and he rated him higher than Matthews. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 RIP and condolences to the people of Preston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Me grandfather used to go on about him constantly and he rated him higher than Matthews. Both were well before my time, but when I was a lad, it was Stanley Matthews who had the bigger reputation. Since then, Finney's stock has risen and now the balance of opinion seems to be that Finney was the better all-round player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 one by one they disappear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 one by one they disappear Obviously, RIP Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Finney was a truly great player and was ahead of his time in many ways ; could use both feet almost equally well and was just as devastating when playing in the middle as well as on the wings. As has been said, Bill Shankly idolised him and its strange to think that he played alongside Finney for Preston because sadly, Finney has just passed away at the grand age of 91 whilst Shankly died at the relatively young age of 68 back in 1981. If England had a player like Finney now, he would be ranked alongside the likes of Messi & Co - shows how far we have fallen in producing top class players because Finney, Matthews, Mannion, Mortensen and Milburn would have been worth megabucks today...AND they would have been just as good because the modern players have much lighter kit to play in with better boots and lighter matchballs ; think how fast a modern ball would travel if Jackie caught it with one of his zero-backlift specials....! RIP Sir Tom.... a real gentleman too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 My grandad never used to shut up about him and Lofthouse whenever we talked football, was always saying they were 'proper footballers'. True legend RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 RIP to a real legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Preston allowed to wear these this afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Preston allowed to wear these this afternoon. Class that like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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