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Is Dwight Gayle the best player in the world currently?

  • 27-05-2014 2:07pm
    #1
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭


    Is Dwight Gale the best player in the world currently?

    _64931841_dwight_gayle.jpg

    Is Dwight Gayle the best player in the world currently? 113 votes

    I think so
    0% 0 votes
    I do not think so
    69% 78 votes
    I don't know
    12% 14 votes
    No
    18% 21 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Fescue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Fescue


    I wouldn't be quite as well versed as many of the posters in here but yes, I think he is.


  • #3
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Just ask yourself, 'Who is better than him?'

    There you go, question answered......


  • #4
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,981 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    I just checked and he hasn't done it at Stoke so I'm afraid he isn't just good enough just yet.

    Also if he wants to go down as the GOAT he will have to win a world cup with his country.


  • #5
    Too Tough To Die
    Registered Users Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭Too Tough To Die


    His dad Marcus was better.


  • #6
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,406 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    lol at anyone who doubts it


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  • #7
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Frankly I prefer Crystal Gayle up front, actually is she his mother?


  • #8
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Hasn't done much of note over the last 2 weeks. His form has dipped.


  • #9
    dahat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,833 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    OP username.....funny...


  • #10
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    The best Dwight ever in football......the second greatest Dwight ever imo......

    murdock_publicity_scan.jpg


  • #11
    Devilman40k
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Devilman40k


    Ballon D'Or winner in the making....


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  • #12
    Agueroooo
    Site Banned Posts: 4,925 ✭✭✭Agueroooo


    what an absolutely stupid thread.
































    does it even need to be asked....of course he is!!!


  • #13
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Oblig youtube vid

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92TaBBBiHM


  • #14
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,592 ✭✭✭brevity


    Has to win the world cup to be considered one of the true greats.


  • #15
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    Have I just gotten too old to 'get' this??? wtf?


  • #16
    Agueroooo
    Site Banned Posts: 4,925 ✭✭✭Agueroooo


    Stoke on wet Tuesday night in 5.4.3.2.....


  • #17
    Devilman40k
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Devilman40k


    Agueroooo wrote: »
    Stoke on wet Tuesday night in 5.4.3.2.....

    Too Late...
    eagle eye wrote: »
    I just checked and he hasn't done it at Stoke so I'm afraid he isn't just good enough just yet.


  • #18
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    s.welstead wrote: »
    Have I just gotten too old to 'get' this??? wtf?

    Possibly. soz


  • #19
    MonkeyTennis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    He's like a young Chris Armstrong


  • #20
    Gbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    In all seriousness, it's funny to think about how huge a spectrum of talent there is in football.

    When Gayle was with Stansted in the 9th tier of football (as per the video) his teammates were way way better than I ever was or ever will be. Indeed, even the really good players you knew as a kid were seldom much better than that standard and they were amazing to you at the time.
    But he was in a whole different league to them.

    And it seemed like it continued all the way up through the divisions in a similar fashion until he landed in the PL.

    It's interesting how a ludicrously talented player (he mightn't be Messi but he's still probably in the top 0.0001% of footballers in the world) can emerge from such relative mediocrity.


  • #21
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    MonkeyTennis wrote: »
    He's like a young Chris Armstrong

    I lol'd because I know who that is and then I remembered that was years ago and I felt old. But then I had some sandwiches and felt better.


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  • #22
    MonkeyTennis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    Sandwiches make you feel better?? F8ck me Ive been spending small fortune on booze


  • #23
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    MonkeyTennis wrote: »
    Sandwiches make you feel better?? F8ck me Ive been spending small fortune on booze

    Yes my friend. Whiskey and Tobacco sandwiches. Very good for you.


  • #24
    Paully D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Is it true that Palace paid around £8m for him? Madness if true.


  • #25
    Devilman40k
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Devilman40k


    Paully D wrote: »
    Is it true that Palace paid around £8m for him? Madness if true.

    I wouldn't be surprised, Dagenham & Redbridge got around £1m of the transfer fee that Palace paid for him


  • #26
    Blue giant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭Blue giant


    Paully D wrote: »
    Is it true that Palace paid around £8m for him? Madness if true.

    Exactly. They paid basically nothing for the best player in the world. Madness indeed.


  • #27
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,397 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Did you see Dwight Gayle celebrating his penalty in the CL final after he singlehandedly won it??.... Neither did I, best player in the world, ask me.....


  • #28
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,797 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    mike65 wrote: »
    Frankly I prefer Crystal Gayle up front, actually is she his mother?
    Gail Platt for me.


  • #29
    BMJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭BMJD


    His granny is from Roscommon as well, played bingo with her in the sixties.


  • #30
    irish bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭irish bloke


    mike65 wrote: »
    Frankly I prefer Crystal Gayle up front, actually is she his mother?

    Crystal Swing for me. Serious dancing feet


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  • #31
    Soups123
    Registered Users Posts: 8,984 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Right lads this one is way over my head whats the joke here? Is this a spin of from some in thread discussion?

    Somebody enlighten me for the love of god


  • #32
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    Ya


  • #33
    djPSB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,299 ✭✭✭djPSB


    Is he any relation to Gayle Platt?


  • #34
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    djPSB wrote: »
    Is he any relation to Gayle Platt?

    First cousin, seventeen times removed, by all accounts.


  • #35
    Fescue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Fescue


    I'd like those who voted no to explain their reasons.


  • #36
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Soups123 wrote: »
    Right lads this one is way over my head whats the joke here? Is this a spin of from some in thread discussion?

    Somebody enlighten me for the love of god

    I am lost :(


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  • #37
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Gayle? He always blows hot and cold, never took the PL by storm.


  • #38
    duffman13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,026 ✭✭✭duffman13


    It's his heading ability that let's him down. Very poor


  • #39
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,956 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Soups123 wrote: »
    Right lads this one is way over my head whats the joke here? Is this a spin of from some in thread discussion?

    Somebody enlighten me for the love of god

    I think its something to do with him being actually quite excellent in Fifa 14???
    That...
    Or at 34, I've just realized I'm no longer down with the kids :(


  • #40
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Save your in-jokes for the Liverpool thread.

    No one else cares.


  • #41
    I am pie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭I am pie


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    Save your in-jokes for the Liverpool thread.

    No one else cares.

    Maybe just create a sh1t in-jokes thread


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  • #42
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭davycc


    Thanks OP its about time this important question was answered- I voted yes he is in the poll too and deservedly so.. Did I hear PSG were trying to poach him before City did?

    (Just when i think the majority boards.ie soccer forum users couldnt get any stupider, a thread like this pops up and proves me totally wrong:D )


  • #43
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Dwight Gayle is actually a panda if my Liverpool thread #banter is correct.


  • #44
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    Save your in-jokes for the Liverpool thread.

    No one else cares.

    clueless-gif-insult2.gif


  • #45
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I'm terribly confused Ted

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #46
    Fescue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Fescue


    People are overthinking it. Its a simple question with an obvious answer.


  • #47
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,060 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I haven't seen a better player this season anyway.


  • #48
    syngindub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭syngindub


    Unquestionably


  • #49
    jaykay74
    Registered Users Posts: 6,586 ✭✭✭jaykay74


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  • #50
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,981 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    The ultimate proof. Here he is starting against Stoke at the Britannia during the 13/14 season. As you can see Cameron puts in the sly back leg trip, its the only way to stop Dwight!

    geoff-cameron-stoke-city.jpg


  • #51
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    banie01 wrote: »
    I think its something to do with him being actually quite excellent in Fifa 14???
    That...
    Or at 34, I've just realized I'm no longer down with the kids :(

    I'm 21 and I don't even know what's going on! Infuriating.


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