George Best's condition 'deteriorating dramatically'

Dr. Nick · 26-10-2005 10:36pm #1

....Sky News, quote from Alex

Pigman II · 26-10-2005 10:48pm

You wouldn't know what that means coming from that vile woman tho.

mike65 · 26-10-2005 10:54pm

Eh? Whats she done? I must start reading the rags. Best on the other hand is a complete waste of other peoples organs...

Mike.

zAbbo · 26-10-2005 10:55pm

Who cares?

Guy:Incognito · 26-10-2005 10:56pm

mike65 wrote:

Eh? Whats she done? I must start reading the rags. Best on the other hand is a complete waste of other peoples organs...

Mike.

Thats a bit unfair. I hate smoking but i dont call my dad a waste of space and energy because he does. One addiction is similar to another. He hardly wants to end up like this

Kingp35 · 26-10-2005 10:59pm

Well I think the fact that he had to get a transplant should have been some kind of a wake up call for him!

eirebhoy · 26-10-2005 11:00pm

George Best has been drinking regularly since he's 17. It takes a lot more than cold turkey to get off it. 90% of people I talk to about him couldn't care less, I think thats a bit unfair.

Guy:Incognito · 26-10-2005 11:02pm

Kingp35 wrote:

Well I think the fact that he had to get a transplant should have been some kind of a wake up call for him!

The fact that cigarettes cause cancer should be a wake up call to smokers, but there you go.

jonny68 · 26-10-2005 11:04pm

As much as i admired him as a Footballer and i sincerly hope he does not die but if he does then he has no one to blame but himself,he was been warned countless times about the long term damage his excessive drinking will do to him and this is the result im afraid.

Necronomicon · 26-10-2005 11:12pm

A lot of people I know have the same point of view as a lot of people here, that he blew his chance and wasted a liver. Which is a fair enough point I guess, but addictions can do that.
His son said a few days ago that he was improving, so you really don't know what to believe. Alex could be just trying to sound sensationalist to sell a few stories.

wheres me jumpa · 27-10-2005 12:02am

as this is the soccer forum we should all be considering the health of a footballer here not an alcoholic. we all have our feelings about his drinking, but all of us here can agree he was a great player, the likes of which only come along once in a lifetime.

jank · 27-10-2005 12:24am

What an achoholic wife beater is dying... which also happens to be George Best.

If/when he dies R.I.P

Kingp35 · 27-10-2005 12:53am

Stekelly wrote:

The fact that cigarettes cause cancer should be a wake up call to smokers, but there you go.

Very true but not every smoker has had an organ transplant.

My point was having a liver transplant should have been his final wake up call

Guy:Incognito · 27-10-2005 1:12am

Kingp35 wrote:

Very true but not every smoker has had an organ transplant.

My point was having a liver transplant should have been his final wake up call

It most probably was, but its an addiction, he knows the consequences, so he's not doing it deliberately.

super_furry · 27-10-2005 5:08pm

The word 'waster' always springs to mind when talking about Best. He wasted his footballing tallents, pissing away what could have been one of the best careers ever - only Pele and Maradonna could match him in his pomp. Same with the kidney. He was given a second chance but carried on drinking anyway.

gracehopper · 27-10-2005 5:27pm

george Best isnt the first alcoholic to waste a second chance and he certainly will not be the last. I personally would adopt the atitude that alcoholism is a disease and therefore George best can't help himself. It's very sad to see an icon in the state he is in but no sadder than seeing an auwlad on your road drink himself to the grave

George Best's condition 'deteriorating dramatically'

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