George Best was a kind and generous human being who was sadly taken advantage of by many people including the organisers of this event who deliberately set out to get George drunk. Rodney Marsh was complicit by playing along with this. As a huge fan of George Best I was delighted when my company won the role to film and promote this event. But I did not know beforehand that the people closest to George at the time were using him to line their own pockets. 25 years later I've shared various clips from this show on our YT Channel because we own the rights in the footage and I think it shows you how George was exploited. So please be kind with your comments. George hugely admired Paul Merson as a footballer. But he was violently against drug taking, as I am. I also admire Merse and how he has turned his life around. I'm sure Merse wishes he could have helped George and now recognises that by admitting his own addiction and that he was in fact a junkie this actually saved his life. To anyone who thinks it is a good idea to lambast George for being honest and correctly identifying Merson as a junkie, I urge you to think again and remember George the way he wanted to be remembered. For his football. JG

@hibeeinkirk

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best comments I've seen. Helps me not knee jerk and understand that some media manipulate the message. Its almost as much as politics....

@lindastanley4042

3 жыл бұрын

We all make excuses for our "friends" ..

@leedsboy64

3 жыл бұрын

very well said

@raphaelrau1728

3 жыл бұрын

Agree but it’s not a good look! Oh and it turns out Best did the same drugs.

@GoGetYourShinebox

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t really blame others for Best being an alcoholic. We all make our own choices in life

I love how alcoholics think they’re not junkies because it’s legal. Utter delusion

@tomweller930

2 жыл бұрын

How do you know we don’t think we’re junkies? I refer to myself as a junkie all the time. Maybe speak to one of us scumbag junkies before you make ignorant statements on a subject you seem to know nothing about.

@jrsrfcemc2756

2 жыл бұрын

A lot coke heads think the same, not a junkie I don't take heroin lol, anyone addicted to any drug, pills powder drink whatever is a "junkie"

@thetruthk5138

2 жыл бұрын

That's part of the illness denial and justification . I was like that 7 years ago then went on a 12 step program and still doing it thank God

@diannegray2384

2 жыл бұрын

I know when Ive been in detox their like "oh Im not on that stuff" really!

@niallmcardle7

2 жыл бұрын

@@thetruthk5138 Thank yourself, it was your hard work 💪

Fair play to Rodney Marsh in going against the grain of every single person in that room and saying the right thing

Kicking a man when he is down.

@arthursteven5601

3 ай бұрын

Just scum that do that 😠

Laughing at addiction, while one of sports biggest alcoholics is on stage. This has aged well.

@paulthrutner9114

2 жыл бұрын

Not only did best ruin his own liver but he also ruined his transplanted liver. Atleast Merson is making an effort to solve it where as it killed best!!

@jonkerwin3720

2 жыл бұрын

How old is this video? Before the internet I’m not sure. Live Trolls disgusting

@SPARKLEPANDA4LIFE

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulthrutner9114 well said he did get a transplant I'd actually forgotten that bit and he ruined that as well. Like you said at least Merston is clean now and still going strong he beat his addiction Best failed twice.

@butterfly-bw6cx

2 жыл бұрын

Paul played for my team Walsall and was fantastic. His first game was against WBA and he scored 2 screamers. Later he was made manager (it was the clubs cheap option) and were were relegated, having a total of 46 players on loan. We later met him and he was the first to admit he was crap at managing (his words). It was still a joy to watch him.play for us

@jonnyc2617

2 жыл бұрын

You've got one of the best profile pics I've ever seen.....wait till Dec 11th. That will be a fantastic moment seeing him come back to Anfield. And yes Mr alki talking about drugs.

George Best, the man who took a new liver and drunk himself to death. Paul Merson will always be the better man for overcoming his addiction.

@daevpaeldruid8200

3 жыл бұрын

We have to take responsibility for own actions, but alcoholism is an illness, and it greatly affects the ability to chose. Would you call someone a worse or weaker person for failing to survive cancer?

@DT-lw9eu

3 жыл бұрын

@@daevpaeldruid8200 In my opinion Paul merson is a better man than george best. Paul merson continues to fight against his addiction every day and still finds time to help others as well. George best on the other hand found his way to ridicule people and cost the nhs thousands of pounds in operations. Can you imagine a cancer patient belittling another cancer patient the way george best done that? George Best was a selfish addict and after those comments he got what he deserved.

@daevpaeldruid8200

3 жыл бұрын

@@DT-lw9eu Best may well have been a bit of a twat even if he hadn't been an alcoholic or maybe alcohol made him that way; it does the same to a lot of people. All addicts are selfish in their addiction; for many that's a major aspect of the illness, or part of the necessary personality type. I don't think anyone deserves a horrible death just because they say some stupid things; Best had a very dark sense of humour. Merson has done very well, and deserves congratulations for how he manages his addiction, but I don't think we should be so quick to judge those who don't have the same sort of success. Btw, I saw Best and Rodney Marsh play together for Fulham. They were both past their best, but still great entertainers on the pitch. I was a bit disappointed that Bobby Moore wasn't picked that day.

@leedsboy64

3 жыл бұрын

really

@DT-lw9eu

3 жыл бұрын

@@leedsboy64 yes

Pathetic. Paul Merson was man enough to go public to seek help and prompted awareness for others suffering from addiction. These mugs made a poor attempt to humiliate and trash him (with the exception of Marsh and Elliott). In doing so they clearly revel in others' misery and downfall. Respect due to Paul Merson for his honesty. We are all human...We all have flaws.

@jonkerwin3720

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what’s fucking saddest the three on stage or the audience who I guess paid for a ticket to see it, and revelling in someone’s misery

@VISIONSPORTTV

2 жыл бұрын

Huge respect for the way Merse has turned his life around. What this video probably illustrates more than anything is how attitudes and behaviour have changed enormously over the past 25 years or so.

@spencerglover1

2 жыл бұрын

Well all the people who bow down to George best just need to know he may have been a decent player but he was also a very selfish and shallow human being who constantly needed to be told how good he was, well he wasn’t Liam Brady that’s for certain cuz what people forget is that he stopped playing top level football at 27, he messed around for another 10 years at hibs, Fulham , Bournemouth & Stockport , Brady played his peak career in Serie A when it was the supreme Serie A of the 80s, loved to have seen best in Serie A, Brady will always be the greatest Irish player ever....

@roberttemple358

2 жыл бұрын

Merson is full of tears and self pity...he's still crying in 2022!

@ReverZe83

Жыл бұрын

@@spencerglover1 I respect your opinion but that's all it is, your opinion. I'm of the opinion that Roy Keane is the greatest Irish player ever, not everyone agrees with me, it's a divisive opinion. George best was twice the player Brady was 🤷‍♂️

Mike Osman is a disgrace. His attitude to someone's addiction is thoroughly unbelievable. I hope he is ashamed of himself

@adrianmoore2849

2 жыл бұрын

Wondered what the bellends name was.

@peterd24

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. He comes off as a thoroughly obnoxious, unpleasant individual

@danbryanfitness

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, what the hell even is this show? On one side trying to have a serious discussion about the problems with acholism and drugs in football players at the time and on the other they are treating it like a stand up comedy sketch!

@crulove

Жыл бұрын

I thought he was funny. People are too sensitive today.

@arthursteven5601

3 ай бұрын

​@crulove if he's funny 😁 I'm Ken Dodd 🤡

Sounds like George was deflecting from his own demons by calling Merson a junkie. An alcoholic is the only person who could be lying in the gutter and still look down on a drug addict, but there's no such thing as hierarchies when it comes to addiction. The impact and results are exactly the same.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

It was just a sad sad situation

@raykopenate2969

2 жыл бұрын

Alcohol is the worst drug hands down

@ay613

2 жыл бұрын

@@raykopenate2969All drugs used excessively is equally bad.

@paulanthony5274

2 жыл бұрын

I was a heroin addict for years and from my experience of it all from going to the clinic for treatment et cetera and my experiences of seeing other people then alcohol was and is the biggest killer,it rots your stomach and your liver. You could live off heroin for years in its purest form,obviously you can't do that as it's cut full of bash but let's say morphine then,you could take that and live much longer than a bad alcoholic,with heroin it's the bash that's in it and it can kill you from mould around your heart or problems with blood clots if you inject and the stuff it's cut with like brick dust and crap like that. But believe me alcohol,like white cider or spirits or special brew that sort of stuff if you drink that crap it'll kill you in 30 years or less,some people a lot less. Your stomach will go and your liver,i had a neighbour who's oesophagus collapsed. Most drug addicts who mix alcohol with heroin and crack will die from the alcohol abuse first. But I'm not saying heroin is any better the withdrawals and stuff are terrible. My Dad drinks 6 or 7 pints of Stella every day and he's drank like that for over 50 years and he's fine he's mid 70s so that's not too bad but the other stuff,fortified wines or spirits and cheap cider,that'll finish you off its bad news. And it's legal,seems crazy to me that it is. But I've stopped my heroin habit now and it took me about 7 or 8 attempts,something I'm obviously not proud of..I think with a drug like Heroin though it changes people's personalities more so than drink,so in that respect I can understand why people shake their head at it,its bad news,dont get me wrong but I just wanted to point out alcohol is the bigger killer as are cigs too,mad the way we all live and judge when legal things are just as bad for your health. But like I say heroin changes personality more,people don't bath as much or tidy up and do stupid things like steal so it has a much worse stigma attached. It didn't change me in that way I still managed to keep alot of my morals,perhaps that is why I managed to kick it I don't know,but I was on it for 16 years. It's so so hard to get off it really is.

@raykopenate2969

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulanthony5274 thats been my experience to hope you are doing well

This is absolutely disgusting this poor man was struggling with a problem and to make fun out of it is just wrong and unjust

@charlesriley16

2 жыл бұрын

To think that we've come so far since the 90s. Let's hope the FA can join the rest of society.

@michaelsinclair2731

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you're so right

@Mr_krabz_mcfc

Жыл бұрын

It just a front

That's rich coming from an alcoholic womanizing..wife beater who basically pissed a new life down the drain..I have nothing but admiration for Merson or anyone else who beats addiction ..for all his talent and money he couldn't buy an ounce of class

@padraigandgilliancronin7943

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on took the words out of his mouth

@markd4462

2 жыл бұрын

👌. Best had a liver transplant (needed because he drank so much). And then carried on drinking & lost transplant ....& Died. He was a fuck ing disgrace....I wonder what the family of the deceased person who donated that liver thought).....

@kdlofty

2 жыл бұрын

@@markd4462 They won't know.

@robertfrater857

2 жыл бұрын

But hes not conquered his demons only the other week he blew family money in bookmakers merson is forty faced they had a drinking club on a Tuesday at arsenal till Arsene Wenger put a stop to it then he was sold to boro blamed Middlesbrough for drinking culture hes a lot worse than best was he only had one addiction this blokes a walking nightmare.

@jamesodriscoll6748

2 жыл бұрын

@@markd4462 what about the son he shunned for fuck all

Not Best's finest hour, but, let's be honest, it was a long way short of being. his worst either. Marsh comes off well here and I don't agree he was complicit in anything. He seems to be sympathetic to Merson and not going for cheap laughs. Paul Elliot was good, too. That presenter, though, .....what a wanker!

Fair play to Rodney Marsh, presenter and Best both disgraceful here. .

Can't imagine why I've never heard if this presenter again

Pot calling Kettle

@ronoccc

3 жыл бұрын

yep, the fucking nerve on him

@williambilly3269

3 жыл бұрын

Was about to say the same 👍😷

The irony is best was the biggest junkie going only people don't look at alcohol in this way sadly.

@RO-uf9ii

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 🍷👊

@stevenicol1

3 жыл бұрын

George was a coke fiend too and a nasty hypocrite.

@craigstirling608

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenicol1 a well dont now about charlie but were all vice ridden bud he's at peace now

@craigstirling608

3 жыл бұрын

@TNLY no man the guy was good brother not as good as others but at times superb in big games

I’ve been taught to never speak ill of the dead. But this was as classless as it gets from Best. A alcohol abuser pointing his finger at a drug abuser.absolutely no class.The friends he lost we’re not all due to drugs , many of them were drunks like him.

I get bad energy from the presenter

@karlclarke4267

26 күн бұрын

Like a roast

This presenter is about as funny as toothache

@taffymackem2596

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, stealing a living here

@barty2381

2 жыл бұрын

And that's not funny having had a tooth taken out two weeks ago !

@paulanthony5274

2 жыл бұрын

I know and you could tell he thought he was a comedian,the sort who laughs at his own jokes and always tries to impress people the sad man..

@robholden1341

Жыл бұрын

"I've got a million gags, me" Yeh and not one of em any fucking good mate.

@rigman70

Ай бұрын

His hair style is the biggest joke !

Alcoholics looking down on drug addicts and forgetting alcohol is a drug.

@matthewwebster4018

2 жыл бұрын

The worst out of them all

@decboi2146

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewwebster4018 except from Heroin

Best addicted to Alcohol which is a drug but legal biggest killer in the uk

@alrimate3936

3 жыл бұрын

This is why weed should be legalised in England and Ireland it makes perfect sense

@Shaun-england80

2 жыл бұрын

In the world

@tomweller930

2 жыл бұрын

Alcohol is a drug and should never be thought of as any different

@seancourt7344

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly but tries to put someone else down, what a shambles lol

@TheWorldListens

2 жыл бұрын

@@alrimate3936 What about Scotland and Wales... Up here it'd get the alchys off the drink, far better for them. Then maybe we can start to help.

There was an astounding lack of compassion back then - and a fair dose of hypocrisy. So glad that we're at least moving in the right direction.

@gm2407

Жыл бұрын

I think that there has been a movement in demographics being heard. But I also think there is still a significant amount of people who have little or no compassion. Empathy and compassion are emotionally sophisticated traits that people have to willingly cultivate. Sometimes the emotional pain is to much for others to take the risk on it so they remain a mob of mocking hypocrots hoping neither to be called out or exposed.

@Dead-Ball-Situation

2 ай бұрын

No, we're moving backwards. A stupid joke of course it was but today you can't even call a man a man without being arrested. Give me 1994 over that any day.

Paul Elliot a man who always talks with a great degree of sense. Paul Elliot should be the FA chairman.

@VISIONSPORTTV

2 жыл бұрын

To have an FA chairman who’s actually played the game at the top level is beyond the grasp of the governing body. JG

@johnnydynomite7160

2 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV Quite correct. Paul Elliot is articulate and would bring a sense of responsibility and realism to what is (the FA) is a sporting body devoid of direction.

@danielkarmy4893

2 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV By the way, who's the presenter? There's quite a resemblance in him to some of the mugs running the FA, that's all...

@VISIONSPORTTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielkarmy4893 mike osman 'comedian'

Its not nice to have a go at somebody who has an addiction problem. It clearly was upsetting for Paul Merson and as normal others with severe lacking of Humanity wanted to jump on the coat tails and pass judgement when there in no fit place to pass judgement

@jamiejosh96

2 жыл бұрын

Especially from George Best, he should know better. At least Paul pulled it back and best ended up in a grave because of his addiction

As much as I loved watching George play, and he was definitely one of the very very best player on the world stage, it is so sad to hear and see him ridicule someone else for having an addiction, Being an alcoholic is no different to a drug user, in my opinion.. They both rely on a substance to keep them going, and they both need help.....

@VISIONSPORTTV

2 жыл бұрын

Fair comment my friend. George was my boyhood hero and I did not like seeing him controlled by drink. On this filming day I saw first hand what it was doing to him. JG

@ReverZe83

Жыл бұрын

You're right in a way, but this was 30 years ago. Drugs were vilified and alcohol was seen as normal. They're both destructive if you over indulge. Also you gotta take into account we don't say or do things with a lot of thought when we are drunk. He clearly lost friends from drugs and had a zero tolerance attitude, I see that in a lot of people of that era and even today, it's a sickness of sorts, which George was also ultimately consumed by.

@sevans606

11 ай бұрын

Alcoholism is an addiction in and of it's self an addiction to alcohol

Calm down George, have another drink

I have never heard of or seen this presenter before, thats a good thing. Hopefully he is in a caravan park doing entertainment for 20 people.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Some presenters are easy to hate.

@mariamalik4810

3 жыл бұрын

Plumbing toilets I'm told

@frankhornby6873

2 жыл бұрын

Maria Malik ...working in shithouses is his level....

@mariamalik4810

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankhornby6873 haha brilliant! Or selling Ford's?

@Darren-ot2zi

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a bus driver down Hastings I know him

This was a classic case of the attitude towards mens mental health back in the day, every time a gag was made your laughing at every addict that has killed themselves and ruined there family. George best failed at life and didn't have the courage to confront his addiction where's paul did. I'm so glad attitudes have changed for the most part.

@LegalmanXXVII

2 жыл бұрын

Explain your comment, am very interested in alcoholic and mental health issues

This video clip really demonstrates how much society has progressed. Mocking somebody with an alcohol problem and then suggestions of stamping it out using fear like having your contract terminated .. crazy

@GoGetYourShinebox

3 жыл бұрын

Society has progressed in some areas but mostly it’s regressed. All this cancel culture & woke nonsense is not progression, it’s a threat to freedom

@vrzM8

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts from the first 30 seconds. What a soulless atmosphere this whole programme gives off

@danielkarmy4893

2 жыл бұрын

@@vrzM8 And remember, in our lifetimes, this would have been something we might have tuned into...you or I might have laughed along with the cruel gags and the way Paul is unanimously agreed to be a bit of a waste of space because he's not man enough to sort out his addiction. Just imagine how much we say and do now, that in 30 years' time younger people might look back on and be disgusted by! Very humbling, how much we think we know, until we're exposed to how little we actually know.

@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin

Жыл бұрын

Regardless of what time or place you live in, there is an easy way to tell whether you are a stone cold stupid peasant or not -- and that is if you think your time and place constitutes "progress". Every generation of sh*t eating peasant dogs think they are living in a moral golden age because they are incapable of forming a thought which isn't a straight repetition of the messages they have just received.

Every one I know has had to get off drink or drugs it's not easy but it's only celebrities who want a medal for doing it

Who is the presenter? He’s very unfunny, probably why I’ve never seen or heard of him before

@colinmacgregor3397

3 жыл бұрын

Looks a weasly type after a cheap laugh

George, as much as I loved him, had no room calling anyone a junkie. He had more problems with his addictions than every other footballer combined, apart from Gazza. Gazza, like George, is a category all of his own.

@stumbling

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Gazza seems to finally be getting a handle on his problems. George never did.

@WallKenshiro

2 жыл бұрын

@@stumbling let's hope it lasts this time.

@Ramsay77

2 жыл бұрын

Your forgetting Maradonna!

@WallKenshiro

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ramsay77 too painful to remember. It's like major mental issues too often come with top tier geniuses.

Both Marsh and Best were junkies. One to alcohol and the other to gambling. Such hypocrisy.

Paul Elliot was so right in what he says!

Whoever the host is, is a absolute tool! Respect to Merse & anyone else who’s open about addiction & who’s strong enough to beat it

@MrKOPITE87

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought

@joeylittle3535

2 жыл бұрын

From someone who has beat addiction I agree he's an absolute tool, he's all good and well sitting on a stage talking shit about people but you can tell he wouldn't say it to people's faces, as for George best calling merson a junkie at least merson shown courage to come out and get help, whilst George best not only killed himself but probably got a new liver before countless others who needed one due to his status then ruined that one with alcohol one selfish man

@headshrinkerrrrr4626

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeylittle3535 💯 brother! Congratulations for beating your addiction

Ironic isn't it George ? You failed to quit and Paul is standing with us

Best was out of order and not a nice man with a drinck in him! Hes always got to talk about how good he was. At least 5 times during a 5 min drunken interview!

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

George was a warm and friendly person surrounded by too many people who did not have his best interest at heart

@mlh4711

3 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV if you're being honest........you wouldn't be saying that if a) he wasn't famous & b) you'd been on the receiving end of his drunken nastiness. Everyone who's as famous as he is has hangers-on and friends that crawl out of the woodwork to try and bathe in your spotlight for 5 minutes.......Gazza is another example, Tony Adams and Freddie Mercury. But the list is huge. So huge that it can't be used as an excuse any more - he's a grown man and as such he just needs to pick his friends better.

@lordsummerisle3139

3 жыл бұрын

ML H he’s dead. Leave him alone.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

ML H George was the first football superstar and all who followed have benefitted from seeing the mistakes he made - and the way he had no one who knew how to help him because we'd never seen anything like him before. Merson, Gazza, Adams all followed a long time after George

@lordsummerisle3139

3 жыл бұрын

In fairness, he was insanely good!

Someone with addiction problems wants to distance themselves from it when there in denial and try to make out there better and haven’t a problem. Best would of known deep down he was an addict

Paul Merson Went Through Hell But He Got Back 2 The Top Again By Playing For His Country,

@Shaun-england80

2 жыл бұрын

And did fuckall.

@PaulTheFruitcake

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shaun-england80 and what have you done John

@originalherbalist

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shaun-england80 like everyone else after.

@tarainphilip1971

2 жыл бұрын

The top ain't for everybody but you gotta wear the top

Making fun of a guy who turned his life around to beat his addiction - such class.

5:39 if anyone’s wondering

I love George Best but that wasn't very nice to say that about Merson.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly it was the drink talking.

@stephenotoole408

3 жыл бұрын

Best wasn't a nice guy of the pitch apparently.

@lordsummerisle3139

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenotoole408 not true.

@nightman_cometh9367

2 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV It was George Best talking. Stop making excuses for him.

@jasonjohnson7817

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenotoole408 not true. Met him several times in Belfast and he was always polite.

Why is that Mike guy being so harsh about Merson taking it as a joke's. Disgraceful.

In fairness to Best, I guess you could say that he was in denial here and didn't want to admit that he was an addict too. Addicts are always in denial

What a shame that Best couldn’t use his own advice ? “ I have lost so many friends because one time turns into two , then three “.

One of the worst drugs in the world is alcohol

Just a reminder that this lot worked for Sky Sports for a number of years. When they tried to freshen things up there was outcry at 'Political Correctness gone mad'. The exception being Paul Elliot here, who come up with a great suggestion, however ask how many players were tested by UKAD last year. It's a joke!

@jamiejosh96

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh not remotely comparable to the blm mob they have now

George Best , stole a liver ,

@honours1980

3 жыл бұрын

Best comment on here mate

@chrisrowe7503

3 жыл бұрын

Yep was given a second chance others never got and carried on drinking and died only a few years later. People won't forgive Best for that even if he did pay the price with death.

@markboyle7177

2 жыл бұрын

Addiction isn't nice

Paul Merson is still alive and bravely facing up to his demons. George Best isn’t. Go figure

@onlyweatherlol93

Жыл бұрын

Oooh that was below the belt. I won't lie, but I think Vision Sports dropped the ball posting this video and it is in poor taste. Merson deserves the utmost credit for facing the music, battling his demons and getting his life back on track. George was obviously under the influence of alcohol here, but that doesn't fully excuse his comments. Very poor form.

People give players a lot of stick for the amount they earn, and although I don't necessarily agree with the ridiculous amounts that some players get, not all, some, I also can realise how much hard work and dedication they put in behind the scenes, and when nobody can see. Professional fighters have a specific training period before a fight that caters to making every individual part of their body perfect for the style of fighting they do best. Footballers have to do that all year round. It's no where near as intense as a fighters training. But they do so much off camera precise training to make sure that their body is perfect for what a player in that position needs to do. Centre backs need to make sure that they're strong, precise, and have awareness and reactions that we could only dream of, and it's all year round. Wingers need to make sure they're speed is up to scratch, so need to watch every single little pound of weight they are. They need to do constant agility and cardio training so they never lose a yard. So you can't compare their wages to the players who earned a lot less, but ate pie and chips every day, and was in the pub every weekend downing pints whenever they weren't playing. The work modern players put in is ridiculous. So people should think about that a bit more

@VISIONSPORTTV

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting comments. Thanks for sharing this. JG

George and the presenter comes across really badly here. He'd already destroyed his own playing career at this point through alcohol. When he describes drug users as "wanting another, and another and another". Oblivious to the fact he's just as bigger addict himself. Eventually it killed him, unlike merson who got help for his addiction. Back during this clip attitudes we're different. Alcohol was deemed fine cause it was legal and if you took any illegal substance you were automatically a "junkie". Glad things have got better

Visionsport, WELL SAID, AGREE WITH EVERY WORD,

George Best was in no position to label anyone.

Drunken waste of space Best.

The 90s was wild man

As an Irish man I wish anyone who has a problem best off luck to clean them self's it's a struggle wish anybody with any drink or drug problem get help it's out there 👌👌👌

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@ruairiose7335

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Noel. Why did you mention being Irish?

@hereshoping6992

3 жыл бұрын

@@ruairiose7335 because Irish are alchos

@ruairiose7335

3 жыл бұрын

@@hereshoping6992 You shouldn’t generalise as a rule, but yeah there’s a problematic relationship between many Irish people and alcohol.

@lindastanley4042

2 жыл бұрын

@@hereshoping6992 are you English?

Best was, without doubt, the best player I've ever seen. He had a God given talent. He should've been remembered as the greatest player EVER. Instead, for the most part, he's remembered as a drunk. Not a nice drunk to boot. If anyone should've had empathy with Merson, it was Best.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

We live in a country that glorifies drinking alcohol and drunken behaviour and that’s the real story.

@lynnsmithershubbard1896

Жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV men

The irony of the alcoholic pointing his finger at the drug user. Would have assumed the late Georgie would have been aware of that......

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Drugs are just wrong.

@padraigosullivan9979

3 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV You're absolutely right, alcohol being the drug that probably causes the most devastation for families and society in general

@hereshoping6992

3 жыл бұрын

@@padraigosullivan9979 facts

A sad reflection on football ,footballers and and the lifestyle of professional sport.

Merson was a naturally gifted player if he dedicated himself like Lampard not as naturally gifted but very dedicated in terms of fitness and drills, and also self belief he would have been right up there with the best of them.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Good observation. Merse had great skills. He still had a good career though. So many gifted players down the years for one reason or another never fulfilled their potential. Ravel Morrison was a classic example

@mattyharding7937

2 жыл бұрын

Lampard wasn’t a naturally gifted player? Ok. Mersin was class no denying that but Lampard was also naturally gifted.

@mohdazmi10

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mattyharding7937 Paul still can't touch George.

Too many people with fame and fortune don’t know how to handle it.....

George called to see me years ago - and I wasn’t in !!! Aaaargh !! Anyway - referring to Merson as a ‘junkie’ is certainly a case of the pot calling the kettle black - after all George’s problems with alcohol 🍷. But he did call to see me and for that - among other things - is why I’ll always love him. Cheers y’all Rx

@maxpowers2242

2 жыл бұрын

He didn't though did he 🤷🏻‍♂️

@mcharrisment4765

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxpowers2242 agreed

@shanet5604

2 жыл бұрын

No,no he didn’t….

"i've got a million gags me"....well fuck me, if they're the ones you used, the ones you didn't must be REALLY shite

@marks497

2 жыл бұрын

Bahaha I was thinking that

the guy presenting it and making the cocaine gags was a coke head himself

I bet you bestie lost more friends from drink than sniffing coke. I’ve never known anyone die from coke just ruined there lives but not there liver

@dean-marr

2 жыл бұрын

Best was a brilliant footballer, for a short time, but this is terrible and disappointing

@pepesilvia1924

2 жыл бұрын

You must be young, wait til the cokeheads start dropping off with massive heart attacks in their late 30s/40s

@jasonjohnson7817

Жыл бұрын

Probably as coke wasn't a big thing back then. I've lost a couple of people I know to coke. Ruined their families and then it took them. Credit to merse for turning his life around.

George was probably pissed

@originalherbalist

2 жыл бұрын

From the fortnight before.

@marks497

2 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt

John, Paul, George and Rodney

George's me uncle!

How could George Best think people having a joint was a problem? Would've done him the world of good

@jamessim1858

2 жыл бұрын

GTF

@juliovillagran4105

2 жыл бұрын

All the people I know who take joints are all over the place. Marijuana seems to make people less sharp. I'd put it in the same boat as alcohol.

Mike Osman, at best a 50 quid Workingmen's club comedian.

@paulbarrett22

Жыл бұрын

steady on 🤣

Wow, how times, attitudes & the world.of football have changed.....

Jeez how times have changed

Wow, kick a man when he's crying out for help. Classy.

This is awful to watch. People paid to go see this??? Fuck me, give me their names...... I have some sea front property in Switzerland for sale I think that theyll love

More of a man than best. He still battles his demons to this day. Villa legend not to mention arsenal.

@VISIONSPORTTV

Жыл бұрын

Merse deserves credit. But don’t lower yourself by dissing George. I doubt Merson ever would.

Least merson didnt slap women about hey georgie boy

What on god's green earth is this?....it's actually pretty disgusting...you don't laugh and kick a man when he's down you just don't do it...all should be ashamed of themselves

The audience laughing, clapping at this ass hole speaking about Paul's personal struggles,its very very wrong to do so,how dare they do that to a person.Paul didn't deserve to be spoken about in such a manner.Disgraceful.I wish Paul the very best in his journey in confronting his personal issues.

An Alcoholic berating Merson. A man who not only abused his own Liver, but also a donor liver.... Well done Besty. You managed to do something that you were so much against others doing.

The Merse is a brave honest man that partly squandered his income because he said he didn’t deserve it . His parents worked damn hard for a few quid an hour … and he felt guilty .

I'm no snowflake but looking back at this, it's incredible stuff really and although I think we go too far the other way sometimes in modern times I'm really glad we've came away from this caveman way of looking at things The best speaker there, was a man in the crowd Paul Elliot, very eloquent

@dee1381

4 ай бұрын

Very true. While adults have to take responsibility for what they say in public. These type of events were set-up to get George drunk and to say controversial things. The Wogan show was a prime example. George started drinking to overcome his shyness but unfortunately it affected his good nature and judgement. I guess the way to handle things back then was to laugh it off and make a joke of everything. The nasty side of alcohol and poor banter.

Pot, kettle, colour check, over

Who is the host of this show?

What a great player Paul Elliot was too.

BIG UP PAUL, SERIOUS JAMAICAN ST ELIZABETH'S MAN, HE NEEDS TO BE THE NEXT HEAD OF F.A. BUT RACISM IN THIS PLACE IS AT THR FORE FRONT OF LIFE IN BRITAIN.

@millwallholdings

2 жыл бұрын

Yawn its all he talks about

"I've had lots of friends over the years who killed themselves". Oh the irony.

John, Paul and George.........All we need now is Ringo😅

Funny at the time, not so much now. Massive congratulations to PM on his recovery and I wish him nothing but the best in the future #mufc #OTbornnbred

Every person with a drink problem I've known personally are in denial about it and refuse to listen to advice or guidance. On a side note I must say, the presenter is about as funny as a dose of crabs.

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Good post. And you definitely took no prisoners with the comedian hosting.

@juliovillagran4105

2 жыл бұрын

Ego plays a part. To label yourself as an alcoholic takes brutal honesty which is a step too far for most.

@gozuam1617

2 жыл бұрын

the worst part is when they are drunk, still got drink left, and are moaning and shouting at you saying they are not an alcoholic while taking another sip.

how can a player who played for stockport county cork celtic and los angles aztecs in their prime knock another player, and by the way george do you remember stealing that womens handbag from a bar in LA because of your habit!

@gmain1977

2 жыл бұрын

No he played for Man United in his prime, Best is an all time great ,Merson was not that good, Marsh was just gassing him

@cddb5408

2 жыл бұрын

It seemed like a joke to me the way he said it. I watched it before jumping to the conclusion that he was being really hypocritical etc...

Best has the front to call Merson a junkie yet he wastes his liver transplant by drinking himself to death. Best was a disgrace.

Ale is the worst drug of all

How can a drunkerd call a man a junkie ain't no difference,both have problems.!!

Rich talk coming from bestie,considering he took a replacement liver from a kid and continued to drink himself into the grave,in both their defense though,addiction of anything is a bastard

Who is the guy presenting this ?

Arguably Merse had a better career

Paul Merson needed help not ridicule.

@familyread7889

3 жыл бұрын

Why was it up to these lads to help him. He’s a grown man and can look after himself. Perhaps there was no need for some of the comments said. But they don’t owe Merson nothing. Merson weren’t a kid!

@VISIONSPORTTV

3 жыл бұрын

Well done to Merson for turning his life around. Ridicule from people he respected most likely helped save his life.

@originalherbalist

2 жыл бұрын

@@familyread7889 No,they don't owe him anything but as fellow pro's taking the piss is nothing but disgraceful great footballers but absolute @@@@s at everything else.

@originalherbalist

2 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV No he got help from people that cared about him nothing to do with what these two horrible bastards said. How you can give them credit for Merson's recovery is beyond me.

@marks497

2 жыл бұрын

@@VISIONSPORTTV Public ridicule helped nobody ever

best was a genius on the pitch but that certainly didnt give him the right to call other people junkies considering his own addiction to alcohol which would eventually lead to his early death.best was given more chances than virtually anybody on the planet.merson was at least brave enough to face and then eventually beat his demons.i salute anybody who can do that.

Vile human being George Best

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