

Fairblue27 wrote:It's difficult to compare these things but he is considered by some who saw him play as the greatest British footballer of all time.
Jimmy Scoular wrote:Without question the greatest Welsh footballer.Often forgot he was unfit to play against Brazil in the World Cup quarters in 1958.With him Wales could have won, Pele said as much. Go to Turin and ask any Juve fan about the man, 35 000 turned up just to see him about twenty five years ago at the stadium.What is telling for me are the top english players of the time who rated him above their own. My old man played against him in a Welsh Schools/Youth ? trial before dad died I asked him what was it like to play against him and he said he was embarassed to be on the same park.JC was two years younger than the old man !! Why have the Jacks failed to build a statue of their most famous son ??
pembroke allan wrote:Questionably Britain's greatest footballer had it all as centre forward and defender something no other British player could boast! Certainly worthy of a statue in his home town at least.
skiprat wrote:Jimmy Scoular wrote:Without question the greatest Welsh footballer.Often forgot he was unfit to play against Brazil in the World Cup quarters in 1958.With him Wales could have won, Pele said as much. Go to Turin and ask any Juve fan about the man, 35 000 turned up just to see him about twenty five years ago at the stadium.What is telling for me are the top english players of the time who rated him above their own. My old man played against him in a Welsh Schools/Youth ? trial before dad died I asked him what was it like to play against him and he said he was embarassed to be on the same park.JC was two years younger than the old man !! Why have the Jacks failed to build a statue of their most famous son ??
Why would they?. He never played for Swansea.it would be like us putting up a statue to Gareth bale.
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