I don't know what folks think or rather...what they've been indoctrinated to believe by the media and the likes of Bob Charlton and co that Pele is the best footballer ever in the history of the game.

There certainly has been this myth thats been created surrounding Pele - that he is the greatest ever footballer and that he is this wonderful beacon of humanity. The media lavish him like he's some sort of king and queen..bowing to him and bestowing as well as lapping him up all sorts of gratitude and praise.

I remember growing up in the late 1970's and in the 1980's and the brainwashing us kids were installed into us regarding this Pele being the king of football. Funny thing is Pele actually really believes that he is the king of football

I remember the 1987 the English football league vs rest of the world game which was live from wembley and the way the ITV presenter and studio were fawning over Pele...looking back at it was truly revolting

Even today..every month or so there's some silly article in the Guardian lavishing praise on Pele.

What really got me scrutinising Pele and his football career as well as other stuff during his Cosmos days and subsequent career as Blatters lapdog puppet poodle ambassador was when i was back at home in Cheshire at christmas of 1989 and i think it was Eurosport or Screensport..Pele was presenting this series of programmes on the "beautiful game" from a sunny Maracana pitch. I think most the programme was about Pele showing off and about his own grand importance in the game...The more i've scrutinised and looked into Pele's career..the more ive come to realise that he is the master of self-publicity and an ego maniac and that there is this whole mythical factory been built up around this so called footballing saint

He's hardly Terry Long or John Sewell, is he?

and hes no danny butterfield.
perfect hat trick
Pele, meh.

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

A great player but for some reason it irks me when they say Pele won 3 world cups, he won 2 world cups. He got injured in the 2nd match and never played again in that tournament. He won 1958 and 1970 only

George Best is one of my favourites

To me Messi is the best ever.

Closely followed by Dave Madden

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

You mean Ronaldo?