Football

Dislocated my knee, way back when warming up for a kickabout doing a Cruyff turn.
Overjoyed when he managed Barca to their first European Cup in '92.
Mourned the evisceration of the next iteration of that Barcelona team by the Milan of Savicevic, Desailly et al in '94
And loved how outspoken he was about all things football, especially his dedication to attacking football and the we'll score one more than you...
442 article on his dream team years at Barcelona

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/how-johan-cruyff-reinvented-modern-football-barcelona#:VJUfbXvh3vTQAA

There are many people that can tell you that a team plays badly. There are only a few people that can tell you why a team is playing badly but there are only a couple of people that can tell you how to get them to play better.

One of many great quotes from the man.

YouTube-ing The Master right now... Rock star...

Adam Johnson gets 6 years.

:(

Smoke intelligently, smoke Roxy.

What did he do?

grooming and sexual activity with an underage girl.

Thats pretty extreme, seeing as you can kill a cyclist whilst driving at more than twice the speed limit and only get 5. He was always going to be made an example of

more details on the web

Sentencing was already going to be between 4 and 10 years so 6 is about as expected.

the coolest and one of the best.

Total legend. RIP

Crying here... Childhood hero...

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"I cannot walking into a baker and say " I am cryuff, give me bread"

I think that's why he played with 2 stripes on his nederlands shirt as it conflicted with his sponsor.

corndog, i love how you never miss a chance to tell us of your bizarre warm-up knee distruction.

loving some of the cruyff images being posted. ima go with this one

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Sad times.

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He had his own brand and refused to advertise another brand IIRC.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/may/30/theknowledge.sport

Bang. 15 years of banking that fact.

As his boots were puma and the kit was adidas. Bet there was pressure as the two owners hated each other too.

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Good shout. Adolf and Rudolf Dassler brothers founded Adidas and Puma and indeed they didn't get on.

if I hadn't been trying to emulate him, I'd be playing with you and @clintsmoker on a monday...

Also keep forgetting I've known all of you a long time, and since my footballing career didn't last that long, I've only got so many anecdotes about my playing the beautiful game.

I'm calling bullshit...

"When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average … So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines wether you’re a good player or not."

One for gooner and cfc fans:

"Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring."