Simply the best?

Papers today quite rightly full of tributes to George Best. Many of them describe him as one of the greatest players of all time. Not sure about that. Most talented - yes, but greatest? How many times did we see him beat a defender, only to then dally around and allow that defender to get goal-side of him again. You could almost hear him thinking "that was fun, let's do it again". I remember one match where, as a result of this tendency, he had to beat the same defender three times! That he was able to do this was a measure of his skill and talent, but that he needed to do it was a measure of the extent to which he fell short of true footballing greatness. There is however no dispute about his status as a legend and a hero to millions. RIP George.