Soccer / Footie legent George Best is in a private hospital tonight in a very, very poorly condition. It seems the cocktail of drugs he’s on follwing his liver transplant op has caused him big problems.
Doctors say his internal bleeding has restarted and are not really sure why.
The next 12 hrs are critical.
By: David Kerr - 24th November 2005 at 18:41
Those people who seem to think someone else ought to have got that donated liver should remember that you do need to have a good match between the person who needs it and the actual liver. If that liver was not suitable for anyone else than George Best then I assume it would have been “died” a 2nd death.
By: BuffPuff - 24th November 2005 at 17:38
Well, it looks like we’ll be talking about the late George Best sooner rather than later. Yep, I agree his drink problems are mostly self inficted, I still feel some sympathy for his close freinds and reletives. A very sad end indeed…..
By: Comet - 24th November 2005 at 15:12
That’s exactly what I think – he’s wasted a perfectly good organ that could have been given to someone who wouldn’t **** it down the drain! 😡
I agree with that sentiment. Whilst I have sympathy for George Best’s family, he has brought all this on himself. That liver could have gone to someone who has been on the transplant list for years, who suffered liver disease through no fault of their own rather than someone who destroys his own liver and then goes and buys another one (I do not believe that people should be able to buy their way to the top of the transplant list either).
By: Mark9 - 24th November 2005 at 14:37
Well despite the lack of compassion displayed above, I’d like to wish the Best family my sympathies. Alcoholism is an illness after all and they must have suffered because of it too?
George will always be a football hero to me and footie fans of a certain generation everywhere. Yes he’s been screwed up by fame, celebrity and drink, but I’ve never been one to kick a man when he’s down, and I don’t plan to start now.
I don’t expect George Best to pull through this time, so farewell George and thanks for the memories. The good memories that is….. 🙁
Have to agree the guy is a legend 😉 very sad news 🙁
By: Ren Frew - 24th November 2005 at 13:44
Well despite the lack of compassion displayed above, I’d like to wish the Best family my sympathies. Alcoholism is an illness after all and they must have suffered because of it too?
George will always be a football hero to me and footie fans of a certain generation everywhere. Yes he’s been screwed up by fame, celebrity and drink, but I’ve never been one to kick a man when he’s down, and I don’t plan to start now.
I don’t expect George Best to pull through this time, so farewell George and thanks for the memories. The good memories that is….. 🙁
By: Flood - 24th November 2005 at 13:32
He is unlikely to survive beyond the next 24 hours, according to the BBC.
Its all been said above; golden boy who thought he had the Midas touch. My thoughts are with the family of the donor of the liver that gets to die again…
Flood
By: steve rowell - 21st November 2005 at 01:27
You want to feel sorry for him, but the man is his own worst enemy. How many life threatening situations does it take before he’ll heed the message
By: Propstrike - 20th November 2005 at 22:09
For reasons unknown, he is still making headlines. According to the BBC today, GB has just sneezed.
The Clash said it best– ‘Should I stay or should I go ?’
By: Nermal - 29th October 2005 at 13:29
Heh. For a moment I thought it said George Bush in a really bad way! We know he had a history of drinking but getting heckled at a military press conference doesnt really count. As for Best, I doubt it would stop him drinking if he pulls through. He needs something for his right hand to do;) – Nermal
By: Propstrike - 28th October 2005 at 21:15
The media folk are getting restless.
At a press conference this morning, they seemed rather dissappointed that GB seems a bit better today.
By: DazDaMan - 28th October 2005 at 17:44
He had a liver, he abused it. He got a new one, he’s been abusing that! The only person/people I feel sorry for in this case are the family of the person whose liver was wasted on him.
That’s exactly what I think – he’s wasted a perfectly good organ that could have been given to someone who wouldn’t **** it down the drain! 😡
By: Propstrike - 27th October 2005 at 21:56
I think it is fair to say that he had his chances. We should all have the opportunity, as far as possible, to control our own destiny, but if we screw up, must accept the consequences of our actions.
G.Best is a minor public curiosity, but he is not a ‘hero’, and his demise (whenever it is) will not be a ‘tragedy’. He is a guy who kicked a ball around, was very well-paid, and had a pretty good time. He made mistakes and has paid a price, and the same goes for any of us.
That will not, of course, stop the mawkish amongst us revving up for a good old fashioned ‘grief-fest’- onions at the ready…..
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