www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Same old same old - who is the world's best soccer player? There was a time not very long ago when Tiger Woods and Roger Federer were unstoppable. Rudy Hartono and Carl Lewis too. Invincible. They had a good run and there was an aura about them.  Pele said that unless Messi won the World Cup with Argentina Messi cannot be considered one of the greats? Do you agree? Pele also said he scored 1289 goals which is hard to equal. In this case was George Best a great legend since he not only did not win the World Cup, he has never been there? Cruyff remains one of the greats but he too never won the World Cup with the Netherlands. So what now? The Game and Pele Is is always hard to compare unless you compare apple with apple. During Pele's time the ball was not the same nor were the jerseys and the pitches. While these were true, Pele had advantage of more open play compared to today's very strategic play. However, Pele was less protected against hatchet men but the mo...

I felt compelled to pay a tribute to great soccer. The Total Football of the Netherlands and the Tiki-Taka of Barcelona. This is a tribute to FC Barcelona! They say Spain is pretty though I have never been . (Elton John with Daniel) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5_CNHRqqk . But I am often in awe of Spanish music. Just listen to Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (don't miss these music) , here with: Spanish Flea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-_2QpbXMbw A Taste of Honey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KDPUTyDyQ Tijuana Taxi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-t-g_msR2o Lonely Bull - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16B5Xm8_IKw What made it even more special was we used to play these songs so frequently in the school band. Herb Alpert is an American Jew when he went to Tijuana, Mexico and was so influenced that he formed the Tijuana Brass. From the bull fights in Mexico we move to the bull fights and soccer in Spain, in particular Barcelona. Flamenco music has such ...

There are golf fans and soccer fans out there. The truth is out there like the X files. I knew of quite many who are both - soccer and golf fans, those who are passionate and played the both sports and gradually over time gravitating towards the smaller balls. There have been reader requests to do soccer. The following posers were given to me as if my day job is not stressful enough: Who Is The Most Skilful of Them All Regardless of Era? Maradona (my answer) or George Best? Mirror, mirror on the ball, Who's The Best Soccer Player of them all? Everyone of us finds certain players more endearing than others. Then it depends on whether we are just talking about the World Cup or regardless of it or a combo of both. Some players just shine at club level. If we are talking World Cup, do remember it is an event that occurs during an entire month from June to July while domestic and European Champions League takes place for a whole season. World Cup winners were: 1930-Uruguay, 34-Italy...