Lucas Radebe is the world's greatest defender. You may travel across the world, watching every match you happen upon, watching the best teams play one another, watching capable, over-paid defenders attempting to tackle equally capable, over-paid attackers, watching just one defender, or perhaps a few, and you will never see a defender as able or stunning as Radebe. To watch him play is to see the stuff that dreams are made of.
You can keep your Campbells, your Stams, your Desaillys - they are nothing compared to him. I know, I have seen them play. To compare them to him is to parallel glass with diamond. He is the quintessential defender.
His reputation comes not because he is the one decent player in a team, because an over-large fee has been paid for him, or because he has given up his roots to play for a bigger team and achieve glory. It comes from his play.
He is as the wind - you do not see him yet you feel his presence.
He is as the night - he stalks, he is everywhere.
He is as water - he adapts to his situation, even a bullet cannot destroy him.
He is Lucas Radebe.
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A Bit About the Bloke Who Bunged This Together
If you feel moved enough to contact me, then you can do. E-mail me at superlucasradebe@hotmail.com with any suggestions, comments, contributions or hate mail (please note that I am not Lucas Radebe and that I have no way of contacting him directly). I'm also on ICQ - my number's 32610159 if any of you fancy having a chat about Leeds or anything else that takes yer fancy. Cheers very much - Umair.
One Chief. One Leeds United.
Lucas superiority has been acknowledged
The disclaimer bit: Obviously this is the small print, so I'd just like to say that this site is in no way affiliated with Leeds United (I wish!) or Lucas Radebe (I wish even more!) If I've breached any copyrights, tough - I'm a student, d'you think I've got any money to be sued for?! Most of the pics here have been scanned from various Leeds United related publications, such as the Official Matchday Magazine and Leeds Leeds Leeds magazine. Some are from the Yorkshire Evening Post. I've edited them myself (hence the reason why one or two look a bit dodgy) so you can't really tell where I've got 'em from. I've not objection to anyone using the pics from here, but I'd appreciate it if you let me know that you're using 'em and what yer using them for. If you want to link me then great! Let me know that you've linked me and I'll link you back (and, for all you Freudians out there, there's nothing implicitly sexual about that...) Contrary to popular rumours, I do not like goats or sheep. After all, I'm not a Scum fan. On a slightly different note, this site contains some really dodgy language (that's swearing for those of you who have no idea what I'm on about). If you're easily offended, fuck off! Heheh!
This site should only be viewed by the pure of heart (i.e. Leeds fans - though South Africa supporters are obviously welcome). Scum fans can piss off, kiss my chaddies, stick a tool in their respective ears and screw some sense into themselves... I hate the Scum. Goodnight.
Lucas Quote of the Every-So-Often:
"I am having to pace myself and it is very frustrating because I want to be out there playing all the time. It's hard to accept that you can play regularly, but I have to think of my long term health. Although football pays the bills, it is only a game and I don't want to end up on crutches."
(Lucas the realist, Leeds vs Gillingham Match Programme, 04.02.03)
To see the Lucas Quotes archive, click on this bit.
Last updated 19.02.03
(I owe all you guys a huge apology for the consistent lack of action on this site. I've just come back off holiday and I'll really be trying to sort this whole mess out soon. Given the way Tripod/Lycos have arsed up their hosting services, I might look for a new host too soon. Thanx for all your patience, Umair.)
[To see a list of the latest changes made, go here]
