Just count myself fortunate enough to have watched Broadbent Knowles and Neves in my lifetime. Very hard to compare the three because of the different way football was played in each era. As VW says, Broadbent controlled the game - his vision and range of passing was sublime, as is Neves. Knowles was explosively exciting, but (in my view) still a work in progress when he 'retired'. Adding more discipline to his game under a top class coach could have made the finished article better then Broadbent or Neves - but we'll never know.
Broadbent should have had dozens of caps for England, but then Johnny Haynes was the selectors golden boy - and he wasn't bad! I hope Neves storms the world cup for Portugal.
