Sharpie Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 John Charles, Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, Tommy Walker,Tommy Lawton, Stanley Matthews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Cheever Loophole Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Keegan,Dalgliesh,and the one and only Chopper McLaren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Bishop Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Valdes: Zambrotta, Sylvinho, Thuram, Oleguer: Xavi, Toure, Iniesta: Ronaldinho, Ezquerro, Eto'o. Subs: Belletti, Motta, Crosas, Valiente, Maxi Lopez, Delgado, Henry, Olmo, Bojan, Dos Santos, Deco, Abidal, Jorquera, Olazabel. Best player I've seen Zidane in the Champions League Final. Juho Makela scored against that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Stankovic left in 98 to join Lazio and played against us a 17 year old: http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/199608221.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_Stankovi%C4%87 I'm pretty sure it was the other boy that Bruno was marking- allegedly one of the hottest properties in Europe at the time. Clearly, Stankovic has gone on to do slightly better... In reply to the original question, other than the many players mentioned that many of us have seen against hearts, one that immediately springs to mind for me is Riquelme. Saw him play for Boca- barely broke out of a light jog, but completely ran the show. Never seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH4JAMBO Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Sergio auger seen him at anfield couple of seasons back in a friendly also Diego Forman same game along with Gerarrd and torres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Saw David Silva against West Ham last season. Seriously off the chart fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH4JAMBO Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 *aguero (stupid iPod) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH4JAMBO Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I give up ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Ell Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 My apologies - I stand corrected! Stankovic left in 98 to join Lazio and played against us a 17 year old: http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/199608221.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_Stankovi%C4%87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N User Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 World class players have a habit of playing shit when I watch them. Thierry Henry was murder when I saw him, likewise Patrick Vieira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Dec Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Ronaldinho (twice) Xavi Iniesta Torres (for Liverpool) Van Persie Bale Van Der Vaart Pato Beckham Eto'o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 World class players have a habit of playing shit when I watch them. Thierry Henry was murder when I saw him, likewise Patrick Vieira. Same. When I went to Milan to see Inter, most of their top players were out injured. I was really looking forward to seeing Samuel Eto'o though. He got hooked after 55 minutes of some of the worst forward play I have ever seen in a proper league. Have managed to miss seeing Tevez, Sneijder, Messi and a few others through catching teams when they have injuries as well. No luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfstar Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Henry Zidane Maldini Ronaldinho Xavi Iniesta Rooney Scholes Giggs Gazza Robertson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveofthegame Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Xavi, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Giggs, Scholes, Rooney, C Ronaldo, Zidane, Henry, Owen (back in his heyday), Dani Alves are the 1st that spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Jean-Marc Boco. On a more serious note, I can't think of anyone apart from the Barca squad on that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadKiller Dog Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Raul at Schalke though at the end of his career still strolled and stood out as a class act Spl wise Caniggia,larson ,Gazza ,Takis and laudrup . the Barca team in that friendly . A few from the english premier league . Craig Gordon though injuries may have stopped him reaching that level . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Not taking the piss, but the OP asked for the best player you'd seen, not a list of good players. Only reason I ask is I'm genuinely interested to see whp people think is the best? For me it's Xavi, I've never watched someone who makes the game look so simple. He's been so good for so long now I think you can start putting him in the "greatest team of all time". People go on about Messi but for me Xavi is as important for Barcelona, and the one player who makes Spain tick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Whatever you think of him, Henrik Larson was a truly world class player. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Lurker Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Neil McFarlane. Don't be daft, he was pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C00l K1d Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Apart from the Barcelona team we played, I seen Chelsea play in 2002 which had Zola, Lampard, Terry, Makalele, Desailly and Hasslebank in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Seeger Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Zidane's the best player I've watched in the flesh. Other notable mentions to Carlos Tevez, Thierry Henry, Patrick Viera, Paul Dickov and Xavi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Not taking the piss, but the OP asked for the best player you'd seen, not a list of good players. Only reason I ask is I'm genuinely interested to see whp people think is the best? For me it's Xavi, I've never watched someone who makes the game look so simple. He's been so good for so long now I think you can start putting him in the "greatest team of all time". People go on about Messi but for me Xavi is as important for Barcelona, and the one player who makes Spain tick. Also he asked "world class", so far only a few have come into that category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Tom Boyd, opening game of World Cup 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton, Dave McKay, Gordon Banka, George Best, Dennis Law, Graeme Souness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Also he asked "world class", so far only a few have come into that category. Who would you consider world class on the thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_vlad Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I saw Barcelona thrash Athletico Madrid 6-1 at the Camp Nou a couple of seasons ago and Messi was so good it was scary. Best player I've seen by a mile. Similar to this, i seen Barca v Bayern Munich, i think it ended 5-nil to Barca that day and its the most amazing team performance i've seen. Top 3 of Eto, Messi and Henry, pick of the players that day for me was Danni Alves, he is a complete ***** of a man but **** me he must of cover every bit of grass that day. Messi is the best i've ever seen, i seen him tear arsenal apart with 4 goals out of nothing himself. Someone mention C Ronaldo, not for me, i seen real v barca last year and every time he got the ball he was so selfish with the ball, every time messi touches the ball, he passes it first then sees whats on then collects the ball and moves. Bergkamp on his day was absolutely genius, as for players like Pires and Henry who at a time were totally unplayable. I was i could have seen Zidane live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Saw Messi play at Murrayfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gilbert Wauchope Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Saw Messi play at Murrayfield. You've had a chance to see messy play every week at Tynie recently. I'll get my coat....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilson's Shank Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Worked for a month in London the mid 70's saw a young Glenn Hoddle at Spurs and a young Liam Brady at Arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Kirk Broadfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALDOS Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Who would you consider world class on the thread? Im not going to go through them all, but other than the really obvious piss takes, its laughable that people have the likes of Beckham, Torres, Van Persie, Van der Vaart, Bale, Teves, Rooney.....in the world class bracket. Remember its the highest bracket for a footballer, so how can they be there with likes of Maradona, Pele, Platini, Cruyff...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Rooney proved in South Africa that he isn't world class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylawny Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 If you go to a Barca game you'll catch a few at once. Ronaldinho, Messi, Xavi and Iniesta all played when I went to see them. Gutted I never caught Ronaldo (Brazil) in the flesh. Saw all those Barca players. Also saw Ronaldo v Espanyol, a match which included Beckham and Owen. Ronaldo missed a last min pen, 1-0 Espanyol. Owen was rubbish but Beckham was not out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Was at the game above. But was also at this game when Alan McLaren was outstanding. PS the world superstar wasn't Gordon Durie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Trevor Brooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C00l K1d Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Im not going to go through them all, but other than the really obvious piss takes, its laughable that people have the likes of Beckham, Torres, Van Persie, Van der Vaart, Bale, Teves, Rooney.....in the world class bracket. Remember its the highest bracket for a footballer, so how can they be there with likes of Maradona, Pele, Platini, Cruyff...... They are the modern 'world class' players though. Obviously they aren't a patch on the names you mentioned but they are the some of the best players around at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray- Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Thinking about them in relation to a team Banks Jardine Beckenbauer Moore McGrain Best Charlton Eusebio Cruyff Dalglish Cantona Subs Schmeichel Krol Neeskens Van Himst Keegan Brady Bergkamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4marsbars Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Getting back to players who played against Hearts, seem to remember seeing Oleg Blokhin in a friendly (forgotten which team he played for then). He might be the fastest player who's ever played against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Craig Levein would have been world class had it not been for injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I saw Ruud Gullit's last international for the Netherlands. Pre World Cup 94 in a friendly v Scotland in Utrecht. He played the first half, was subbed at HT then fell out with Dick Advocaat. Taxi! Apart from that, Laudrup & Gascgoine I suppose. Larsson too. Oh, and Robbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I'd argue Edgaras Jankauskas was world class. Maybe not quite at the world class level not when he was playing for us, but **** me he could trap and hold up a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Tucker Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Tobias Linderoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorgie_rebel Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Gascgoine, Laudrup, Larsson, Robbo Cantona, Henry, Bergkamp Gullit, Zola, Di Canio Maradonna, Platini, Dalgleish Are the ones that sprung to mind...... Jesus there's some cracking players there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Buaben Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Larsson, Gasgoigne and Laudrup in Scotland Also Bale and Van Der Vaart. Seen C.Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Vidic, Ferdinand and Van Der Saar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Garcia Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 GK Buffon RB Thuram LB Maldini CB Cannavaro CB Stam RM Pirlo LM Giggs CM Zidane CM Xavi ST Messi ST van Nistelrooy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I'd like to throw in Xabi Alonso. I saw him at the Bernebeu last month and he was astonishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc-jambo Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Georgie Best at Fester Road against Parick Thistle Trevor Brooking at West Ham, many times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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