Alan_R Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Zvonimir Boban and Gianfranco Zola for me. Both were magic on their day. and Paolo Maldini- model pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3inaBednar Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Bergkamp by a mile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N User Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Batigol. Awesome goalscorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'M IBRAHIM TALL Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Was a massive fan of the great AC Milan team of the 90's. Evryone talked about the Dutch trio (and rightly so) but the most underated player in the world at that time was Dejan Savacevic. Did the mopping up work in the centre and let Gullit and Rijkaard play but also got forward as well. Fantstic player. By the way Boban is a great shout as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 Batigol.Awesome goalscorer Gabriel Batistuta? Used to love watching him, remember an overhead kick he scored from about 19 yards, unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Past: Present: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboSean Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Zola, Lampard, Kaka, Pirlo, Mendieta and Rivaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacBaker Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Pretty obvious choice of Lionel Messi, absolutely outstanding player! Can't beat watching a player who makes the opposition look like idiots who've been picked up off the street! Add to the list therefore ryan giggs and thierry Henry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishall Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Paul Scholes. Model professional and has scored some cracking goals....very rare to get a 1 team player but he embodies everything great about Utd over the last 10 years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_the_Jambo Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 In the flesh. Gascoigne. Others. Too many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drylaw Hearts Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Eric Cantona. 1966 was a great year for English football - Eric Cantona was born. The man was class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Cantona, Zidane, Henry. Always liked Boban as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo19 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 past- zidane present- fabregas or van der vaart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groot Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Paolo Maldini all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Scholes. He's in his 30's but is still one of the best midfielders in the Premiership imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 vialli, rossi(ac milan keeper), berkamp, cantona, barresa, ronaldo(the fat one), romario, baggio, del pierro, campos(the crazy strips), gasgoine, laudrup, larrson, cooper, dalglish, souness, ronaldo(the arrogant one), tevez, gerrard, alonso(that boys a bit special), jay jay okocha(so good they named him twice), zidane(easily the best midfielder i think i've ever seen), maradonna(enough said) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best in the land Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 zibi........legend:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Sheldon Cooper Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Don't ask why, but I have always liked Steve Finnan. Thought he was a good Right Back and he always did what he needed to do well. Never got as much credit as he deserved. But, he drifted out of the first team when Liverpool signed Arbeloa. Was dissappointed to see him leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djg001 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 roberto baggio lothar mathaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Douglas Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Growing up, Romario. But a special mention to Roger Milla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASIL_HEARTS Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 weird and maybe get slated. but paulo di canio for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 "The hand of god" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 rossi(ac milan keeper) ah big seb rossi, good keeper, bit of a character aswell. on the topic of keepers anyone remember Jose Luis Chilavert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 ah big seb rossi, good keeper, bit of a character aswell. on the topic of keepers anyone remember Jose Luis Chilavert? Was he the Paraguay keeper who used to take free kicks/pens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular John Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 In the past; Davor Suker Ronaldo Karel Poborsky Just now it's probably Juninho at Lyon and Berbatov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 Was he the Paraguay keeper who used to take free kicks/pens? thats the one complete mentalist and actually a very good goalkeeper if a bit erratic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverley Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 thierry henry, cristiano ronaldo, scholsey, ronaldinho.. all good to watch on their day. actually there are quite a lot beckham against argentina and that red card was a particular favourite footballing moment for me too i know i'll get pelters for it, but i always had a soft spot for ally mccoist (except when he played against us) and was gutted he went to killie and not us, likewise, larsson was also great at his peak. almost every hibs goal keeper for as long as i can remember, simply for sheer comedy value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dik Mar Van Nostrilboy Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 toss up between 2 of the most talented players ive seen in the flesh plus love the way they go about the game... fernando torres and niko kranjcar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebo Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Loads I would consider, but currently Juan Roman Riquelme - definitely the classiest player I have seen play in the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daaaniel Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Faustino Asprilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flogelisgod Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Where do i start..Del Piero, Maradona, Gerrard are the ones that jump out instantly. One ill get abuse for is Beckham. Think hes taken a lot of stick and sh*t yet continues to be a model pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carjam Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Georgie Hagi for me, a genious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Georgie Hagi for me, a genious. True, you have to love a maverick. I used to think Enzo Francescoli was a great player who got little credit. And Franco Baresi was a huge hero of mines. Edit. I've just discovered that Zidane named one of his kids after Francescoli. Good enough for me if an amazing player can hero worship him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Titor Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Michael Ballack( Carried a nation through mediocrity to power) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulah Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Henry Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 hugo sanchez was a favourite of mine along with robert prosinecki today it would be messi and torres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 True, you have to love a maverick. I used to think Enzo Francescoli was a great player who got little credit. And Franco Baresi was a huge hero of mines. Edit. I've just discovered that Zidane named one of his kids after Francescoli. Good enough for me if an amazing player can hero worship him. another good shout. remember i used to always buy him on premier manager aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_is_my_story Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Cannae believe the great Ra?l Gonz?lez hasn't had a mention! Superbly talented player. Other than those already mentioned on the thread, I'd say Hristo Stoichkov too, and I always thought David Ginola was brilliant to watch. As far as Scottish players go, has to be Davie Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midloth_Iain Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 As a defender I always looked at centre halves as being my idols, especially Ruud Krol and Martin Buchan (Man U days) but all time hero's Cantona & Maradona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigandy Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Maradonna fir me by a mile. I doubt if I will ever see as good a player again. Also liked Platini, Van Basten, Maldini and Sammer. When I was wee my favourite Scotland players were Dalglish, McQueen and Wark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Cruyff & Platini - also thought paul sturrock was a great player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bickfest Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DWV4hkdQnbM&feature=related Big Joe and Dalglish. What a team we had then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Cruyff & Platini - also thought paul sturrock was a great player According to an interview yesterday, Sturrock looked out for the results of 4 teams as a youngster. Hearts were one of them. He's been the manager of the other 3 and he wants to manage in Scotland again ... the paper left it hanging there. I thought he was a nyaff as a player, niggly as anything. With regard to the topic - I think Messi is the best player to watch in the world at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Le Chat Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Ryan Giggs. An absolute credit to the game. And I'm a fecking City supporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Kjell Olofsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 According to an interview yesterday, Sturrock looked out for the results of 4 teams as a youngster. Hearts were one of them. He's been the manager of the other 3 and he wants to manage in Scotland again ... the paper left it hanging there. I thought he was a nyaff as a player, niggly as anything. With regard to the topic - I think Messi is the best player to watch in the world at the moment. Sturrock was a niggly nyaff as a player as no doubt other teams fans saw that in Robertson & Colquhoun etc. Centre backs in those days didn't feck about and people like Miller, McLeish, Rougvie, Aitken, T.McAdam, C.Paterson, R.McDonald, Narey, Hegarty etc were very 'robust' challengers. I remember a few 4-0 trouncings Utd gave us at Tynie in the early eighties where Sturrock in particular ripped us a new one.....of course it was demoralising at the time but looking back Sturrock was a great player in an excellent Utd side. Any link to that Sturrock article Coco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Kjell Olofsson Great shout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Chris Waddle joining Wednesday was a "touching myself" day - brilliant player. David Hirst if he had stayed clear of injuries and the beer would have been up there as one of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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