[ejuventus]

Hi, Italy here.

Just to talk, who do you think have been the best players during football modern era ???......... let's think about last 25 years.

There have been lots of great players, of course, but I think there is a narrow circle of legends who put themself in a special position out of time, entering the history of football

The caractheristics I consider for my valuation are the following ones:

- the player must be of absolute class, of course, but also a winner
- both things, class and winning-skill, he must show them in every competition: league, european cups, international matches
- he must be the leader of his team, decisive in the decisive matches
- players who were universally recognized as the best expression of football in their period, able then to excite mediatic attention from all over the world

I have 5 names, that I list in chronological order:
PLATINI
MARADONA
VAN BASTEN
RONALDO
ZIDANE

Actually, my order of preference is not very different, as my signature shows: just put Zidane in the second position and you'll have it.............................. I can explain such rank if the discussion takes off

 

[Jazz 16]

Maradona number 1 every day of the week simply because he is the greatest
footballer to ever play the game.
Zidane 2-genius who won it all.
Ronaldo 3-as above and record scorer in World Cups.
Then Roy Keane, Cantona and Giggs.

Platini was a great player, a Juve idol but just slightly before my time.
Or I just didnt see enough of him play. He is a legend in France also.
I like ex-Juve player Roberto Baggio. he would make my top 10.
Stoichkov, Romario, van Basten, Gullit, Hagi and Rivaldo are other notables.

 

[Zenitka]

1. MARADONA-FANTASTIC!NO comments!

2. ZIDANE-legend,my first fav. player.

3. VAN BASTEN = RONALDO for me

 

[Boomhauer50]

Zidane obviously. Roy Keane well up their, Zola, Bergkamp, fat Ronaldo, Del Piero, Rivaldo, theirs a few i think and that i saw play never saw much of maradona and the likes

 

[scott 4 evra]

------------Cassilas------------
Cafu--McGrath--Beckembaur--Maldini
Maradonna---Keane---Zidane--Rivaldo
-----Ronaldo----Van Bastan

 

[piazza]

-------------------Schmeichel-----------------
Irwin-----------Maldini------Hierro-----------Roberto Carlos
------------------------Keane-----------Gascoigne

C.Ronaldo------------------------------------------------Giggs
----------------------------Maradona
------------------------------------Ronaldo

 

[VaVa]

-------------------Schmeichel-----------------
Irwin-----------Maldini------Hierro-----------Roberto Carlos
------------------------Keane-----------Gascoigne

C.Ronaldo------------------------------------------------Giggs
----------------------------Maradona
------------------------------------Ronaldo

Thats a sweet team, they are players i seen play for myself so can judge!
like van basten i didn see, platini and the rest i cant really judge!!!!
Good job
i like Irwin in there, what a player eh

 

[piazza]

Thats a sweet team, they are players i seen play for myself so can judge!
like pele i didn see, platini and the rest i cant really judge!!!!
Good job
i like Irwin in there, what a player eh

Thank you sir. Irwin never gets credit for being as amazing as he really was. I didn't think it was right to be put players I haven't seen on it. Plus I love that formation with the deep-lying central midfielders/playmakers that compliment the wingers, who in turn compliment the guy playing the Supporting striker role, who plays off of the out-and-out striker/target man.

 

[abojodeh]

schmeichel
irwin rio stam carlos
keane vieire (imagine them in one team lol boxing match )
beckham giggs
cantona shearer
subs 11
vandersar cafu oshea scholes hagi kanchelskis rooney andy cole delpiero ronaldo(brazilian) ronaldinho (at his prime)
other great players
henry rivaldo kaka saha yorke bergkamp nedved inbrahimovic etc......
sorry for any players i forgot to mention his name


couldnt add names such as bastin maradona batistuta baggio robson etc... cuz i didnt watch them or watch them enough

 

[piazza]

schmeichel
irwin rio stam carlos
keane vieire (imagine them in one team lol boxing match
beckham giggs
cantona shearer
subs 11
vandersar cafu oshea scholes hagi kanchelskis rooney andy cole delpiero ronaldo(brazilian) ronaldinho (at his prime)

 

[abojodeh]

so what../?.

 

[piazza]

so what../?.

I love John O'Shea, but to say he's one of the best of the past 25 years is pushing it, considering he's never even been one of the best at his club.

 

[abojodeh]

I love John O'Shea, but to say he's one of the best of the past 25 years is pushing it, considering he's never even been one of the best at his club.

read the first post
"he have to be winning trophies"
and he won allot of them,hes quit good and so he can have a place in the team
plus i need a good squad player and hes the one of the best squad players if not the best

 

[piazza]

read the first post
"he have to be winning trophies"
and he won allot of them,hes quit good and so he can have a place in the team
plus i need a good squad player and hes the one of the best squad players if not the best

Why would you need a squad player if you're going to take 9 subs anyway? He did provide the funniest football moment of all time imo, when he nutmegged Figo.

 

[abojodeh]

Why would you need a squad player if you're going to take 9 subs anyway? He did provide the funniest football moment of all time imo, when he nutmegged Figo.

exactly

 

[spellbound]

read the first post
"he have to be winning trophies"
and he won allot of them,hes quit good and so he can have a place in the team
plus i need a good squad player and hes the one of the best squad players if not the best

Jonathan Greening won Champions League in Barcelona in 99 and won a few PL titles as well but not many think he's one of the greatest ever in the last 25 years.

 

[Keano!]

Milan Baros won a CL medal too and he's far from a great!

 

[Zense_United]

i dont like platini, i love pele maradona and george best... all of them are my heroes

 

[ejuventus]

Jonathan Greening won Champions League in Barcelona in 99 and won a few PL titles as well but not many think he's one of the greatest ever in the last 25 years.

Yes, spellbound..........

I have to recall the original sense of my topic: we're not talking about good players, and great players neither........................ we're talking about the "legends" of the football

I listed some caractheristics they have got to have..............but they have to have all of them, not only one

I can add a fourth one:.......... players who were universally recognized as the best expression of football in their period, able then to excite mediatic attention from all over the world


About some squads I saw, I think they would not arrive 10th either in PL......

 

[RedForceRising]

My list of best players in no particular order, BUT I must start with Giggs, because my love for Man Utd started when I was mesmerized by Giggsy's skill

• Ryan Giggs
• Maradonna
• Eric Cantona
• Marco van Basten
• Rivaldo
• Ronaldo (fat one)
• Ronaldinho
• Roberto Baggio
• Zinedine Zidane
• Luis Figo

I did not have the privilege of watching Platini, but Juventus have one future star Sebastian Giovinco - he is a magician with the ball!