manc-mag 1 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Let's not forget Frank Pingel. Peephole Pingel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Van Basten ?? Good striker, but not as good a player as Zidane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Van Basten ?? Good striker, but not as good a player as Zidane Well if you're going to be picky Mr Hips I shall have to remove Puskas as well then, but on ability alone and for what he done Marco has to be there. I would have included Romario and Muller as well but no doubt Snakey would have picked on that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44242 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Impossible for you to say tbh. You're basing nearly all of the above on second hand info and highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Impossible for you to say tbh. You're basing nearly all of the above on second hand info and highlights. If it's good enough for Charlie Woods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Impossible for you to say tbh. You're basing nearly all of the above on second hand info and highlights. Have to agree with that. I don't think it's possible to judge different players of different eras agaisnt one another anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Van Basten ?? Good striker, but not as good a player as Zidane Well if you're going to be picky Mr Hips I shall have to remove Puskas as well then, but on ability alone and for what he done Marco has to be there. I would have included Romario and Muller as well but no doubt Snakey would have picked on that as well. Gerd Muller was a favourite of mine as a boy and he can be there as well. Puskas MUST remain as an equal to Zidane imo Romario? No. You must be sniffing nail polish, or summat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Also add Ronaldo from 96-99 to my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44242 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Here man! I've already told you that your list is bollocks because you've only seen highlights of most of the players on it! So SILENCE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15357 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Ali Dia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 (edited) Here man! I've already told you that your list is bollocks because you've only seen highlights of most of the players on it! So SILENCE! Scratch out all the live footage i've got then of Most Brazil matches from '58 and '62, all Brazil matches from 1970. Hours of Madrid matches from the 50's and 60's. Several Ajax and Holland matches from the '70s and a shed load of other stuff. Coupled with Escape To Victory. Edited November 3, 2006 by Jonny2J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Here man! I've already told you that your list is bollocks because you've only seen highlights of most of the players on it! So SILENCE! Scratch out all the live footage i've got then of Most Brazil matches from '58 and '62, all Brazil matches from 1970. Hours of Madrid matches from the 50's and 60's. Several Ajax and Holland matches from the '70s and a shed load of other stuff. Coupled with Escape To Victory. Okay, we'll give you that. But otherwise, you know sheeet man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21215 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Arguing about class football players is as pointless as arguing about music but I maintain Zidane is the greatest footballer of his generation - the "Sky" generation. I also think it's difficult to rate someone who never played for a European club (Pele) or for a half-decent international side (Best). In all honesty I would probably rate Maradona as the greatest individual but Zidane is infinitely more likable tbh. And who else can you watch a 90 min real time documentary on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 It's difficult to judge players from a previous era. That said, in all sincerity, Zidane (fabulous player though he was) is only the second best French player I've been lucky enough to watch in my life time. Platini was, for me, slightly better. He was an attacking midfielder/playmaker, in a similar mould to Zidane and was top scorer in Serie A three years running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Arguing about class football players is as pointless as arguing about music but I maintain Zidane is the greatest footballer of his generation - the "Sky" generation. I also think it's difficult to rate someone who never played for a European club (Pele) or for a half-decent international side (Best). In all honesty I would probably rate Maradona as the greatest individual but Zidane is infinitely more likable tbh. And who else can you watch a 90 min real time documentary on? George Best iirc. I bet both films are shite like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordieshandy 0 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Here man! I've already told you that your list is bollocks because you've only seen highlights of most of the players on it! So SILENCE! Scratch out all the live footage i've got then of Most Brazil matches from '58 and '62, all Brazil matches from 1970. Hours of Madrid matches from the 50's and 60's. Several Ajax and Holland matches from the '70s and a shed load of other stuff. Coupled with Escape To Victory. You're watching these games on telly? What right does that give you to talk about such things. It's all a re-presentation of reality. In other words: poppycock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3808 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 John Charles was better than Zidane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul 0 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Players better than Zidane to name a few: Pele Maradona Cruyff Garrincha Best Beckenbauer Platini Zico Didi Van Basten Puskas Di Stefano John Charles Van Basten ?? Good striker, but not as good a player as Zidane Well if you're going to be picky Mr Hips I shall have to remove Puskas as well then, but on ability alone and for what he done Marco has to be there. I would have included Romario and Muller as well but no doubt Snakey would have picked on that as well. Gerd Muller was a favourite of mine as a boy and he can be there as well. Puskas MUST remain as an equal to Zidane imo Romario? No. You must be sniffing nail polish, or summat Des Hamilton has to go in, like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 It said on the Channel Five coverage that North East journalists were sat at a table, a knife was produced and they were told to 'produce their credentials'. I hope to Christ they weren't referring to journalistic credentials or they'd have ended up being posted back to the UK in envelopes, piece by tiny piece. The subtitles for that bit were great. Instead of 'Journalists', they wrote 'Germans from the northeast were asked to produce their credentials' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30217 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Its funny how a player has to have retired more than ten years before he can be named as one of the all time greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul 0 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 It said on the Channel Five coverage that North East journalists were sat at a table, a knife was produced and they were told to 'produce their credentials'. I hope to Christ they weren't referring to journalistic credentials or they'd have ended up being posted back to the UK in envelopes, piece by tiny piece. The subtitles for that bit were great. Instead of 'Journalists', they wrote 'Germans from the northeast were asked to produce their credentials' Meenzer got his cock out tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 (edited) Pele = great goalscorer,overrated footballer He scored the goals and had the classic brazilian name,i'd rate peter beardsley a better footballerthan mr pele tbh. Beardsley should be right up there for pure vision in the first place Edited November 3, 2006 by @yourservice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 ps - is pele promoting Hooliganism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9707 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Pele = great goalscorer,overrated footballer You've seen how he scored loads of his goals by taking on whole defences, haven't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Pele = great goalscorer,overrated footballer You've seen how he scored loads of his goals by taking on whole defences, haven't you? Yeah but pulling out a knife?come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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