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EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 11:11:13 AM

ChickMagnet

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Most of you have probably seen MOTH's thread here, with Miguel Delaney's list of his top 100 footballers of all time, and I'm sure you'd agree we can easily do better than that!

So here's the plan, you can vote up to 30 players, you don't have to go that high but you've got the flexibility to go there. The higher the player on your list, the more points they get, 1st gets 30 points, 2nd 29, etc.

Votes need to be in by close of play on Saturday 31st March, I'll tally the votes up in the next couple of days from then.

So lets get voting!

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 11:32:21 AM

superdan

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I'm seriously tempted to go for players who wouldn't make any football writer's lists in a million years, but who I think are awesome

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 11:40:38 AM

ChickMagnet

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quote:

ORIGINAL: superdan

I'm seriously tempted to go for players who wouldn't make any football writer's lists in a million years, but who I think are awesome

Steve Livingstone - Grimsby Town legend, its going to be hard to keep him outta my list

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 11:54:37 AM

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Good work mate! I'll be having a think today about mine but my top three will be Kerry Dixon, Tony Dorigo and Ken Monkou!

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 12:01:16 PM

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Cool.. that gives me something to ponder. I guess its hard to get right, as we are already seeing. With some people going for "unsung heroes", and then you have cases where all I've probably seen of some players is old clips, or read about them and you wonder if you should vote on them without having seen enough of them playing?

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 12:05:37 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Professor Moriarty

Cool.. that gives me something to ponder. I guess its hard to get right, as we are already seeing. With some people going for "unsung heroes", and then you have cases where all I've probably seen of some players is old clips, or read about them and you wonder if you should vote on them without having seen enough of them playing?

That's the problem I have. There's no doubt players like Di Stefano, Yashin and Puskas are legendary players, but if I vote for them I'll be voting without ever actually having seen any footage of them playing. It's tricky knowing how to judge it.

It'll feel like voting for them because I'm supposed to, rather than wanting to, if you know what I mean.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 12:13:46 PM

Skiba

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quote:

ORIGINAL: superdan

quote:

ORIGINAL: Professor Moriarty

Cool.. that gives me something to ponder. I guess its hard to get right, as we are already seeing. With some people going for "unsung heroes", and then you have cases where all I've probably seen of some players is old clips, or read about them and you wonder if you should vote on them without having seen enough of them playing?

That's the problem I have. There's no doubt players like Di Stefano, Yashin and Puskas are legendary players, but if I vote for them I'll be voting without ever actually having seen any footage of them playing. It's tricky knowing how to judge it.

Yep I know what you mean...I've seen bits and pieces of that famous Hungary side with Puskas and Hidegkuti but I couldn't really vote for them despite knowing they are probably up there with the best of them. That could be the beauty of this list as it will likely throw up some non-critically acclaimed players and contain people's favourites - tjhey may not make the final list but it'll be interesting to see

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 12/2/2012 10:32:36 PM

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01. Robbie Keane
02. John Giles
03. Roy Keane
04. Liam Brady
05. Paul McGrath
06. Shay Given
07. Damien Duff
08. Kevin Kilbane
09. Ronnie Whelan
10. David O'Leary
11. Denis Irwin
12. Richard Dunne
13. Mikel Arteta
14. Niall Quinn
15. Kevin Moran
16. Packie Bonner
17. John O'Shea
18. Frank Stapleton
19. John Aldridge
20. Mick McCarthy

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 13/2/2012 2:59:53 PM

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Robbie Keane's too high, Denis Irwin's too low and you've missed out World's Greatest Keeper Shay Given.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 13/2/2012 3:12:21 PM

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Richard Dunne 12th lol

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 14/2/2012 7:56:08 PM

Skiba

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1. Diego Maradonna
2. George Best
3. Pele
4. Zinedine Zidane
5. (Fat) Ronaldo
6. Johan Cruyff
7. Lionel Messi
8. Paul Gascoigne
9. Rivaldo
10. Gianfranco Zola
11. Eric Cantona
12. Cristiano Ronaldo
13. Matt Le Tissier
14. Roberto Baggio
15. Alan Shearer
16. Ryan Giggs
17. Ruud Gullitt
18. Thierry Henry
19. Dennis Bergkamp
20. Glenn Hoddle
21. Xavi
22. Marco Van Basten
23. Paolo Maldini
24. Wayne Rooney
25. Lothar Matthaus
26. Peter Shilton
27. Kenny Dalglish
28. Michael Owen
29. Luis Figo
30. Marcel Desailly

There's mine subject to change!. I've gone for those who I've seen enough of, particularly from before my days, to make a judgement on and contain my favourite players I've seen. I'm sure there's some glaring omissions eg Platini but I've just not seen enough of him to know.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 7:15:41 PM

ChickMagnet

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Just realised I've started this thread and not posted my own list!

Here we go:

1. Frank Rijkaard
2. Paul Scholes
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Eric Cantona
6. Henrik Larsson
7. Marco Van Basten
8. David Beckham
9. Roberto Carlos
10. Ruud Gullit
11. Fernando Hierro
12. Gabriel Batistuta
13. Romario
14. Gary Lineker
15. Peter Schmeichel
16. Michael Laudrup
17. Ronald Koeman
18. Allesandro Del Piero
19. Ian Rush
20. Steven Gerrard
21. Shunsuke Nakamura
22. Matt Le Tissier
23. Kennet Anderson
24. Clarence Seedorf
25. Jorge Campos
26. Thierry Henry
27. Paul Mcstay
28. Bixente Lizarazu
29. Lothar Mattheus
30. David Platt

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 8:09:04 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: ChickMagnet

Just realised I've started this thread and not posted my own list!

Here we go:

1. Frank Rijkaard
2. Paul Scholes
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Eric Cantona
6. Henrik Larsson
7. Marco Van Basten
8. David Beckham
9. Roberto Carlos
10. Ruud Gullit
11. Fernando Hierro
12. Gabriel Batistuta
13. Romario
14. Gary Lineker
15. Peter Schmeichel
16. Michael Laudrup
17. Ronald Koeman
18. Allesandro Del Piero
19. Ian Rush
20. Steven Gerrard
21. Marco Van Basten
22. Matt Le Tissier
23. Kennet Anderson
24. Clarence Seedorf
25. Jorge Campos
26. Thierry Henry
27. Paul Mcstay
28. Bixente Lizarazu
29. Lothar Mattheus
30. David Platt

Steve Livingstone's only chance to ever make the list and you forgot him

I'm sticking to players I've seen and loved and a scattering of personal legends.

1) Diego Maradona
2) Gianfranco Zola
3) Paul Gascoigne
4) Dennis Bergkamp
5) Eric Cantona
6) Ryan Giggs
7) Zinedane Zidane
8) Gary Lineker
9) Ronaldo (ermm, Brazilian one)
10) Muzzy Izzett
11) Lionel Messi
12) Peter Beardsley
13) Paul Scholes
14) Ruud Gullit
15) Matt Le Tissier
16) Steve Claridge
17) Thierry Henry
18) Peter Schmeichel
19) Alan Shearer
20) Wayne Rooney
21) Marco Van Basten
22) Juninho
23) Jurgen Klinsmann
24) Cristiano Ronaldo
25) Roberto Carlos
26) Lothar Matthaus
27) Patrick Kluivert
28) Ronaldinho
29) Neil Lennon
30) Can't decide between Benson or Hedges.......

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 8:12:21 PM

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This was much harder than I thought it was going to be, so I've gone with the heart rather than head.

1. Zinedine Zidane
2. Ronaldo (Brazilian)
3. Paul Gascoigne
4. Franco Baresi
5. Frank Rijkaard
6. Romario
7. Gabriel Batistuta
8. Matt Le Tissier
9. Marco van Basten
10. George Weah
11. Alan Shearer
12. Paolo Maldini
13. Andrei Shevchenko
14. Gary Lineker
15. Cafu
16. Roberto Baggio
17. Hristo Stoichkov
18. Clarence Seedorf
19. Lothar Matthaus
20. Paul Scholes
21. Matthias Sammer
22. Gheorge Hagi
23. Bryan Robson
24. David Hirst
25. Jurgen Klinsmann
26. Peter Schmeichel
27. Glenn Hoddle
28. David Beckham
29. Stuart Pearce
30. Steve Bull

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 9:09:02 PM

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What in the name of holy shit is Paul Gascoigne doing in all these lists?

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 9:13:52 PM

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I know! He's not even Irish.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 9:35:25 PM

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He's no Richard Dunne that's for sure.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 9:40:16 PM

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Maradona
Messi
Lothar Mafthaus
Ruud Gullit
Zidane
(fat) Ronaldo
Dalglish
Schmeichel
Bergkamp
Maldini
Hagi
Cantona
Zola
Klinsmann
Zico
Ronaldo
Platini
Scholes
Paul McGrath
Peter Beardsley
Giggs
Roberto Carlos
Papin
Edgar Davids
Michael Laudrup
Nedved
Matthias Sammer
Koeman
Stuart Pearce
Shilton

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 9:56:03 PM

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Not sure if I'll put together a list. I said before on this forum that I find it hard to say (IMO) Pele or Maradona are the greatest players of all time because I never saw Pele play and I missed most of Maradona at his peak. All I've seen of them are clips. So if I was to do this I'd have to just go with players I've seen in my lifetime and can remember a good amount about (basically post-1990) plus any players from the past whom I've seen a substantial amount in video clips. Which is essentially just Liverpool players as I used to religiously watch videos of Liverpool when I was a kid.

Needless to say my list would contain God...

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 16/2/2012 10:00:56 PM

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List change....

1. Totti
2. Zidane
3. Ronaldo (Brazil)
4. Messi
5. Cannavaro (Fabio)
6. Scholes
7. Rui Costa
8. Kaka
9. Batistuta
10. Bergkamp
11. Xavi
12. Maldini
13. Gascgoine
14. Henry
15. Figo
16 Rivaldo
17. Radebe
18. Shevchenko
19. Buffon
20. Riquelme
21. Nedved
22. Cantona
23. Zola
24. Kewell
25. Casillas
26. Roberto Carlos
27. Schweinsteiger
28. Makelele
29. Iniesta
20. Sneijder

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 12:14:38 AM

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Right, afore I get torn into this a caoupla points:

1. Football is a team game. Individualists are all well and good, but they miss the point. Mavericks are not individualists.
2. Goalkeepers aren't footballers. Footballers dinna use hands. Footballers struggle to lower themselves to the taking of throw-ins.

So...

30. Scholes
29. Maldini
28. Prosinecky
27. Koeman
26. Baresi
25. Gerd Muller
24. Dalglish
23. Van Basten
22. Ronaldo, the proper one.
21. Hagi
20. DI Stefano
19. Matthaus
18. Denis Law
17. Socrates
16. Xavi
15. Beckenbauer
14. Garrincha
13. Zico
12. Baggio
11. Puskas
10. Platini
9. Eusebio
8. Laudrup, the proper one.
7. George Best
6. William Ferguson Miller. GOD.
5. Zidane
4. Messi
3. Cruyff
2. Maradona
1. Pele

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 1:31:40 AM

Qwerty Norris

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8. Laudrup, the proper one.

I can only assume Brian then? All the Aberdeen fans love Brian!

Going to take the same approach as Rinc as I feel a bit of a mug including folk I only know through clips & stories. So for me, that's basically the early 90s to the present.

1. Leo Messi
2. Zinedine Zidane
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Denis Bergkamp
5. Gianfranco Zola
6. Thierry Henry
7. Ryan Giggs
8. Romario
9. Roberto Baggio
10. Hristo Stoichkov
11. Xavi
12. Peter Schmeichel
13. Gheorge Hagi
14. Paul Scholes
15. Fat Ronaldo (had he maintained what he was doing pre world cup final 98 throughout his career - he would have made the top 5)
16, Roberto Carlos
17. Henrik Larsson
18. Edgar Davids
19. Rui Costa
20. Jurgen Klinsmann
21. Luis Figo
22. Brian Laudrup
22. Cafu
23. Paul Gascoigne
24. Andriy Shevchenko (although he was gash at Chelsea)
25. Matthias Sammer
26. Andreas Iniesta
27. Lillian Thuram
28. Pavel Nedved
29. Alan Shearer
30. Gary Speed

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 2:16:45 AM

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Good lord Qwerty. Brian? He wasn't the Messiah, just a diving floppy haired mink.

If I had to limit a list to players I'd seen in person, and seen be ace in person it'd be gash. It'd be a mulleted Torino striker, a skinheed sweeper fae Lokomotiv Moscow, Hamit Altintop, some blonde nipper fae the '92 German U-21 team, Poborsky, Nedved, Pat Nevin, Jesus McFadden and Aberdeen players.

Telly is telly is telly. Even black and white telly is telly.

I've seen every Brazil game in the '70 WC, highlights of Santos games, ither Brazil games and Escape to Victory. Plenty enough to have Pele ("should be spelled G-O-D") as no.1. All the Dutch games in '74, highlights of Ajax, Barca, Feynoord and listened to Cruyff and seen the fruits of his philosophy - enough to gauge his ability and understanding of the game.

Ye canna have a competition cried "top 100 Footballers of all time" if folk dinna consider all time.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 8:53:54 AM

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1. Pele
2. Diego Maradona
3. Zinedine Zidane
4. Lionel Messi
5. George Best
6. Ferenc Puskas
7. Tom Finney
8. Johan Cruyff
9. Bobby Charlton
10. Stanley Matthews
11. John Charles
12. Ronaldo
13. Eusebio
14. Bobby Moore
15. Paul Gascoigne
16. Franz Beckenbauer
17. Paolo Maldini
18. Roberto Baggio
19. Marco Van Basten
20. Eddie Gray
21. George Weah
22. Billy Bremner
23. Jimmy Greaves
24. Carlos Alberto
25. Cristiano Ronaldo
26. Michel Platini
27. Thierry Henry
28. Jurgen Klinsmann
29. Dennis Bergkamp
30. Andrei Shevchenko

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 11:18:28 AM

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Ye canna have a competition cried "top 100 Footballers of all time" if folk dinna consider all time.

The problem is unless I'm going to research all the players considered the greatest of all time and spend weeks upon weeks watching games of those players, then I'm not going to include them. I've read plenty of articles on those players but I'm not basing this on second hand evidence. And even though I've seen plenty of clips, that's all they are - clips.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 12:17:20 PM

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I agree. That's why I've pretty much picked the players I've seen, who played in my football-watching lifetime. And a few personal heroes.
A Top 100 footballers of all time would be Pele and Maradona, and then the rest, I don't think there's any question of that. I sit near a bloke who insists John Charles is the greatest players he's ever seen bar none (and he's been watching football since the 50's) but I can honestly say hand on heart I've never seen a second of footage of him. Did he ever play at a World Cup? No.
I've put Zola ahead of Cantona. Madness, possibly, but Zola used to make me cry, he was that brilliant, he played with a massive smile on his face, and he had some of the most delicate touches I've ever seen. He is my favourite Premiership player of all time, but certinaly not the best.
Corleone's list above (and no offence intended) is a far more accurate Top 30 list, and from what I've "heard", his Top 10 looks about spot on. However, was Stanley Matthews better than Dennis Bergkamp? I'd argue not, but many people will say otherwise.
Messi better than George Best? Of course he is. Best wouldn't last 70 minutes at the pace nowadays, but then again Alex Ferghsuon wouldn't let him play pissed, so he'd be a completely different player.

I'm sticking with my favourite players, players I've watched live, players who made me jump around, it's far more interesting.

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What in the name of holy shit is Paul Gascoigne doing in all these lists?

He's the best English player I've ever seen, in my opinion. He had his problems and could and should have done more in his career, but if we had a player with half his talent in the last 10 years we'd have done a bit more internationally.

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 12:17:28 PM

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01. Robbie Keane
02. John Giles
03. Roy Keane
04. Liam Brady
05. Paul McGrath
06. Shay Given
07. Damien Duff
08. Kevin Kilbane
09. Ronnie Whelan
10. David O'Leary
11. Denis Irwin
12. Richard Dunne
13. Mikel Arteta
14. Niall Quinn
15. Kevin Moran
16. Packie Bonner
17. John O'Shea
18. Frank Stapleton
19. John Aldridge
20. Mick McCarthy

No Sheedy?

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 12:28:41 PM

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A Top 100 footballers of all time would be Pele and Maradona, and then the rest, I don't think there's any question of that. I sit near a bloke who insists John Charles is the greatest players he's ever seen bar none (and he's been watching football since the 50's) but I can honestly say hand on heart I've never seen a second of footage of him. Did he ever play at a World Cup? No.
I've put Zola ahead of Cantona. Madness, possibly, but Zola used to make me cry, he was that brilliant, he played with a massive smile on his face, and he had some of the most delicate touches I've ever seen. He is my favourite Premiership player of all time, but certinaly not the best.
Corleone's list above (and no offence intended) is a far more accurate Top 30 list, and from what I've "heard", his Top 10 looks about spot on. However, was Stanley Matthews better than Dennis Bergkamp? I'd argue not, but many people will say otherwise.
Messi better than George Best? Of course he is. Best wouldn't last 70 minutes at the pace nowadays, but then again Alex Ferghsuon wouldn't let him play pissed, so he'd be a completely different player.

I'm sticking with my favourite players, players I've watched live, players who made me jump around, it's far more interesting.

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What in the name of holy shit is Paul Gascoigne doing in all these lists?

He's the best English player I've ever seen, in my opinion. He had his problems and could and should have done more in his career, but if we had a player with half his talent in the last 10 years we'd have done a bit more internationally.

Agree with this. I couldn't really vote for players who I've only read about, and besides if we followed the convention this would be a list just like all the other 100 Greatest Footballer lists. Pele/Maradona at the top and so on. Perhaps we should get older relatives to cast their votes, my stepdad's list would be wildly different from mine (it'd have Jimmy Greaves at #1 for a start).

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 12:33:45 PM

ChickMagnet

Posts: 1648
Joined: 19/5/2008
From: The Wrong Side of the Tracks

quote:

ORIGINAL: boaby

Right, afore I get torn into this a caoupla points:

1. Football is a team game. Individualists are all well and good, but they miss the point. Mavericks are not individualists.
2. Goalkeepers aren't footballers. Footballers dinna use hands. Footballers struggle to lower themselves to the taking of throw-ins.

So...

30. Scholes
29. Maldini
28. Prosinecky
27. Koeman
26. Baresi
25. Gerd Muller
24. Dalglish
23. Van Basten
22. Ronaldo, the proper one.
21. Hagi
20. DI Stefano
19. Matthaus
18. Denis Law
17. Socrates
16. Xavi
15. Beckenbauer
14. Garrincha
13. Zico
12. Baggio
11. Puskas
10. Platini
9. Eusebio
8. Laudrup, the proper one.
7. George Best
6. William Ferguson Miller. GOD.
5. Zidane
4. Messi
3. Cruyff
2. Maradona
1. Pele

I'm going to hate asking this, but when you're saying Proper one for Laudrup and Ronaldo, you're meaning Brazilian Ronaldo and Michael Laudrup yus? Somehow cannae see boaby being a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo meself and I'd bet pounds to pennies that he'd never want a Ger in his list, but want to make sure I'm getting it spot on!

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Come vote in the Top 100 Footballers thread here

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RE: EMPIRE's top 100 Footballers of all time - 17/2/2012 12:56:23 PM

Chief

Posts: 7009
Joined: 30/9/2005
From: The Kingdom, Scotland

quote:

ORIGINAL: ChickMagnet

Just realised I've started this thread and not posted my own list!

Here we go:

1. Frank Rijkaard
2. Paul Scholes
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Paul Gascoigne
5. Eric Cantona
6. Henrik Larsson
7. Marco Van Basten
8. David Beckham
9. Roberto Carlos
10. Ruud Gullit
11. Fernando Hierro
12. Gabriel Batistuta
13. Romario
14. Gary Lineker
15. Peter Schmeichel
16. Michael Laudrup
17. Ronald Koeman
18. Allesandro Del Piero
19. Ian Rush
20. Steven Gerrard
21. Marco Van Basten
22. Matt Le Tissier
23. Kennet Anderson
24. Clarence Seedorf
25. Jorge Campos
26. Thierry Henry
27. Paul Mcstay
28. Bixente Lizarazu
29. Lothar Mattheus
30. David Platt