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  1. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    The problem is most of his goals come on the counter-attack and he's poor against a low block. Also, praising Rashford for his goalscoring is a dangerous game as he's a moments player and generally hides his total anonymity with one moment in a game. Barca tend to play against low blocks so...
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Yeah he likely wasn't as good as Pele - that's probably romanticism. But he probably was better to watch in many ways. Yeah Best and Garrincha wouldmove higher if it comes to pure talent, and less about longevity etc. I tend to think longevity is overrated and a very modern thing anyway - a lot...
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    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    2nd anniversary of becoming a world champion.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Yeah lots of these players fit into different styles of playing, such is their genius. Pirlo as a deep-lying playmaker maybe. You could consider Beckenbauer as he was a libero and controlled games from deeper. But likely goes more in defenders. Get Jammy back (the other Jam) and we can have...
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Didi (Brazilian midfielder) is a good one for generals but before all of our time. Gerson is another and he was a little later. Rijkaard another good one if you consider him a general. Or Gullit even if you consider him that type.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    A possible top 10 for me: 1) Messi/Maradona 3) Pele 4) Cruyff 5) Di Stefano 6) R9 7) Beckenbauer 8) Platini 9) Cristiano Ronaldo (I'd have him lower on talent but hard to ignore his accomplishments) 10) Zico or Van Basten It could change every day. Feel bad relegating the likes of Puskas...
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Nice to see some love for Garrincha. I got told off by a certain someone for rating him highly and told he couldn't lace Henry's boots.
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    Anyone who is uae?

    Welcome.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Aye I remember him in his young days too, pre 2000 and the Parma time too. He played against Rangers in a tie or two in the late 90s (when I still supported Rangers) and he was so good. He was exceptional. Just a very well-rounded goalkeeper. I don't like the guy, as he was a bigot before he...
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    He or Oliver Kahn probably.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Agree fully on Platini being better than Zidane (and Zizou was a childhood idol of mine). They say the same in France. I don't rate Van Basten as quite number 1 Euro player of all time, probably still rate Cruyff ahead of him for Dutch. But he's right up there. As you say he had everything almost.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    I will do top 5 GK ever imo, to start ball rolling for positions. Based on evidence of watching live games and/or footage, and reading about them and seeing other opinion. No particular order: Neuer Zoff Banks Yashin Unsure of number 5 really. Could be several candidates. Maybe Buffon.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Hagi and Stoitchkov were supreme.
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    Great list and good knowledge for a top 20. Surprised there's no Garrincha though. George Best could maybe get in based on talent, if not longevity and achievement. Other possible candidates off the top of my head: Rivelino, Gerson, Didi, Socrates, Passarella, Henry (despite what I said...
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    Greatest player(s) of all time and other legends

    What you could do is seperate it into loose positions (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward) and pick out a top five/twenty for each. Defensive players tend to get the shaft in these anyway so it would give them more recognition. Like top 5 GK Top 20 DF Top 20 DM/CM/AM Top 20...
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    Alejandro Garnacho

    Amazing goal to be fair. Deserved for that I'd say although there might be other goals people like.
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    Alejandro Garnacho

    Respect Soul's opinions on all things football but not a fan of this boy at all. Too brainless and lacking in technique too. In his head he's prime Cristiano Ronaldo, though. Maybe he will improve, he's only 20. But I get the impression he's an arsehole.
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    Jürgen Klopp

    I'm really not a fan of Ferguson as a manager or a man at all, for many reasons. One thing that makes me laugh about his achievements though is clueless modern fans saying 'he beat Real Madrid with fucking Aberdeen!'. It was pre-Bosman days - back then Real Madrid were nowhere near as good as...
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    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    You're welcome. Good luck with it - there is a plethora of resources online and in printed form, and in video analysis etc. Football is big business. Just remember to take into account the worth or validity of the source. I would just create a new thread if you wanna discuss the top 20/50 of...
  20. Maradona37

    CL Round 6: Borussia - Barca 2-3

    Yeah hope he will be alright. This sort of thing is becoming more common isn't it? Or maybe we just heard about it less in the past.

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