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ANOTHER ONE!!!

They are YOUR favourite players of ALL TIME. They don't necessarily have to be the best just the ones who have given you the most pleasure or you feel transcend football.

1. LIONEL MESSI - I've been watching football since 1986 and he is without doubt, by an absolute country mile the best player in the world, the best player i have ever seen and imo the best player that ever lived. He is 1000 times better than Maradona and I don't have to explain why because if you watch him week in week out you'll understand why.

2. LOTHAR MATTHEUS - German powerhouse. To see him surge forward sends shivers down my spine.

3. DIEGO MARADONA - Amazing talent and amazing life. He also handballed one past Shilton. Thanks forever Diego!

4. FRANCO BARESI - Libero supreme. Not much got past this tough, uncompromising defender.

5. GARY LINEKER - It churns me up inside to praise anyone English but Lineker was a true predator and a true gentleman on the pitch. Unforgettable.

Ok then, footballers are all sh*te.

As Im on a long train journey, Ill have a go.

1. Kevin Hill- My favourite player ever, probablt because I dont think he was actually that much more talented than myself, yet played professionally for 10 odd years with sheer effort, and scored one of the best (overhead kick) and one of the cheekiest (hid behind the keeper and nicked the ball from him) goals Ive had the pleasure to witness.

2 Christian Vieri- saw him play live for Lazio, Inter and Rennes, awesome.

3. Gazza- Saw him tear Roma apart in a Rome derby at the Stadio Olympico, and saw him live at Elm Park for Middlesborough in Readings last season there. Gazza alongside Marco Blanco and Paul Merson were a joy to watch at that level!

4. Del Piero- never saw him live but used to pretend to be him in the school playground.

5. Chris Coleman- Met him in St Tropez when he was Fulham manager. He was with Dave Beasant, Karl Heinz Reidle and Steve Kean, and he paid for me and my mates (poor students at the time) to get drunk all the way through the 2004 FA Cup final. Hero!!

Haha cheers Cornish. Takes someone to be bored rigid before responding to some of my posts but appreciate the effort mate.

Won't bother with any new threads in future, no point. I'll just comment on our matches, do the matchday threads and contribute to OTHER members threads.

And they say I'M the miserable one!

Ha, well if you start anymore on Sunday morning Ill be doing the return journey Sunday lunchtime!!

After that, my next train journey is to York the night before our game there, so Ill try and oblige again then!!

1.Zinedine Zidane- on the rare occasions I got to see him play on TV he was just brilliant. Always managed to create something from nothing.

2.David Beckham- Possibly the best set piece taker and long passer I've had the pleasure of watching.

3.Cristiano Ronaldo- Is he better than Messi? I just find watching him more interesting than watching Barca.

4.Lionel Messi- yeah, had to be put in there as well.

5. Lee Mansell- In my opinion Torquay's Steven Gerrard with all the passion, energy and most of the ability.

Paulo Maldini is my all time favourite player, followed by, in no particular order; Zinedine Zidane; Gianluigi Buffon; Luis Figo; Gabriel Batistuta.

1 - Eric Cantona
2 - Lionel Messi
3 - Christano Ronaldo
4 - Pele
5 - Sorry but this guy is effing amazing. Matt Le Tissier.

1. George Best

2. Pele

3. Gordan Banks

4. Roger Milla

5. Mark Loram or Paul Gascoigne

1 - George Best. Had the pleasure of knowing him for the last couple of years of his life. Still, pound for pound, the second best footballer in history. A thoroughly nice chap to boot, even at his least physically appealing, still managed to pull girls half his age and younger with almost monotonous regulatory. Had an excellent taste in dogs and a memory for detail that would put Sherlock Holmes to shame.

2 - Lionel. The guy is a genius, a freak and a hero all in one. Every time I see him play, it reaffirms my belief that, somehow, he must have seen the match before he plays in it. The way he knows precisely how and where everyone else on the pitch will move, which passes will be played, which was a goalkeeper will dive, it's just incredible. Have a look at the way other players like him go about beating a man, you can see the trickery, the process which leads to the defender falling on his arse, but with Messi, it all seems to happen as if the opponents are actually rushing to get out of his way. It is, at times, breathtaking.

3 - Paul Scholes. Shows up Steven Gerrard as the fat, talentless hoofball merchant that he had been for a decade. Scholes is a machine, capable of picking any pass, but always picking the right pass. An absolute example of the threat posed bya man combining absolute brawn with absolute brain.

4 - David Beckham. Proof that practice makes perfect. Spent his entire childhood getting up at 5 in the morning to go to the park with his old man to kick balls into buckets. Regardless of the situation, he didn't leave until he'd hit every shot, completed every drill, run every yard and that is borne out today in his ability to compete the whole MSFT (bleep test). That goal against Greece remains, to this day and, probably, forevermore, my favourite free kick.

5 - Eunan. No player in yellow has ever gone about his business and looked so untroubled by it. Far, far too good and it showed. Often he was held back for the sake of the players around him and I maintain that he could function happily in a good Championship side, given the time, space and ability of others which would be afforded to him in that division. If Jamie Mackie can play in the Premier League, is anyone seriously going to bet against Eunan's Championship credentials?

Matt.

Matt...On Eunan you can't say that. No player? Lee Sharpe?

No player I've ever seen would probably be a more accurate comment.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:1 - George Best. Had the pleasure of knowing him for the last couple of years of his life. Still, pound for pound, the second best footballer in history. A thoroughly nice chap to boot, even at his least physically appealing, still managed to pull girls half his age and younger with almost monotonous regulatory. Had an excellent taste in dogs and a memory for detail that would put Sherlock Holmes to shame.

2 - Lionel. The guy is a genius, a freak and a hero all in one. Every time I see him play, it reaffirms my belief that, somehow, he must have seen the match before he plays in it. The way he knows precisely how and where everyone else on the pitch will move, which passes will be played, which was a goalkeeper will dive, it's just incredible. Have a look at the way other players like him go about beating a man, you can see the trickery, the process which leads to the defender falling on his arse, but with Messi, it all seems to happen as if the opponents are actually rushing to get out of his way. It is, at times, breathtaking.

3 - Paul Scholes. Shows up Steven Gerrard as the fat, talentless hoofball merchant that he had been for a decade. Scholes is a machine, capable of picking any pass, but always picking the right pass. An absolute example of the threat posed bya man combining absolute brawn with absolute brain.

4 - David Beckham. Proof that practice makes perfect. Spent his entire childhood getting up at 5 in the morning to go to the park with his old man to kick balls into buckets. Regardless of the situation, he didn't leave until he'd hit every shot, completed every drill, run every yard and that is borne out today in his ability to compete the whole MSFT (bleep test). That goal against Greece remains, to this day and, probably, forevermore, my favourite free kick.

5 - Eunan. No player in yellow has ever gone about his business and looked so untroubled by it. Far, far too good and it showed. Often he was held back for the sake of the players around him and I maintain that he could function happily in a good Championship side, given the time, space and ability of others which would be afforded to him in that division. If Jamie Mackie can play in the Premier League, is anyone seriously going to bet against Eunan's Championship credentials?

Matt.

Too many tours to the far east in his playing days started that fetish. Beagle are best, deep fried with some tommy sauce on a bap.

(Please don't try getting a beagle at home and deep frying it, the example is for Koreans only)

I had a little wager on this, Andy. It was blatantly obvious that it would be you who replied first, but I had a pound each way that you would mention either Korea or Alex (Best) in your reply. I now owe myself £2.50.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:1 - George Best. Had the pleasure of knowing him for the last couple of years of his life. Still, pound for pound, the second best footballer in history. A thoroughly nice chap to boot, even at his least physically appealing, still managed to pull girls half his age and younger with almost monotonous regulatory. Had an excellent taste in dogs and a memory for detail that would put Sherlock Holmes to shame.

2 - Lionel. The guy is a genius, a freak and a hero all in one. Every time I see him play, it reaffirms my belief that, somehow, he must have seen the match before he plays in it. The way he knows precisely how and where everyone else on the pitch will move, which passes will be played, which was a goalkeeper will dive, it's just incredible. Have a look at the way other players like him go about beating a man, you can see the trickery, the process which leads to the defender falling on his arse, but with Messi, it all seems to happen as if the opponents are actually rushing to get out of his way. It is, at times, breathtaking.

3 - Paul Scholes. Shows up Steven Gerrard as the fat, talentless hoofball merchant that he had been for a decade. Scholes is a machine, capable of picking any pass, but always picking the right pass. An absolute example of the threat posed bya man combining absolute brawn with absolute brain.

4 - David Beckham. Proof that practice makes perfect. Spent his entire childhood getting up at 5 in the morning to go to the park with his old man to kick balls into buckets. Regardless of the situation, he didn't leave until he'd hit every shot, completed every drill, run every yard and that is borne out today in his ability to compete the whole MSFT (bleep test). That goal against Greece remains, to this day and, probably, forevermore, my favourite free kick.

5 - Eunan. No player in yellow has ever gone about his business and looked so untroubled by it. Far, far too good and it showed. Often he was held back for the sake of the players around him and I maintain that he could function happily in a good Championship side, given the time, space and ability of others which would be afforded to him in that division. If Jamie Mackie can play in the Premier League, is anyone seriously going to bet against Eunan's Championship credentials?

Matt.

ah matt, lionel. a real talent. still got his "cant slow down" album. and the way lineker throws him through that window in the advert - pure class.