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SHANDYHOLMES [Edit] [Delete] 92 replies 13:13 April 8th, 2008

reasons as well

dennis bergkamp-coolest player under pressure ever.

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Lucas Radebe

Gentleman

jmags | 8 Apr '08, 13:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- John Terry
  
  Same.
  
  jmags @jmags | 8 Apr '08, 13:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - John Terry
    
    One day he will die. Hopefully soon.
    
    jmags @jmags | 8 Apr '08, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Prosinecki (sp?)

Boban
Jarni
Zola
Wise
Petrescu
Gattuso

Probably more but I can't think right now

DanielKelly | 8 Apr '08, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Prosinecki
  
  cos he smoked 20 a day AND he was mint on pro evo.
  
  fullerov @DanielKelly | 8 Apr '08, 13:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Paolo Maldini: Greatest Left-back ever.

and I fancy him as well.

fullerov | 8 Apr '08, 13:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- David James
  
  I believe he is intelligent.
  
  harman_kardon @fullerov | 8 Apr '08, 13:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - he is erudite, yes
    
    brusma @harman_kardon | 8 Apr '08, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i find Paolo Maldini makes me question my sexuality too
  
  bloody italians
  
  theseabass @fullerov | 8 Apr '08, 13:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Litmanen

Babbel
Hamann

Cos they were jus well good.

wrightylew | 8 Apr '08, 13:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- hamann
  
  still is well good.if a little old and haggered
  
  SHANDYHOLMES @wrightylew | 8 Apr '08, 13:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
.....

pele
donati
ronaldo
tevez
Jinky

itjustcantbetrue | 8 Apr '08, 13:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mine are:
  
  Super Ally McCoist - great goalscorer, funny guy, with great celebrations! He is God to me!
  Marco Van Basten - Greatest striker of all time!
  Roberto Baggio - Has got everything a footballer should have and never seemed to run, more glide!
  Michel Platini - Obscenely talented, great passer and could score lots. Greatest French player of all time.
  Maradona - Cos he can do things nobody else can.
  
  Lo-Pan @itjustcantbetrue | 8 Apr '08, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Indeed -
    
    mcCoist is a funny guy, also (going against the grain here) a great player. Actually had the pleaseure of meeting him in Bellshill once upon a time - very nice man.
    
    itjustcantbetrue @Lo-Pan | 8 Apr '08, 13:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Jinky being no.1, closely followed by Pele.
  
  Why? Well. Jinky=celtics best player EVER.
  Pele, well - he's pele. end of.
  
  itjustcantbetrue @itjustcantbetrue | 8 Apr '08, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ......
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9
    
    itjustcantbetrue @itjustcantbetrue | 8 Apr '08, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - And I was lucky enough to meet Jinky...
    
    on a couple of occasions as my dad did some business with him, a gentleman with sublime footballing abilities!
    
    Lo-Pan @itjustcantbetrue | 8 Apr '08, 13:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - nice.
      
      itjustcantbetrue @Lo-Pan | 8 Apr '08, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Gary Neville

An inspiration to us all

kutuzov | 8 Apr '08, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Histro Stoichkov

He was the football player i wanted to be when i was 7

rich-t | 8 Apr '08, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- favourite Stoichkov quote:
  
  "I'm looking forward to facing Desailly. I excel myself against blacks."
  
  tut tut tut
  
  brusma @rich-t | 8 Apr '08, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Puyol

Hierro
Taffarel
Zola
Ed de goey
Maldini
Fran
Di Matteo
Bebeto

prof-kitsch | 8 Apr '08, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dean Windass

Andy Gurney (Reading FC circa Division 2-centric)
Antonio Nunez
Nicky Hunt
Winston Bogarde
Kevin Davies
Mohammed Al-Deayea
Guti

only_shallow | 8 Apr '08, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cantona

Batistuta
Scholes
Fat Ronaldo
Bebeto
Hagi
Schmeichel
Stoichkov

I wish it was still 1994.

noise_annoys | 8 Apr '08, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- who was the sheffield united footballer
  
  who had a can of beer in his hand, dancing along on top of a car roof, and produced the best stack i've ever seen.
  
  harman_kardon @noise_annoys | 8 Apr '08, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Giggs- reason I got into football, and his
  
  dribbling abilities probably influenced my style of play.
  
  Cantona-great footballer and controversial
  
  Keane-same
  
  malick @noise_annoys | 8 Apr '08, 13:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Zola

Petrescu
J.Cole
Wise
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Pirlo
Bergkamp
Nedved
Maldini
Batistuta
Okocha

That will do for now.

GalacticStar3ruption | 8 Apr '08, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
.

Italians:
Di Canio
Baresi
Maldini
Gattuso
South Americans:
Maradona
Romario
Tevez
Edmundo
French:
Zidane
Bulgarian:
Stoichkov
English:
Green

Jack_El_Biscuit | 8 Apr '08, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Add Gattuso to mine.
  
  GalacticStar3ruption @Jack_El_Biscuit | 8 Apr '08, 13:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I forgot Van Basten
  
  Jack_El_Biscuit @Jack_El_Biscuit | 8 Apr '08, 14:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Except when people tried to tackle him

and he elbow smashed them in the face.

Having said that, I have Cantona and Keane on my list so, carry on.

malick | 8 Apr '08, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Bad reply.
  
  That was supposed to be in reference to Bergkamp.
  
  malick @malick | 8 Apr '08, 13:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cantona Cantona

I remember I had an Eric Cantona cake made for my 7th Birthday by my nan (it was essentially his shirt with the number 7 on the back).

The man scored an absolutely obscene amount of ridiculous goals and helped see United back to the top.

"You didn't have to look very long and hard at Mr Matthew Simmons of Thornton Heath to conclude that Eric Cantona's only mistake was to stop hitting him. The more we discovered about Mr Simmons, the more Cantona's assault looked like the instinctive expression of a flawless moral judgement."

JoeDiddly | 8 Apr '08, 13:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
no reasons

Ji-Sung Park
Jaap Stam
Jesper Blomqvist
Juninho
Sasa Curcic
Gianfranco Zola
Gianluca Vialli

Jordan_229_2 | 8 Apr '08, 13:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Gianfranco Zola has to be up there!

Maldini
Lombardo
Baresi
Desailly
Suker
Stoichkov

TheSoundofBastards | 8 Apr '08, 13:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Suker
  
  missed him, good choice
  
  Jordan_229_2 @TheSoundofBastards | 8 Apr '08, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
ROBERTO

DI MATTEO

Ibzo | 8 Apr '08, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^!!
  
  prof-kitsch @Ibzo | 8 Apr '08, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Go figure

Kaka
Roque
Pirlo
Maldini

PocketMouse | 8 Apr '08, 13:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
I <3 KAKA

GalacticStar3ruption | 8 Apr '08, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cherno Samba

That Sonny kid at Ajax who was always on Blue Peter
Ricky Otto (probably kicked a football once)
Ali Dia

twentynine | 8 Apr '08, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
__

lomana tresor lua lua
jamie cureton
neil danns
karl duguid
teddy sheringham
mark kinsella

....

fallingdown | 8 Apr '08, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
.

best players i ever saw playing for oxford united:

john byrne
dean windass
paul moody
joey beauchamp
matt elliott
paul gerrard
jim magilton

there's probably moreq

isibuko | 8 Apr '08, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Top 8

Charlie George
Jean Pierre Papin
Brian Laudrup
Anders Limpar
Alain Sutter
Dean Windass
Pat Nevin
Gheorge Hagi

leighton | 8 Apr '08, 14:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I was soooo excited when Chelsea signed Laudrup
  
  Shame it went tits up
  
  DanielKelly @leighton | 8 Apr '08, 14:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :(
    
    He was so good.
    
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=beBLTn1xTXI
    
    leighton @DanielKelly | 8 Apr '08, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Oops.
      
      That's Michael
      
      leighton @leighton | 8 Apr '08, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ^This
    
    The same with Casahragi.
    
    GalacticStar3ruption @DanielKelly | 8 Apr '08, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Casiraghi
      
      if that is how you spell his name, was always a shite signing. Don't know why we bothered
      
      DanielKelly @GalacticStar3ruption | 8 Apr '08, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Your spelling is definitely more accurate, mine is plain stupid.
        
        He was quality at Lazio.
        
        GalacticStar3ruption @DanielKelly | 8 Apr '08, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh, hell

How did I forget EMMANUEL PANTHER?

I think I need to go shoot myself or something. Kbye.

PocketMouse | 8 Apr '08, 14:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tony Yeboah

because he will take your woman

jimitheexploder | 8 Apr '08, 14:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- No one fucks
  
  with the Yeboah-constrictor.
  
  only_shallow @jimitheexploder | 8 Apr '08, 14:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - haha
    
    there was a thead about this some time ago with a link to an ace story. It made me laugh alot.
    
    jimitheexploder @only_shallow | 8 Apr '08, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
...

Johan Cruyff - greatest player ever. Had a better understanding of the game as a whole than Maradona and Pele

Robbie Fowler - have never seen finishing like his (1994-97). And every type of goal.

Roberto Ayala - knows every dirty trick there is. And executes them all perfectly.

Tomas Brolin - pre-obesity.

And I am rather enjoying Javier Mascherano at the moment.

moribund | 8 Apr '08, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I've got a lot of time for Ayala
  
  classic South American defender.
  
  Fowler can do one though and take his 'natural goal scoring ability' with him
  
  Jack_El_Biscuit @moribund | 8 Apr '08, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Haha
    
    I think he swapped his 'natural goal scoring ability' for 'real estate' in about 1999.
    
    moribund @Jack_El_Biscuit | 8 Apr '08, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
In my lifetime:

Stuart Ford
Richard Wardle
Mark Blount
Tony Marsden
Lee Chapman
Gary McAllister
Jan Molby
Ashley Ward

bamos | 8 Apr '08, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kevin Pressman

brusma | 8 Apr '08, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh jeez...

Ok. I'm doing this in my fave ever players XI style...

GK: Nigel Spink - made me want to become a keeper when watching him in the late 80s / early 90s
RB: Jorginho - The Brazilian right back from USA 94. Just loved his name.
LB: David Burrows - For looking like a cauliflour.
CB: Franco Baresi - Those halcyon early days of Football Italia.
CB: Trifon Ivanov - What a look!
MR: Tony Daley - Another childhood hero. The original pineapple head and just so so fast.
DMC: Dunga - So fucking solid
ML: Ian Woan - Glory Euro nights for Nottingham Forest. Sweet left foot.
AMC: Bontcho Guentchev - Nuff said.
FC: Hristo Stoichkov - Moodiest fucker of all time. Amazing player.
FC: Kevin Francis - Made Crouch look like a toadstool, always my first buy on CM94 no matter who I was.

ht27 | 8 Apr '08, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Probably

Zola, Maldini (obvious-centric)
Andy Polston/Chuck Martini (comedy-centric)
Bontcho Guentchev/Freddie Hyatt/Paul Whitmarsh (Hendon-centric)

colinzealuk | 8 Apr '08, 14:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Thinking Hendon Centric
  
  Scott Ashcroft
  Iain Duncan
  Simon Clarke
  Curtis Warmington
  James Parker
  Bontcho Guentchev
  Jon Daly
  Freddie Hyatt
  Warren Ryan
  Paul Whitmarsh
  Wayne O'Sullivan
  
  ht27 @colinzealuk | 8 Apr '08, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Warran Ryan :D
    
    My favourites XI would probably almost identical, although Gary McCann as keeper, John-Simon White at right-back and I'd stick Binnsy in for Warren Ryan methinks.
    
    colinzealuk @ht27 | 8 Apr '08, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Clearly serious John
      
      would have Binnsy in ahead of Warren Ryan :)
      
      ht27 @colinzealuk | 8 Apr '08, 14:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Player of the season
        
        my arse.
        
        colinzealuk @ht27 | 8 Apr '08, 14:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Bontcho Guentchev
  
  should have added him to my list.
  
  Moitessier @colinzealuk | 8 Apr '08, 14:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
In no paticular order

Eric Gates
Matt Le Tissier
Zidane
Pavel Nedved
Peter Beardsly
Marco Van Basten
Terry Butcher
Paul Scholes
John Barnes

Moitessier | 8 Apr '08, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Johan Cruijff - greatest footballer ever, more so for the quotes

George Oghani, John Francis, John-Louis Valois, Ted McMinn, David Eyres - any Burnley footballer from the early-mid 90s (with certain exceptions)

Louie Donowa - for being fast as fuck in Sensible World of Soccer

Neville Southall - because he was Neville Southall

mdash | 8 Apr '08, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Stan Collymore - best striker
  
  I've ever seen in a Forest shirt.
  
  Stuart Pearce - most committed, passionate footballer I've ever seen.
  
  Gianfranco Zola - the best foreign import I've seen since the floodgates opened in the mid-90s
  
  domgourlay @mdash | 8 Apr '08, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - DIXIE DEAN
    
    the great goalscorer of all time.
    
    In my own lifetime, there have been a few:
    
    Kevin Sheedy
    Trevor Steven
    Gary Lineker
    Peter Reid
    Anders Limpar
    Andre Kanchelskis
    Graham Stuart
    Duncan Ferguson
    Tim Cahill
    Mikel Arteta
    Stuart Barlow (for the effort)
    Gary Neville
    
    ConcentrationFace @domgourlay | 8 Apr '08, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^^^^Ted McMinn....
  
  I cried when he left Rangers when I was young, loved watching him play!
  
  Lo-Pan @mdash | 8 Apr '08, 15:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Did you know
    
    he had to have a leg amputated?
    
    ht27 @Lo-Pan | 8 Apr '08, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, he was ace
    
    Used to swear then apologise to the crowd. Was the slowest footballer I've ever seen but still used to beat the man every time. He's only got one leg now. Sad fact.
    
    mdash @Lo-Pan | 8 Apr '08, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I went to the testimonial for him....
      
      Could do some amazing things follwed by some ridiculous things. Absolutely loved watching him!
      
      Lo-Pan @mdash | 8 Apr '08, 16:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
hmmm

Gordan Cowans
Toney Daley
David Platt
Paul McGrath
Nigel Spink
Gary Linekar
Ally McCoist
Ryan Giggs
Marco Van Basten
Pipo Inzaghi
Paulo Maldini

that'll do for now

jako_kenako | 8 Apr '08, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^5
  
  for Spink and Daley.
  
  ht27 @jako_kenako | 8 Apr '08, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Nigel Spink
    
    what a goddamn legend. Second ever full team appearance - coming on in European Cup final after 10 minutes for Jimmy Rimmer (what a name btw) and plays a blinder keeping a clean sheet and allowing us to win via the shin of Withe.
    
    also a beautiful beautiful man
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Spink
    
    jako_kenako @ht27 | 8 Apr '08, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - When I played in the back garden as him
      
      I used to recreate his odd mouth shapes :)
      
      ht27 @jako_kenako | 8 Apr '08, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - you're my new hero
        
        jako_kenako @ht27 | 8 Apr '08, 16:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Matthew Le Tissier

one of the most gifted players to have played in the premiership, yet spent his career keeping southampton in the top flight.

returnofandyk79 | 8 Apr '08, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
Peter Beardsley

This is why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvaZmQrDc4g

colonol_k | 8 Apr '08, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not afraid of showing a tackle either.
  
  Great player.
  
  leighton @colonol_k | 8 Apr '08, 16:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mine

Eric Cantona - Awesome, favourite player as a kid.
Roy Keane - Born winner.
Ronaldo (fat one) - Amazing even after being crocked.
Paolo Maldini - Freak of nature
Cafu - Same as above
Gabriel Batistuta - Complete striker in his Fiorentina days.
Paul Scholes - Underrated in his prime.
David Seaman - Stuck with the ridiculous tasche, deserves Kudos.
Jay Jay Okocha - Entertaining player.

LeifErikson | 8 Apr '08, 16:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Rod Thornley

Ben Thornley's brother. Really good striker, always really great to the crowd, and really happy just to be playing. At Witton Albion now I think.

moousee | 8 Apr '08, 16:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Isn't he a physio as well?
  
  ht27 @moousee | 8 Apr '08, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah, the Man Utd and England one.
    
    He's training a lad called Chris Senior up in that department as well.
    
    moousee @ht27 | 8 Apr '08, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
i'm going to do a proper list now

i'm sticking to modern players. i don't feel any sort of affinity with many of the legends because they've basically been reduced to stock youtube highlights packages

berbatov - technically superb, best first touch in the premiership, incredibly intelligent on the pitch, arrogant, gesticulates wildly at the ineptitude of his british teammates

zidane - i don't feel this needs any kind of justification

maldini - as above, plus the fact that i'm probably gay for him and he never seemed to get booked

wesley sneijder - epitomises everything that english midfielders lack

yaya toure - as above, he just looks so spectacularly classy and languid. his range and choice of passing is fantastic

ayala - i don't think i've ever seen a more cynical defender. he's always been positionally superb, good in the air and a good technically too.

only_shallow | 8 Apr '08, 16:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- also
  
  philip lahm - most underrated player in world football? he's genuinely two footed, great going forward and positionally intelligent.
  
  only_shallow @only_shallow | 8 Apr '08, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
my first love

darren huckerby

pleatedskirt | 8 Apr '08, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blackburn Players:

Simon Garner - He scored goals, and lots of them.

Scott Sellars - the first genuine winger i ever saw. One of the best crossers of a ball outside of the top division when i were a lad.

Colin Hendry - The man would put his head in front of anything, even i imagine, a meteor heading for earth. And he looked like Pat Butcher.

Alan Shearer - Boring as fuck, but not a bad player.

Tugay - finest passer of a ball i have ever seen playing for my hometown team. I love him and would like to stroke his hair and tell him i love him.

Non Blackburn:

Matt Le Tissier - Fat, Lazy, unambitious and one of the most outrageously gifted footballers i have ever seen.

Stoichkov - When i was young, i wanted to be able to play football like him.

Dennis Bergkamp - More an artist than a footballer - a privilige to watch him

Many others, but these will do......

eds_79 | 8 Apr '08, 16:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hmm

Roland Nilsson - consummate professional, seemingly incapable of making a mistake; played in my position

Robbie Keane - could light up even the most shit team and make something happen, which he did at Coventry for a year, with wonderful results.

Paul Gascoigne - troubled genius, played the game with a sense of humour and also scored the best goal of all time. And then celebrated it with the best goal celebration of all time.

poor_thing | 8 Apr '08, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pasquale Bruno

Eric Cantona
Paolo Di Canio
Benito Carbone
Ali Daei
Phillipe Albert
Bryan Small
Thomas Schuravy
Gilles Grimandi
Ricky Otto
Peter Ndlovu
Branco
Mauro 'the elbow' Tassotti
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

robertorobero | 8 Apr '08, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

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