tinofbeans 89 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 just wondering what your favourite ever player was, and the reasons behind it. mine will come later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Got loads really but Beardsley is my all-time favourite. Others include Zico, Platini, Zidane, Rijkard, Gascoigne, Baresi, Maradona and Baggio. Always loved watching Zola too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Got loads really but Beardsley is my all-time favourite. Others include Zico, Platini, Zidane, Rijkard, Gascoigne, Baresi, Maradona and Baggio. Always loved watching Zola too. I was going to say Beardsley as well. Yes, there have been better footballers over the years, but Beardsley is 'one of us' and I got to see him far more often than the others, and in the flesh as well - not just on tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5076 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Asprilla was my favourite...along with Robbie Fowler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4290 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Pretty typical response on a NUFC board but it's Shearer, Liked him for us and for Blackburn and of course England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Tino Asprilla though i liked Ginola too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Amazed at the Asprilla responses tbh. And I liked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20177 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 (in my lifetime) for the toon: keegan pedro micky quinn non toon platini barresi maradonna digger barnes (he was gash for us) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Good shout. John Barnes was a fantastic player. Keegan was my first real football hero, even before he came to the Toon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 89 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) mine are shearer savicevic prosinecki micheal laudrup and finally chris waddle (when he was at marseille he was awesome). Edited November 29, 2006 by canofbeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Savicevic had some skill, I remember him at AC Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9247 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Beardsley, standard response but he was a joy to watch. other than him, I think it's easier for me to state a type of player I enjoy watching rather than one in particular. I love pacey players, not afraid to take a man on, be they winger, midfielders or attackers. It's just a shame that a lot of these players have a certain off-field attitude which tempers my admiration for them. (see Dyer, Bellamy, Lennon, Richardson, et al.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 89 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 yeah alex. he won the european cup in 94 single footedly and was a big favourite of mine when gazzetta football italia was on in the mid 90's. for my money the most skillful player i've seen was prosinecki, he was definitely not the fastest but had great vision and passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20177 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 waddler's an absolute legend in marsaille. he was different class over there - awesome partnership with papan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I always liked Shearer. I also liked Marco van Basten, Roberto Baggio and Franco Baresi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 89 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 waddler's an absolute legend in marsaille. he was different class over there - awesome partnership with papan. and francescoli as well, definitely the best ever uruguyan footballer ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Albert Luque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 For Us it would have to be Pedro closely followed by Shearer. I think Pedro was unfortunate that in his pomp English teams were banned from Europe imo he would of gone on to be a worldwide name if he had played in Europe in his time at Liverpool. Loved Cruyff Pele Zola Zidane Henry Zico Maradona Baresi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Juergan Klinsmann was always one I liked to watch for some reason. But overall I'd have to say Tab Ramos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordieshandy 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Gascoigne for me, probably followed by Waddle and Beardsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) Like The Fish, I love pacey players, currently I love to watch Messi. Great player. Also was a huge fan of Bellamy when he was here, thought he was an absolute brilliant player. I reckon he should have never left tbh. Was a huge fan of Sir Les too. Edited November 29, 2006 by Barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Forgot about Sir Les. What a ledge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janu 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Mine: Alan Shearer Rob Lee Peter Beardsley Michael Laudrup Guiseppe Signori Ruben Sosa Marco van Basten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 David Kelly, John Anderson, David McCreery, Beardsley, Shearer for us. Last last two because they were just brilliant players as well as two of our own. And the first three because they would have ran through brick walls for us. I'm sure I remember Anderson playing for us with a cast on one part of his body or another for most of his career. Mind you I was young when he was playing so my memory mightn't be so good. From other teams Baresi, Boban, Rui Costa, Cafu, Jasper Olsen (before I knew to hate manure), Stoikavic (spelling?), Hagi, Michael Laudrup, Enzo Schifo & Maradona all come to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Jesus, how can I forget Rob Lee. A few others are Ronaldinho(despite being a lazy shit), Kaka, Gattuso and dominant centre backs. Cannavaro in the World Cup, or Woody at Newcastle in his prime was a joy to watch. I think it was away to Partizan Belgrade, he cleared everything out of the area. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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