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by **The Manhattan Project** » Sat May 08, 2004 1:38 pm

Pele.

by **airflow** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:15 pm

HRISTO STOICHKOV-the best of the best

by **stmichael** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:18 pm

airflow wrote:HRISTO STOICHKOV-the best of the best

by **greenred** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:32 pm

Not on the list,but the greatest european player i ever saw was Ruud Gullit in the late eighties,early nineties.The guy was a world class striker,winger,central midfielder,and defender,quite often in the same match.Ive never seen a more complete footballer.

by **Fowler_E7** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:52 pm

what about Robbie Fowler!

by **airflow** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:38 pm

stmichael wrote:
airflow wrote:HRISTO STOICHKOV-the best of the best

What about Stoichkov?He was the best player on the 90`s :cool:

by **zarababe** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:12 am

Only remembered for his handball in England...appreciate the talent that was... don't deny it!

I'm glad to see his got the vote of you footballing experts....

"Kick of the List" (Dawson99):laugh: There ain't no Poll with out Diego ...mate

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by **Dalglish** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:46 am

A few names missing from the list worthy of a mention ..... Puskas And Di Stefano, part of the great Real Madrid and Hungarian sides.

Pele though by a MILE , Scored a Semi Final World Cup hatrick aged 17 , then scored 2 in the final.

1,000 Goals in his career.

Lit up the 1970 WC finals playing in posssibly the greatest side of all time.

A fantastic ambassador for football

As for the excuse that football was alot more relaxed back then take a look at the World Cup in Chile in 62, the WC in 66 when Pele was kicked all over the piitch and injured......

His audacuious chip from his own half, the famous crossover run in the same game.

The man was a genius ,no one better EVER

by **begintoend** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:25 am

For me its Maradona. He is the magician that makes the ball work for him. Maradona is the best footballer the world had ever produce. He has skills, vision, speed, flair, balance, and that natural lethal left foot. Though not being the correct role model, he is the GREATEST PLAYER EVER.

For me, Pele was also great. As an all out striker, he was best.

by **jonnymac1979** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:26 am

Diego Armando Maradona.

by **taff** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:44 am

Total Welsh bias here but where is John Charles???

Voted by the Italian media as the greates ever foreigner to have played in Serie A no mean feat once you realise the names in this poll that layed there.

by **XSD** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:51 am

you forgot rooney

by **XSD** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:54 am

Hard to call between pele and maradonna, and to be honest I never saw either of them play that much at the time.

by **zarababe** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:02 pm

Dalglish wrote:A few names missing from the list worthy of a mention ..... Puskas And Di Stefano, part of the great Real Madrid and Hungarian sides.

Pele though by a MILE , Scored a Semi Final World Cup hatrick aged 17 , then scored 2 in the final.

1,000 Goals in his career.

Lit up the 1970 WC finals playing in posssibly the greatest side of all time.

A fantastic ambassador for football

As for the excuse that football was alot more relaxed back then take a look at the World Cup in Chile in 62, the WC in 66 when Pele was kicked all over the piitch and injured......

His audacuious chip from his own half, the famous crossover run in the same game.

The man was a genius ,no one better EVER

It's not just about scoring goals though, is it? There are lots of great goal scorers..., but how many great play makers / heart of the team-type greats come along and make a real diffrence, a contribution that leaves an 'oooozing' unforgetable taste?

Maradona was unique because he made football into an art and turned an ordinary Argentine side into world beaters, through his contribution and drive. 1986 was the Maradona world cup! but much more than that he sat on the mantle of greatness through fantastic skill and awesome displays.

My scarpbooks of the 1986 World Cup (dedicated to Diego of course!) ... are full of the skill and manouveres he was pulling-off, the "trickery, magic, art and precision passing" as well as the great goals and greatest goal ever scored in a world cup.

Pele was part of a great set of Brazilian team players and individuals. He was great too.. but me Maa has seen them both play and always says Maradona is the best!

I suppose once in a generation u get a unique player who breaks the skill barrier.. Zedane has been the main man more recently.. but everyone compares the "talented" to Maradona.. he's the benchmark.. and depsite he's problems their is no-one to compare against without Diego at the top of the list!

Pele himself acknowledged that Diego had indeed raised the game to a plateau not reached before!

by **stmichael** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:13 pm

brazil could have won the world cup without pele. argentina could definitely NOT have won the world cup without maradonna. both unbelievable players though.

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