Everyone has different tastes. Along with Beardsley, one of my all-time favourite players was Matt Le-Tissier and he was a thorn in our side throughout the 1990's
Questioning someone's reasoning for who their favourite player is is quite ridiculous lads. Ben Arfa for what it's worth is absolutely worthy of being in that conversation by the way. Not only is he the best player we've had since the Bobby Robson era, but he's the closest thing we've had to a Beardsley, Ginola, Robert, or even a Gascoigne. He was exciting to watch, and thankfully his style of play meant that he went against the grain of what kind of football a dire cunt like Pardew wanted us to play.