Off the Beaten Track Players

[Ridman]

Gary Speed

[ponsaelius]

The man in my avatar.

 

Different Serginho...we're on about the 82 one...not a vintage.

 

Ah sorry, didn't read the rest of the posts. 

 

I'll let you dinosaurs continue 

[Guest palnese]

Gazza

Bergkamp - scored the best goal I've ever seen against us.

Brian Laudrup

Ronaldo - didn't read the OP properly I'll replace him with Dunga.

Erik Mykland

 

 

[tom1988]

Gabriel Batistuta - back when channel 4 showed Serie A on a Sunday, he was class.

[Guest Tall Striker]

Always thought Gudjohnsen was class when he was at Chelsea.

[taxfree]

double

[taxfree]

 

 

Desailly, Zidane and Ronaldo.

 

[madras]

Gabriel Batistuta - back when channel 4 showed Serie A on a Sunday, he was class.

who was the other one at udinese, went and failed at chelsea ?

[Hughesy]

Most of the foreign players in Italy in early to mid nineties - seemed so exotic and just better.  Boban, Savicevic, Weah for Ac Milan. Batistuta and Rui Costa at Fiorentina. Boksic at Lazio.  Fonseca and Balbo at Roma.

[Kaizero]

Roar Strand

[Dr.Spaceman]

Gabriel Batistuta - back when channel 4 showed Serie A on a Sunday, he was class.

who was the other one at udinese, went and failed at chelsea ?

 

Casiraghi?

[madras]

Gabriel Batistuta - back when channel 4 showed Serie A on a Sunday, he was class.

who was the other one at udinese, went and failed at chelsea ?

don't worry tom i'll do it mesel....crespo!!

[ponsaelius]

Crespo was Parma and Lazio, when he was at his best.

 

Didn't fail THAT badly at Chelsea actually, 20 goals in 50 appearences. Infact his first season was great.

[ryanegg]

Robert was a top player for us and one of the most underated players who's played in the prem. He went way downhill his last few seasons but his others were brilliant. Paulo Wanchope was also brilliant, I remember watching derby vs coventry and he tore the place apart.

[OzzieMandias]

Thomas Hassler, looked one of the best players in the World at Euro92. 

 

I liked Thomas Hässler, too.

[OzzieMandias]

Really off the beaten track, there was a great sparky midfielder at Vasas in Budapest called Zoltán Váci, and I used to like a guy called Oceano at Sporting.

[Memphis]

Really loved watching Pablo Aimar in his prime at Valencia.

[SEA Mag]

I like Hagi too, actually started watching football because of him.

[Shayno]

Ravanelli was my favourite non Newcastle or Aussie player when I was growing up. I only liked strikers back then

[ohmelads]

Redondo deserves a mention. A rare breed of DM who would dominate midfield and also break forward and skin players. Very quick feet, Ferguson once asked if he had a magnet in his boots after he backheeled the ball round Berg and laid off an open goal to Raul at Old Trafford. Capello also described him as "tactically perfect".

 

Stoichkov deserves a mention for his Barcelona days and the 1994 World Cup where he won the Golden Boot despite playing for Bulgaria.

[TRC]

Rivaldo

[Dr.Spaceman]

Really loved watching Pablo Aimar in his prime at Valencia.

 

Can't believe he's only 31.  Seems to have completely fallen off the radar since 2005.

[Optimistic Nut]

Karpin when he was at Celta Vigo.

[Rich]

Can't remember who said Valeron, but that's definitely one I would go along with. Used to love Rosicky before his move to Arsenal, as well.

[Ronaldo]

Robert was a top player for us and one of the most underated players who's played in the prem. He went way downhill his last few seasons but his others were brilliant. Paulo Wanchope was also brilliant, I remember watching derby vs coventry and he tore the place apart.

 

He didn't go downhill in his last few seasons at all. In his last season he was used fairly sparingly by Souness and still managed 4 goals and a good few assists. In the season before that he got 12 goals and an absolutely shitload of assists, yet was booed off by the thick arseholes at SJP during the last home game.