Off the Beaten Track Players

[Optimistic Nut]

Anders Limpar as well for some reason.

[sugoinufc]

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

 

the silver fox

[sugoinufc]

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.

 

forgot redondo one of the greatest ever

[Dokko]

Tony Yeboah - That goal against Liverpool, probably one of the best goals ever.

[colinmk]

Believe it or not, Chris Sutton for me. His technique at holding up a ball was fucking amazing to watch. Zanetti has also been a favourite of mine. Also Angloma at Valencia, he was some fullback too. Brian Laudrup in his peak was also amazing.

 

Tino.  :smitten:

[Ronaldo]

Anyone said Cantona yet?

[colinmk]

Batistuta of course. One of my favourite ever players.

[Incognito]

Beppe Signori.

[johnnypd]

Beppe Signori.

 

good shout. one of my favourite players back when i was younger. probably say Beardsley and Baggio were the two main idols though.

[Optimistic Nut]

Ruben Sosa

[polpolpol]

Favourite footballers:

5 Maurizio Ganz

4 Sinisa Mihajlovic

3 Capi (Jesus Capitan)

2 Mehmet Scholl (with additional respect for his radio show)

1 Temuri Ketsbaia

 

Honourable mentions: Igor Dobrovolski, Alessandro Melli, Stephane Chapuisat.

 

[colinmk]

John Collins.

[Incognito]

Mihajlovic was a dirty racist wanker.

[Cajun]

Ally McCoist

 

I also used to "be" Chris Woods whenever I went in goal.

[Newcastle Fan]

Mihajlovic was a dirty racist w*****.

 

i loved him from some reason, mainly because of those freekicks, even when his leg's were gone he was still starting for Inter just because of them.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Good call on Redondo.  Atypical DM, to say the least.  Also, ridiculously intelligent and articulate compared to the average footballer.

 

I always had time for Donadoni as a player.  An Italian whose first thought was to attack.  As rare as a snow leopard sighting.

[Guest Heneage]

An XI of players you'd love to watch?

 

Mine would be.

 

                                Buffon

 

Van Der Wiel Vertonghen Cannavaro Enrique

 

                           

                                    Tiote

                  L.Gonzalez 

Ben Arfa                                      Quaresma

                      Del Piero

                                Batistuta

[Dave]

So many people have got the criteria spectacularly wrong.

[Newcastle Fan]

So many people have got the criteria spectacularly wrong.

 

I still don't know what it is honestly

[Incognito]

Does Ian Wright fit in,Dave?

[colinmk]

So many people have got the criteria spectacularly wrong.

 

I still don't know what it is honestly

 

Haha, neither do I. Just naming a load of players I liked that aren't completely obvious. Paul McGrath. David Robertson.

[Vinny Green Balls]

The criteria is simple:  players who were your favorites who aren't Messi, Zidane, Ronaldo, Platini, Cruyff, Pele, Maradona, Ronaldinho, etc...

 

Scifo is a good example.  How many would mention him when talking about the best players?  But it doesn't detract from just how brilliant he was.  Redondo is another good example to me.  You mention him, and everybody goes, "Oh yeah.  That guy was class." 

[ElDiablo]

Joaquin was my favourite player for ages. Used to be one of the best with the ball at his feet and so skillfull, never worked hard enough or had enough to his game to make it big, though.

[Optimistic Nut]

Boban and Jarni. 

[Newcastle Fan]

Sinisa Mihajlovic

Chilavert

Edilson

Martin Palermo

Jan Koller