bluenoz 30,835 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Fav players - all midfielders. 70's Cruyff 80's Platini 90's Zidane 2000-10 Gerrard (seriously) last decade - De Bruyne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Actually yeah, De Bruyne right now I prefer watching over Messi. Just as of this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henders82 537 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Retired: Zidane but honourable mentions to Ronaldo and Guti (what a player) Current: C. Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackg93 441 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Always had a soft spot for Philip Lahm. Unbelievable footballer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheriffHood 536 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Gullit, Van Basten and Bergkamp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,522 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Difficult to choose from. Some of my favourites... Pirlo, Redondo, Savicevic, Cannavaro, Totti, Raul, Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Vieira, del Piero, Nedved. I think my top three of all time would be Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini and Javier Zanetti. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,760 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Pirlo man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,760 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: Difficult to choose from. Some of my favourites... Pirlo, Redondo, Savicevic, Cannavaro, Totti, Raul, Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Vieira, del Piero, Nedved. I think my top three of all time would be Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini and Javier Zanetti. You have a soft spot for Juve tae mate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Footballer: Johan Neeskens. Runners up: Zidane, Kempes, Bonhof and Causio. Favourtite Character: Maradona. To be fair though, that's mostly respect, nostalgia and sentiment. Football wise Ronaldo and Messi are on a totally different planet, which I suspect will never be matched. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,835 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: Difficult to choose from. Some of my favourites... Pirlo, Redondo, Savicevic, Cannavaro, Totti, Raul, Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Vieira, del Piero, Nedved. I think my top three of all time would be Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini and Javier Zanetti. I know he wasn't the greatest but I also loved watching him play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: Difficult to choose from. Some of my favourites... Pirlo, Redondo, Savicevic, Cannavaro, Totti, Raul, Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Vieira, del Piero, Nedved. I think my top three of all time would be Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini and Javier Zanetti. That's a terific post @McEwan's Lager I'm liking it a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart1994 4,302 Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 hours ago, jackg93 said: Always had a soft spot for Philip Lahm. Unbelievable footballer great shout, remember he got shifted to midfield in his 30's and looked like he'd played there for 20 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIRB_72 4,000 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Brazilian Ronaldo is my favourite of all time. He was the player that got me into football at the 98 world cup as a kid. In between now and currently there have been so many I loved watching. I'd say my current favourite is De Bruyne, as mentioned by a few others, outside Messi & Ronaldo he is up there for me! A mention just for Mendieta now I was only 7 or 8 when he played against us but it's the first time as a kid I noticed a player from another team, you know as a child it's just Rangers, Rangers, Rangers. He just seemed to always have the ball and be doing something with it. Correct me if I'm wrong people who might remeber his performance better than me, I was just a kid😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
murzo 7,446 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Probably Ronaldo the now. Baresi, Baggio, Batistuta , Zenga. Used to love watching Football Italia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I don't know if it is the fog of time, the fact the internet has taken away any wonder about players, or just he standard of top players has rose to a bit of a plateau where outside of Messi and Ronaldo, nobody has really been that bit extra special relative to their peers - as even "good" players now, through professionalism, tactics, fitness, discipline, and football intelligence, are not far behind the exceptional players - top coaching and dedication can make a top player out of somebody who is merely a good talent, and the games evolved to players fulfilling a roll in a team - rather than individual brilliance. I reckon 20-25 years ago there were more players I'd pay to see. Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Totti, Baggio, Romario, Batistuta, Hagi - and that is just some. I dunno, there just seemed to be more top tier players, who were that little bit extra special relative to their peers, 20 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPapac05 3,383 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Zidane is the greatest footballer ever in my eyes. The stuff he could do with a ball and 5 players about to pounce was unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don logan 8,062 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 9 hours ago, tannerall said: Footballer: Johan Neeskens. Runners up: Zidane, Kempes, Bonhof and Causio. Favourtite Character: Maradona. To be fair though, that's mostly respect, nostalgia and sentiment. Football wise Ronaldo and Messi are on a totally different planet, which I suspect will never be matched. The Maradona documentary about his time at Napoli is on Channel 4 , Saturday. It's a tremendous two hours. A must watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBF2 3,540 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Henders82 said: Retired: Zidane but honourable mentions to Ronaldo and Guti (what a player) Current: C. Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos 🙂 Guti was phenomenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBF2 3,540 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 hours ago, jackg93 said: Always had a soft spot for Philip Lahm. Unbelievable footballer Watched footage of Rangers v Stuttgart (at least I think that's who it was) in the early 2000s last year and Lahm was playing, sure it was Ally McCoist was commentating and said he was the weak link and that he was too small to be a fullback. Should've known from then that he would never be a manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,522 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 10 hours ago, bluenoz said: I know he wasn't the greatest but I also loved watching him play. Unplayable in 2001/02. I loved watching him on the right more than on the left. Yes he was more effective cutting in from the left for Arsenal but his crosses from deep when on the right were fucking outrageous. Simple things like that are why I love football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,522 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 11 hours ago, born a blue nose said: You have a soft spot for Juve tae mate? Hate them 😂 Although I have picked seven of their former players there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Lionel Messi the GOAT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitre_mouldmaster 21,509 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Toss up between these two for me:- And Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,481 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, mitre_mouldmaster said: Toss up between these two for me:- And Don’t understand the love for Ibra. Wank of a guy and player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,184 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Imagine liking Messi Brutal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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