Past Masters

[The Horror fanatic]

well let see what we can come up with. i guess this would be hard but here goes

brazil - pele(who else but this true genius)
england - bobby charlton or alan shearer, hard to choose between the two.
scotland - kenny dalglish
wales - mark hughes
holland - marco van basten or johann cruyff, hard to split the two
argentina - diego maradona
france - michel platini(what a genius).

my top three ever.
1. pele
2. platini
3. maradona

[internet.news]

best player in soccer? or tennis?

[The Horror fanatic]

well it is for football. but i guess other sports could come into. Another one for italy. paolo rossi, man what a forward.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

Brazil= Has to be Pele

England= ooo, tricky, Nobby Styles, Jimmy Greeves, Gary Lineker

Scotland=The little guy with ginger hair, can't bloody remember his name, played for Man U in the 80's

Wales=Ian Rush

Holland=johann cruyff, no doubt

Argentina= Ossie Ardiles<Not sure of spelling

France=michel platini

Ireland= Georgy Best

Portugal=Eusebio

Germany=Gerd Muller


Jonno B)

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS+5 October 2003 - 00:57--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JONNO_CELEBS &#064; 5 October 2003 - 00:57)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Holland=johann cruyff, no doubt [/b]
Does Dennis Bergkamp not get a sniff in?

Austrailia - Harry Kewell
Nigeria - Jay Jay Okocha
Liberia - George Weah


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Paul Scholes?

[The Horror fanatic]

i totally agree on your three darth, and the last 3 of jonno. I think for scotland you could also think of denis law.

[soopaman]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS@5 October 2003 - 01:57
Brazil= Has to be Pele

England= ooo, tricky, Nobby Styles, Jimmy Greeves, Gary Lineker

Scotland=The little guy with ginger hair, can&#39;t bloody remember his name, played for Man U in the 80&#39;s

Wales=Ian Rush

Holland=johann cruyff, no doubt

Argentina= Ossie Ardiles<Not sure of spelling

France=michel platini

Ireland= Georgy Best

Portugal=Eusebio

Germany=Gerd Muller


Jonno B)

George Best actually played for Northern Ireland&#33;&#33;

Was Gordon Strachan the Scottish player, or Archie Gemmill???

I agree with you about Greaves but no Maradona for Argentina. You must have been watching diferent games to me&#33;&#33; :lol:

No-one has mentioned Di Stefano, Milburn, Puskas or Duncan Edwards&#33;&#33; Shame on you all...... :lol: :P :lol:

[Adster]

Austarlia Should be Don Bradman ;)

[soopaman]

Bradman was undoubtedly the Greatest Batsman of all time&#33;&#33; I am finding it a bit weird agreeing with you Adam... :o :lol:

What about Tony Polster from Austria?? He had (and probably still has) the BEST Mullet Haircut of any World Cup player :lol: :lol: .

Romario for Brazil. A dazzling player, I&#39;ve had the pleasure of seeing him play live and he was exceptional with his touch and movement. Brilliant player and a natural goalscorer&#33;&#33;

;)

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by soopaman@5 October 2003 - 10:54


Romario for Brazil. A dazzling player, I&#39;ve had the pleasure of seeing him play live and he was exceptional with his touch and movement. Brilliant player and a natural goalscorer&#33;&#33;

;)
I love the phrase I saw him play live.

That&#39;s so much better than after they have passed on.

What about Ian Botham, greatest all rounder ever. I have only ever seen him on TV, but I assume he was still with us at the time.

[soopaman]

I could&#39;ve phrased it better but I&#39;m knackered having just got back from work. Sorry&#33;&#33; :lol: I think Romario&#39;s in the land of the living at present but who knows??

Papin was a good striker for France and AC Milan so I think he deserves a mention too.

;)

[Icey]

Wales = John Charles&#33;&#33;