Your Top 10 Footballers of All Time

Scott wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:In no order:
Messi
Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo(THE)
Cruyff
Best
Platini
Ronaldinho
Di Stéfano
Garrincha

That's just of the top of my head.

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

Mc Babel wrote:Dudek
Finnan
Carra
Hypia
Traore
Alonso
Garcia
Gerrard
Risse
Baros

Honorable mentions : Kewell, Cisse, Hamman, Smicer

chiboygeorge wrote:

Scott wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:In no order:
Messi
Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo(THE)
Cruyff
Best
Platini
Ronaldinho
Di Stéfano
Garrincha

That's just of the top of my head.

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

Here they come

Jord wrote:

chiboygeorge wrote:

Scott wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:In no order:
Messi
Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo(THE)
Cruyff
Best
Platini
Ronaldinho
Di Stéfano
Garrincha

That's just of the top of my head.

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

Here they come

Here who comes?

Jord wrote:

chiboygeorge wrote:

Scott wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:In no order:
Messi
Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo(THE)
Cruyff
Best
Platini
Ronaldinho
Di Stéfano
Garrincha

That's just of the top of my head.

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

Here they come

It's a forum, why can't I argue what I don't agree with?

chiboygeorge wrote:

Jord wrote:

chiboygeorge wrote:

Scott wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:In no order:
Messi
Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo(THE)
Cruyff
Best
Platini
Ronaldinho
Di Stéfano
Garrincha

That's just of the top of my head.

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

Here they come

It's a forum, why can't I argue what I don't agree with?

I'm not disagreeing with you george.

Jord wrote:

chiboygeorge wrote:

Jord wrote:

chiboygeorge wrote:

Scott wrote:

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

Here they come

It's a forum, why can't I argue what I don't agree with?

I'm not disagreeing with you george.

Sorry.

Dalglish was a great player but personally I would not include him amongst the top 10 players of all time.

cheesy wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:

cheesy wrote:I'll post mine now.
1. Pele
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Beckenbauer
5. Zidane
6. Garrincha
7. Best
8. Eusebio
9. Ronaldo
10. Di Stefano

No Messi no list.

I wouldn't put him in my top 10 at this time.

When you think about it, if he is top 10 now and continues to play well for Barcelona in these coming seasons then he would have to be 1st when he retires.

The way I see it if he retires tomorrow he's still better than pretty much all of that list.

Fine Shagger wrote:

cheesy wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:

cheesy wrote:I'll post mine now.
1. Pele
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Beckenbauer
5. Zidane
6. Garrincha
7. Best
8. Eusebio
9. Ronaldo
10. Di Stefano

No Messi no list.

I wouldn't put him in my top 10 at this time.

When you think about it, if he is top 10 now and continues to play well for Barcelona in these coming seasons then he would have to be 1st when he retires.

The way I see it if he retires tomorrow he's still better than pretty much all of that list.

Fair enough. I just see it differently and he is just outside my top 10 anyway.

If he continues for years to come, he may end up as the greatest ever because he is definitely the best player around at the moment.

I can't make an accurate list because I wasn't born but in my time, here's my order.

Messi
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Kaka
Henry
Zidane
Ronaldinho
Cristiano Ronaldo
David Beckham
Figo
Nedved

fluffy_kittens wrote:I can't make an accurate list because I wasn't born but in my time, here's my order.

Messi
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Kaka
Henry
Zidane
Ronaldinho
Cristiano Ronaldo
David Beckham
Figo
Nedved

Added

chiboygeorge wrote:

Scott wrote:

Fine Shagger wrote:In no order:
Messi
Maradona
Pelé
Ronaldo(THE)
Cruyff
Best
Platini
Ronaldinho
Di Stéfano
Garrincha

That's just of the top of my head.

You weren't even alive to see Pele play. Or some of the others. If you include them, why not include Dalglish?

Dalglish up to footballing level with those guys he listed? correct me if I'm wrong but I think some people overrate Dalglish's footballing ability because of his great managerial record. He might be a good manager but I don't think he's better than any of those guys he listed as a proper player.

this

Maradona
Messi
Zidane
Ronaldo(Brazilian)
Marc Van Basten
Zico
Platini
Xavi
Dalglish
John Barnes

Liverpool fc 4 ever wrote:Maradona
Messi
Zidane
Ronaldo(Brazilian)
Marc Van Basten
Zico
Platini
Xavi
Dalglish
John Barnes

Added

Lionel Messi
Zinedine Zidane
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Johann Cruyff
Franz Beckenbauer
Thierry Henry
Gerd Müller
Pele
Diego Maradona
Roberto Carlos

No particular order.

Mal wrote:Lionel Messi
Zinedine Zidane
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Johann Cruyff
Franz Beckenbauer
Thierry Henry
Gerd Müller
Pele
Diego Maradona
Roberto Carlos

No particular order.

Added

Depending on how many lists I get, I may decide to do an overall top 20 at the end instead of an overall top 10.

Thierry Henry
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Backham
Zinedine Zidane
Raul
Di Stefano
Pele
Adams
Pires
Ramos

A lot of bias there

Fonseca wrote:Thierry Henry
Ronaldo (Brazilian)
Backham
Zinedine Zidane
Raul
Di Stefano
Pele
Adams
Pires
Ramos

A lot of bias there

Added

Something a bit different, in no particular order.

Franz Beckenbauer
Michael Laudrup
Gheorghe Hagi
Theirry Henry
Dennis Bergkamp
Zinedine Zidane
Hristo Stoichkov
Ferenc Puskas
Lev Yashin


















Robin van Persie

Cheesy, are you making a legends database or something?

The Bat-Man wrote:Something a bit different, in no particular order.

Franz Beckenbauer
Michael Laudrup
Gheorghe Hagi
Theirry Henry
Dennis Bergkamp
Zinedine Zidane
Hristo Stoichkov
Ferenc Puskas
Lev Yashin


















Robin van Persie

Interesting list. Added.

Um...

Di Stefano
Pele
Maradona
Cruyff
Platini
Beckenbauer
Eusebio
Puskas
Yashin
Moore

Players I've seen:

Zidane
Messi
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo
Henry
Figo
Raul
Maldini
Buffon
Larsson

None of these are in order.

The Bat-Man wrote:Cheesy, are you making a legends database or something?

I'm ranking them according to these list and then eventually I will post a final list.

Basically number 1 on a list gets 10 points, while each one after that gets one less point. If someone posts an unordered list, each player receives 5 points each.

Moore
Henry
Zidane
Messi
Cruyff
Maradona
Pele
Banks
Brazillian Ronaldo
Gerd Muller

No particular order.

Coatsy wrote:Moore
Henry
Zidane
Messi
Cruyff
Maradona
Pele
Banks
Brazillian Ronaldo
Gerd Muller

No particular order.

Added

I will post mine later, gotta have a think

Torosidis
Mellberg
Papadopoulos
Raul Bravo
Modesto
Ibagaza
Mirallas
Riera
Fuster
Djebbour

In Order

Pele
Maradona
Ronaldo
Elias Figueroa
Zidane
Buffon
Bochini
Bergkamp
Luis Fuente
Rodrigo Ruiz