Uefa's top players over 5decades

Aliminator · 14-01-2004 10:23pm #1

link here:

I ask how did Gazza get above Boban, Stoichov, Bergkamp? For fek's sake. what next ? stan collymore in the top50 or George Best number 1?

what's the views of this forum?

kida · 15-01-2004 8:48am

crazy

Johnny_the_fox · 15-01-2004 9:25am

someones on the GG's for defo..

woosaysdan · 15-01-2004 9:40am

gazza must of done alot of posting:)

paddyduff · 15-01-2004 9:42am

Gazza was an amazing player! Injury ruined him. His fate was cruel, he should have signed for United all those years ago when fergie wanted him. United only come calling once! (Except in the case of the Van Nistelrooys etc...

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woosaysdan · 15-01-2004 9:59am

Jean-Pierre, Papin, Riva and Boban yeah these weren't as good as gazza:rolleyes:

paddyduff · 15-01-2004 10:37am

I never doubted the qualities of any of the players above or where they belong in the order of merit... They all had prolonged careers, not dogged by injuries to the extent gazza had. Gazza was a very special talent. for those with short memories leading back to the premiership years... try go a little further back in time. newcatle and spurs were the days when gascoigne ruled supreme. rangers, lazio, middlesborough, everton... he wasn't the same player then. think euro 96... brilliant goal against scotland, even though he wasn't half the player he used to be at that point! the guy was a pure natural footballing talent. when he had pace and had the athleticism to waltz past players he was a joy to behold. A complete nut case as well!

eirebhoy · 15-01-2004 11:39am

I agree that Gazza was a good player but the majority of voters would have been English and nearly every one of them would have voted for Gazza just like most of the Irish voted for Giles.

DEG viper · 15-01-2004 1:38pm

If Roy Keane is not in the top 80 the whole thing is just a joke

woosaysdan · 15-01-2004 4:19pm

liam brady aswell he was a class player!!!

jonno · 15-01-2004 4:47pm

What about Terry Phealen

woosaysdan · 15-01-2004 4:52pm

i think terry just missed out:) by about 2 million posts

jonno · 15-01-2004 4:54pm

Crying shame, a complete injustice

SheroN · 15-01-2004 4:58pm

. United only come calling once!

cept in the case of alan shearer....twice called...twice ignored......BOO YA!

[DF]Lenny · 15-01-2004 5:00pm

you may as well ask where did Alan Kernaghan come in:-P
But Gazza was a very special talent tbh.

GuanYin · 15-01-2004 6:32pm

Eddie "Munster" McGoldrick.... surely he figures in the top 10

Pepe LeFrits · 15-01-2004 10:27pm

top 10 greatest managers of all time maybe, hes managing some local side in london, i think they are about 10 divisions off the premiership.

James R · 16-01-2004 12:38am

You gotta love terry phelan for the simple fact he nearly strangled Ray Houghton after he scored vs Italy in USA 94

woosaysdan · 16-01-2004 9:41am

Originally posted by James R
You gotta love terry phelan for the simple fact he nearly strangled Ray Houghton after he scored vs Italy in USA 94

yeah thats the only thing he did for the whole game though:)

Mr Grumpy · 16-01-2004 9:45am

Interesting to see a bit about Oleh Blokhin. I remember when I was a lad and used to get Shoot! magazine they used to have all games played the previous week listed and they gave each player a mark out of ten. Blokhin was the only player I ever saw that got a 10.