State of Love and Trust wrote:
Cantona
good call mate
maybe not the best player technically but had more presence on the field than anyone I've seen.
collars up.....fuck off!! 
bit late on that tackle Eric lad
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Greatest player ever
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Cheating dwarf 11 (34%)
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Pele 7 (22%)
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Cruyff 0 (0%)
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Henry 4 (12%)
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Ronaldinho 0 (0%)
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Zidane 0 (0%)
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Platini 1 (3%)
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Stuart Ripley 0 (0%)
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George Best 3 (9%)
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A.N.other 6 (19%)
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Hmmmm... can't believe Garrincha aint on the front page choices. Little guy was was a feckin genius in 1958 and '62.
Here's a pic of him running rings around John Charles, (i think!), prolly the greatest Welsh player ever.
ghost rider wrote: pele. but i know shite. At least i didnt beckham.
Becks may be the "prettiest" player ever...don't fancy him at all but he def has looks....
talent? Rio Ferdimamd and Rooney are prolly much better players tho I don't know a darn thing about footy...
hugh mcphail wrote: PPS American Football isn't football. If you carry the ball in your hands IT ISN'T FOOTBALL!
i'm not a fan of american football, but since the ball is one foot long it does make some sense to call the game football (and what about aussie rules football?).
AgentWood wrote:
hugh mcphail wrote: PPS American Football isn't football. If you carry the ball in your hands IT ISN'T FOOTBALL!
i'm not a fan of american football, but since the ball is one foot long it does make some sense to call the game football (and what about aussie rules football?).
Ah, thank you AW. I'd often wondered why we Americans called it football. Why does the name have to make sense. What about the English language makes sense. If we're talking about American Football, then I'll go with Jim Brown.
Shellshocker wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
hugh mcphail wrote: PPS American Football isn't football. If you carry the ball in your hands IT ISN'T FOOTBALL!
i'm not a fan of american football, but since the ball is one foot long it does make some sense to call the game football (and what about aussie rules football?).
Ah, thank you AW. I'd often wondered why we Americans called it football. Why does the name have to make sense. What about the English language makes sense. If we're talking about American Football, then I'll go with Jim Brown.
Because it's a foot long? Pull the other one (quaint British expression).
Carrying the ball was adopted at Rugby School in England and continued as a different entity from soccer. I believe the US version did have some variants initially called rugby but the term soccer was never adopted - football made more sense since the game involved a ball and feet!
The major difference between American Football and rugby in other parts of the world was the acceptance of the forward pass, penalised in rugby. As for Aussie rules football, don't seem to be no rules!
If I'm allowed to vote on American Football, I'd go for Brown too.
hugh mcphail wrote:
Shellshocker wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
hugh mcphail wrote: PPS American Football isn't football. If you carry the ball in your hands IT ISN'T FOOTBALL!
i'm not a fan of american football, but since the ball is one foot long it does make some sense to call the game football (and what about aussie rules football?).
Ah, thank you AW. I'd often wondered why we Americans called it football. Why does the name have to make sense. What about the English language makes sense. If we're talking about American Football, then I'll go with Jim Brown.
Because it's a foot long? Pull the other one (quaint British expression).
Carrying the ball was adopted at Rugby School in England and continued as a different entity from soccer. I believe the US version did have some variants initially called rugby but the term soccer was never adopted - football made more sense since the game involved a ball and feet!
The major difference between American Football and rugby in other parts of the world was the acceptance of the forward pass, penalised in rugby. As for Aussie rules football, don't seem to be no rules!
If I'm allowed to vote on American Football, I'd go for Brown too.
Pull the other one? 
Someone will have to explain that one to me.
Thanks for the history lesson. One thing I love about Aussie rules football is the outfits the referees wear. Too cool!
"Pull the other one, it's got bells on!"
Someone teasing, making fun of, having a laugh, is "pulling your leg". As an expression of disbelief, the suggestion is "you might as well pull the other one as well".
Think the "leg-pulling" bit came from using your foot or a stick to trip someone.
No idea why the "bells" reference was added. Probably from Morris Dancing, performed at pageants and festivals and dating back to 15th century England (originated in Spain and Morris comes from Moors, I think).
Straying off-topic a little, sorry!
hugh mcphail wrote: "Pull the other one, it's got bells on!"
Someone teasing, making fun of, having a laugh, is "pulling your leg". As an expression of disbelief, the suggestion is "you might as well pull the other one as well".
Think the "leg-pulling" bit came from using your foot or a stick to trip someone.
No idea why the "bells" reference was added. Probably from Morris Dancing, performed at pageants and festivals and dating back to 15th century England (originated in Spain and Morris comes from Moors, I think).
Straying off-topic a little, sorry!
Ah. Thank you!
Shellshocker wrote: I couldn't bear to vote for Maradona.
Allez Pele!
so what you are saying is pele wins by default?
No he wins games by being a cheating little shit..Ask Bobby Robson,he never lies. Who says crime does'nt pay?
Smarra[gold]dona wrote:
Shellshocker wrote: I couldn't bear to vote for Maradona.
Allez Pele!
so what you are saying is pele wins by default?
No, but it's very close between those two players so the deciding factor is that Pele isn't a cheating dwarf.
is it really that close? if Maradona had stayed at boca for 20 years he would have scored 2000 goals. and if argentina had 1/2 the team brazil had he would have won at least 2 world cups say what you want about the handball, but how can you over look the goal he scored minutes later?
Peter Reid is a lazy cunt.....
Do you think he'd of turned Robbo like that if he was playing?
No chance! The least Reidy could of done was chase an scyth the cheating midget down. 
J.A.K wrote: Kenny Dalglish is the best player i've seen play live.
Beckenbauer said he was the best too. good enuff for me.
Right in there mate.
Sure, the cheating dwarf could dribble round people and had explosive pace over short bursts, but do we remember him for other aspects of the game, like accurate crossfield passes, workrate etc? For me, a player has to be able to do the donkey work as well as the fancy dan stuff, even if it doesn't suit him, because at the end of the day it is the team that wins, not the individual.
I am gonna vote for Franz Beckenbauer, he could pass, tackle, read the game, score goals and do everything that the manager requires in a player. You don't get many with the full range of skills like that. Only thing against him is his nationality!
I was gunna say....The Kaiser's nationality is to big a negative to include him,until I got to the end of your post Oldmonkey
Suprised nobody rates a prime Zidane as yet
Maybe its another nationality thing?
For what its worth I'd have him in my all time top 5 comfortably
Best player of his generation
Uncle Liam wrote: Still amazed that no one has voted for Stuart Ripley!
Gobsmacked here too! I did'nt wanna appear biased or vote too obvious....All things equal,let's face it,he should be pissing this!
Deffo the most underated is Rippers!
oldmonkey wrote: Sure, the cheating dwarf could dribble round people and had explosive pace over short bursts, but do we remember him for other aspects of the game, like accurate crossfield passes, workrate etc? For me, a player has to be able to do the donkey work as well as the fancy dan stuff, even if it doesn't suit him, because at the end of the day it is the team that wins, not the individual.
I am gonna vote for Franz Beckenbauer, he could pass, tackle, read the game, score goals and do everything that the manager requires in a player. You don't get many with the full range of skills like that. Only thing against him is his nationality!
Where does his workrate come into it then, if that's a benchmark by which to judge people. Beckenbauer barely broke into a trot at the best of times and swept up behind two other players doing all the legwork for him.
I'd imagine Maradona covered far more of the pitch per match than Beckenbauer did per tournament. Check out the Indie's 'scientific' guide to football today and the workrate of midfielders to defenders. And the only reason centre-halves actually increase their distance travelled is basically when they stroll over the halfway line for corners to use their height advantage.
Anyways, we're mostly all too young to appreciate Becknbauer. Maradona's the only genius of the modern era I can benchmark against. Even my age is too young to fully appreciate the genius of Cruyff. So why people vote Pele, I have no idea what they've based this on?! Hearsay? Or that one-legged goal in 'Escape to Victory'?!
Ricky Hill though, now there was a legend.
Hard-ford too.
Al Jarvis wrote:
oldmonkey wrote:
Anyways, we're mostly all too young to appreciate Becknbauer. Maradona's the only genius of the modern era I can benchmark against. Even my age is too young to fully appreciate the genius of Cruyff. So why people vote Pele, I have no idea what they've based this on?! Hearsay? Or that one-legged goal in 'Escape to Victory'?!
Ricky Hill though, now there was a legend.
Hard-ford too.
that was a nice goal though al
I've always said Centre half is the easiest position to play on the park,or sweeper even easier....The best player of all time would never be a sweeper if he was that good..
Pele scored loads of goals in South America which we'll never see... There's plenty of footage of him in a Brazil shirt to make a judgement of him tho,but he still does'nt crack my top 3,maybe even 5.
It does seem like in most of these "best of all time" polls, people end up voting for someone from their own generation. I suppose it's tough to say someone is the best ever if you've never seen him play, innit?
