Show us your favourite player in action

odonnell

Hi guys....

I was having a nostalgic discussion at the weekend about some of the late great footballers - the likes of which we havent seen in a long time, or may never see again.

Every fan has memories of their favourite player, whether they be from when they were children and hearing all the legends, or seeing them in action in todays game...But, the current player rarely matches the mythical status of the great players of yester-year.

Why not post a link and show us your favourite player? Ill start the ball rolling with a couple of Scottish legends and a couple of foreginers from when i was growing up. [i dont see anything in the charter about links or anything, i did look...so please correct me and edit this if im wrong].

1) Heralded by Pele himself to be one of the most natural footballers he'd ever seen...loved even by the Celtic fans of the day... the late and great:

Davie Cooper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogCLMDdeS7A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js4PK73nIRs - one of the best goals ever scored

2) The all time greatest striker ever to play for my team - prolific doesnt come close to describing him. Goal poacher extraordinaire!

'Super' Ally McCoist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIBpHbCDIxs

3) The Great Dane - said to be one of the best players to ever have played in the Scottish game though sadly could be remembered more for his dismal final season at 'my' team. One of the best controllers of the ball ive ever witnessed.

Brian Laudrup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWXJKAtGTc

4) Finally... who can say this man wasnt a footballing genius!? He's daft as a brush but with the ball at his feet, nothing but brilliance - even though half the time he was pissed.

Paul Gascoigne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNx-_mS8YI - getting booked for having a laugh.... what a joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGmQZBew12g

Anyway thats my all time favourite 4.... sorry about them all being Rangers players, i cant help that one!


[Thanks to the creators of these videos]

Kingp35

Not my individual player but for me the greatest team of players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EPYZKWVpPI

A 7-1 hammering of Southampton which could have been loads more but Don Revie told the team not to score anymore goals because he was great mates with the Saints manager so Leeds proceded to take the piss out of the Saints team for the rest of the game. How I wish I could have seen that team play in the flesh.

odonnell

Kingp35 wrote:

Not my individual player but for me the greatest team of players.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EPYZKWVpPI

A 7-1 hammering of Southampton which could have been loads more but Don Revie told the team not to score anymore goals because he was great mates with the Saints manager so Leeds proceded to take the piss out of the Saints team for the rest of the game. How I wish I could have seen that team play in the flesh.

thats sheer class.... absolute class.

see what you mean with the piss rippin near the end. Its hard to watch a team get torn apart like that but when said team cant even win possession! - its painful.... keepie-ups etc

old bremner eh?

Kingp35

odonnell wrote:

old bremner eh?

Yeah an absolute hero was Billy. Plenty of great Scots in that side.

jester77

My favourite - Van Basten
Genius, shame he had to end his career early!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5C_QiVVrQ0

Zaph

From the same Leeds team as above, my favourite player when I was a kid, Allan Clarke, scoring in the 1972 Cup Final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt7mN9jMStg

Nalz

The best FB ever to play in the premiership

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFOzS-KRrcU

Dun laoire

Jimmy Montgomery double save for Sunderland in 1973 fa cup final
Now i was too young for this fella but this is one helluva save. Beautiful


Arguably the best goalkeeper ever
Peter Schmeichel

Vokes

Could easily have watched this guy all day long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUtKKbBTkw

Truly, one of a kind!

odonnell

that Zidane vid is mesmerising isnt it? unbelievable control - surely one of the players in contention for best player ever?

jesus_thats_gre

The Zidane clips are pretty special alright.

Töpher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE7QQpv02ms

Gotta love the Ndo!

Chong

Let me just say that, this thread idea is absolutely excellent, great idea.

Ok for my favourite player Diego Armando Maradona, and who I feel was most certainly the greatest player of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCoMtPuL3Q

KdjaCL

Einst&#252 wrote: »

Gotta love the Ndo!

QFT

http://www.stpatsfc.com/watch_video.php?id=58
5:40 into it control and vision, ah sure hes only been manmakrked and has 3 on him every time he gets the ball (shels fans may cry) others guy is a genius shame he never played at a higher level really, irelands Lubo tbh.


kdjac

applehunter

The King of Kings!!!!

And he hates the Dubs too!:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMN9RxJHqk

KdjaCL

applehunter wrote:

The King of Kings!!!!

And he hates the Dubs too!:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMN9RxJHqk

Just lucky theres no Gormley footage tbh, show traitor 3 how its done


kdjac

kensutz

applehunter wrote:

The King of Kings!!!!

And he hates the Dubs too!:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMN9RxJHqk

Nothing special tbh,

Wonder why I said that!!

tdv

Il Capitano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZ7dyr7aCM

Inspirational!

Vokes

odonnell wrote:

that Zidane vid is mesmerising isnt it? unbelievable control - surely one of the players in contention for best player ever?

Definitely. Top 5 of all Time at least, in my opinion

That Maradona vid posted above by Willstev is fantastic as well. Imagine having Zizou and Maradona in the same team in their primes. Would be insane with the sheer number of pirouettes

Reganio 2

No words to describe it just :eek:
I'll post this version of the goal just for the commentator .

Also my favourite player ever scoring 2 amazing goals one in training one in a match. The training one is simply stunning :eek: .
Training
Match

A Dub in Glasgo

Watched this man for 7 years at Celtic, money on a season ticket is well spent when you have players like him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gos7pLorE3k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRmdOaXKw4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGF4dxNym80

odonnell

A Dub in Glasgo wrote:

Watched this man for 7 years at Celtic, money on a season ticket is well spent when you have players like him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gos7pLorE3k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRmdOaXKw4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGF4dxNym80

right before i go and watch these - will i takea wild guess at it being mr Henrik Larsson?

Henk to his mates....

PauloMN

As a Celtic fan, it can only be this guy and that chip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XONWAITML4Y&mode=related&search=

A player I never saw unfortunately - Jinky Johnstone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMhO2yIzcYo

and my current Celtic favourite - Naka - a truly gifted player:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIVm0CTmHHQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOjEnpMBt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6xg1uhDWDE

Aside from Celtic, Messi has to be one of the current greats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjvpxR8jLbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgXGQhPUoY8

Tusky

KaKa is one of my favourite players to watch in football today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avx8uVXTu0I

5starpool

What a player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AflNTGq1F1M

MrPillowTalk

Greatest midfield pairing of all time?

Have to love it at the end "I'll see you out there booooy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78s_RpemVuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly6Z5s_2Zew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJjcvg3rIg

Nunu

Reganio 2 wrote:

No words to describe it just :eek:
I'll post this version of the goal just for the commentator .

Also my favourite player ever scoring 2 amazing goals one in training one in a match. The training one is simply stunning :eek: .
Training
Match

I was at that game....and many more involving the great man! I feel priveleged to have been able to watch him week in, week out. Definetly the best footballer I have seen in my lifetime.

I would have loved to have watched Georgie Best week in, week out. This video always gets me welling up - hard to believe he's gone:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nplemK3Y4ns

jesus_thats_gre

MrPillowTalk wrote:

Greatest midfield pairing of all time?

Have to love it at the end "I'll see you out there booooy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78s_RpemVuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly6Z5s_2Zew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJjcvg3rIg

Scholes really is an amazing player. Will very hard for United to replace him when he does eventually retire.

As for Keane, he was a great player player but is a ****ing scumbag. Both traits were quite evident in those clips.

cardshark202

MrPillowTalk wrote:

Greatest midfield pairing of all time?

Have to love it at the end "I'll see you out there booooy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78s_RpemVuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly6Z5s_2Zew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwJjcvg3rIg

When you think about the midfield we had then:
Giggs Scholes Keane Beckham. One of the greatest midfield's of all time. We really should have won more European Cups with a midfield like that. Amazing.

kinaldo

"Peter the Great", "Pedro", "Peter Pan", "Twinkle Toes"...

whatever you want to call him, he was a true genius, and one that seemed to get better with age.

If he didn't take penalties with his right foot I'd probably think he was left footed.

This is the classic "Twist and Shout" compilation - the most perfect choice of music for a player I can think of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AShplA9Vc9I&mode=related&search=

This one doesn't have that same charm but is more comprehensive (featuring Liverpool, England and more of his goals from 95/96) and is made by the same guy, johnny2J.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dkWv8BMp8

kinaldo

Gazza "This Charming Man" and Gazza "Lucky Man" both made again by johnny2J and quite brilliant. Two perfect songs add so much to them but I could probably watch Gascoigne all day regardless.

Bodhidharma

There is only one - Batigol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsVpAq9ynYw


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MrPillowTalk

cardshark202 wrote:

When you think about the midfield we had then:
Giggs Scholes Keane Beckham. One of the greatest midfield's of all time. We really should have won more European Cups with a midfield like that. Amazing.

Couldnt agree more, Ive watched the Juventus match probably 100 times and everytime I watch Keane stick that header in still makes me feel great, I honestly think that his performances against Juve in that game should be shown to every kid playing centre mid.

Should have at least made some more cl finals.

PiE

Dejan Savicevic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8HIsMonTM&mode=related&search=

Strangely apt choice of music. No, no... not the 'love' bit, I mean the 'wish you were here' bit. I reckon he's the kind of player Liverpool could do with right now!

tdv

PiE wrote: »

Dejan Savicevic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8HIsMonTM&mode=related&search=

Strangely apt choice of music. No, no... not the 'love' bit, I mean the 'wish you were here' bit. I reckon he's the kind of player Liverpool could do with right now!

That guy was great back in the day.

This one I made myself of Serginho.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=4ld-0wWOcrM

Hagi one of the best playmakers of all time

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwerve2LjE

ntlbell

The man himself.


Brian McClair :D



And of course sparky

Daemonic

Willstev wrote: »

Let me just say that, this thread idea is absolutely excellent, great idea.

Ok for my favourite player Diego Armando Maradona, and who I feel was most certainly the greatest player of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tCoMtPuL3Q

Great player, imagine how good he could have been if he hadn't been forced to play most of his Barcelona games in hot pants :eek:

eZe^

Apologies in advance for the barca bias,

The underrated Pep Guardiola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWqun-cAcr0

One of the best attacking trios in world football
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXAH0_9hewY

My favourite forward player ever (Rivaldo, including the best hattrick ever)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DM0yAs_ARA

Romario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR8YwdzVaDg

A future mastermind and my current favourite player
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6WCJHyY64fc

Xavi6

Well the greatest of them all has already been mentioned a few times so I'm gonna go for the man who has inspired my user name. I've been a fan since he first broke into the Barca team around 1998 and he was the natural successor to Guardiola. He can run, pass, shoot, tackle, head; basically he has everything you could want from a midfielder. Oh and some people may not realise how good he is from a dead ball. Watch and admire -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc7TCUqidsQ

Quality

lordgoat

El Diego gets my vote as well. He did it all.

PDN

Charlie George.

One of my best childhood memories was when I was 9 years old and saw this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELGFxWt7Ej0

Peyton Manning

amazing compilation from my favourite player of all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hau9q9lWjXM

tdv

Pirlo Crossbar Challenge...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3dZnnIf7k

Xavi6

tdv wrote: »

Pirlo Crossbar Challenge...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3dZnnIf7k

Love doin that at training with the lads. My best is 4 from 6 in our one.

Melion

Shocked and appalled that nobody put up a video for the best striker ive ever seen

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wUnr6KNxEZ4

And arguably his best performance, definitely my favourite game of his

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_pbA8sM9bEU

Guy:Incognito

Best player ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMlWpGE0akw

tdv

Greatest bit of skill ever from the one only R9

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=riIZeV1ruaE

Xavi6

On his day the most exciting player in the world -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKAgdV0rFlQ

and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PupBTymHGI

If only for the goal after 6mins 20secs :eek:

Oh and serious hard on material here!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opdw8emDRKI

Melion

Jesus i would give my left nut to get him in a liverpool shirt

eZe^

Quaresma has the worst attitude ever.

Xavi6

eZe^ wrote: »

Quaresma has the worst attitude ever.

'Worst ever' is a bit strong. To be fair almost every flamboyant player has a esimilar personality flaw. Don't think he's worse than say an Anelka. He didn't really fit in at Barca but I think it was because he was too young going there. He'd stroll into almost any (if not any) team for his talent.