Player of the Decade

Warper

Dennis Bergkamp

Easy - Zinedine Zidane - end of.

I would have thought the current best player in the world - Messi would have at least gotten a mention though Zidane was above everyone bar Maradona.

wandatowell

Dennis Bergkamp

Zidane without a doubt, followed by TH14. Cant understand why ronaldo is there but sure....

Reganio 2

Dennis Bergkamp

Zidane was better than that junkie. He did his stuff without drugs.

onemorechance

Zinedine Zidane

Gerrard & Giggs?

Mr. Presentable

David Beckham

wandatowell wrote: »

. Cant understand why ronaldo is there but sure....

Ronaldo is one of the top three of all time. He won the World Cup in 2002 (his 2nd). Having been written off in 2007, he won the League and Cup double with Corinthians. Why not?

dor83

Zinedine Zidane

From the list I went with Henry purely for the fact that he has been world class in every year of the decade while others haven´t even played every year. A bit of bias creeping in but I would have to give Javier Zanetti an honorable mention, a true legend of the game and a bit underated imo. Also, I think Ibrahimovic has been excellent, winning 7 league tiltes(I´m including the 2 with Juve) in 8 seasons with 3 different teams in 2 different leagues.

curry-muff

Dennis Bergkamp

Giggs and Keane have a lot more right to be on this poll than half of the contenders, more so Giggs because of his consistent performances at the top level to this day, keane zidane and bergkamp stretch over two decades, I still picked zizou nonetheless though.

wandatowell

Dennis Bergkamp

nipplenuts wrote: »

Ronaldo is one of the top three of all time. He won the World Cup in 2002 (his 2nd). Having been written off in 2007, he won the League and Cup double with Corinthians. Why not?

Holy sh1t and EPIC FAIL on my behalf. Wrong Ronaldo

eZe^

Zinedine Zidane

Lucas obviously.

Sheepy99

Zinedine Zidane

it has to be henry. he was just awesome . whens the results going to be published. i've a feeling henry will win it

callaway92

Zinedine Zidane

Thierry Henry

Tom65

Dennis Bergkamp

The poll ends on December 13th. What if someone really amazing emerges in the last two weeks in December?

jem

Dennis Bergkamp

zz with pm in 2nd

DBraithwaite

Ronaldo

Titus anyone??

CorkMan

Dennis Bergkamp

Zidane.

Brazilian Ronaldo 2nd and Henry 3rd.

FearDark

Zinedine Zidane

Im willing to bet Henry doesnt get a single vote from today 19/11/09

Morzadec

Dennis Bergkamp

It'd be hilarious if Henry won this. And he well might he seems to have picked up a lot of votes.

I won't be feeling guilty though I voted for Zidane!

SlickRic

Zinedine Zidane

FearDark wrote: »

Im willing to bet Henry doesnt get a single vote from today 19/11/09

which is such a shame.

his legacy is forever tarnished; from an irish perspective at the very least.

i'll still remember how good he was, and how beautifully he played the game. you can't take those things away from him.

a true great, who will now be remembered here as nothing more than a cheat.

it's a sad day.

meditraitor

Zinedine Zidane

Is it possible to take back a vote, I just realised I voted for a cheat

ROCKMAN

Zinedine Zidane

meditraitor wrote: »

Is it possible to take back a vote, I just realised I voted for a cheat

Its alright , its how I feel after most Irish General Elections , Time heals all ,

Ps He is still the best on that list in all honesty (now I feel dirty )




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x PyRo

Zinedine Zidane

x PyRo wrote: »

Thierry for me. He's my God!.

Jinxed it!. :mad:

johnp

Dennis Bergkamp

He only played for 6 years of the decade, but it's defo Zidane for me.
Players like him don't come around very often, an absolute joy to watch.

kinaldo

Zinedine Zidane

what eZe said - Henry.

Eire-Dearg

Zinedine Zidane

Henry Robbie Keane

DB10

Zinedine Zidane

Henry by a mile. No doubt he won't win the vote now due to bitterness from some people so it doesn't really matter.

Agricola

Dennis Bergkamp

David Beckham! Why? Maybe in the 90's but what did he do this decade. Hes been more a showbiz personality than a footballer since roughly 2003

Ill go with Zidane. Ronaldinho was in there but more of a flash in the pan. Zidane was awesome - always

SlickRic

Zinedine Zidane

Agricola wrote: »

Zidane was awesome - always

nope.

not always.

ask Juve fans especially.

his best was better than anyone on that list quite comfortably; but it was more sporadic than most people would care to remember.

one of the greatest big game players ever, which is why he's remembered so fondly, by myself included.

tdv

Dennis Bergkamp

DB10 wrote: »

Henry by a mile. No doubt he won't win the vote now due to bitterness from some people so it doesn't really matter.

No, Zidane is still better.

gustavo

David Beckham

No Kaka ?

d22ontour

Thierry Henry

Should be called player of the generation.

Maldini bar none is the choice and nobody comes close to what he has given football imo. I have to laugh at over 50% of the choices here . Zidane ? He was 26 when he actually got his **** together at Juve i think.No 26 year old is worthy of a player of the decade award.Infact no player who actually performed for less than 8-10 years of the decade is worthy of it.

tdv

Dennis Bergkamp

d22ontour wrote: »

Should be called player of the generation.

Maldini bar none is the choice and nobody comes close to what he has given football imo. I have to laugh at over 50% of the choices here . Zidane ? He was 26 when he actually got his **** together at Juve i think.No 26 year old is worthy of a player of the decade award.Infact no player who actually performed for less than 8-10 years of the decade is worthy of it.

Oh yes, I forgot that magical fairy rule stating that no 26 year old is allowed to win anything. And the other offical part of the rule of least 8-10 years of great performances.

Zidane has had bigger & better perfromances in the space 5 years than most of these players in the list have had in there whole careers.

johnp

Dennis Bergkamp

d22ontour wrote: »

Should be called player of the generation.

Maldini bar none is the choice and nobody comes close to what he has given football imo. I have to laugh at over 50% of the choices here . Zidane ? He was 26 when he actually got his **** together at Juve i think.No 26 year old is worthy of a player of the decade award.Infact no player who actually performed for less than 8-10 years of the decade is worthy of it.

That would be a different thread.

TwistsAndTurns

David Beckham

Ronaldo for me, unbelievable when at his best and leading all time world cup finals scorer. Henry second.

kryogen

SlickRic wrote: »

nope.

not always.

ask Juve fans especially.

his best was better than anyone on that list quite comfortably; but it was more sporadic than most people would care to remember.

one of the greatest big game players ever, which is why he's remembered so fondly, by myself included.

this is my sentiment on him exactly

d22ontour

Thierry Henry

tdv wrote: »

Oh yes, I forgot that magical fairy rule stating that no 26 year old is allowed to win anything. And the other offical part of the rule of least 8-10 years of great performances.

Zidane has had bigger & better perfromances in the space 5 years than most of these players in the list have had in there whole careers.

Never mind the fairy rule but please back up your claim of him having achieved more in the age of 26-31 than the rest have career wise pls.
Oh wait you are basing this on trophies won aren't you ?


.Great players do not become great when they are 26 is what i meant.Yes he was quality but his career was poor until the later parts and then he was a money cashin in till it ended.He is not what one would deem to be the professional of the era.I take it greatness is based on trophies won to you ? Pity that.