Best Player you've seen play

HalloweenJack

Diego Forlán, Kun Aguero or Keith Fahey.

Can't decide which. They're all naturally-gifted technical players.

Diabhal Beag

Michael Chopra

ironictoaster

Messi

LowOdour

Rai (former Brazilian midfielder)...only for the fact ive only been at one soccer match ever and he scored a wonder goal at it in parc de prince!

frantic190

delta_bravo wrote: »

Jimmy Aggrey

Very adept at scoring with his ankle.

HalloweenJack

LowOdour wrote: »

Rai (former Brazilian midfielder)...only for the fact ive only been at one soccer match ever and he scored a wonder goal at it in parc de prince!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_Nt36IjiU

Was it this one? Starts around 0:35.

This is how I remember him. It was an amazing goal.

Dempsey

Watched on in horror as Kaka' did this (Extra Time BTW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOsYLXnG9OQ

Cúnt!!

sky88

ryan giggs is just amazing probaley cristiano ronaldo too

pickarooney

Henry or Tevez probably, or Henrik Larsson, although Henky had a bit of an off-day when I saw him and Henry was so-so, whereas Tevez was on fire.

Tallaght Saint

Keith Fahey in his LOI days. Simply superb

String

I have seen most of the best premier league players most years. I always go to the games against the top 4 or so. I would love to have seen more european games but I have never gone to a chams league game. I would say tevez was the best player I have seen on a consistant bases.

Nozebleed

cascarino.

Boskowski

Philip Lahm, Alexander Hleb, Zvonimir Soldo, Geremi, Hernan Crespo, Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele

Quiz question for a tin of fish, what match would that have been?

GLaDOS

Boskowski wrote: »

Quiz question for a tin of fish, what match would that have been?

Chelsea v Stuttgart?

Boskowski

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Chelsea v Stuttgart?

In 04. Poor match btw

dfx-

Alan O'Neill

Pat Scully at Shels

Paddy McCourt

Gary Twigg

Honourable mentions would go to Kevin Doyle and Ollie Cahill in his Cork and Shels prime

Paul McGrath and Fernando Torres.

Zapp Brannigan

Torres for me.

I saw John Barnes but it was during his fat and lazy period

yahoo_moe

Ok so we've had the obligatory LoI references, Gary Breen's cropped up and so has Kevin Kilbane.

Who wants to mention Paul McShane and make it a proper Soccer forum thread?

Kiwi_knock

Ricky Carvalho, class shone through in a dreadful game

Pauleta

Brazilian Ronaldo

leedsfan88

Gabriel Batistuta:cool:

Whippersnapper

Messi, Ronaldinho, Alonso, Raul, Cannavaro, Sneijder, Robben...

So many. How could I choose just one!

That_Guy

Faustino Asprilla. Good memories.

colly54

Ronaldo, Rooney, Drogba, Robben, Ribery, Scholes....

inforfun

All in the Dutch league:

Cruijff, Van Hanegem, basically all players of the Dutch WC74/78 squads.
All players of the 88 team (Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Koeman)
Ronaldo, Romario, Bergkamp, Seedorf, Stoichkov (in a friendly with barca against Feyenoord), Laudrup brothers

Several european top teams on european cup nights at Feyenoord


Too many to name them all. or to remember...

Best of them all was most likely Cruijff. He played at Feyenoord aged 37 but was still a fantastic player.

Wexler12

Joey Ndo

Villa/Iniesta

Ferris_Bueller

I've seen Zidane, Henry, Keane, Gerrard, Owen, Shearer and a few more top class players perform, but the performance that sticks out most in my memory was actually Jon Otsemobor if any Liverpool fans remember him. Was always impressed with Steve Finann too whenever I saw him play for Liverpool or Ireland.

At LoI level it would probably have to be given to Wes Hoolahan.

tdv123

Hagi. he was a genius.

OPENROAD

No contest for me, was blessed and privileged to see Thierry Henry many times, the best player ever to play for Arsenal and to grace the premiership imo scored many a great goal and made the impossible possible many many times,not only was his contribution on the pitch for Arsenal huge but having a player like Thierry at the club contributed to the club being able to move to The Emirates imo.

Loved watching his off the ball movement on the pitch also, the understanding he built up with his team mates was incredible, will always remember the goal he scored against Charlton at Highbury, the back heel :eek:

jamsieboy86

Desailly, Deschamps, Weah, Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, Petit, Robinho, Gerrard, Alonso, Zanetti, Ibrahimovic, Lucio, Eto'o, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Messi, Ballack, Drogba and Lampard are the best I've seen, hard to choose who played the best when I was present. I'd probably go with Zanetti, seen him 3 times and every time he was one of the best on the field.

jdooley28

henrik larsson

jank

Zidane or the real Ronaldo at Barca when he was at his best.

bullvine

Ryan Giggs! No doubt about it. Unreal in the flesh. A player always impressed me for Ireland was John Sheridan, class act.

lord lucan

Easy one for me,has to be Dennis Bergkamp. Got to many games at Highbury over the years and it was a joy to watch DB10 in action. His goals,his movement,his eye for a pass,amazing to watch in the flesh.

Mister men

Best... Kenny Dalglish
Worst... Luke Chadwick

Redzer7

Live: Keith Fahey, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Paddy Viera .

Nalz

Irwin

staker

Messi vs Real Santander Jan 09,started as a sub at half time. the crowd had been chanting his name the last 10 minutes of the first half.
The way that fella can ghost past full backs is astounding

besty

Cantona, McGrath, Rooney, Veron, Ferdinand, Ronaldo, Scholes, Giggs

DirkVoodoo

Henry...the cheat. As much as I don't like him now, he was a sublime player at his peak.

Xavi, makes CM look much simpler than it is (and we all know it ain't!).

dardevle

......


Mc Grath vs the italians...none better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqVsD_eK-4



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Rowley Birkin QC

Eric Cantona. Saw him execute a perfect bicycle kick that hit the crossbar, sublime talent.

CSF

Henry probably.

wandatowell

Saw Bergkamp twice.......out of this world

JohnnyRyan99

Henry, Cannavaro, Nesta, ....Shaun Goater;)

JohnnyRyan99

bullvine wrote: »

Ryan Giggs! No doubt about it. Unreal in the flesh. A player always impressed me for Ireland was John Sheridan, class act.

Unreal in the wool ya mean.. The Hairy Bástard:pac:

Fowler87

Cafu, Kaka, Ronaldo (real one ), Roy Keane,
Fowler, Gerrard, Giggs, Hamann
Sheringham, Berger,
Arshavin, Torres, Alonso

OPENROAD

Lads its the best player you have seen play, not the best players

Mr Alan

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Eric Cantona. Saw him execute a perfect bicycle kick that hit the crossbar, sublime talent.

So he missed?! Bleeding ****e!