Player you enjoyed watching the most?

galwaylad14

Just a sort of a follow up to the greatest of all time thread, who would you say is the player you enjoyed watching the most? Not necessarily the best just the one you got most joy out of watching?

I love watching Messi in that every time he touches the ball there's danger and he never seems to do the wrong thing with the ball however watching him means having to watch Barca too who I don't like so I wouldn't pick him.

For me anyway I'm not a Liverpool fan but I've never enjoyed watching anyone more than I used to love watching Torres in his pomp with Liverpool. He was just magical. The pace, the skill, the style he was just an absolute joy to watch and it's sad to see him now, he just looks devoid of that spark he had at Liverpool and sadly I can't see it returning. But in his prime he was an absolute joy to watch

rob316

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Just a sort of a follow up to the greatest of all time thread, who would you say is the player you enjoyed watching the most? Not necessarily the best just the one you got most joy out of watching?

I love watching Messi in that every time he touches the ball there's danger and he never seems to do the wrong thing with the ball however watching him means having to watch Barca too who I don't like so I wouldn't pick him.

For me anyway I'm not a Liverpool fan but I've never enjoyed watching anyone more than I used to love watching Torres in his pomp with Liverpool. He was just magical. The pace, the skill, the style he was just an absolute joy to watch and it's sad to see him now, he just looks devoid of that spark he had at Liverpool and sadly I can't see it returning. But in his prime he was an absolute joy to watch

Torres was devastating in his first couple of seasons at Liverpool but Suarez is on a whole other level, he is easily the most exciting player I have seen in 20 years of supporting the club.
IMO Sturridge will go on to be a better player than Torres.

GTR63

Ronaldinho in his peak was the best player to watch the last 10 years I think.
Bias but Suarez is very, very good to watch atm, he`ll try anything.
Props to Zlatan, Totti & Pirlo down the years too.

Ulysses Gaze

Ronaldinho - a joy to watch and always played the game with a smile on his face
Alessandro Del Piero - an exceptional player
Maradona - when I was a kid. Just sheer magic to watch.

People go on about Messi, but I prefer to watch Iniesta. An absolute class act.

As is Andrea Pirlo.

jimmii

I always remember going to Gazza when I was a kid and it was amazing the things he could do ! I went to a WC qualifier at Wembley vs Turkey and he absolutely ripped them up it was a joy to watch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ES3vjXSI0

Too Tough To Die

Messi. Head and shoulders above everyone since Maradona.

keeponhurling

C.Ronaldo.
When he plays well he will win the match for the team, and makes it all lok so easy. But he is also prone to the odd off-game. Also the expressions and tantrums are entertaining.

Used to love watching Damian Duff back in his younger years, so fast and had all the tricks.

Paul McGrath also, how he was like a magnet for the ball when he played centre-half.

MonkeyTennis

Robbie Fowler

HalloweenJack

Gianfranco Zola.

keeponhurling

also Kinkladze was pretty cool

keano_afc

Lubo Moravcik.

Knex*

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Ronaldinho - a joy to watch and always played the game with a smile on his face
.

Loved that about him.

Nowadays, I love Suarez's manic will to win. He's not a real person, he's some sort of computerised bot that keeps going, and keeps trying to score, chase down defenders, track back, tackle, sprint down channels, even when winning 4 nil with 2 minutes left.

I've never seen anything like it, and I perhaps never will again. Certainly, its remarkably unusual to see that level of desire in someone so talented.

Honorable PL mentions to Henry, Viera, Keane, Gerrard, Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy (even though I had such hate for him), and the great, Jay Jay Okocha


No particular order, but a top 5 would probably be, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Ronaldo (Brazil), Suarez, Henry.

Skylinehead

Dennis Bergkamp for me. Best player (technically) to ever play in the league, his touch and intelligence on the ball was on another level.

Others would be Henry, Del Piero, Iniesta, Rivaldo, real Ronaldo, and Totti.

weemcd

Cantona and Berkgkamp a close second

podge79

Zola, Zidane & Bergkamp

Turtyturd

Suarez for me.

With Ronaldo you know he is going to try flashy tricks, kick the ball and run very fast.

With Messi you expect neat brilliance, and you get neat brilliance.

With Suarez , you know something brilliant is going to happen but there is just this air of uncertainty.......twisting players inside out along the byline when he shouldn't have the space to do anything, nutmegs, 1-2's with defenders, nutmegs, missing sitters, nutmegs, scoring from ridiculous angles, nutmegs, and handballs on the goal line.

Ferris_Bueller

Ronaldinho for me, used to watch Barcelona games just to watch him play. It was as if he was playing 5-a-side with his friends, he would try anything.

Vinz Mesrine

Zidane, Ronaldinho and the real Ronaldo(especially during his Barca days). Nobody comes close to this 3 in my eyes.

Corvo

Paul Scholes.

His ability to pass, control the tempo of a game. Fantastic.

But the best was when other opposition players tried to shut him down and he would just turn and pass it off again. You couldn't get close to him.

TheMilkyPirate

Ronaldinho.

jester77

Bergkamp, he was artistic in the way he played, a really talented genius.

Schwiiing

Ronaldinho.Scholes.Pirlo.Adriano.Zidane.Henry.Maldini.Schmeichel.Both Ronaldos.Ibrahimovic.

Will I Amnt

Le Tissier, the man was a class act. Incredible touch and scorer of the most ridiculous goals, all while looking like anyone down the local could take him in a 100m sprint.

dfx-

Iniesta. I could watch his change of pace all day.

SEPT 23 1989

Kinkladze

Maradonna. That season he dragged Napoli to the league title- Genius


Suarez the best player I've seen live

Nuri Sahin

Not bothered to repeat the names already mentioned or players who've played for Dortmund or Liverpool, because that's boring.

Pablo Aimar
Gabriel Batistuta
Rui Costa
Andrei Shevchenko (Pre Chelsea)
Pavel Nedved
Roberto Ayala
Kaka (Pre Real Madrid)
Michael Ballack (Yeah, a Bayern player)
Dani Alves (The Sevilla one more so, he was freak of nature good)
Javier Zanetti (The only thing I can say positively about Inter really)
Ruben Baraja
Juninho Pernambucano

seany212121

Nedved for me the chap was a class act in games the way he played was just great to watch

Also got to mention Maldini just a classy player, Henry with a bit of bias but his pace and skill was top notch

The_Kew_Tour

Paul Scholes, Pirlo, Kroos, Roy Keane, Ronaldo, Damien Duff, Kevin Doyle, George O Callaghan, Joesph Ndo, Olliie Cahill, Frank Sauzee, Jaap Stam, Cannavaro.

All players I have been lucky to see live and I pay money to watch them alone at their best.

POKERKING

i like old fashioned defending and my favorite has been Richie Dunne, was a monster for ireland and city, loved his last gasp tackles and getting a turn of pace out of nowhere to catch up with an attacker and go through him!

Other than him, kinkladze, tevez, duff spring to mind. Ronaldinho and Rivaldo from teams i dont support.

EuropeanSon

Zidane. Watching him take a game by the scruff of the neck was a great thrill.

Fabregas on his very good days for Arsenal. Metronomic and purposeful at the same time.

Messi & Henry. I have memories of both in games where they were completely unplayable, a sheer joy to watch.

MD1990

Ronaldinho & Rivaldo very my two favourites

GTR63

Anyone mention Cafu yet? Brilliant to watch, even bad teams he always would be a willing runner. Always fond of Sebastian Deisler too, one of those real what he could have been players though.

Skylinehead

GTR63 wrote: »

Anyone mention Cafu yet? Brilliant to watch, even bad teams he always would be a willing runner. Always fond of Sebastian Deisler too, one of those real what he could have been players though.

Deisler was incredibly unlucky with injuries, when he was fit he was a real talent. As for Cafu, he couldn't defend to save his life, but boy could he contribute further up the pitch.

amber69

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Messi. Head and shoulders above everyone since Maradona.

I thought head and shoulders was Ginola

Paully D

Personally, David Beckham.

keeponhurling

Paully D wrote: »

Personally, David Beckham.

One of the sweetest right feet I've ever seen

I am pie

Le Tissier in his pomp was definitely worth watching.

As a Liverpool fan it pains me to admit that Cantona was a spectacular footballer, very entertaining, as was Giggs before he got old and slowed down.

For Liverpool it has to be the Barnes & Beardsley. Although there it was always a pleasure to watch Hansen glide around the pitch with the ball, building from the back.

Chris Waddle was a great talent too. Loved to watch Laudrup in action too.

In terms of pure entertainment mixed with tragedy/madness I strongly recommend getting on youtube and looking up Magico Gonzalez. Incredible talent, the best player you never heard of!

BMMachine

Liverpool - John Barnes, Steve McManaman, Sami Hyypia, Luis Suarez and Mr Steven Gerrard of course

others - Paul Scholes, Dennis Bergkamp, Rubén Sosa, Ibrahimovic, Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo

WesternZulu

Thierry Henry.

He was absolutely brilliant when he was at Arsenal!

Mr.Nice Guy

Another vote here for Bergkamp. His use of a football was almost balletic.

Of recent times Messi obviously stands out. Future generations will be raging they missed out on seeing him.

For Irish players, Keane at his peak charging about the pitch was a joy to behold. I felt Ireland could do anything with him in the side. Also Duff in his prime, jinking his way around defenders was great to watch.

St Senan

Marco Van Basten undoubtedly the best European player/Striker of his decade.

Rudd Gullit.
Frank Rykard
Koeman
Paolo Maldini
Franco Baresi
Attilio Lombardo
Tony Yeboah
Gordon Strachan
De boer brothers
Romario
Hristo Stoichkov
Marc Overmars
Martin Dahlin

Oranage2

Jay Jay Okocha was mesmerizing on his on days. But the best I've seen has to be Brazilian Ronaldo.

Knex*

Surprised Andersonisgod hasn't had a say in this thread yet.

Skylinehead

Knex. wrote: »

Surprised Andersonisgod hasn't had a say in this thread yet.

It takes time to write sycophantic praise :pac:

jmayo

Knex. wrote: »

Surprised Andersonisgod hasn't had a say in this thread yet.

I thought this is about players you enjoyed watching, not the very best players ever and the very best team of all time that reinvented football.

Lawrence1895

Leonardo Dede, Flemming Powlsen and Henrik Larsson

weldoninhio

The Real Ronaldo
Ronaldinhio
Guti
Ginola
Asprilla
Redondo
Riquelme
Bergkamp
Djalminhia
Kinkladze
Juninhio pernumbucano
Iniesta
Beckham
Maldidi

All amazing players to watch, I'm sure I'm missing some though.

eyescreamcone

Redondo
Barnes
Zidane
Platini
Zico

yohan the great

keeponhurling wrote: »

C.Ronaldo.
When he plays well he will win the match for the team, and makes it all lok so easy. But he is also prone to the odd off-game. Also the expressions and tantrums are entertaining.

Used to love watching Damian Duff back in his younger years, so fast and had all the tricks.

Paul McGrath also, how he was like a magnet for the ball when he played centre-half.

Don't know how you can have Ronaldo as the player you like watching the most. He contributes little enough apart from scoring goals

asdfgh86

weldoninhio wrote: »

The Real Ronaldo

I hear this real Ronaldo thing a lot. Cristiano Ronaldo has 369 goals in 563 games, not bad for a 'fake.'