The all time man's man cool as sh1t first 11.

ceegee

Harry Gregg for goalkeeper

Fratton Fred

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Ginola and Giroud as cool as sh*t man's man ?!! I'm not avin that!!!

Man's man in a L'Oreal advert ?

I think not.

efb

People seem to think Hardmen are cool- I disagree

gucci

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Wouldnt play Redondo either because he wouldnt cut his hair.

I thought Redondo refused to cut his hair,therefore he wasn't selected. does that make Redondo cool as sh1t,refused to cut his hair for "the man" and was prepared to miss a world cup because of it?

Nerdlingr

gucci wrote: »

I thought Redondo refused to cut his hair,therefore he wasn't selected. does that make Redondo cool as sh1t,refused to cut his hair for "the man" and was prepared to miss a world cup because of it?

Same thing. Redondo wouldnt cut his hair so he wasnt picked.
Redondo was sh*t hot. Made the game look effortless. He's in my starting 11.

elefant

Roberto Ayala for me is worth a shout.

I also like Le Tissier and Riquelme.

The Backwards Man

efb wrote: »

People seem to think Hardmen are cool- I disagree

Not all hard men are cool, but all cool men are hard.

Think it was Iain Dowie I heard saying that.

Nerdlingr

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Not all hard men are cool, but all cool men are hard.

Think it was Iain Dowie I heard saying that.

Thats why I wouldnt have the likes of Panucci, Totti, Giroud or Ginola in the team.

Paul Breitner...now yer talking!

gosplan

Washington Irving wrote: »

Yeah, it's not clear what the OP is looking for. Some people are taking it to mean 'hardman' and others as 'suave'.

Roy Keane is a man's man but he's not cool as sh1t. David Ginola is cool as sh1t but he's not a man's man. There's too much of grey area.

Above XI is a good balance.

Both.

The type of guy that of he wasn't a footballer would have a good shot at being a secret agent.

Not someone like Ronaldo who if he wasn't a footballer would be a hair stylist appearing on something like 'the only way is Maderia'

Pirlo, Alonso, Socrates etc - women want them and men want to be them.

Not many forwards fit the bill though. Guess their position demands that they be a bit less subtle and cool.

Richard Hillman

Graham Souness

Fratton Fred

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Graham Souness

1970s porn actor.

He's in the team!

Agueroooo

Zidane

ciaranmac

Casillas
Baresi
Bergomi - Cannavaro - Puyol - Cafu
Vieira - Alonso - Hamann
Sterling - Sheringham

Subs:
Kahn
Carvalho
Robson
Townsend
Gudjonsson

Manager: Poyet

gosplan

Tomas Muller probably deserves a mention here too.

FatherTed

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Alexi Lalas should be in there without a doubt. Crazy wild red hair, a Viking beard, quality side burns. He's the definition of "man's man cool as sh1t"!

Edgar Davids for his glasses.

Lalas, hmmm no way:

fearrua

Buffon, del Piero, Viera have all gotta be in there.

Son Of A Vidic

Nice to see a few remember the great and cool Socrates. He was nonchalance personified.

gosplan

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Nice to see a few remember the great and cool Socrates. He was nonchalance personified.

Concurrently took a doctorate in medicine while playing ... and being a heavy drinker and smoker.

An intellectual who protested against the military regieme and other inuustices.

And he could probably just as easily been a 70's porn star if he wanted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcqAD697Cbk

He wins if it's about one guy.

Flincher

Casillas

Zanetti - Cannavaro - Lucio - Maldini

Redondo - Pirlo

Overmars - Van der Vaart - Ginola

Raul

eagle eye

Paul McGrath has to be in there imo.

Kerrydude1981

Jay Jay Okocha

Richard Hillman

eagle eye wrote: »

Paul McGrath has to be in there imo.

I don't think there is much 'cool' in Paul McGrath considering his issues. He certainly doesn't fall into the Women want him, men want to be him category.

kevthegaff

No ones mentioned ravenelli??

kevthegaff

No ones mentioned ravenelli??

Omackeral

kevthegaff wrote: »

No ones mentioned ravenelli??

The guy above you has.

KH25

Pirlo and Berbatov are dead certs. Two of the coolest players ever to play the game.

folan

this thread has become a bit of a thinly veiled "Footballers I fancy" thread.

Pirlo is defo in so.

Chancer3001

Ravenelli Ravenelli ravenelli

gosplan

I'm leaving Berbatov out because in my opinion his nonchalant cool approach actually disimproves him on the pitch which is not cool at all.

Van Basten or Battistuta?

kevthegaff

Lombardo?

eyescreamcone

Zoff

Carlos Alberto Beckenbauer Moore Breitner

Brady Pirlo Socrates

Cruyff Rivelino Romario

Subs:
Puyol
Passerella
Souness
Fowler

kevthegaff

Lombardo?

kevthegaff

Lombardo?

kevthegaff

Lombardo?

Vito Corleone

Italians have to be the coolest people in the world if this thread is anything to go by.

8-10

Flincher wrote: »

Casillas

Zanetti - Cannavaro - Lucio - Maldini

Redondo - Pirlo

Overmars - Van der Vaart - Ginola

Raul

This team could actually have played together.

Looks like a Championship Manager 2001/02 dream team.

HigginsJ

Buffon

Bobby Moore - Fabio Cannavaro- Paolo Maldini

Carlos Valderama- Andrea Pirlo

Ricky Villa - Francesco Totti - Socrates

Robin Friday- Marco Van Basten

bullvine

Luis Figo is one of the coolest players ever!

kevthegaff

Slaven bilic

Nerdlingr

kevthegaff wrote: »

Slaven bilic

Was trying to think of a few balkan lads that would fit the bill. First person that came into my head was Boban, then Dejan Savicevic. Cant belive I forgot Bilic! Those dead sunken eyes and chain smoking with the best of them. Could be up for the Manager spot!

Edit: Nedved as well.

Seans_Username

It's about time someone mentioned Lombardo

Schwiiing

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Was trying to think of a few balkan lads that would fit the bill. First person that came into my head was Boban, then Dejan Savicevic. Cant belive I forgot Bilic! Those dead sunken eyes and chain smoking with the best of them. Could be up for the Manager spot!

Edit: Nedved as well.

Has his own Thrash Metal band aswell :pac::D

pickarooney

HigginsJ wrote: »

Buffon

Bobby Moore - Fabio Cannavaro- Paolo Maldini

Carlos Valderama- Andrea Pirlo

Ricky Villa - Francesco Totti - Socrates

Robin Friday- Marco Van Basten

Just reading his Wikipedia entry and this team mate at Reading at the time was Steve DEATH.

DildoFaggins

Flincher wrote: »

Casillas

Zanetti - Cannavaro - Lucio - Maldini

Redondo - Pirlo

Overmars - Van der Vaart - Ginola

Raul

Not bad............

pickarooney

Anyone remember Pietro Vierchowod? He was a beast of a defender for Sampdoria back in the day.

Maradona had this to say about him

"He was an animal, he had muscles to the eyelashes. It was easy to pass by him, but then when I raised my head, he was in front of me again. I would have to pass him two or three more times and then I would pass the ball because I couldn't stand him anymore".

Brussels Sprout

For English players, I always had great time for Matt Le Tissier as a player.

Saner than Gazza
More skillful than Waddle
None of the media BS of Beckham
Always looked like he had a few more gears in him that he could go into if he wanted
Never worried about his appearance
Didn't worry about chasing big money moves
47/48 from the Penalty Spot
Was capable of pure magic



Also Maradona was cool as f***

eyescreamcone

Le Tiz
When the media were hounding him about a big money move. He came out with the line "what would I want with 5 grand a week". (today's equivalent 250k per week).
He stayed with the saints and kept them up on his own for years. Legend.

Frankie Lee

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Neville Southall

Zanetti

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Mellberg

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Vidic

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Maldini

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Redondo----Pirlo----Socrates

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Maradona

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Romario

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Batistuta

PaulieC

Henry is man's man cool ? When did that happen ?

My nomination is for the entire Red Star Belgrade team of '91. They played ball like it should be played and were mostly hard as nails. Choked in the final though.

efb

Henry is pretty damn cool