Footballers of yesteryear

[00Stinger]

Jari Litmanen



Was an unbeilevable in a strong Ajax team in the 90's

Wish he had of come to Liverpool before he was past his best

 

[DEVO]

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Very good player, but I'll never forgive his team mate (Slaven Bilic IIRC) for his insipid antics in the 1998 WC Semi-Final that resulted in Laurent Blanc's sending off and missing the World Cup final. Blanc was wonderful servant of French Football and was one of the players of the tournament until that moment.

 

[Zidane98]

Very good player, but I'll never forgive his team mate (Slaven Bilic IIRC) for his insipid antics in the 1998 WC Semi-Final that resulted in Laurent Blanc's sending off and missing the World Cup final. Blanc was wonderful servant of French Football and was one of the players of the tournament until that moment.

Bilic continues those antics to this day.

 

[Macpotata]

Eto'o
Adebayor
Inzaghi
Figo
Kewell
Beckham
Shearer
Raul
Crespo
Henry
Rui Costa
Fabregas

* could go on all day.

 

[chef]

Fabregas is still playing

 

[HolyRioli]

A short stay, but a huge impact and lasting impression

 

[Macpotata]

Romario
Stoitchkov
R.Baggio
Rivaldo
Raul



legends of the game.

 

[Macpotata]

Loved Kewell in his prime too. Majestic.

 

[iluvparis]

Loved Kewell in his prime too. Majestic.

On that note - pretty much the entire Leeds line up from the CL semi against Valencia qualifies for this thread

Leeds United: Martyn, Mills, Harte, Ferdinand, Matteo, Bowyer, Dacourt, Batty, Kewell, Viduka, Smith. Subs: Robinson, Kelly, Woodgate, McPhail, Wilcox, Bakke, Burns.

Fair side!

 

[Cruyff14]

Laudrup was quite some player.

His dribbling and technique was sublime.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Jay Jay Okocha



So good they named him twice!

 

[Cruyff14]

Adriano. Left foot like a rocket. Shame the death of his father impacted his career.

 

[Buckleys Jocks]

Adriano. Left foot like a rocket. Shame the death of his father impacted his career.

Great call. At his absolute peak he was one of the best strikers that I've ever seen but as you say, it was just a shame that he wasn't able to sustain it for very long.

 

[Cruyff14]

Great call. At his absolute peak he was one of the best strikers that I've ever seen but as you say, it was just a shame that he wasn't able to sustain it for very long.

He was deadly at Parma and then got even better at Inter. His dad dying really got to him, he put on weight, fell out of form and never really recovered from it.

A shame, but he'd definitely be among the best strikers of his generation if he continued on that trajectory IMO.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Hagi / Stoichkov were pretty big legends of the carpathians.

I remember yelling 'Hagi's left foot!' a lot kicking a ball around the house.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

A player in the 80s who was entertaining was Polish player Boniek. Played in Serie A for a few years, scored a hat trick in ‘82 WC. Very skilful on the ball and very quick. Classy player

 

[chef]

Eden Hazard

 

[DEVO]

On that note - pretty much the entire Leeds line up from the CL semi against Valencia qualifies for this thread

Leeds United: Martyn, Mills, Harte, Ferdinand, Matteo, Bowyer, Dacourt, Batty, Kewell, Viduka, Smith. Subs: Robinson, Kelly, Woodgate, McPhail, Wilcox, Bakke, Burns.

Fair side!

Speaking of Leeds United, my favourite LUFC player was Michael Bridges, but I thought his best year was 2005/06 when he played for Carlisle United.

 

[Cruyff14]

Eden Hazard

You cheeky bastard.

 

[chef]

You cheeky bastard.

It feels like he needs to be in this thread sadly.

Love to bring him home.

 

[Cruyff14]

It feels like he needs to be in this thread sadly.

Love to bring him home.

It's a shame considering the trajectory he was on.

 

[Cruyff14]

Michael Owen.

Hated him after the 2001 FA Cup, but looking back on his abilities in retrospect, he was very, very good.

Injuries may have hampered him, but his peak -albeit relatively early - was quality.

Ballon d'Or winner too in an era of exceptional footballers.

Found this to be a good interview



Forgot how quick he actually was. Absolute lightning and knew where the goal was this his eyes closed.

 

[Cruyff14]

Jaap Stam.

******* monster.