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Poll Question: Which was the greatest of all time
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    Posted: November 04 2008 at 20:46
Question for football lovers in PA. As simple as that
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2008 at 04:52

I'm not really a football fan, as a matter fo fact, I can't stand it, but I had this little character at the bottom of the screen in 'International Football' for my extinct Commodore 64 way back. I was quite fond of him.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2008 at 07:57
In the abscence of Vinnie Jones, I vote for Pele.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2008 at 12:45
Pele, though Maradona could've been close if he hadn't destroyed his career so quickly...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2008 at 13:57
I wonder how many people here actually saw PELE and DI STEFANO playConfusedWink
 
On the other hand, someone is blatantly missing:: Franz BeckenbauerThumbs Up..........him, i can remember and he always impressed me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2008 at 18:42
Pele and Maradona should be excluded (like Bruford, Wakeman and Squire) in such polls , because they are a cut above. That said , had George Best been sober, may have been the best ever! My idol remains Eric Cantona, for a Frenchman to go to England and be revered by the brits with signs like "Eric is God" -a reference to Clapton?, his rebellious style, fierce desire to win and incredible skill make him a still much admired figure today.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 16:52
Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

I wonder how many people here actually saw PELE and DI STEFANO playConfusedWink
 
On the other hand, someone is blatantly missing:: Franz BeckenbauerThumbs Up..........him, i can remember and he always impressed me.
 
I saw Pele playing... Wink I was there in the stadium with my dad when he made his 1000th goal and also I saw him a couple of times live or via TV.
 
I agree that The Kaiser Franz was a great player too and I saw him playing here too - good times when we had a real FIFA and not only UEFA and Germans were Germans, Spaniards were Spaniards, etc. Cry 
 
Another German player I liked from the 60s/70s was the leftie Overath, very South American in the way he played.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 17:14
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 19:42
It's a pity he didn't won any WC and he did not have the balls to come for the 1978 WC in Argentina. But is one of the best of all time , no doubt.
It's true what Aktingani says , I mean black players in Germany , an Argentinian and a brazilian playing in spain.Another couple of them playing for mexico , Camoranesi won the WC with Italy.And we hace to take account of some french stars like : Henry , Vieira and Zidane who weren't French , what about the Netherlands? Davids and Seedorf weren't Dutch , were they?
Argentina and Brazil are the best countries footballwise.
 
Speaking about the best player ever, I think most of the votes for Pele actually are votes against Maradona. Pele was not much of a saint , and you think he did not do drugs? Pele is overrated , brazil had better players like Zico and Romário.If there is only one brazilian player i wish he was argentinian this would be "O baixinho". Can you picture Romário and Batistuta as forwards??? That would be insane.
 
By the way , my favourite player is Batistuta , since I did not enjoy Maradona in his heyday but I did watch Bati's whole career in Italy. Go to you tube and watch a special with lots of his goals. Heading , Free Kicks , one on one , Long distance , short distance, he was the most powerful striker of all time. We need a player like him now , Messi is OVERRATED.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 20:12
Roger Milla. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 02:08
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

In the abscence of Vinnie Jones, I vote for Pele.



So when is the statue of the ol' beanbagger's attention grabbing moment actually going up?  Heard the plans years ago, but so far no action.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 02:41

best of all times, from what i've watched on TV, Pele...

i've always admired Maldini and Redondo, though....
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sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 15:48
From what i've seen from past recordings, Johan Cruijff and Maradona are my favourites. But my vote goes for Zidane, because I've never seen anyone playing football like he did.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 18:52
i'm sorry, this thread appears to be about soccer Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 19:02
Since Fabrizio Ficini is absent in this poll (a midfielder with over 400 games played for Empoli and ZERO goals)
 
I'd vote for Batistuta. also because he's the only one from the list I've seen playing live. (well, not..really....Zidane too)
Anyway, I watched Batistuta play in Florence... he was like a beast, but he was very clever and quick... the perfect striker.
a bit forgotten these days.
 
 
Ah, and let's do not forget ZICO!!! Big smile


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 23:26
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2009 at 23:52
If this thread was done in southamerica these days, Maradona would kill the competition...
 
But  all of us know Pele was the greatest.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 00:44
I mean c'mon, who didn't spend hours practicing the bicycle kick?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 02:28
George Best - Because one of my teacher's used to train with him (Or so he says )
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 03:18
Yeah and I used to live next door to Michael Laudrup ( Or so I sayLOL)
 
There are a lot of good players around the world but remember there´s only one team worth mentioningBig smile.
 
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