Who's Your Greatest Ever Football Player?

[Dog]

[trousers]

[Dog]

 

Damien Duff?

[Viking Warrior]

Johnny Haynes

[Hatch]

Toss up between Diego Maradona and Keith Cassells

[saint.tom.clancy]

Vincent Pericard

[SuperMikey]

Without a shadow of a doubt, it's got to be Josh Dutton-Black.

[swannymere]

Zidane or Platini

[stkev7]

Ryan Smith

[PaulSaint]

This guy

[Monk]

Zidane, Pele or Le Tiss. Can not pick one!

[LGTL]

Messi is the greatest I've ever seen live, followed by Zidane. From what I've seen from times before my era, Maradona was a ****ed up genius though.

[rpb]

It was 40 years ago but, in my opinion, the man who made both Saints' goals in this clip is the greatest...

 

[dronskisaint]

Matt Le Tissier

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[alpine_saint]

Matt Le Tiss

[Baj]

Scott Griffin

[dune]

Either Joey Barton, Lee Bowyer, or John Terry.

[JackFrost]

Toss up between Pele, Maradona, Messi, Ricky Lambert and Richard Chaplow. .

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

It was 40 years ago but, in my opinion, the man who made both Saints' goals in this clip is the greatest...

 

 

Love that so much. The referee was outrageous.

[Lord Duckhunter]

[farawaysaint]

Pele

[acersaint]

Most naturally gifted ........matt le tiss

[Lighthouse]

Jermaine Wright

[rpb]

Love that so much. The referee was outrageous.

 

This one is good too - Jenkins, Paine and Channon getting the better of Bobby Moore.

 

[Joe Kirkup]

George Best - no question

[Appy]

Messi or Adebayo Akinfenwa.

[Smirking_Saint]

Christiano Ronaldo or Thierry Henry

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

Jermaine Wright

 

He was a all time great for us, but Booby Moore gets my vote.

[Saint_Jim]

Messi or Paul Telfer

[OVER THE HILL]

Terry Paine first,Nick Holmes second, John McGrath third.

[sambosa75]

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would run rings around any of the old school greats in my opinion. Best player I've seen in his pomp is Thierry Henry. I think people forget how ridiculously unplayable he was.

[Foxstone]

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would run rings around any of the old school greats in my opinion. Best player I've seen in his pomp is Thierry Henry. I think people forget how ridiculously unplayable he was.

 

You obviously never watched Maradona in his prime then !

 

The things that guy could do with a football were quite breath taking.

[CB Saint]

Current - Lionel Messi - he played the best 45 minutes of football that anyone has ever played when Barca took Arsenal apart.

[Stubby]

George Best

[jjsaint]

Current - Lionel Messi - he played the best 45 minutes of football that anyone has ever played when Barca took Arsenal apart.

 

Messi certainly has the potential to be the best footballer of all time, if he isn't already.

[Dibden Purlieu Saint]

I would say Puskas, Di Stefano or Gary Breen.

[supersonic]

I can't decide between Forecast, Davenport, Pulis or Ali Dia?

[bristolsaint29]

My great uncle Dixie Dean

[sambosa75]

You obviously never watched Maradona in his prime then !

 

The things that guy could do with a football were quite breath taking.

 

Was a bit before my time admittedly and was obviously a great player for his time but football moves on. Players are also now athletes with superior conditioning. Because of this the opposition is also stronger which is why I am confident if you took Maradona from 1986 and directly compared him to Messi as he is now, Messi would be the better player.

[a1ex2001]

if you took Maradona from 1986 and directly compared him to Messi as he is now, Messi would be the better player.

 

Which is a ridiculous thing to do becuase if Maradona was raised in todays game he would have benefited from all the extra conditioning work and similarly Messi if he had been a pro in '86 would have learn't his trade in the back waters of Argentina rather than having all the advantages of a comfy life at Barcelona.