Irlandos Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 UEFA are running a contest of the top 50 players of the last 50 years. You can vote for 10 players from each of the last 5 decades. Vote for legends like DiStefano, Puskas and Yashin. Then vote for modern day stars like Kahn, Cannavaro and Owen. Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 It looks like the Western European PC owners ignored Eastern European players :( How else can one explain Boszik and Kocsis failing to make the top 10 in the 1950's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 More of the same today as Oleg Blokhin and Hristo Stoichkov fail in their respective decades getting fewer votes than...Paul Gascoigne! From UEFA.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go:bekli Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Can I vote for Pele as #2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted January 14, 2004 Author Share Posted January 14, 2004 Which European Federation did he play for? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 NOOOOO!!! How can Gordon Banks not be in the top 10 of his decade?!? :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go:bekli Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 UEFA are running a contest of the top 50 players of the last 50 years. You can vote for 10 players from each of the last 5 decades. Can I vote for Pele as #2? Which European Federation did he play for? I was under the impression that I had made it clear that I am not a psychic and cannot recreate the state of mind of other people. At best, when the stars are aligned, I manage to understand what they wrote! Anyway, I was left agape when I read Vote for legends like DiStefano, Puskas and Yashin. Then vote for modern day stars like Kahn, Cannavaro and Owen. any of whom might qualify on a good day to tie the shoes of the #1 one player of all times, latitudes and longitudes whose first name happens to be Diego. He too, I guess, did not play in Europe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 The results are being given (backwards) by UEFA.com. FINAL: 1. Zidane 2. Beckenbauer 3. Cruyff 4. Van Basten 5. Zoff 6. Di Stefano 7. Eusebio 8. Yashin 9. Platini 10. Maldini 11. Puskas :o 12. Rossi 13. Gullit 14. B. Charlton 15. Matthaeus 16. Rummenigge 17. Baresi 18. G. Mueller 19. Best 20. Keagan 21. Rijkaard 22. Beckham :o :o :o 23. Moore 24. R. Baggio 25. Laudrup 26. Koeman 27. Schmeichel 28. Hagi 29. Maier 30. Kahn 31. Figo 32. Raul 33. Vogts 34. Neeskens 35. Rivera 36. Camacho 37. Tardelli 38. Fontaine 39. Shilton 40. Schuster 41. Kopa 42. Cantona 43. Sir Stanley Matthews 44. Van Nistelrooy 45. V. Ivanov 46. Lineker 47. Nesta 48. Santamaria 49. Del Piero 50. Costacurta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Two comments - so far: Gordon Banks had more talent at his position than most of these players on the low end of this scale. I cannot imagine that there were 42 footballers that were better than Sir Stanley Matthews! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I cannot imagine that there were 42 footballers that were better than Sir Stanley Matthews! This is a popular vote, isn't it? Hey, the same people have made the likes of Madonna, Brittany Spears and Grandmaster BamJam (I made this name up, but you understand...) idols (and millionares), what do you expect them to vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 A third comment: Peter Shilton ahead of Gordon Banks? No way!!! :tdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 Sepp Meier ahead of Gordon Banks??? Du bist verukt! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 That's only because the internet generation never saw those players and it's only natural for them to vote more for their contemporaries. It would have been wiser if the vote was for the best footballers of each decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elastonpappou 13 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Cantona in 42nd place??? They must be kiddin.. The guy was the best football player ever!!!! :tup: :tup: KING ERIC!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2ndMouse Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 It would have been nice if the man could keep his kicking strictly on the ball... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elastonpappou 13 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 That was his greatest beauty!!!! :tup: :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Eric :"What do you think of De Gaul?" Sir Alex:" I think it was off-side" Journalist:" David, what did you think about the tactics?" David Beckham: "I think they are really minty" :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 Just don't tell me that Beckham has also made the top 50! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 Hats come off to number 23: West Ham's and England's number 6 - Bobby Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose141 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Form 100 to 51. Obviously some players should be in a better position like Gigi Riva, Breitner or a lot of Eastern European players. No100 Luigi Riva No99 Pirri<o:p></o:p> No98 József Bozsik<o:p></o:p> No97 Rinat Dasaev<o:p></o:p> No96 Roberto Bettega<o:p></o:p> No95 Alain Giresse<o:p></o:p> No94 Juan Altafini<o:p></o:p> No93 Branko Zebec<o:p></o:p> No92 Zvonimir Boban<o:p></o:p> No91 Juanito<o:p></o:p> No90 Sándor Kocsis No89 Omar Sívori No88 Christian Vieri No87 Hansi Muller No86 Giancarlo Antognoni No85 Michel Preud’Homme No84 Sandro Mazzola No83 Rui Costa No82 Juan Alberto Schiaffino No81 Erik Geretz No80 Oleh Blokhin No79 Emilio Butragueño No78 Dennis Bergkamp No77 Hristo Stoitchkov No76 Jean-Pierre Papin No75 Fernando Hierro No74 Paul Breitner No73 Edgar Davids No72 Paul Gascoigne No71 Igor Netto No70 Rudi Voller No69 Nils Liedholm No68 Fritz Walter No67 Ladislao Kubala No66 Bruno Conti No65 Andoni Zubizarreta No64 Jurgen Klinsmann No63 Luis Suarez No62 Claudio Gentile No61 Duncan Edwards No60 Thierry Henry No59 Costa Pereira No58 Ruud Krol No57 Francisco Gento No56 Zbigniew Boniek No55 Gordon Banks No54 Billy Wright No53 Germano No52 Andriy Shevchenko No51 Kenny Dalglish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted March 4, 2004 Author Share Posted March 4, 2004 Players who should have been in the top 50 from the 51-100 list: Stoichkov, Mazzola, Banks and possibly Boniek. Kocsis and Boszik also deserved higher spots. Thierry Henry should make the top 50 before he retires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 David Beckham in 22nd place ahead of Moore, Matthews and the others I mentioned in my previous post... I think these polls need to be weighted to give older players and Eastern European players a more accurate vote. Young Western Europeans voters are far too over-represented in these polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 One thing the poll got right was naming Bobby Charlton ahead of any other Brit (Beckham, Best, etc.). :tup: A true team player who played the game without any fanfare but truly was the heart and soul of that great Man. Utd. team of the mid - late 1960's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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