Zinedine Zidane....the player (oooohhh)

[tommyd150]

Totally disagree with the Messi comment..... He is arguably one of the greatest players of all time. Nedved was decent, but not better than Messi.

Messi will never be the best ever! he does nowt for his country and its cause he needs xavi and iniesta! no1 comes close to zidane or marodonna

 

[meguel]

How you can be missing Makelele as a DM is amazing.

 

[cZeur]

I'd probably tone down Zidane's flair a bit; I'd say that 20 flair suggests he was a permanent trickster, Neymar style. While he did have it in his locker, he wasn't overboard with his skills, maybe 13/14 is a more accurate reflection?

 

[NicWar]

The 100 greatest players of all time - Football Pantheon

 

[StuW]

Messi will never be the best ever! he does nowt for his country and its cause he needs xavi and iniesta! no1 comes close to zidane or marodonna

*nothing *because *Xavi *Iniesta *No-one *Zidane *Maradona

In other words, use the Queen's English.

But, Messi is the best of our generation. Still at least 6 years at the very top of the game left. Kinda like saying Eusebio isn't one of the best players in history, or that Lev Yashin isn't the greatest GK of all time.

Plus, you left out players such as

GK
- Lev Yashin
- Dino Zoff
- Gordon Banks
- Peter Schmeichel

DEF
- Giacinto Facchetti(LB)
- Franco Baresi(SW)
- Gaetano Scirea
- Bobby Moore
- Djalma Santos(DR) the finest right back to play the game. Fact.
- Daniel Passarella(SW)
- Carlos ALberto(DR)
- Alan Hansen(DC)
- Marius Tresor(DC/SW)

MID
- Didi(Waldyr Pereira)(CM)
- Lothar Matthaus(DM)
- Frank Rijkaard(DM)
- Jozsef Boszik(AM)
- Falcao(CM)
- Claude Makelele(DM)
- Marco Tardelli(DM)
- Bryan Robson(CM)

Winger
- Garrincha
- George Best
- Stanley Matthews
- Jairzinho
- Dragan Dzajic
- Luis Figo
- Francisco Gento
- Zbigniew Boniek

ST
- Ferenc Puskas
- Gerd Muller
- Eusebio
- Pele
- Marco van Basten
- Gunnar Nordahl
- Romario
- Sandor Kocis
- Uwe Seeler

Almost much all of those are better than the players you named.

 

[Darandio]

Messi will never be the best ever! he does nowt for his country and its cause he needs xavi and iniesta! no1 comes close to zidane or marodonna

Oh dear, they have been let out for Christmas.

 

[bondj700]

*nothing *because *Xavi *Iniesta *No-one *Zidane *Maradona

In other words, use the Queen's English.

But, Messi is the best of our generation. Still at least 6 years at the very top of the game left. Kinda like saying Eusebio isn't one of the best players in history, or that Lev Yashin isn't the greatest GK of all time.

Plus, you left out players such as

GK
- Lev Yashin
- Dino Zoff
- Gordon Banks
- Peter Schmeichel

DEF
- Giacinto Facchetti(LB)
- Franco Baresi(SW)
- Gaetano Scirea
- Bobby Moore
- Djalma Santos(DR) the finest right back to play the game. Fact.
- Daniel Passarella(SW)
- Carlos ALberto(DR)
- Alan Hansen(DC)
- Marius Tresor(DC/SW)

MID
- Didi(Waldyr Pereira)(CM)
- Lothar Matthaus(DM)
- Frank Rijkaard(DM)
- Jozsef Boszik(AM)
- Falcao(CM)
- Claude Makelele(DM)
- Marco Tardelli(DM)
- Bryan Robson(CM)

Winger
- Garrincha
- George Best
- Stanley Matthews
- Jairzinho
- Dragan Dzajic
- Luis Figo
- Francisco Gento
- Zbigniew Boniek

ST
- Ferenc Puskas
- Gerd Muller
- Eusebio
- Pele
- Marco van Basten
- Gunnar Nordahl
- Romario
- Sandor Kocis
- Uwe Seeler

Almost much all of those are better than the players you named.

These kind of lists are so subjective. It's so hard to compare players of different eras. For example on your list where is Franz Beckenbaur probably the best defender ever? Is greatness measured by skill or achievements? Romario was a technically better than Ronaldo but Ronaldo acheived more. You have Bryan Robson but no Scholes? Figo but no Cruyff? See what I mean any list is someones opinion and open to disagreement.

Personally I think Zidane is one of the best of all time and although I can't stand him Maradona was very special. The game against England in Mexico 86 showed him at his best and worst. Cheating,cunning **** then scoring one of the best goals of all time.

 

[Munroe]

Totally disagree with the Messi comment..... He is arguably one of the greatest players of all time. Nedved was decent, but not better than Messi.

But he's 25 and already on the game. If you're going to make a team of legends you should leave out active players, especially those who aren't even 30 imo.

Nedved only decent? -_____-