but who has been some of your favorite players to watch over the years?
1. thierry henry 2. alan shearer 3. luka modric 4. ronaldo (brazilian) 5. ronaldinho 6. patrick viera (arguably one of the best midfielders ever, or the goat.)
just a few
mbappe firmino aguero
come to mind for more current
honourable mention: sol campbell, pele, john terry, michael ballack
Re: football
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 6:01 pm
by BabySasuke
totally forgot one of the best defense players ever.
shoutout to thiago silva
Re: football
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:46 pm
by Ltrain
So I played K-12 but don't watch a ton of it. The last year, Megan Rapinoe is the obvious choice for me. But over the last 8 years... I'd have to go with Neymar. I'm sure it's just the games I have caught and I'm wrong, but I usually see him playing pretty hard up and down the field where as anytime I check in on a Messi or Ronaldo game, they are doing a lot of waiting and then they get the ball and shoot.
Re: football
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:48 pm
by BabySasuke
neymar is a sick player 100%, people like to say because the league PSG is in, and the money they have blah blah
or when at barca the other players, but he is sick, and super fun to watch highlights of
this thread is just to showcase the good...dont be shy <3
Re: football
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 9:27 pm
by Ltrain
Who is high profile player that said he wouldnt play cause of covid? I caught the tail end of it on sports radio on my drive into work. I googled but between btwn football and soccer in google search, I gave up
Re: football
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 9:34 pm
by Ltrain
Nothing on espn soccer. Maybe it was just speculation. There is not a lot to talk about in the sports world. Gotta fill the time. I love the Jordan/bulls last dance doc but man, I am really tired of hearing them talk about it on sports radio
Re: football
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 10:17 pm
by BabySasuke
last time i checked any sports radio its shortwave games ( along time ago)
or just sky sports, but i havent tuned into sports ina minute, i miss some football, just the plays, godamn, i smoke to many darts, but im still kicking a balla round just to see something
Re: football
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 6:58 am
by betiko
MyNameIsJack wrote:neymar is a sick player 100%, people like to say because the league PSG is in, and the money they have blah blah
or when at barca the other players, but he is sick, and super fun to watch highlights of
this thread is just to showcase the good...dont be shy <3
Even if the ligue 1 is not at the level of the premier league, if PSG was playing premier league they would definitely play for the title, with strong chances of being champions.
Your questin is a bit to broad to even answer because I can't really... there is always the supporter in you that has a biaised vision of all this...
but yeah, the real question here is... will messi and cristiano be considered the two best players of all time once they retire? I mean it's normal, right now they are still active and we tend to see more their defects and the fact that they are aging.... but both of them have brought over a decade of never seen stats, titles and mouth opening goals and plays. It's also very hard to compare eras... Di Stefano, Pelé, Beckenbauer, cruyff, Maradona, Platini, Zidane, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho.... there are skills, there is luck with injuries, there is luck with teams you're in, and then there is your mental capacities which is arguably the most important variable... and guys like messi and cristinao are robots in that aspect
Re: football
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 8:04 pm
by BabySasuke
betiko wrote: Even if the ligue 1 is not at the level of the premier league, if PSG was playing premier league they would definitely play for the title, with strong chances of being champions.
Your questin is a bit to broad to even answer because I can't really... there is always the supporter in you that has a biaised vision of all this...
but yeah, the real question here is... will messi and cristiano be considered the two best players of all time once they retire? I mean it's normal, right now they are still active and we tend to see more their defects and the fact that they are aging.... but both of them have brought over a decade of never seen stats, titles and mouth opening goals and plays. It's also very hard to compare eras... Di Stefano, Pelé, Beckenbauer, cruyff, Maradona, Platini, Zidane, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho.... there are skills, there is luck with injuries, there is luck with teams you're in, and then there is your mental capacities which is arguably the most important variable... and guys like messi and cristinao are robots in that aspect
id agree 100% PSG would be running for the top of the table, it would actually be fun to see a "super league"
but yes ofc its always going to be bias, like im an arsenal fan, so ofc i like more arsenal players, but viera and henry both doly deserve the goat title, messi and c.ronaldo will undeniably go down as the era's greatest and id never argue that, youd be mad if you did, such exciting players to watch, absolute legends, i try and disrgard alot of propaganda against players based on league and team and all the jazz, its obvious they are some of the most skilled players ever to play the game...
but i like both concepts, again this thread really is just to showcase great players of the sport. not to say who is the BEST EVER, cuz its just impossible to transcend eras of football professionally
Re: football
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 2:41 am
by mrswdk
lol, as soon as I saw Viera on that list I knew you had to be an Arsenal fan.
Henry was sick. I also used to like watching Seaman, and the old school Campbell/Adams duo (back when Arsenal could still defend).
Others: Drogba, van Dijk, Schmeichel, Beckham, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Kahn. Maybe (Ashley) Cole as well, I like watching a good roaming wing back at work. And Roberto Carlos taking any free kick.
Re: football
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 3:51 am
by mrswdk
fck me writing that list reminded me just how good Arsenal used to be. Henry, Adams, Campbell, Viera, Cole, Lehman, Bergkamp - all in the same squad.
Re: football
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 10:23 am
by BabySasuke
ljunberg, pires, gilberto, parlour, lauren, even kanu lol arsenal was insane back in the day with the lineups they used to have
drogba was unreal to watch even when i hated who he played for lol, same with hasselbaink when he wasnt injured
how you feel about ozil? still an unreal play maker imo
Re: football
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 10:48 am
by mrswdk
With the qualifier that I haven't actually watched that many games that Ozil has played in, one of his problems is that he sometimes looks (or has looked) pretty lacklustre, like he's only half there. I get that a lot of that stemmed from his relationship with Wenger/Emery but it doesn't make him much fun to watch. Same goes for Pogba as well.
Thinking of Man Utd, I do really like Rashford though. He's not quite there yet but he reminds me of young Michael Owen. Aguero's also great to watch.
Re: football
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 11:28 am
by betiko
It's Vieira, not viera.... it means scallop in portuguese and in galician, just so you know. Yes, this midfielder you've adored is called scallop.
I'm a Marseille and betis fan. Honestly, if I'm going to talk about players I've really loved (and that I actually saw playing), I'll talk about the ones in my clubs/national team Betis: Alfonso, Finidi, Jarni, Alexis, Jaro, Oliveira, Edu, Assunçao, Joaquin, Ruben Castro, Fabian Ruiz Marseille: Di Meco, Papin, Mozer, Waddle, Abedi Pelé, Boli, Sauzée, Drogba, Ravanelli, Blanc, Ribéry, Niang, Mandanda.. France: Trezeguet, Henry, Zidane, Djorkaeff, Vieira, Blanc, Desailly, Thuram, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Barthez, M'bappé, Pogba, Ribéry, Lloris, Griezmann, Varane...
Re: football
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 9:08 am
by BabySasuke
ive only been at three professional games, it was quite some time ago also; newcastle vs PSV Endihoven in the 2nd leg UEFA qtr final, newcastle still had a good line up then, but was on the verge when sir bobby robson was losing the plot a bit, I was also at deportivo vs newcastle 2005
the other game was a random FA cup game few years later and we actually left during the game with how fucking terrible it was so i barely remember when this game happened
wish i was in europe more to see more games, never did i get to see arsenal play at highbury, i did at least get to see the stadium before it turned into condos lol
Re: football
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 5:23 am
by mrswdk
You could just watch them on TV ya know.
Re: football
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 10:30 am
by BabySasuke
TV? ¿que?
Re: football
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:37 pm
by mrswdk
aka the only possible way to view football in 2020 :3
Re: football
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:23 am
by betiko
I haven't been to that many game... let's see what I can remember...
french league: Nîmes-Guingamp Marseille-Istres (held in Nîmes' stadium) Saint-Etienne - Metz Monaco-Saint-Etienne Monaco-Marseille
french cup: Nîmes-Monaco Marseille-Sochaux (french cup final)
Spanish league Malaga-Betis
UEFA cup PSG-some obscure hungarian team Saint-Etienne - some obscure moldavian team
Champions league Lille-Manchester United AC Milan-Marseille Chelsea-Marseille
Eurocup France-italy (2008, Zurich)
World Cup Japan-Brazil (2006, dortmund) France-Togo (2006, Koln)
World Cup qualifier France-Albania (2012)
so in terms of stadiums.. France: Nîmes (Costières), Saint-Etienne (Geoffroy-Guichard), Paris (Parc des Princes), Monaco (Louis II), Saint Denis (Stade de France) Spain: Malaga (Rosaleda) Switzerland: Zurich (whatever that stadium was called) Germany: Dortmund (wesfalenstadion), Koln (whatever that stadium was called) Italy: Milan (San Siro) England: London (Stamford Bridge)
I probably forgot something... but it was fun to remember all this. At the end of the day I went to see games in all 5 major european countries now that I think about it. In red are invites i got from providers with my former job.
Re: football
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:22 am
by mrswdk
How long ago were you at Stamford Bridge? Did they still have standing terraces back then?
I've barely been to any internationals. England are too depressing to watch and I cba to travel abroad to watch other countries. I go to a fair few EPL/Championship club games though. One of my favourites to date was the Man City v Chelsea FA Cup final where Sarri substituted Kepa, Kepa refused to come off and the two of them had a stand-off for like 5-6 minutes until Sarri eventually gave up and let him stay on.
Re: football
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:18 am
by betiko
mrswdk wrote:How long ago were you at Stamford Bridge? Did they still have standing terraces back then?
I've barely been to any internationals. England are too depressing to watch and I cba to travel abroad to watch other countries. I go to a fair few EPL/Championship club games though. One of my favourites to date was the Man City v Chelsea FA Cup final where Sarri substituted Kepa, Kepa refused to come off and the two of them had a stand-off for like 5-6 minutes until Sarri eventually gave up and let him stay on.
lol of course i remember that game!
stamford bridge... 2010 or 2011 when I used to live in london.. one of my best friends there is a hard core chelsea fan and he has yearly tickets with his dad.. his dad couldn't come and he let me take his dad's ticket knowing I'm a marseille fan... it finished 1-1 if I remember correctly.We were behind a goal where some hard core chelsea fans are, he made me wear a chelsea cap and he told me not to say a word if marseille scores or they'd kick the shit out of me. I had to hide my "yessss" when we equalized lol. DUring the game those chelsea boys were just casually talking about the brawl they had upcomming as milwall and QPR were playing at the same time and they were going up there for a three way.
Re: football
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:33 am
by mrswdk
betiko wrote:
mrswdk wrote:How long ago were you at Stamford Bridge? Did they still have standing terraces back then?
I've barely been to any internationals. England are too depressing to watch and I cba to travel abroad to watch other countries. I go to a fair few EPL/Championship club games though. One of my favourites to date was the Man City v Chelsea FA Cup final where Sarri substituted Kepa, Kepa refused to come off and the two of them had a stand-off for like 5-6 minutes until Sarri eventually gave up and let him stay on.
lol of course i remember that game!
stamford bridge... 2010 or 2011 when I used to live in london.. one of my best friends there is a hard core chelsea fan and he has yearly tickets with his dad.. his dad couldn't come and he let me take his dad's ticket knowing I'm a marseille fan... it finished 1-1 if I remember correctly.We were behind a goal where some hard core chelsea fans are, he made me wear a chelsea cap and he told me not to say a word if marseille scores or they'd kick the shit out of me. I had to hide my "yessss" when we equalized lol. DUring the game those chelsea boys were just casually talking about the brawl they had upcomming as milwall and QPR were playing at the same time and they were going up there for a three way.
I once watched a game sat in the stands with fans of the opposing team; never again.
Millwall have always been legendary for their insane fans. Even now, when football hooliganism has long since passed, away fans visiting Millwall travel to and from the ground via a train that only away fans are allowed on and are then funnelled into the ground via a walkway surrounded by huge fences and with police shielding them at either end. The last time i was at a Millwall game we pumped them something like 4-1, and by the last 20 minutes there were all these angry skinhead guys trying to climb over the fence into the away stands and being pushed back by the wall of police who'd been position in their way to preempt them. In the old days the away stand was apparently surrounded by a big steel cage to make it physically impossible for the home fans to get at the away fans.
Re: football
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:48 am
by BabySasuke
ugh, chelsea is dereailing the thread, this is sad! LOL
millwall defo always had the craziest fans
i remeber the one newcastle game, the chants i barely could understand with the thick geordie accents, newcastle goes on shutdown for game day still which is fun, but not nearly the same as it used to be, but cool with see a good ol mackem magpie derby day tho
Re: football
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:03 am
by betiko
MyNameIsJack wrote:ugh, chelsea is dereailing the thread, this is sad! LOL
millwall defo always had the craziest fans
i remeber the one newcastle game, the chants i barely could understand with the thick geordie accents, newcastle goes on shutdown for game day still which is fun, but not nearly the same as it used to be, but cool with see a good ol mackem magpie derby day tho
but are you an arsenal fan or a sunderland fan? not sure if the mackem magpie derby is newcastle sunderland or something else
mrs... I don't think you ever told me if you supported a particular club. TBH... I'd imagine you being either a chelsea or a tottenham fan... i know they hate each other... but definitely not arsenal for you
I never really had an english club I support, already enough in my hands with one from france and one from spain... being a french guy who's been a very large chunk of his life in spain and started watching football in spain as a kid
Re: football
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:38 pm
by BabySasuke
i was born in newcastle so i went to games there with my family, im an arsenal fan personally, but still a geordie
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:54 pm