1. Kaka: very close race with Ronaldo
2. Ronaldo: was injured vs Barca
3. Eto: best striker in the world
4. Villa: most dominant player in the last euro
5. Casillas: Santo Casillas
6. Puyo: best defender in the world
7. Messi: hasnt done anything with Argentina
8. Ramos: the next Maldini
9. Drogba: have to win the champions league
10. Ibra: needs to win a champions league
11. Xavi: best passer in the world
12. Julio Cesar: second best goalkeeper
13. Iniesta: second best passer
14. Higuain: the new Nistelrooy
15. Luis Fabiano: so fast, brazils new hope.
messi is by far no. 1.
qualifying for the world cup doesnt count for anything?
not to mention he won all 6 possible trophies along with barcelona this year.....
and whens the last time kaka even scored a goal for real?
not in any specific order but...
1. Ronaldinho- when he was at barca he did magic with the ball that nobody else could do
2. Zidane- the greatest
3. Henry- best striker in english football
4. kaka- he can change a game at any moment
5. xabi- unbelievable passing
6. Christiano Ronaldo- need i say more
7. Ronaldo- once again need i say more
8. Gerrard- great vision on the pitch, and has a rocket of a shot
9. Leo messi- who can take the ball from him?
10. Drogba- scored sick goals
11. Rooney- sick
12. Fernando Torres-sick
13. Ibrahimovic- comes to barcelona and scored in nearly every game
14. Robinho-sick
15. Danny Alves
13.
9.
Maybe I watch too much EPL but I have to give props to Rooney and Tevez, guys who do it at pace, in the TOUGHEST league in the world. I watch a little La Liga and a little Serie A, and guys like Xavi, Messi, Ronaldinho.....even Beckham!.....get all day on the ball, with "token" pressure. In the case of the first three, perhaps it is due to respect of their extremely high skill level, but come on, Rooney and Tevez are fighting with gorillas in a phone booth! Xavi, Messi and Ronaldinho are dancing with the stars on a wide-open ballroom floor (unless, of course, Gattuso is in the room!).
Coach Dom... I agree with alot of what you say. I have a thing about tough players playing hard and basically all out
I am a big fan of Terry, Gattusso, Tevez (and I do not normally like argentinians), Rooney, Drogba.
I watch Serie A just to see Gatusso play, I am no Chelsea fan but love Terry, and as much as I hate him Tevez just works his butt off, as does Rooney although he had a tendency to be a cry baby for awhile there.
People tend to lean towards the "pretty" players and forget as you said "someone has to carry the piano". That lineup you post would be scary.
as far as "el principe" (whose namesake played for you), he was overrated at times and very underrated at others. He was definetely someone to watch when he had the right supporting cast.
1. Rooney. Man U's best striker
2. Landon. Best us player
3. Ibrahim. Beast where ever he goes
4. Carlos P. Best central defender
5. Ranaldo. Check the footwork
6. Ballotelli. Beast and getting better
7. Pele. Who scores that many goals
8. Nakumara. J leagues best player
9. Luca Toni. Beast when ever he's around Ribery
10. Ribery. Beast whenever he's around Toni
11. Robbie Keane. Best Ireland Player
12. Viera. Can be my defensive mid
13. Bastien S. Germany couldn't have a better midfielder
14. Beckham. Maybe washed up but given a fk he'll nail it
15. Cech. He can be my Goalie
catch up....is that a joke?
and dom, great 11 but maybe have ronaldo and messi switch sides? both are much better at dribbling in and scoring with their strong foot rather than crossing.
1. Drogba failed twice already to win the european glass, the same with Ibra.
2. Kaka dominated the game vs Barca with Messi on it, if it wasnt bc of Puyol, Madrid would've had slapped barca at home.
3. Note my top 15 is only on current players, Im not that old to know that much about Di Stefano.
4. It has nothing to do with "being" latin. This is how I base my rankings, and again is just my opinion.
1. World Cup
2. Euro Champions League
3. Euro Cup
4. Copa Libertadores
5. World Club Championship.
That being said.
My best 11 would have to be a 4-3-1-2 with the enganche or attacking center mid.
Casillas: Gigi is old
Ramos
Puyol
Terry
Cole
Kaka
Gerard
Xavi
Ronaldo
Villa or Messi
Eto
My best 11 legendary, again Im not that old, I do remember a little of Van Basten and Gullit of Rossonero.
Casillas
Maldini
Baressi
Beckembauer
Zambrotta
Maradona
Dunga or Edgar Davies
Zidane
Magico Gonzalez or Ronaldinho
Di Stefano
Fat Ronaldo
Fabio Capello as the Coach
Honor mentions to Pele and Cruyff lol.
Is just my opinion. I was always a fan of Edgar Davies, Lampard, Gattuso, Makelele, Simeone, Matthaus, and Ballack, but at the end, gotta go with fantasy street futbol ; )