football heroes

[Dublin12]

Whats your 2 nominations

1 Jackie Jameson rip
2 Billy Bremner rip

[TheJamaicanP.M.]

1 Jamie Redknapp
2 Raul
3 Morientes
4 Paulo Sousa
5 Jose Mourinho

[Dillo]

Paola Maldini
Eric Cantona
Morientes
Raul
Luis Figo
Jose Mourinho
Paola Ferreira
Adrian Mutu
Jamie Redknapp
The Jamaican PM

[Dublin12]

Do they not teach counting down in Longford then :rolleyes: :D

[Gary]

Robbie Fowler, if for no other reason that his celebration against Everton a few seasons ago!

[Dillo]

****ing ar$ehole. I don't see how you could idolise that pr!ck because of his stupid unmeaningful celebration in front of the Everton fans. You're obviously easy pleased when you look up to someone of his nature.

[Karlos]

1. Ian Wright (for being the only brightspark when we were sh1te! Selley, Mcgoldrick & Hillier - what a midfield! :eek: )

2. Tony Adams (inspirational captain and one hell of a man for how he transformed his life. A definate idol.

[eoinh]

1. Dave Barry and 2. Maradonna (just for his football ability, there is nothing i like about the man himself).

If i could pick a team of Football heros it would be Brazil from '82. They played the most beautiful awe inspiring football Ive ever seen. Pity they lost though :eek:

[jockser]

fowler, van basten, mattheus, maradona(of course)

[Bluebeard]

My two heroes when I was younger were Michele Platini and Paul Cashin.

[M@ttitude]

Emilio Butragueño..

[JoeSemi]

Luis Enrique
Steve Gerrard, Gerrard..He'll pass the ball 40 yards....He's big and he's fcukin hard..Steve Gerrard, Gerrard!!! :D

Honourable mentions go to Mike Marsh, Davor Suker and Robbie Fowler.

[oconghc2]

1. Mc Grath
2. Paolo diCanio

[Colm55]

Even though I follow the red devils across the pond, Denis Bergkamp, is my fave, the guy can do anything between the half way and the goal ..... remember that goal in the 1998 World Cup against Argentina ? ? Magic ! !

[sylvo]

Michele Platini and Paul McGrath.

[sylvo]

'Side before self every time'
'He would break himself in two for the sake of Leeds United'

I think I'd go for John Giles, who came up with that great line after Frank Worthington nutmegged him
'You do that to me, or the Leeds shirt, ever again, and I'll break your f**king leg'.



Ahhh they were such a nice team to watch, and had such lovely fan's as well that follow them, how sad it is to see their fall from grace. :rolleyes: :D

[CollegeTillIDie]

If i could pick a team of Football heros it would be Brazil from '82. They played the most beautiful awe inspiring football Ive ever seen. Pity they lost though :eek:

Brazil 1982 lost for two reasons ... dodgy back four and brutal keeper !


Dejan Savicevic..a mercurial genius.Not saying he was in the same class as Maradona, or Pele or Cruyff, but nevertheless a class act.

Dino Zoff... a great goalkeeper, went in International football for 12 1/2 games without conceding a goal. And won a World Cup winners medal at 40 years of age.


If I could pick two Irish heroes it would be Giles and Jennings

[Kingdom]

1. Mc Grath
2. Paolo diCanio

I can't believe it took 14 posts before someone mentioned big Paul. Now there's a real genius.

Anywho
1. Paul McGrath
2. Fernando Hierro

Not everybody's type of player but just two people I felt were terribly underrated.

[De Town]

1. Digger O'Brien...........what a legend
2. Ronaldinho...............he can do anything with a football and can make a fool of any defender

[sylvo]

[QUOTE=Conor74]Well that would be true alright, at least you know your stuff,

Why thank you.

[QUOTE = Conor74]Talk about slaves to English tabloid media rubbish,

Well now we could be talking about most of the country there.


[QUOTE = Conor74]True there were hard men like Hunter, but then again every team had a destroyer back then.

But Conor now I'm surprised at you tut tut, for someone who get's upset about chant's about wife beater's you seem to all of a sudden condone on field thuggery and career ending injury's, bad form.

[QUOTE = Conor74]when he became a little less disciplined and allowed players like Bremner and Giles to express themselves

And that they did indeed.


[QUOTE = Conor74]the Leeds team played some of the most sublime passing football the game has seen.

Ahh i've seen that move v Southampton, is that what you mean.


[QUOTE = Conor74]I suspect the ones who really mean that Leeds play ugly football...and I KNOW you aren't one of them...are the same idiots who still cling to the 'boring Arsenal' notion,

Why thank you again.

[drinkfeckarse]

1 Frank O'Neill


Quality, rams legend!! And of course Georgie Mellerick! ;) :D

[tetsujin1979]

In no particular order:
Paolo Maldini
Pele
Jimmy Johnstone
Maradona
Cryuff (how many other players have a move named after them??)

[razor]

Has to be Razor Ruddock.
Though Cormac Cotter would run him close.

[Éanna]

Had to have a long hard think about it, but I'm going for Fernando Hierro. I was always a huge fan of Gary McAllister too.

[harry crumb]

Had to have a long hard think about it, but I'm going for Fernando Hierro. I was always a huge fan of Gary McAllister too.

Hierro!, what a dozy goat. Niall Quinn made a monkey out of him.
Gary McAllister was a good player not a great player as Dunphy has said.

DIEGO MARADONA by a mile. I remember around World Cup 90 when I was collecting the stickers and the Maradona sticker was worth 50 normal player stickers. Now thats a sign of greatness if ever I saw one.

[drinkfeckarse]

you no him?

Know him well, played for him when he was in charge.

[Éanna]

Hierro!, what a dozy goat. Niall Quinn made a monkey out of him.
one of the best players in spanish history and a really nice bloke too.

[harry crumb]

Still, Niall Quinn made him look ordinary.

[Éanna]

Still, Niall Quinn made him look ordinary.
he was well past his best at that stage. and Niall Quinn did that to a lot of damn good players in his day

[harry crumb]

Well I wouldnt have been trading 50 stickers for a Heirro sticker. Thats just my opinion.

[drinkfeckarse]

I normally don't give strangers my name but I'm in a good mood so I'll PM ya

[Macy]

1. Eric Cantona
2. Norman Whiteside

[Lionel Ritchie]

Gordon Strachan -the major piece of the jigsaw that took Leeds out of the wilderness and back to the top.

Owairan -I know it's probably the only thing he ever did -but i could just watch this guys goal, for Saudi Arabia against Belgium at WC94, all feckin' day. Took the ball at the edge of his own 18 yard box and went off for a wee trot with it ...brilliant!

Tony Yeboah -for a bit of a fat lad Tony was great. Scored a stupendous goal against Liverpool at the start of 95/96 that the commentators said he'd never equal. He scored a mirror image of it a few days later against Wimbledon -but this time turned it into a half volley by way of a deft overhead flick that left a Dons defender wondering what planet he was on.
After that Tony did ...well not much really.
But i'll tell ya for that september of 1995 Leeds fans felt something similar to what the USA felt for much of 1945 and 1946 -safe and smug in the knowledge we'd a weapon nobody could match or predict.

[Hibs4Ever]

Matt Le Tissier and Ricky O'Flaherty :D

[colster]

Matt Le Tissier and Ricky O'Flaherty :D

As a young lad it was

John Barnes
Liam Brady

[Ash]

Ive gotta pick ...
Rod De Khors and Paolo Di Canio