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keenanboy
12/07/2006, 5:40 AM
Just thought I'd throw this one out to you all...but I'm not sure when I saw such a poor player sporting the famous no. 10 jersey on a winning world cup team. Am I right in thinking that Guivarch didn't wear it in France '98, if he did then we probably have a worse player there...
CollegeTillIDie
12/07/2006, 7:21 AM
Five months after a broken leg and you expect him to set the world on fire?
Get a grip it was a minor miracle he played at the tournament at all !
Dodge
12/07/2006, 9:10 AM
Can you give us a full list of No 10s please so we can compare?
Clifford
12/07/2006, 11:25 AM
Why start a new thread? There is already a Totti bashing episode.
$Leon$
12/07/2006, 12:46 PM
Can you give us a full list of No 10s please so we can compare?

2006 - Totti
2002 - Rivaldo
1998 - Zidane
1994 - Rai
1990 - Matthaus
1986 - Maradonna
1982 - Dossena
1978 - Kempes
1974 - Netzer
1970 - Pele
1966 - Hurst
Block G Raptor
12/07/2006, 12:51 PM
Can you give us a full list of No 10s please so we can compare?
1930 Carlos Cea Uraguay
1934 Ferrari Italy
1938 Ferrari Italy
1950 Juan Shiaffiano Uraguay
1954 F. Walter W.Germany
1958 Pele Brazil
1962 Amarilda Brazil
1966 Geoff Hurst England
1970 Pele Brazil
1974 Netzer W.Germany
1978 Mario Kempes Argentina
1982 Dossena Italy
1986 Diego Maradona Argentina
1990 Lothar Matthaius W.Germany
1994 Rai Brazil
1998 Zinedine Zidane France
2002 Rivaldo Brazil
2006 Francesco Totti Italy

**can the mods make this into a poll**
NeilMcD
12/07/2006, 12:52 PM
Yeah that thread was closed for some reason. The reason for the bashing of Tottis that he has the talent but does not put in the effort or desire when playing for Italy. A disgrace to the shirt and as Giles said he should be forced to give his medal to Cannavarro. Injury is a decent excuse but what are the excuses for the other major tournaments.
Dodge
12/07/2006, 12:59 PM
I closed it.

He's better than Rai for certain. No need for a poll.
Junior
12/07/2006, 1:05 PM
Didn't numbers on shirts only come in around the 50's??
monutdfc
12/07/2006, 1:15 PM
what are the excuses for the other major tournaments.
He was superb in Euro 2000
Dodge
12/07/2006, 1:32 PM
Didn't numbers on shirts only come in around the 50's??
Nah, in the late 1920s. Think Squad nummbers came in in the 1950s.
Dublin12
12/07/2006, 1:41 PM
He's better than Rai for certain. No need for a poll.

Thats your opinion,why not have a poll a see what other people think.
Dodge
12/07/2006, 1:51 PM
Sorry, was two seprate points there. Stoopid lack of punctuation

1) IMO Totti was more influential than Rai
2) There's not going to be a poll. Most people here don't know enough about World Cups pre maradona to make a choice and its already been debated to death
Block G Raptor
12/07/2006, 2:00 PM
Most people here don't know enough about World Cups pre maradona to make a choice and its already been debated to death
So Why ask for a list of no.10's then oh wait you were just trying to be smart weren't you :rolleyes:
Dodge
12/07/2006, 2:02 PM
good spot
Block G Raptor
12/07/2006, 2:16 PM
good spot
Ahh CR@P that took me ages to google :D :D
CollegeTillIDie
12/07/2006, 7:23 PM
Well there's almost no film footage of the 1930 World Cup left, so it's really hard to judge Carlos Cea of Uruguay :D
CollegeTillIDie
12/07/2006, 7:24 PM
Rai played most of his career with Paris St.Germain, the perpetual underachievers of France, their answer to Tottenham Hotspur :D
Flea
13/07/2006, 12:04 AM
Nah Rai was better, if only for being the brother of the legend Socrates. :)
gustavo
13/07/2006, 12:42 AM
Totti for Roma in full flow is a far different proposition than a barely fit Totti at the World Cup
Jerry The Saint
13/07/2006, 8:33 AM
Well there's almost no film footage of the 1930 World Cup left, so it's really hard to judge Carlos Cea of Uruguay :D

We should ask Jimmy Magee - he probably commentated on the final.:)