Totti...possibly the worst number 10 to win a world cup?

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...

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 !

Can you give us a full list of No 10s please so we can compare?

Why start a new thread? There is already a Totti bashing episode.

Originally Posted by Dodge

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

Originally Posted by Dodge

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**

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.

I closed it.

He's better than Rai for certain. No need for a poll.

Didn't numbers on shirts only come in around the 50's??

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

what are the excuses for the other major tournaments.

He was superb in Euro 2000

Originally Posted by Junior

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.

Originally Posted by Dodge

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.

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

Originally Posted by Dodge

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

good spot

Originally Posted by Dodge

good spot

Ahh CR@P that took me ages to google

Well there's almost no film footage of the 1930 World Cup left, so it's really hard to judge Carlos Cea of Uruguay

Rai played most of his career with Paris St.Germain, the perpetual underachievers of France, their answer to Tottenham Hotspur

Nah Rai was better, if only for being the brother of the legend Socrates.

Totti for Roma in full flow is a far different proposition than a barely fit Totti at the World Cup