Players You'd Love To See In A City Shirt

[Dan]

38 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Messi and Ronaldo are unquestionably the best of my lifetime, arguably of all time - and I'd never pit one against the other, but neither were as "fun" to watch as Ronaldinho, not to me anyway.

Completely agree. Played the game in such a way, took the piss but genuinely had a purpose behind it. I'm not convinced you'll get anything quite like him again.

[RumbleFox]

Do you know who I ****ing loved? Kanu. He wasn’t even great but always had a soft spot for him. X 

[Finnegan]

1 hour ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Messi and Ronaldo are unquestionably the best of my lifetime, arguably of all time - and I'd never pit one against the other, but neither were as "fun" to watch as Ronaldinho, not to me anyway.

 

One of my favourite footballing memories is watching Ronaldinho and Edgar Davids playing for the same Barca team against shit La Liga sides and basically trying to out do each other trying different skills and tricks for a laugh. 

 

Peak football. 

[Guest MattP]

Fat Ronaldo in that Barcelona period was still a level of football I've seen since. Diego Maradona would probably drag us to a Champions League trophy though.

 

Either of them.

[dmayne7]

2 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Messi and Ronaldo are unquestionably the best of my lifetime, arguably of all time - and I'd never pit one against the other, but neither were as "fun" to watch as Ronaldinho, not to me anyway.

And the thing with Ronaldinho is that at his peak, he was further ahead of the next best by a distance that hasn't been matched since. Everything about Ronaldinho was magic.

[Mark_w]

KDB

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

15 minutes ago, MattP said:

Fat Ronaldo in that Barcelona period was still a level of football I've seen since. Diego Maradona would probably drag us to a Champions League trophy though.

 

Either of them.

 

Ended up in a Wiki rabbit hole the other day - Romario rarely comes into conversation when people yap about Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho (perhaps because he didn't spent *that* long in Europe) - but his goalscoring record was obscene. 

Imagine being a PSV fan in the 90s, flogging him then getting Ronaldo in.

[Dr The Singh]

Diabate again

[Guest MattP]

10 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Ended up in a Wiki rabbit hole the other day - Romario rarely comes into conversation when people yap about Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho (perhaps because he didn't spent *that* long in Europe) - but his goalscoring record was obscene. 

Imagine being a PSV fan in the 90s, flogging him then getting Ronaldo in.

The Barcelona performance that battered Man U 4-0 was the first time I think I'd watched a team as a kid and thought wow.

 

https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1994-1995-gruppe-a-fc-barcelona-manchester-united/

 

What a team. Stoichkov and Romario up front, Busquets Dad in goal and Pep in midfield

[Reginaldo]

Maradonna off his head after downing Vardy’s snuff/port/red bull concoction

[Aus Fox]

If we’re taking past player I’d love a front two of Bergkamp playing just behind Davor Suker. 
 

Flash forward to the present day and I actually cannot think of a single player I enjoy watching outside our team.

Classic quote coming up here but, as much as I’d love to see Messi in a Leicester shirt, would I want to see Vardy dropped?

Ronaldo doesn’t do it for me, maybe Mbappe as the long term replacement for Vardy.

 

[Foxandfolly]

always thought Henrik Larsson would of been a great signing, absolute class player

[Chester Dontlie]

I like Madders and Tielers a lot but would swap both of them for this guy in a heartbeat

 

 

[Uncle Monty]

7 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

Nedved, Rosicky, Poborsky and a twelve foot giraffe with a granite skull. 

 

 

That photo

Great photo lol, but which one was "noted for his height, strong physique, and heading ability"? 

[Wymsey]

Rooney with Vardy and Patrick Vieira with Ndidi.

[Aus Fox]

2 hours ago, Foxandfolly said:

always thought Henrik Larsson would of been a great signing, absolute class player

At the risk of upsetting the Celtic fans who often post insightful things on here, Larsson was possibly the most overrated player in the history of football.

Did well in Scotland and in Sweden but in any major league pretty much a 1 in 4 striker. 

[spacemunky]

11 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

Czech Republic in Euro 2004 probably the most I've ever supported a team other than Leicester or Wales. Loved Rosicky. 

 

The wins against Netherlands and Germany two of my favourite ever summer tournament games. 

 

Also the banger he hit against the septics in the following world cup was ridiculous. 

I remember watching the where they were down 0-2 to the Dutch early. I was watching it with a Czech who was almost in tears after the 2nd Netherlands goal. I told him there's nothing to worry about and that they'd come back no problem.

 

Fortunately that worked out since I was really just blowing smoke up his ass. Was a fantastic match and especially seeing him go from absolute misery to total euphoria 

 

Nedved was my favourite from that Czech team.

[MPH]

can we start a thread for full time staff?

 

 

 

If so i’ll get the ball rolling with Anderson Perry.

[Fox92]

11 hours ago, MattP said:

Fat Ronaldo in that Barcelona period was still a level of football I've seen since. Diego Maradona would probably drag us to a Champions League trophy though.

 

Either of them.

I was a bit to young for his Barca days but I remember him at 2002 World Cup and his time at Real Madrid. Can remember watching on TV as he scored an unbelievable hat trick at Old Trafford in Champions League (not sure what stage).

 

One of the greatest complete centre forwards of all time and probably in my lifetime.

 

edit: Here it is. That third goal is a belter but look at Zidane's ball at about 1:48  Class.

We're talking players who did it at absolutely every level of football including the World Cup final.