Battle of the Footballers

[Magrat Garlick]

Garrincha.

Anyone who can play that well with one leg shorter than the other...

 

[BoyBrumby]

It's another tough one this, but I think I'll go with Garrincha. Sixty international caps & only one defeat (when Hungary kicked lumps out of Brazil in '66, it's actually shocking to see. If today's standards of reffing had've been applied Hungary would ended up with about 3 men left on the pitch) he turned a physical deformity (one leg two inches shorter than the other) in to a positive attribute. It totally crippled his hips in later life, but what a step he had.

 

[marc71178]

Garrincha by a mile.

 

[Langeveldt]

Zinedine Zidane

 

[cricketboy29]

Zidane, but whats this about garrincha's leg?

 

[age_master]

Garrincha

 

[Barney Rubble]

It's 5-5. Next vote wins.....

(because I didn't want to give myself the casting vote)

 

[33/3from3.3]

the one who isnt Zinny

 

[shaka]

zinedine Zidane gets my vote

 

[marc71178]

Zidane beaten

 

[Barney Rubble]

Zidane beaten

Indeed.

Round 1 Matchup 7

Alan Shearer (England)

Luis Figo (Portugal)

Already through:
George Weah
Ruud Krol
Marco van Basten
Pele
Franz Beckenbauer
Garrincha

 

[Scaly piscine]

Shearer - substance over style.

 

[Cloete]

Figo by about 20 miles...

 

[BoyBrumby]

It's very tempting to vote for Wallsend's king of the elbow, he is the best centre-forward we've produced in England in the last fifteen years by a comfortable distance, but I think Figo is the more gifted player & has certainly won more at a domestic level than Sir Alan. So it's

Luis Figo for me

 

[Scaly piscine]

It's very tempting to vote for Wallsend's king of the elbow, he is the best centre-forward we've produced in England in the last fifteen years by a comfortable distance, but I think Figo is the more gifted player & has certainly won more at a domestic level than Sir Alan. So it's

Luis Figo for me

What does that have to do with anything? Figo played in better teams, Shearer was the main factor by a considerable distance in Blackburn winning the league - without him they'd have been midtable.

 

[BoyBrumby]

What does that have to do with anything? Figo played in better teams, Shearer was the main factor by a considerable distance in Blackburn winning the league - without him they'd have been midtable.

The point I'm making is that neither has won anything with their respective countries, so when one looks at the level below that it becomes apparent that Figo has been more successful.

 

[Burpey]

Shearer

 

[Scaly piscine]

The point I'm making is that neither has won anything with their respective countries, so when one looks at the level below that it becomes apparent that Figo has been more successful.

Team success is still irrelevant. Is someone like Crespo better than Rooney because Crespo has won more stuff than Rooney? Not in a million years.

What they've done individually to enhance team success is relevant.

 

[Cloete]

Team success is still irrelevant. Is someone like Crespo better than Rooney because Crespo has won more stuff than Rooney? Not in a million years.

What they've done individually to enhance team success is relevant.

Exactly, and in this case Figo has done alot more to enhance that. Mainly due to the fact that he's a better player.

It's obvious who alot of the regular English contingency are going to vote for though.

 

[Kweek]

Figo by a lot.
never liked Shearer.