Best football player of all time?

Or Roy "Take that you c*nt" Keane

got to be Keane ,a walking,talking,psychopath.

I'm curious as to who was the ultimate "bad boy" of football.
Who was the John McEnroe of football?

The bad sport. The dirty player.

There's probably several candidates.

Patrick Vieira

Or Roy "Take that you c*nt" Keane

got to be Keane ,a walking,talking,psychopath.

The thing about Keane is that I always quite liked him, both as a player and a person. He's always been entertaining. His recent rant about how the England squad is shit and Capello is awesome was devastatingly accurate.

But charisma aside, he was a violent c*nt at times.

Christiano Ronaldo? Please... there's a difference between being the best player and thinking you're the best player. I always have to laugh when you see him realizing that he's on the big screens. Quite the peacock for sure.
I also cannot agree with most opinions about the current so-called superstars: Haven't seen anything decent from Messi, Torres or Ronaldo.

Best football player ever? I'd go with Maradonna.

(But Roger Milla has been astounding as well )

The best player ever is simply .......... PELE - He had it all : Good left ,foot good right, good in the air & hard as nails (the '66 world cup he was basically kicked out of the competition) - Best was brilliant but unfortunately unproven at World cup level,Maradona did indeed carry the '86 world cup Argie team but he was ALL left foot & as we all know a cheat.Englands' greatest ever player ? very close call between Bobby Charlton & Bobby Moore - with Moore just pipping it.

Some random thoughts on what the rest of you have said previously...

Bobby Charlton, ssqueaky clean??? *cough* FA Cup ticket tout *cough*

Roy Keane, dirtiest ever? You're having a laugh. Joey Barton is far worse now, and the likes of Steve McMahon, Mark Dennis, Graham Roberts would have put him to shame previously.

Cantona kicked a Palace supporter? Oh dear...read the court transcript and you'll conclude that he kicked a lying racist ABU - still shouldn't have kicked him, but I doubt Palace want to be associated with the individual...who has since had further convictions.

The best player I ever saw play (no point getting into historicals)?

Del Piero & Zidane together at Juventus were unreal.
Fat Ronaldo at his peak was pace, power and skill.
Cantona was a magician.
Thin Ronaldo is operating at a phenomenal level (as is Messi) at present, but it's a little early to judge either of them.

So, I'm going for Paul Scholes. Vision, accuracy, imagination, timing, and the best volleyer since Mark Hughes.

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I think I'd rate Thierry Henry quite highly. And that's execeedingly hard work considering I follow the team just down the road from his old haunt.

I've always said Cruyff, but Messi is proving to be a world class player, lets see if we're still talking about him in 5 years.

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Old Joanne Cruft as Cloughie used to call him!

Good player in his day.

Old Joanne Cruft as Cloughie used to call him!

Good player in his day.

Yeah Cloughie did talk bollocks from time to time didn't he?

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"Well, you must remember, Daaaaay-vid! I thought Fray Bentos was a tin of corned beef, until we played them in the quarter finals...



err, and beat 'em!""

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2. Ronaldo (Brazilian)
3. Steven Fletcher

probably the best 2 ever have been maradonna and pele, different styles though, pele was a team player and maradonna was an outstanding individual who could win a game on his own, for example would brazil have won the world cup in 1970 without pele YES - would argentina have won the world cup in 1986 without maradonna NO

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2. Ronaldo (Brazilian)
3. Steven Fletcher

Funny

probably the best 2 ever have been maradonna and pele, different styles though, pele was a team player and maradonna was an outstanding individual who could win a game on his own, for example would brazil have won the world cup in 1970 without pele YES - would argentina have won the world cup in 1986 without maradonna NO

Fair point, but also Maradonna stood out in what was regarded as a poor (ish) Argentinian team Whereas Pele stood out in a Brilliant Brazillian team.