Players you secretly admire,

MM99 · Post by **MM99** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:32 pm

Always liked Ronaldo, even when he was at Utd.

Have grown an affection towards Mourinho since taking over Madrid and not taking any shit form barca.

worthing_gooner · Post by **worthing_gooner** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:36 pm

Arsenal players -

Koscielny had a great first season IMO, was thrown into the deep end and generally looked assured, he's not there yet but he'll only get better.

Bendtner I think is unfairly criticised. He actually had a bloody good scoring record and has scored some vital goals for us. He's still young and there's nothing wrong with arrogance in a striker.

Others -

Xavi... complete c**t but what a player. His movement off the ball is different class.

Kevin Davies - Again, what a numpty, but how good would it be to have a player like that in our squad? Wins free kick after free kick, gets under the opposition's skin, works hard for the team. Imagine how many flick ons he'd win for our forwards?

GoonerSA · Post by **GoonerSA** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:43 pm

Balotelli

However, I should add that I don't admire him but rather like him and I do believe that if he should cut out all his antics and sort himself out that he could be a world class player.

terry henry · Post by **terry henry** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:16 pm

Whilst Messi is brilliant and better than anyone in our squad, I can't help but feel that Ronaldo is the better talent. Messi looks ordinary when he doesn't have Xavi and Iniesta and his other Barcelona bum boys feeding him

woots82 · Post by **woots82** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:20 pm

Essien - cant help but think he would have been amazing for us after PV4

augie · Post by **augie** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:32 pm

I always liked steve bruce as a defender and thought that he was vastly under-rated and better than that pallister plank

glenda hoddle was absolutely gifted as a footballer and ahead of his time imo

peter reid was another player that I liked

Christ I could go on forever naming players that I was not supposed to rate

Special mention should also go to paul mc grath who was one of the best footballing centre halves I have ever seen

Babatunde · Post by **Babatunde** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:36 pm

Non flying Dutchman wrote:
Gooners.

Kos, good on the ball, not a bad header, good distibution, better than cahill, jags, dann etc

Started laughing and stopped reading right there...

Herd · Post by **Herd** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:47 pm

Warren Beaty, Hugh Heffner ,Omar Sherrif and DB 10, all great players in their day !

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:52 pm

Le Tissier, should have had a bag load of medals to his name.

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:12 pm

used to like Rooney, in his Everton days. But don't think he is as good now as he was then!

WHAT!?

Rooney for me is everything you want in a footballer. Personally he's horrible, but on the pitch the boys brilliant

scfc64 · Post by **scfc64** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:14 pm

I quite like that Nigerian lad, Untidi .....

They say he's the new Messi ...

!

LeGinge (Northern Branch) · Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:17 pm

scfc64 wrote:I quite like that Nigerian lad, Untidi .....

They say he's the new Messi ...

!

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:33 pm

Babatunde wrote:
Non flying Dutchman wrote:
Gooners.

Kos, good on the ball, not a bad header, good distibution, better than cahill, jags, dann etc
Started laughing and stopped reading right there...

Were you laughing about a player who was called up to the French squad today...?

Percy Dalton · Post by **Percy Dalton** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:34 pm

Glenn Helder!

shu · Post by **shu** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:46 pm

i thought Gazza was one of the best players i ever saw play.

More recently that horrible bastard Drogba , for one he scored loads against us but he would have scored more playing for us

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