Comments on: Football Legends: The Defenders

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:56:20 +0000

I’ve just started watching soccer but I have read alot about how good Daniel Passarella and Cafu were.

By: FriedCoolGoose

FriedCoolGoose — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:27:49 +0000

Great list. Personally would have left Roberto Carlos out.

By: govind

govind — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:13:05 +0000

i dunno why coeman is not mentioned.

By: Devvo

Devvo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:16:28 +0000

All i got to say is Jackie Charlton

By: Clas E Eriksson

Clas E Eriksson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:46:03 +0000

1) José Leandro Andrade 2) Djalma Santos 3) Nilton Santos 4) Ruud Krol 5) Luís Pereira 6) Franz Beckenbauer 7) Bobby Moore Daniel Passarella 9) Elias Figueroa 10) Domingos da Guia

The lists include far too many “recent” players . . .

By: VTerAtLarge

VTerAtLarge — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:04:11 +0000

Just another honorable mention: I had a lot of love for Ronald Koeman. He certainly wasn’t well-rounded enough to have cracked the top-10, but the things he did well (free kicks, long shots) he did perhaps better than anyone else.

Great list, great presentation, btw.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:19:45 +0000

Claudio Gentile
Daniel Passarella
Paul Breitner
Bertie Vogts
José Santamaría
Wim Suurbier
Júlio César da Silva
(There are many more I could name)

Are all in a different league to Roberto Carlos. In 50 years from now I don’t think Carlos will be mentioned in the same breathe as some of the Legends I have mentioned that did not make your list.

By: Bravewolf

Bravewolf — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:07:22 +0000

Danny McGrain – As good as any full back in the world for a long long time. Left or right back, suffered a fractured skull and diabetes neither of which held him back.

Mathias was a better midfielder.

Beckenbauer, Maldini, Moore, Baresi – Indisputeably.

Ruud Krol better dutch master than Staam.

By: K

Mon, 04 May 2009 21:37:07 +0000

Roberto Carlos was not a great defender and should not be on a list with the likes of Moore, Baresi and the rest. He wasn’t even a good free kick taker, 99% of his free kicks went hideously wide or were blasted out of the stadium. Cafu was a much much better full back offensively and defensively and should be there instead of Carlos.

By: sexyshad

sexyshad — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:49:37 +0000

GREAT LIST!!! i tot noone could composed a top defenders list with GAETANO SCIREA!! this proves you really know your stuff. most football fans, if u call them fans, forget about that man, scirea .. the same ppl who goes on to say “ferdinand, terry best defender in the world!!” idiots really .. love your list .. all the great defenders i could think of, well except for rcarlos maybe .. and i might add one more name; marius tresor ..