Feb
22
2007
Which football players / managers do you want to meet?
I was talking to Hasan the other day and we started discussing which football players would we like to meet the most. I gave him my list, and then I realised that it would be a good idea to ask you guys, professional football fans, for your own top 5/10 list.
Here’s my list - you can add yours in the comments below.
My top 3:
- 1. David Beckham
- 2. Owen Hargreaves
- 3. Michael Carrick
The rest (in no particular order):
- Rio Ferdinand
- Kevin Nolan
- Fabio Cannavaro
- Nemanja Vidic
- Joe Cole
- Michael Essien
- Thierry Henry
Special Entry:
- Robbie Keane (
)
Managers:
- Roy Keane
- Jose Mourinho
- Frank Rijkaard
- Alex Ferguson
There are more, but these were on the top of my head. I also think that several people on this list (like Canna) would probably drop off in a couple of years, and that while I’d love to interview just about any decent player, there are some you just can’t drop (Becks).
What about you? Which players/people would you want to meet the most?
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1. Cantona
2. Maradonna
3. Giggs
4. Henry
Managers
1. SAF
2. Mourinho
3. Gullit
4. Rijkaard
1.CANTONA
2.FERGUSON
3.KEANE
Id love to have a little kick about with the next three!!!
4.RONALDINHO
5.ROONEY
6.RONALDO
THE NEXT LOT ID TALK PURELY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES
7.GIGGSY
8.GARY NEVILLE
9.PAUL GASCOIGNE
10.PETER SCHMICHAEL
Must say Ahmed you’re selection is strange, why Essien? and Joe Cole? it looks like you’re a newbie to football, you have Beckham? you’ve practically know him through the papers anyway! also Vidic? fair enough he’s a great player and a hardnut but why would you want to meet Hargreaves! strange
I mentioned the players I respect. I also mentioned current players mainly because I think meeting a player in his prime is far better than meeting him when he’s an old hack.
I agree with James, sometimes it almost seems like you post things just to stir up reactions from other readers.
Top 3
1. Maradona
2. Cantona
3. Gazza
All controversial, but amazingly skilled footballers.
Would be nice to hear their stories on life as a professional.
Skills
4. Ronaldinho
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Falcao (Amazing futsal-player with awesome skills)
A kick about, to learn some skills and have fun..
Thoughts and opinions
7. Scholes
8. Gerrard
9. Zidane
A talk on how to be the perfect midfielder…
Manager
10. Sir Alex Ferguson
Past experiences, thoughts on coaching and the man himself.
Falcao is an amazing player, didn’t he go to a club? would be good to see some footage of him on here!!! hint hint
Ahmed, I think you should post all the Man Utd videos you can mate! not the links cos I can’t get them to work!
Top 3 players:
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1. Gabriel Omar Batistuta
2. Giggs
3. Zidane (I want to see if he can really speak arabic
Comparing me with Caught Offside (hey Chris!) now, are you?
As I said, my perspective is different. I’m not talking about top footballers in the world, I’m talking about the individuals I’d like to get to know better.
Ronaldinho and Ronaldo are great players but I’m not a fan of their personality, even though I respect them immensely and would jump at the chance at meeting them.
My picks though, are people I’d like to chat with. Not play with.
well, why dun come out wif a post that ask viewers their pick for the top 5 manager in this beautiful game today =)
Roberto Carlos
Jan Koller
Edwin Van Der Sar
All seem like interesting characters.
Cristiano Ronaldo, and thats it.
I want to see this side - the normal, human side - of footballers.
Excellent vid by the way.
Not bragging here but I’m quite fortunate that I’ve met quite a few professional footballers (and ex-pros) in my time, here’s a list of the ones I have met.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Rio Ferdinand
Wes Brown
Dwight Yorke
Ian Rush
Alex Stepney
Norman Whiteside
David Sadler
A friend of mine is a professional chauffer and does a lot of work for Man U. I’ve done a bit of work for him in the past. Obviously, he’s met loads more than me including SAF, George Best, Peter Smeichel, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Tim Howard, Graeme Souness, Wayne Rooney, David Beckhan, Nicky Butt and many others. He’s also driven people like 50cent.
Personally I’d still like to meet SAF and Rooney.
i’d like to meet cristiano ronaldo,jus to know the regular human side of him.oh,and rooney cuz i DON’T like him and it would be a bit funny to see him annoyed.but there is no chance of me meeting any footballer who doesn’t play for T&T cuz i live in trinidad in the caribbean.
Whatever, Ahmed.
The fact that you would pick Kevin Nolan over Ronaldinho says it all.
If you talk specifically about players as individuals you’d like to meet; why don’t you specify this in the start of your article, instead of letting the posters run loose with comments about your “weird” choices? With all the focus on skills, top performers and single individual players these days, -who’s the best etc.. EVEN YOU have to see that this could be misunderstood.
1. Zidane
2. Henry
3. Ronaldinho
4. Maradona
5. Ian Wright
6. Cruyff
1. Wenger
2. Lippi
3. Zagalo
4. Ferguson
5. Robson
6. Mourinho
legends:
-pele
-maradona
-cantona
-beckenbauer
-zidane
-zico
great footballers:
-stevie gerrard
-thierry henry
-ronaldinho
-r.carlos
-bufon n iker
manager:
-houllier
-fergie
-rafa benitez
players: Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Wayne Rooney, Zinedine Zidane, Mohamed Abou-treika
Managers; Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson and SVEN
Ahmed is entitled to choose who he wants. Just because you dont agree, you belittle him..real classy.