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15 hours ago, The Rebel CRS said:

England: Alan Shearer(Absolute machine. Unstoppable.)

Scotland: Colin Hendry(Massively underrated central defender who was solid as a rock and as humble as they come)

Republic of Ireland: Damien Duff(Absolute joy to watch in his hayday)

France: Thierry Henry(from his Arsenal days)

Italy: Roberto Baggio(His greatness status isn't as high as it should be. An all-time great.)

Spain: Carles Puyol(The game no longer has defenders like him. The last of his kind.)

Germany: Oliver Kahn(The best keeper I've ever seen.)

Holland: Johan Cruijff(don't give a fuck if he's from before my time, absolute legend of the sport in every sense.)

Portugal: Deco(doesn't get enough credit, he was excellent and @ASF will agree with this. It's a shame he wasn't in his prime during Portugal's euro win.)

Denmark: Michael Laudrup(he could have gone down as being much greater than he was if not for his inconsistencies, but incredibly talented either way.)

Turkey: Tugay(how every big club in Europe weren't in for him is one of life's mysteries, but all the better as it was a pleasure to watch him at Rovers.)

Brazil: Rivaldo(The most "explosive" player I've ever witnessed. A true Brazilian superstar who had a lengthy career)

Argentina: Lionel Messi(The greatest to have played the game. A player who can't be described by words.)

Colombia: Rene Higuita(No keeper has ever been as crazy and unpredictable as him.)

USA: Brad Friedel(One of the most reliable keepers to have played in the Premier League.)

 

 

I don't have favourite players from the rest. I rate plenty of course(some very highly), but don't necessarily see them as being "favourite" players.

 

Not even Emerton? :( 

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1 hour ago, The Rebel CRS said:

Shit, I actually forgot him. Easily my favourite Aussie player.

It was Lucas Neill once upon a time. You can't forget Robbie Slater either mate :ph34r:

 

I'd also say Rafa Marquez for Mexico and Hazard for Belgium.

Robbie Slater won the premier league. Unreal.

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Some that are not in the original list:

Switzerland: Ricardo Rodriguez
Thailand: Chanathip Songkrasin
Vietnam: Nguyen Quang Hai
Philippines: Stephan Schröck
Lithuania: Valdas Ivanauskas
 

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On 20/03/2019 at 18:22, Azeem said:

never played in Europe so curios ?

It's really random because I've not frequently seen him play, he's one of these I've just come across and he looks seriously talented.

I'll throw Yassine Chikaoui into Tunisia's list as well. Similar circumstances.

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Mexico: Rafa Marquez

Australia: Bret Emerton

Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o

South Africa: Benni Mccarthy

Belgium: Kevin De Bruyne

 

 

I also forgot about Carlos Valderrama up there. I'd probably put him over Rene Higuita for Colombia, although it's a difficult one as I loved both of those 2.

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England: Leighton Baines

Scotland: Duncan Ferguson

Wales: Aaron Ramsey

Republic of Ireland: Lee Carsley

Northern Ireland: David Healy

France: Thierry Henry

Italy: Andrea Pirlo

Spain: Mikel Arteta

Germany: Mesut Ozil 

Holland: Robin van Persie

Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo

Belgium: Romelu Lukaku

Croatia: Luka Modric

Bosnia & Herzewhatever: Edin Dzeko

Austria: Pogatetz for his name only

Poland: Lewandowski

Czech Republic: Petr Cech

Denmark: Thomas Gravesen

Sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Norway: ?

Finland: ?

Iceland: Gylfi Sigurdsson

Slovakia: ?

Slovenia: ?

Hungary: ?

Serbia: Nemanja Vidic

Greece: Apostolis Vellios

Bulgaria: Dimitar Berbatov

Turkey: Cenk Tosun 

Russia: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov

Ukraine: Andriy Shevchenko

Brazil: Richarlison

Argentina: Leo Messi

Colombia: Yerry Mina

Chile: ?

Peru: ?

Uruguay: Diego Forlan

Mexico: Javier Hernandez

USA: Tim Howard

Australia: Tim Cahill

Japan: Shinji Kagawa

South Korea: Park Ji Sung

China: Li Tie?

Algeria: Riyad Mahrez

Morocco: ?

Tunisia: ?

Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba

Egypt: ?

Nigeria: Yakubu

Senegal: Idrissa Gueye

Biased but who cares.

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24 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Insufferable twat as a TV pundit. 

That's a bit shite to hear. He's a legend for us though, so he remains my favourite German player. Markus Babbel was up there in contention as well, but I decided to give it to Didi instead because he scored a penalty for us in a CL final with a broken foot. Babbel was one of the best right backs I'd ever seen play for us up until his awful illness, sad how his career kind of suddenly faded because of it.

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Chilavert is another one who is an insufferable cunt of a pundit. He's basically Paraguay's Maradona in that sense. He's screwed over so many National Team managers with his comments alone.

I remember a few years ago for the Copa America, Univision would gather country legends as pundits. Arango for Venezuela, Zamorano for Chile, Chilavert for Paraguay. He was sacked after about 2 games cos he would constantly insult the manager (Ramon Diaz at the time) on TV xD

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England: Lampard and JT had to pick two

Scotland: Steve Clarke

Wales: Mark Hughes

Republic of Ireland: Damien Duff

Northern Ireland: Kyle Lafferty

France: Marcel Desailly

Italy: Gianfranco Zola

Spain: 

Germany: Miroslav Klose

Holland: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Seedorf.

Portugal: Paulo Ferreira

Belgium: Marc Wilmots

Croatia: Davor Šuker

Bosnia & Herzewhatever: Sergej Barbarez

Czech Republic: Petr Cech

Denmark: Jesper Gronkjaer

Norway: Tore Andre Flo

Turkey: Hakan Sukur

Russia: Lev Yashin

Ukraine: Andriy Shevchenko

Brazil: Ronaldo

Argentina: Batistuta

Uruguay: Edison Cavani

Mexico: Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Japan: Keisuke Honda

Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba

Nigeria: John Obi Mikel

Senegal: Demba Ba :ph34r:

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22 minutes ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

What about that dude who tore the world cup up? or Bilyadeiniov from everton who only scored screamers, or Arshavin. Or Zhirkov?

I would be called a Chelsea biased cunt if i put another Chelsea player in like Zhirkov.

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Just now, True Blue said:

I would be called a Chelsea biased cunt if i put another Chelsea player in like Zhirkov.

Not if you're not familiar with other Russians. Fuck what other people say as well. The guy who harassed me for being a glory hunter these last 8 years admitted to being a glory hunter and swapped teams!xD People on the internet are the dumbest cunts. 

 

Present company not withstanding and all that jazz.:ph34r:

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1 minute ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

Not if you're not familiar with other Russians. Fuck what other people say as well. The guy who harassed me for being a glory hunter these last 8 years admitted to being a glory hunter and swapped teams!xD People on the internet are the dumbest cunts. 

 

Present company not withstanding and all that jazz.:ph34r:

No one is bullying me i will cut them all.

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(Past or present)

England:  Gary Linekar

Scotland:  Billy Bremner

Wales:  Ryan Giggs

Republic of Ireland:   Kevin Kilbane

Northern Ireland:  Danny Blanchflower

France:  Thierry Henry

Italy:    Antonio Cabrini

Spain:  Raul

Germany:  Manuel Neuer

Holland:   Klaas Jan Huntelaar

Portugal:  Eusébio da Silva Ferreira

Belgium:  Kevin De Bruyne

Croatia:   Ivan Rakitic

Bosnia & Herzewhatever:  Edin Dzeko

Austria:  Christian Fuchs

Poland:  Robert Lewandowski

Czech Republic:  Petr Cech

Denmark:  Peter Schmeichel

Sweden:   Bo Larsson

Norway:  Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Finland:  Timo Pukki

Iceland:   Albert Guðmundsson

Slovakia:   Marek Čech

Slovenia:    Mladen Dabanovič

Hungary:   Ferenc Puskás

Serbia:      Nemanja Matić

Greece:   Kyriakos Papadopoulis

Bulgaria:   Nikola Kotkov

Turkey:    Mesut Ozil (yes I know but if not Halil Altintop...)

Russia:    Lev Yashin

Ukraine:   Andriy Voronin

Brazil:   Pele

Argentina:  Lionel Messi

Colombia:   Radamel Falcao

Chile:   Arturo Vidal

Peru:   Jefferson Farfan

Uruguay:   Edinson Cavani

Mexico:   Chicarito

USA:    Tim Howard

Australia:   Tim Cahill

Japan:  Atsuto Uchida

South Korea:  Park Ji-sung

China:  Wu Lei

Algeria:  Riyad Mahrez

Morocco:      Amin Harit

Tunisia:  (declined)

Ivory Coast:   Salomon Kalou

Egypt:   Mohamed Salah

Nigeria:   John Obi Mikel

Senegal:   Sadio Mane

Switzerland:  Breel Embolo

Sorry, but some of you young guys may need to look up some of the brilliant 50's and 60's players who were a bit special to a lad growing up then!  Sorry no space for Bert Trautmann but Man City had a special guy there!  PLEASE see the film when it is in your area!

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On 27/03/2019 at 05:33, Dr. Gonzo said:

That's a bit shite to hear. He's a legend for us though, so he remains my favourite German player. Markus Babbel was up there in contention as well, but I decided to give it to Didi instead because he scored a penalty for us in a CL final with a broken foot. Babbel was one of the best right backs I'd ever seen play for us up until his awful illness, sad how his career kind of suddenly faded because of it.

And now Babbel coaches the bogan of all bogan teams in the a-league.

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On 27/03/2019 at 05:41, Devil-Dick Willie said:

Not if you're not familiar with other Russians. Fuck what other people say as well. The guy who harassed me for being a glory hunter these last 8 years admitted to being a glory hunter and swapped teams!xD People on the internet are the dumbest cunts. 

 

Present company not withstanding and all that jazz.:ph34r:

I reckon it's story time nonga

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