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  • frank the tank
    Paisley
    • Mar 2008
    • 12891

    #2071
    Maldini and baresi for me were sublime

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    • Charly
      Paisley
      • Jul 2008
      • 10370

      #2072
      I have seen highlights and the odd worldcup game (and a few football Italias on C4), but you are obviously seeing them at their best, or playing against ****e most of the time.

      Maldini and Baresi were probably the best centreback pairing ever. VVD probably being closest to Maldini out of the three. Baresi taking most of the credit cause he could play pretty.

      Same with Beckenbauer. Although he was pretty fantastic on the ball, didnt really see him have to defend in the air a lot.

      Old football was rubbish though...
      Last edited by Charly; 20-11-22, 11:15 PM.
      In the beginning, Fowler created the Heaven and the Earth.

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      • banditos
        Rocket Surgeon
        • Mar 2008
        • 2179

        #2073
        Maldini played most of his games as a fullback no? Costacurta was Baresi's cb partner in that impregnable Milan/Italy defence I believe.

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        • Charly
          Paisley
          • Jul 2008
          • 10370

          #2074
          Ill say I was too young to remember that
          In the beginning, Fowler created the Heaven and the Earth.

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          • Irishnev
            Paisley
            • Aug 2006
            • 18293

            #2075
            Originally posted by frank the tank
            Maldini and baresi for me were sublime
            I think Nesta was as good as any of them and I loved hard ******* South American centre backs - Montero, Samuel and to a lesser extent Ayala. From the PL I think Japp Stam, Sol Campbell and Paul McGrath were brilliant - if McGrath was taller then he could be compared to VVD

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            • Doc_Piptorious
              • Jul 2006
              • 40256

              #2076
              A certain Mr Hierro should be in the conversation.


              World class midfielder.

              World class sweeper.

              World class Centre back.


              And he picked fights with trains.
              I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.


              Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

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              • kev776
                Paisley
                • Sep 2006
                • 12035

                #2077
                Bobby Moore - one of the first defenders who didn't just stop and hoof, he played the ball out. Him and Beckenbauer were world class.
                Those that hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
                Those that killed her, were following the law.

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                • Paul12
                  Dalglish
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 2258

                  #2078
                  No mentions for Harry Maquire or Phil Jones then?

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                  • Fosterbloke
                    Run the Jewels
                    • Dec 2009
                    • 39095

                    #2079
                    Puyol was also pretty good!
                    Was mu

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                    • Angryred
                      Shankly
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 5063

                      #2080
                      Paul McGrath was seriously underestimated!
                      Nope, don't need anger management, you just need to stop pissing me off!

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                      • Slinky Skills
                        Micka "don't f*** with me" Wallace
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 20514

                        #2081
                        Originally posted by Jaco_Pastorious
                        A certain Mr Hierro should be in the conversation.





                        World class midfielder.



                        World class sweeper.



                        World class Centre back.





                        And he picked fights with trains.
                        He was a big influence for me when I started playing football.

                        He was a big Hierro of mine.
                        Klopp on LFC vs MUFC (March 9th 2016) - "This is why I love football. This is why we watched it when we were young. I can still not have enough of it."


                        Always, keep your face to the sun, and shadows will fall behind you.

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                        • Norbs
                          Big Girl's Blouse
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 42638

                          #2082
                          I met Hierro in a hotel in Madrid. Shook his hand but he admitted not to knowing who I was

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                          • Doc_Piptorious
                            • Jul 2006
                            • 40256

                            #2083
                            Originally posted by Norbs
                            I met Hierro in a hotel in Madrid. Shook his hand but he admitted not to knowing who I was

                            He was probably just a bit star struck
                            I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.


                            Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

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                            • Harv
                              Randy Marsh
                              • Jul 2006
                              • 26280

                              #2084
                              Originally posted by Jaco_Pastorious
                              A certain Mr Hierro should be in the conversation.


                              World class midfielder.

                              World class sweeper.

                              World class Centre back.


                              And he picked fights with trains.
                              "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                              "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                              • frank the tank
                                Paisley
                                • Mar 2008
                                • 12891

                                #2085
                                Good shout on Paul McGrath.

                                Ask an ex-colleague who the best player they played with, and a lot of them will say him. He was amazing. Imagine what he'd have been like if he wasnt ******ed most of the time.

                                I attended the first tour of lfcs axa stadium and they had john Aldridge there as a guest speaker. He was asked who was the best player he'd played with was and he rattled off a load of amazing names...... Barnes, Rush, Beardsley, Brady, Hansen..........and then said Paul McGrath was hands down the best teammate or opponent he'd faced.

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