Boss players through history

[bluelord49]

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Maybe Bally being posted late was to endorse HE was the Shining Beacon above them all..

 

[Billy Dean]

Daniel Passarella. Thunderbolt of a left foot. Went on to manage Argentina at the 98 World Cup and ordered the whole squad to get their hair cut short.

 

[Nymzee]

Paolo Montero ;-) Old school defender

My kinda defender but unfortunately they were a liability also.

 

[Billy Dean]

Diego

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Junior

 

[Methuselah]

John Charles

 

[Billy Dean]

Looks FourFourTwo have been thinking about Red Star Belgrade a lot too during lockdown

 

[ChesterBlue]

The original Ronaldo is the player that got me really into football - I was 6 during the ‘98 WC and remember watching him there like “wow” I still think if it weren’t for his injuries he would have been the best player ever by some distance

 

[d34noj]

My kinda defender but unfortunately they were a liability also.

That's not even defending, most of that is common assault!

 

[Nymzee]

That's not even defending, most of that is common assault!

I know - it's brilliant.

 

[Nymzee]

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

Wish he'd come to England sooner in his career.

 

[kenada_blue]

England not being there made it better! A proper focus on all the nations involved instead of daily updates on players we see every week already.

I don't think 94 was bad, The Romanians and the Bulgarians doing well was good fun. Some quality players on show too. The final was awful though.

86 will always be my favourite but I think a lot of people look favourably on the first one they can remember watching properly.

I don't enjoy modern world cups as much (though I did think the last one was really good) mainly because the game is too omnipresent now. It used to be a major event to see the likes of Zico and Socrates, Platini and Giresse, Maradona etc as you only got to see these almost mythical beings every 4 years. I get no joy over watching Ronaldo and Messi because I can see them every week.

I think a lot of nations at period of time had a number of great players in the team not just the odd one or two.

Now it's one star of the team - Ronaldo, Messi - etc compared to Maldini Baggio Del Piero etc or Zidane, Viera, Blanc going toe to toe which makes you sit up

 

[Papa Shango]

Daniel Passarella. Thunderbolt of a left foot. Went on to manage Argentina at the 98 World Cup and ordered the whole squad to get their hair cut short.

I always remember him managing on the touchline smoking a ciggie with a massive camel coat on. He looked boss.

Another of my favourite type of player, the undersized sweeper with an eye for goal. I hate that sweepers are not really a thing any more. Was such a classy position.

 

[Papa Shango]

Preben Elkjaer Larsen, johann Neeskens, Alan Simonsen, Puskas, Robbie Rensenbrink, Jimmy Johnstone, Sócrates, Romario, Omar Sivori, Juan Schiaffino

Loved Elkjaer and the weirdly underrated Soren Lerby. Always kind of annoys me that the beautiful 80s Denmark team won nothing but the workmanlike 90's side won the Euros.