Forgotten Great Footballers

[terryefc]

Peter Barnes?? Not in the same league as Laurie Cunningham

Laurie would of xourse be amongst the others. Fabulous player.

 

[Alan Whittle]

Palace’s greatest ever player. Also played for one or two lesser sides; Juventus, Lazio, Sampdoria.
Hail Bald Eagle!!

 

[Yarrgh]

Klinsmann, Voeller, Haessler too

Matthias Sammer was a Maybach of a player.

 

[degsy]

Not forgotten as such - but these lads were what footy is all about - Alan Hudson, Tony Currie, Keith Weller, Howard Kendall, Rodney Marsh, Stan Bowles, Frank Worthington, Glenn Hoddle, Benny Carbone, Juninho, George Armstrong, Eddie Gray, Peter Barnes, Denis Law, Liam Brady - and of course the greatest of them all - little curly Alan Ball.

In no order.
Bobby Collins Tony Kay Bryan Douglas Jimmy McIllroy, Charlie Cooke, Alan Gilzean, Derek Dougan.

 

[Lapeno77]

 

[joe1878]

I came here to mention a few of that 94 Croatian team, I tipped them for the WC that year.

One missing so far is Alen Boksic (think he missed the WC due to injury) he was class, couldnt believe he signed for Boro.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Peter Barnes?? Not in the same league as Laurie Cunningham

Didn't he replace Cunningham when he went to Madrid?

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Think Vialli was in that same Sampdoria team.

And Mancini.

What an attacking trio.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Stoichkov too. The Balkan ballers of my youth.

Both Romania and Bulgaria had some boss players on display at the 94 world cup. Letchkov, Dumitrescu, the mad goalie with the bad wig.

Would have been a boss final

 

[Papa Shango]

I'll give a forgotten (barely known in some instances) 11. Mainly early to mid 80s...

GK Jurgen Croy (East Germany)

LB Rafael Gordillo (Spain)
CB Bruno Pezzey (Austria)
CB Marius Tresor (France)
RB Mauro Tassotti (Italy)

LM Pierre Littbarski (West Germany)
CM Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria)
CM David Kipiani (USSR)
RM Vasillis Hatzipanigis (Greece/USSR)

ST Magico Gonzalez (El Salvador)
ST Gregorsz Lato (Poland)

 

[Littlesue]

Didn't he replace Cunningham when he went to Madrid?

Yep, Ron Atkinson bought in Peter Barnes and Gary Owen from Man City

 

[Neiler]

Aerial Ortega.

Dude had crazy Skilks.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Benny Carbone could do a bit iirc.

 

[Neiler]

Benny Carbone could do a bit iirc.

Shout.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Bit more recently, Geovanni as well, that season on fire for Hull where he outdid King Midas.