World class players?

[JJB77EFC]

I posted a thread on Alan ball yesterday and what came through was that he was a genuine ‘World class player’. I’m interested to know from fellow blues who else could be classed as World class. For myself it’s Neville Southall and Gary Lineker that I’ve seen myself.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Rooney was world class, in that between 2004 and 2010 he could have walked into any side in the world. He just didn’t have long enough with us.

Lukaku isn’t world class, but bizarrely there’s probably not a side in the world who wouldn’t take him if he was in top form.

There was a period around 2012 when Baines was easily amongst the 2 or 3 best left backs in the world. Not sure if that would count as world class or not but his peak was right in the gap between Cole declining and the likes of Alaba And Jordi Alba starting out.

 

[blue1948]

Ray Wilson ,of course Dixie and Joe Mercer and the above.

 

[JJB77EFC]

Rooney was world class, in that between 2004 and 2010 he could have walked into any side in the world. He just didn’t have long enough with us.

Lukaku isn’t world class, but bizarrely there’s probably not a side in the world who wouldn’t take him if he was in top form.

There was a period around 2012 when Baines was easily amongst the 2 or 3 best left backs in the world. Not sure if that would count as world class or not but his peak was right in the gap between Cole declining and the likes of Alaba And Jordi Alba starting out.

Yes I agree on Rooney. The Euros he played whilst still an Everton player in 2004 was the best I’ve ever seen an English player play in a tournament barring maybe Gazza in Itslia 90

 

[kev]

Really just needs merging with this thread.

Our top ten greatest ever.

Looking at the Bally thread got me thinking on this,it would be interesting to hear everyone's thoughts,maybe our clever techy mods could turn it into a poll!!very,very difficult to define greatness,lineker a case in point,with us one season,similar to Tommy Lawton who was only with us a couple...

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[Exeter_Gently]

Kanchelskis...Get the feeling people don't like mentioning certain players due to the short periods spent at the club. He was without doubt World class and improved us by about 5 to 6 league places that year. His performance against Sheff Wed away was the best single performance of an Everton player I've seen.

 

[JJB77EFC]

Kanchelskis...Get the feeling people don't like mentioning certain players due to the short periods spent at the club. He was without doubt World class and improved us by about 5 to 6 league places that year. His performance against Sheff Wed away was the best single performance of an Everton player I've seen.

Yeh I get where you are coming from with the length of time players stayed at us. Gary Lineker for me is the best Everton striker I’ve seen albeit for one season.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Yeh I get where you are coming from with the length of time players stayed at us. Gary Lineker for me is the best Everton striker I’ve seen albeit for one season.

Lineker and Andre where definitely both world class regardless of time spent at the club.

 

[JJB77EFC]

Really just needs merging with this thread.

Our top ten greatest ever.

Looking at the Bally thread got me thinking on this,it would be interesting to hear everyone's thoughts,maybe our clever techy mods could turn it into a poll!!very,very difficult to define greatness,lineker a case in point,with us one season,similar to Tommy Lawton who was only with us a couple...

www.grandoldteam.com

New to this mate. I only posted for the first time yesterday. I’ll get the hang of it.

 

[tommye]

Lukaku isn’t world class, but bizarrely there’s probably not a side in the world who wouldn’t take him if he was in top form

Does that not make him world class then?

 

[Saint Domingo]

Does that not make him world class then?

That’s the paradox. Maybe he is.

 

[kev]

New to this mate. I only posted for the first time yesterday. I’ll get the hang of it.

No problem padawan
Why not try this thread to introduce yourself to the grand old frandelinos of Grand Old Team (Great thread on Bally by the way)

New Signings

If you are new to the forum why not start a thread and introduce yourself?

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[DOMNOLAN]

For about 4 odd years Baines was world class, he’s probably our last world class player.

 

[orly]

John Stones was world-class, as was (and is) Romelu Lukaku.

Pienaar too.

 

[Eggs]

....we’ve had a similar thread before. I think it’s important to define ‘world class’. For me;

- A player who would play for any team on the planet at the time they played for us.

- i also suggest they need to have played for more than one season (therefore, Rooney, Lineker and Kanchelskis not included in my reasoning).

During my lifetime (I’m 63), I’ve seen 3 world class players at Everton;

Alan Ball
Ray Wilson
Neville Southall