Who's the best player you've ever seen play LIVE.

[Giraffe]

Ronaldinho v Osasuna 2003

Never have I seen one player utterly dominate a game of football. And not just with all his flashy bollocks.

 

[Staly]

"Never have I seen one player utterly dominate a game of football"

Jay Denny?

 

[Gazwag]

I believe Baggio and Scillachi played that night for the Italians

And i think Di Canio - he may have been a sub

 

[Storer68]

pele

and that was in a friendly at fulham (alan Mullery plaed as well I think)

in a compettive game-
George Best (just an absolute genius on a foobnall field)

 

[bathseagull]

Zinedine Zidane
England v France at Wembley 1998

Incredible to watch the way he selected French players to bring into the game whenever he wanted to. He played Anelka in for both goals and on both occasions he waited for anelka to get himself onside before delivering the perfect ball.

Very much like the way Charlie Oatway does...

 

[perseus]

Mark Lawrenson (and he wasn't playing for Preston or Liverpool). Not the most exciting though. Plenty of more exciting players.

 

[ILOVEBHA]

Ronaldo in France in a world cup game against Chile(1998).
He was outstanding and the Brazilian fans were also amazing
Shame we cant make noise like them.

 

[Citrus]

Rooney

England v Wales, 2004.

 

[Dandyman]

Choice between...

Ward
Lawrenson
Hoddle
Gazza
Klinsman
Ginola
Rooney



Of the lot the one that could change a game singlehanded was the geordie loon. Lawrenson and Klinsman were both very intelligent and hardworking players while Ward and Hoddle were both wonderfully talented but for sheer outrageous skill and ability it has to be Gascoigne.

If Rooney can develop a brain then who knows...

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Unfortunately the only time I saw Gazza live was the year before last when he was playing for Wolves reserves who play they home games at the Telford ground - he was way poor and was subbed at half time.

Most exciting to watch live (never been to an International) was Kevin Kegan - when he played for Newcastle and we played them at the Goldstone - he was class! His movement off the ball was incredible and it just got better when he had the ball .....

 

[B.M.F]

far too many to mention them all but top 4 would have to be Gullet, Hoddle, Van Basten and Emilo Butregano ( can't spell his name but he is working with Madrid if that helps ).

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Thierry Henry

 

[FamilyGuy]

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The best player I've ever seen based on a performance I've witnessed LIVE is...


Kenny Dalglish.

Agreed - when we went up there and beat them in the FA Cup in 1983 Dalglish was far and away the best player on the pitch. His vision and ability was simply phenomenal - but we still beat them!!

 

[Loft23]

Andrii Shevchenko

 

[Scotty Mac]

gazza or rooney - both genius' with what they can do

 

[Legend]

Gazza
Hoddle
Dalglish

 

[fosters headband]

Duncan Edwards, Tommy Taylor and all the Busby babes

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

tough one, from:

Rivaldo (in his prime), Larsson, Scholes i would think..

Certainly not Veron!

 

[Gully]

Very tough question as I have seen Dalglish, Brady, Romario, Jennings, Larssen and quite a few others.

I will go for Romario, saw him play twice for PSV, on the first occasion he was amazing and scored a hat-trick, on the second he was marked out of the game completely by a right back playing the game of his life, such is football. In fact, somewhat spookily, as I type this I am wearing a Vasco de Gama shirt with the number 10 on it, the number Romario had when he played for them.

 

[southstandandy]

I was fortunate enough to see Ronaldinho in his first season against Real Betis (but he did get injured in that match).

On the day I would say Luis Figo when England played Portugal in Eindhoven in Euro 2000. I hate to see England lose, but his goal from 30/35 yards was a cracker.