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Who's the Greatest? Pele? Messi? Carlton Palmer?

jonnyp

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Jun 11, 2006
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Cannot decide between Maradona and Messi.

Next in line:
Ronaldinho at his best was the most technically gifted player the world has ever seen but too much partying cut his genius short.
Zidane
Ronaldo
Fat Ronaldo
Johan Cruyff
Romario
Marco van Basten
 

Trix

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Jul 29, 2004
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Can’t believe Beckenbauer doesn’t get a mention on here, he’s got auto predict on spellchecker, created a role that was named after him and Adidas still make trainers and boots in his name! ?
All joking aside the guy was pure class albeit in a not so glamorous role however he really did stand head and shoulders above anyone else for years.
Pele just wins it for me for his record and longevity, honourable mention to DM as well.
Loved my old Beckenbauer boots back in the day.

Slightly o/t but I recently got my 13 yo son to start wearing puma kings over all the new flashy boots that last 5 minutes and give little support, by showing him vids of past players that wore them. He now loves them and a couple of his team mates have been converted too.

I told him if they were good enough for Maradona, pele, Eusebio, Cruyff, Matthaus, Gascoigne etc they are good enough for you.

(I seriously hate multi coloured modern day plastic boots)

Oh and it helps Neymar now wears them of course.
 
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