The Football Thread 2018-19 - This is the end.

[BOR]

Apparently, Inter and Juventus are keen on Alexis Sanchez.

[Preezy]

QFNP

twitter.com/JPark7/status/1129118939546554386

Full list below:

1. Messi
2. New Ronaldo
3. Zidane
4. Original Ronaldo
5. Ronaldinho
6. Henry
7. Xavi
8. Iniesta
9. Maldini
10. Baggio
11. Rivaldo
12. Cannavaro
13. Giggs
14. Kaka
15. Rooney
16. Figo
17. Batistuta
18. Cantona
19. Modric
20. Busquets
21. Raul
22. Scholes
23. Romario
24. Ramos
25. Buffon
26. Lahm
27. Neymar
28. Pirlo
29. Bergkamp
30. Suarez
31. Villa
32. Totti
33. Gerrard
34. Pique
35. Beckham
36. Del Piero
37. Bale
38. R. Carlos
39. Davids
40. Casillas
41. Puyol
42. J. Zanetti
43. Nedved
44. Robben
45. Schmeichel
46. Sammer
47. Vieira
48. Roy Keane
49. Cafu
50. Shearer
51. Nesta
52. Shevchenko
53. Rio Ferdinand
54. Lewandowski
55. Ibrahimovic
56. van Nistelrooy
57. Lampard
58. Desailly
59. Hagi
60. Seedorf
61. van der Sar
62. Dani Alves
63. Schweinsteiger
64. Veron
65. David Silva
66. Aguero
67. Thomas Muller
68. Ballack
69. Stoichkov
70. Makelele
71. Deco
72. Michael Owen
73. John Terry
74. Vieri
75. Trezeguet
76. Klinsmann
77. Sneijder
78. Hazard
79. Neuer
80. Eto'o
81. Alonso
82. Torres
83. Zola
84. Drogba
85. Kahn
86. Henrik Larsson
87. Ribery
88. Inzaghi
89. Tevez
90. Godin
91. Suker
92. Riquelme
93. Yaya Toure
94. Thuram
95. Hierro
96. Adams
97. Gascoigne
98. Klose
99. Weah
100. Salah
101. Le Tissier

Some of those names

[Jenuall]

Drogba? Tevez? Get tae strawberry float!

[Preezy]

I do wonder what the qualifying criteria was for this. I don't actually think anyone on there doesn't deserve to be, they're all great players that have won a lot of trophies, I guess it's the order that's contentious.

Rooney better than Batistuta? Nah

[Rex Kramer]

There must be some kind of weighting based on trophies. Henry is a great player but is he really the 6th best player of the last 25 years?

[NickSCFC]

Looks like BT are dropping the FA Cup with rights returning to ITV and BBC from 2021 onwards. First time the whole competition will be free-to-air in over 30 years.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-c ... -3css5zlnb

All those adverts about not mugging off the cup look silly now from BT. Surprised Sky haven’t made a bid.


If they dropping the FA Cup it means they going all out for the champions league.

I can see them ramping up their sports output considering they're rumoured to be losing the HBO and Disney/Fox contracts next year.

In the long term I see Sky as more of an ISP/mobile provider with Sky Sports being their main focus.

I'm guessing the FA cup just isn't that much of a draw to bother with. It's probably of more interest to fans of lower league clubs such as myself as it's the only time we get to face the top teams.

I wonder if viewing figures and costs were a reason for BBC and ITV not renewing.

BT obviously wanted something to launch their Sport channel with and had so little content available so I guess it made sense for them at the time.

[Herdanos]

There must be some kind of weighting based on trophies. Henry is a great player but is he really the 6th best player of the last 25 years?

Probably. At his peak he was ridiculously good.

[Saint of Killers]

Apparently, Inter and Juventus are keen on Alexis Sanchez.

God bless those idiots.

[Preezy]

I doubt Juve are actually interested, what with their manager about to jump ship.

[Jenuall]

That Ronaldo guy hasn't really paid off so Sanchez is clearly the answer.

[pjbetman]

QFNP

twitter.com/JPark7/status/1129118939546554386

Full list below:

1. Messi
2. New Ronaldo
3. Zidane
4. Original Ronaldo
5. Ronaldinho
6. Henry
7. Xavi
8. Iniesta
9. Maldini
10. Baggio
11. Rivaldo
12. Cannavaro
13. Giggs
14. Kaka
15. Rooney
16. Figo
17. Batistuta
18. Cantona
19. Modric
20. Busquets
21. Raul
22. Scholes
23. Romario
24. Ramos
25. Buffon
26. Lahm
27. Neymar
28. Pirlo
29. Bergkamp
30. Suarez
31. Villa
32. Totti
33. Gerrard
34. Pique
35. Beckham
36. Del Piero
37. Bale
38. R. Carlos
39. Davids
40. Casillas
41. Puyol
42. J. Zanetti
43. Nedved
44. Robben
45. Schmeichel
46. Sammer
47. Vieira
48. Roy Keane
49. Cafu
50. Shearer
51. Nesta
52. Shevchenko
53. Rio Ferdinand
54. Lewandowski
55. Ibrahimovic
56. van Nistelrooy
57. Lampard
58. Desailly
59. Hagi
60. Seedorf
61. van der Sar
62. Dani Alves
63. Schweinsteiger
64. Veron
65. David Silva
66. Aguero
67. Thomas Muller
68. Ballack
69. Stoichkov
70. Makelele
71. Deco
72. Michael Owen
73. John Terry
74. Vieri
75. Trezeguet
76. Klinsmann
77. Sneijder
78. Hazard
79. Neuer
80. Eto'o
81. Alonso
82. Torres
83. Zola
84. Drogba
85. Kahn
86. Henrik Larsson
87. Ribery
88. Inzaghi
89. Tevez
90. Godin
91. Suker
92. Riquelme
93. Yaya Toure
94. Thuram
95. Hierro
96. Adams
97. Gascoigne
98. Klose
99. Weah
100. Salah
101. Le Tissier

Some of those names

Bullshit list - no Ian Rush, greatest british striker of all time.

[Dig Dug]

I'd imagine he was overlooked because he was far past his best when 1994 rolled around. He's associated with the 80s more than the 90s.

[Wedgie]

Batistuta. Figo.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

These lists are often written with nostalgia. Especially if written by one person, usually weighted towards when they first heavily started watching football.

[Drumstick]

Seems like there's an exodus going on at Swansea. Might bode well for us nabbing Potter.

[Wedgie]

Drogba? Tevez? Get tae strawberry float!

Deco? He's a diving scumbag. John Terry? Wayne Rooney? :slol;

[Herdanos]

twitter.com/dancrobbo/status/1129767873663164416

[Cuttooth]

Sterling's stolen that goal.

[Christopher]

Jesus has every right to be furious over that

[Moggy]

Jesus has every right to be furious over that