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The Rage
25 Dec 2004, 01:05 PM
Can you rank the best full backs in the world? Top ten from both right and left?
(P.S. if something like this has been done before, please give me a link to that thread).
astabooty
25 Dec 2004, 01:22 PM
Right:
Zanetti
Puyol (when he plays there)
Trabelsi
Cafu
Gallas
Hinkel
Ferreira
Toure (when he plays there)
Left:
Zambrotta
Bridge
Cole
Maxwell
Lahm
Cordoba
Rodriguez
Evra
sure im forgetting a lot
Aguante Bielsa
25 Dec 2004, 01:37 PM
Um, ok. The best three (cause I'm really lazy) in each category:
Right:
1) Javier Zanetti (Argentina)
2) Cafú (Brasil)
3) Ferreira (Portugal)
Left:
1) Roberto Carlos (Brasil)
2) Sorín (Argentina)
3) Zambrotta (Italy)
MrSangster
25 Dec 2004, 02:02 PM
Cafu & Cole make my starting 11......
Colm
25 Dec 2004, 08:25 PM
Right backs
1) Poyul
2) Zanetti
3) Gallas
Left Backs
1) A Cole
2) Zambrotta
3) Lahm
guado
25 Dec 2004, 10:15 PM
Um, ok. The best three (cause I'm really lazy) in each category:
Right:
1) Javier Zanetti (Argentina)
2) Cafú (Brasil)
3) Ferreira (Portugal)
Left:
1) Roberto Carlos (Brasil)
2) Sorín (Argentina)
3) Zambrotta (Italy)
is it just me or is roberto carlos extremely overrated (as a defender and free kick taker.)
Aguante Bielsa
25 Dec 2004, 10:19 PM
is it just me or is roberto carlos extremely overrated (as a defender and free kick taker.)
He has seen better times, but he's still the most complete Brazilian player of the last 10 years. I admire him. The problem is that, as a defender, he doesn't necessarily have awesome defensive skills, but he does his job pretty well and is an invaluable contribution to his team's offense as well.
Oh, and I think he's a wonderful free kick taker! Not among the elite, sure, but man can he shoot.
Catfish
25 Dec 2004, 10:23 PM
These are the best R or L backs in the world...IMHO.
Puyol
J. Zanetti
Ashley Cole
guado
25 Dec 2004, 10:48 PM
He has seen better times, but he's still the most complete Brazilian player of the last 10 years. I admire him. The problem is that, as a defender, he doesn't necessarily have awesome defensive skills, but he does his job pretty well and is an invaluable contribution to his team's offense as well.
Oh, and I think he's a wonderful free kick taker! Not among the elite, sure, but man can he shoot.
he's not really that complete of a player. and mosts of his free kicks are terrible ; the thing is, when he does make one, it's usually pretty spectacular, but for the most part he doesn't take them too well. so many people remember the few goals, rather than the dozens of misses. he definitely has seen better days but he's never been that great of a defender, for he often neglects defending to attack and when he does defend, it's usually ok or subpar.
benni...
26 Dec 2004, 12:18 AM
Cafu, can he even tackle. he chooses the wrong angles for tackling and shooting hes overrated. dont forget hienze.
Aguante Bielsa
26 Dec 2004, 12:34 AM
Ah, Heinze's great, too.
benni...
26 Dec 2004, 12:37 AM
was ashley cole mentioned. what is his problem. hes a foul player, he fouls too mcuh he hacks at feet and not the ball and he cant control himself everytime he gets beaten. look at what he was doing to lua lua .
Power_of_foot
26 Dec 2004, 02:36 AM
Right backs
1) Zanetti
2) Thuram
3) Cafu
4) Gallas
Left Backs
1) Roberto Carlos
2) Zambrotta
3) Ashley Cole
4) Sorin
5) Placente
King Rooney
28 Dec 2004, 04:32 PM
right: (in order) zanetti, puyol, cafu, thuram, neville
left: cole and zambrotta (i can't choose between them), gallas, heinze, carlos
themodelcitizen
28 Dec 2004, 04:41 PM
In a couple of years Roma's Mancini will be in this list. His emergence a year and a half ago allowed Roma to be able to afford offloading Cafu for $$.
benni...
28 Dec 2004, 07:32 PM
very true but cafu is trash
Cassano
28 Dec 2004, 09:19 PM
not really, Cafu was a revelation for Milan. Roma thought they were offloading an old, aging player who could not play like he used to. But they were wrong and gave Milan an essential part in their Scudetto campaign last season.
bobarino
28 Dec 2004, 10:02 PM
not really, Cafu was a revelation for Milan. Roma thought they were offloading an old, aging player who could not play like he used to. But they were wrong and gave Milan an essential part in their Scudetto campaign last season.
From what I've read here on BS, and other places, I do not believe that many Milanisti share your exuberance over Cafu. We did offload an old, aging player who does not play like he used to.
benni...
28 Dec 2004, 10:07 PM
if you think 36 year old cafu is a revalation, then i wonder what you think about roberto carlos. i mean both of them arent good to me. all cafu does is dribbble and cross and shoot from tight angles. he can tackle, if there were world class right midfielders in italy then i would think he would be challenged
Spartak
28 Dec 2004, 11:26 PM
From what I've read here on BS, and other places, I do not believe that many Milanisti share your exuberance over Cafu. We did offload an old, aging player who does not play like he used to.
Well this Milanista does share his view. Cafu has been great since he arrived at Milan. With all the running he does each game you would not know he was 34 years old. Plus he still has the pace to keep up with any player in the world. Signing Cafu last year, for free mind you, was one of Milan's greatest ever signings. And the way he is playing I can see him playing for two more seasons at the San Siro.