hwo to rank the best in the world at each position 1-5, or 1-10. like who are the 10 best strikers, Dmids, etc. i would start it out but i dont think id be any good at it.
Best goalkeepers: 1. Buffon 2. Dida 3. Casillas 4. Cech 5. Van der Sar Best defenders: 1. Ayala 2. Nesta 3. Puyol 4. Ferdinand 5. Carvalho Best defensive midfielders: 1. Gattuso 2. Gerarrd 3. Xabi Alonso 4. Vieira 5. Davids Best offensive midfielders: 1. Ronaldinho 2. Totti 3. Vicente 4. Nedved 5. Ronaldo Best strikers: 1. Shevchenko 2. Van Nistelrooy 3. Henry 4. Adriano 5. Makaay Note: Done quickly before I run out to a lecture. Will probably change with some more thought/suggestions.
how about dividng up the defenders by position and the attacking midfielders. wingers: vincente robben joaquin duff cronaldo but this depends on if ronaldinho and nedved are considered wingers?
keepers Casillas Cech Buffon Defenders Campbell Cole Nesta Dmids Viera Davids Gerrard Amids Ronaldinho C.Ronaldo ???? Strikers Shevchenko/Eto'o Henry RVN/Adriano
Casillas and Cech better than Buffon? Campbell is very good (I wouldn't rate him better than Puyol and Nesta) but COLE above Nesta. Cole is young and talented but he is not the best at this time, without a doubt not better than Nesta and Puyol. Since it would be sort of wrong for me to really criticize without putting my top 5's out. I mostly agree with Todos for the rest (not in the mood to nitpick). Best defenders: 1. Nesta 2. Puyol 3. Ayala 4. Ferdinand 5. Carvalho
keepers buffon casilas cech dida frey defenders nesta zambrotta puyol carvalho zanetti CM lampard xavi emerson AM ronaldinho totti nedved wingers figo robben vincente strikers sheva eto RVN adriano makaay in no particular order, just off the top of my head dont kill me if i missed a player or 2.
i really liked your inclusion of just a central mid position, and a lits of guys, especially lampard who fit it. my question is, i have seen egrrard listed as a dmid, wouldnt he fit in as more of just CM? who else fits? i like your choices though, good post
dida cannot be on the keepers list. gerrard would go ahead of xavi on the CM list. I wouldn't include Nesta. Hasn't played well as of late. Robben has played well for a month, not enough to be amongst the best in the world. Henry, Etoo, RVN, adriano Makaay for the forwards
keepers Casillas Buffon Van der Sar center backs Nesta Ferdinand Cannavaro outside backs Cole Zambrotta Cafu center mids Gerrard Emerson Baraja wingers Vicente Reyes Duff (is he still a winger?) playmakers Ronaldinho Totti Nedved strikers Ronaldo Shevchenko (sp?) Adriano
CM is pretty open, i put lampard in and realised he isn't really a DM so changed it to CM. gerard would fit, CM's can attack and defend so some DM would probably fit as well.
Rb- ferreira, Puyol Lb- Cole,Zambrotta Cb- Nesta, Carvalho, Andrade, Ayala DM- Viera, Gerrard, maniche, gatusso LM- Vicente, Robben RM- Cristiano Ronaldo, Joaquin AM- Kaka, Ronaldinho ST- Adriano, Henry, Ronaldo, Sheckchenko
i have contrididcted myself in places, i was going for best at the moment which is why i left out gerrard (who hasn't played for a few months) and kaka but then included dida and nesta who i haven't seen for a while. they should be replaced but sheva is the last player i am gonna drop from the strikers list, especially for henry who by his own admission isn't at his best.
of course you dont wanna drop sheva, he has 12 goals in 14 games for milan this year(tied for tops in serie a with 9) and scored two goals for ukraine on wednesday.