I'd have to elaborate on Bergkamp as well, he, along with the likes of Anelka, Vieira, Overmars and Petit ushered in a new era, and new style at Arsenal.

After he settled, Bergkamp was just genius, the things he could do with a football, and the sheer intelligence he showed on the pitch was phenomenal...

Del Piero has always been a class act.

After.

I totally forgot Nedved. That guy was class as well. One of the best in the world.

Being a young Arsenal fan from 98' who else could it be but Bergkamp. I always loved Zola, Seedorf and Zizi too.

Watching clips of Ronaldo (Brazil) now stuns me, I didn't appreciate his skill back then.

Fat Ronaldo and Henry.

Kamran, show some respect.

Refrain from calling Ronaldo ''fat'', but rather 'obese'.

watching my home nation boss the '98 world cup and 2000 euros with zidane at the fore front. never looked back! best midfielder of his generation.

has anyone seen Adriano lately, he's massive his club ordered him to not leave the team hotel so they could make sure he loses weight.

zidane
then zidane
then bergkamp
then zidane

Allow me to show my geriatrics: Inzaghi.

>>has anyone seen Adriano lately, he's massive his club ordered him to not leave the team hotel so they could make sure he loses weight.

I think they forgot to disconnect the room service line

I thought Adriano was a murder suspect. The guy's insane.

I totally forgot Nedved. That guy was class as well. One of the best in the world.


he was absolutely brilliant. As was/still is Del Piero

nedved was class

sticking with his club when they got docked points and relegated makes him

he could have picked any club at that point in his career

And he could double for Robert Plant from Led Zep - as he did regularly.

he was absolutely brilliant. As was/still is Del Piero

Del Piero was a fantastic player. Hopefully he gets another club in the summer if he doesn't retire.

John Barnes all day long, others of mention, Glen Hoddle, Gazza, Jan Molby and Matt Le tisier

Chippy was the first player I gazed at in awe.

Rocky was the second.

Dennis was third (and best).

Although I had seen players like Willie Waddell and Charlie Tully playing for Rangers and Celtic and Stanley Mathews turning out for England and Blackpool when I was a pre-teenager (gave away my age now!), it was seeing Pele in the 1958 World Cup Final that really opened my eyes to what a beautiful, world-wide game football really was.

Then came the 1960 European Cup Final at Hampden Park and the wing magic of Francesco Gento, the superb, killer goals of Ferenc Puskas and the skill and quick thinking of Di Stefano took the game of football to a level I'd never seen before.

Players who impressed me in subsequent years were Bobby Charlton for his fair play and all round sportsmanship, Denis Law for his quickness and magnificent goals, Jim Baxter for his arrogant skill and the first 'man in black', Russian goalie Lev Yashin, who showed us all just what real goalkeeping was all about.

Along with a few others, these fantastic players were easily the idols of my youth and the ones I tried to emulate when playing at my own level of the game.

Fowler

R O N A L D I N H O ! ! ! ! ! !

Pacific: from another old git;

Ian Gallaghan
Eusabio
Rivalino
Choccy McClair
Gerhard Müller

... hundreds of 'em, to be honest.

Wish i could have seen Puskas and Sandro Kocsis in their prime!

Kenny, forgot to mention the King, how could I