Four Four Two's Top 100 Players in the World (2009 Version)

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100. Ronaldo
99. Santon
98. (Javier) Zanetti
97. Gomez
96. Akinfeev
95. Giggs
94. Chygrynskiy
93. Palacios
92. Van Nistelrooy
91. Gonzalez
90. Eduardo
89. Misimovic
88. Cazorla
87. Navas
86. Raul
85. Van der Sar
84. Gallas
83. Ronaldinho
82. Del Piero
81. Chamakh
80. Mutu
79. Bosingwa
78. Gignac
77. Gilardino
76. Cech
75. Huntelaar
74. Dzeko
73. Pepe
72. Zhirkov
71. Clichy
70. Milito
69. Grafite
68. Tevez
67. Cassano
66. Srna
65. Van Persie
64. Motta
63. Fabiano
62. Melo
61. Modric
60. Chiellini
59. Lahm
58. Reina
57. Robinho
56. Tymoschuk
55. Cambiasso
54. Totti
53. Pirlo
52. Senna
51. Pique
50. Higuain
49. Ballack
48. Sneijder
47. Carvalho
46. Ramos
45. Silva
44. Berbatov
43. Kanoute
42. Anelka
41. Diarra
40. Robben
39. (Yaya) Toure
38. Adebayor
37. Gourcuff
36. Alonso
35. Buffon
34. Terry
33. Evra
32. Pato
31. Aguero
30. De Rossi
29. Benzema
28. Cole
27. Mascherano
26. Henry
25. Alves
24. Diego
23. Cesar
22. Vidic
21. Forlan
20. Fabregas
19. Ribery
18. Essien
17. Maicon
16. Casillas
15. Arshavin
14. Drogba
13. Ibrahimovic
12. Ferdinand
11. Lampard
10. Rooney
9. Eto'o
8. Kaka
7. Gerrard
6. Torres
5. Villa
3= Iniesta
3= Xavi
2. Ronaldo
1. Messi

2009 Team of the Year:

-----------Casillas----------
Maicon--Ferdinand--Vidic--Cole
Ronaldo--Iniesta--Xavi--Messi
------Torres---Villa---------


The top 10 looks about right to me.:APPLAUD: Thoughts?
 
I'd add:

- Juan Sebastián Verón (Argentina)
- Lisandro López (Argentina)
- Ivica Olic (Croatia)
- Josip Simunic (Croatia)
- Luis Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
- Ashley Young (England)
- Stephen Ireland (Ireland)
- Giuseppe Rossi (Italy)
- Salvador Cabañas (Paraguay)
- Juan Vargas (Peru)
- Bruno Alves (Portugal)
- Marek Hamsik (Slovakia)
- Gerard Piqué (Spain)
- Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
 
Glavisted said:
I'd add:

- Juan Sebastián Verón (Argentina)
- Lisandro López (Argentina)
- Ivica Olic (Croatia)
- Josip Simunic (Croatia)
- Luis Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
- Ashley Young (England)
- Stephen Ireland (Ireland)
- Giuseppe Rossi (Italy)
- Salvador Cabañas (Paraguay)
- Juan Vargas (Peru)
- Bruno Alves (Portugal)
- Marek Hamsik (Slovakia)
- Gerard Piqué (Spain)
- Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
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and take out whom? Also, Pique is on the list so you don't have to add him.
 
Review said:
and take out whom? Also, Pique is on the list so you don't have to add him.
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You're true about Piqué. I'll take out:

- Igor Akinfeev
- Davide Santon
- Marouane Chamakh
- Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Raúl
- Eduardo
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Ronaldinho
- Santi Cazorla
- Jesús Navas
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Andrea Pirlo
- Dmytro Chygrynskiy
 
matherto said:
Well you could take out Santon, Ronaldinho, Huntelaar...

Eduardo and Van Nistelrooy have barely played for a long time...
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Agree about Santon and Eduardo. The rest still warrant a place in the top 100. I'd have Dinho closer to 100. Maybe 97/98.
 
Glavisted said:
You're true about Piqué. I'll take out:

- Igor Akinfeev
- Davide Santon
- Marouane Chamakh
- Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Raúl
- Eduardo
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Ronaldinho
- Santi Cazorla
- Jesús Navas
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Andrea Pirlo
- Dmytro Chygrynskiy
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No reason to take out guys like RVN, Raul, Del Piero, and Pirlo if your going to leave Giggs in.;)
 
Review said:
No reason to take out guys like RVN, Raul, Del Piero, and Pirlo if your going to leave Giggs in.;)
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Big reason for me, I think Giggs was one of the best players of the English Premier League last season and still is in a very good level this.

I think van Nistelrooy couldn't be there with only 1 game in league this year, while Raúl, Del Piero and Pirlo hadn't a great or good year, just regular.
 
Glavisted said:
Big reason for me, I think Giggs was one of the best players of the English Premier League last season and still is in a very good level this.

I think van Nistelrooy couldn't be there with only 1 game in league this year, while Raúl, Del Piero and Pirlo hadn't a great or good year, just regular.
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I wouldn't say that Giggs had a great year. The PFA award was a sentimental vote and everyone knows it. Guys like Raul, and Del Pi had a similar influence on their teams so I would not put Giggs above them. Nistelrooy is still a top 5 striker when healthy, and thus, would merit an inclusion based on that IMO.

In the current issue of World Soccer magazine there is a World's greatest striker article.

Goals have been weighted to take into account greater importance for those scored in European and international competiton, and the lesser importance attached to goals in domestic cup competitions. As with the ESM Golden Shoe, league goals have also been given a weighting, with goals scored in Europe's leading five leagues receiving two points each.

Here are our top 20 -

1) David Villa
2) Samuel Eto'o
3) Cristiano Ronaldo
4) Miroslav Klose
5) Luca Toni
6) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
7) Didier Drogba
8) Thierry Henry
9) Fernando Torres
10) Freddie Kanoute
11) Dimitar Berbatov
12) Diego Forlan
13) Luis Fabiano
14) Mario Gomez
15) Wayne Rooney
15) Lionel Messi
17) Kaka
18) Ruud Van Nistelrooy
19) Robbie Keane
20) Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Credit goes to World Soccer Mag
 
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I wouldn't say that Giggs had a great year. The PFA award was a sentimental vote and everyone knows it. Guys like Raul, and Del Pi had a similar influence on their teams so I would not put Giggs above them. Nistelrooy is still a top 5 striker when healthy, and thus, would merit an inclusion based on that IMO.
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I'm disagree, apart of the sentimentalism, I think Giggs has been one of the better players of the English Premier League this year (after just some regular years). I'm not considering the PFA Award.
 
Well your right about one thing. Giggs has defn been one of the best so far for the 2009/2010 Premier League Season. I've seen him 4 times this season and he has been absolute class. Numerous amounts of assists.
 
Giggs should be higher on the list. He was goos last season and this season he's Man Utd best player...
Essien isn't in it (unless i've overlooked him but it think i haven't).
Villa definitely is better than Torres.

But it's all very subjective.
 
I would say both Giggs and Rooney are MUFC's most important players. I think Torres edges Villa in club football while Villa gets the nod when it comes to International comps. All things considered I'd call it a draw. Similar to Xavi and Iniesta.
 
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I would say both Giggs and Rooney are MUFC's most important players. I think Torres edges Villa in club football while Villa gets the nod when it comes to International comps. All things considered I'd call it a draw. Similar to Xavi and Iniesta.
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Giggs is not one of our most important players but he's been one of our best performing players so far this season and last season, it's akin to saying Henry is one of Barca's most important players.

The list has our three most important players in the top 22.
 
You think he's more important than Rio or Vida?

He's most likely fourth in my pecking order, more important in the big games than in general, whereas the other three are important in general, case in point being yesterday's game against CSKA.
 
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