Zeem
Wonder Boy
- 15 July 2006
- AC Milan
For me Zizou
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I think we should change this to favourite No. 10! Manuel Rui Costa!
The best: Pele
Next: Maradonna and Zidane.
My favourite: Zico
Now: Luka Modric
But also: Johan Cruijff
Arthur Antunes Coimbra...
The best: Pele
Next: Maradonna and Zidane.
My favourite: Zico
Now: Luka Modric
But also: Johan Cruijff
edit: how could i forget my absolute all-time favourite: "il principe": Giuseppe Giannini...and also Gianni Rivera...
to be honest there are some names in here wich shouldn't really be associated to the number 10.
pelè, baggio, rooney, del piero, they aren't proper n.10.... at least if we stick to the usual association "number 10 = fantasista".
being a number 10 it's not just a matter of style, of contribution to the game of approach, but it's also a matter of role.
baggio, and alessandro both have amazing assisting abilities, but that alone doesn't make them number 10s, because their interpretation of the game, their position on the pitch, aren't not the proper number 10's ones. they're much closer to the supporting striker role (whose number is "11", according to the old fashioned role-number association).
and even pele, crujff and bergkamp.... they're are all pretty much universal players (it's really hard to say wich was their proper role) but still i wouldn't call them "fantasisti" (pele definitely was not a fantasista.... i might have more doubts about dennis and crujff).
the number 10 is not a universal player: he is a fantasista, and nothing else... like zico or maradona or pele, or rivera or zidane or platini or rui costa.
they were pure, proper number 10s..... too bad this kind of player is an endangered species nowadays. all the fantasisti today are forced to play as wingers or supporting strikers or deep playmakers, coz the constant growth of the pace of the game all over europe (except uk, but british football always had a crazy pace afterall) doesn't allow our coaches to "waste" a player on that role.
Ballack, Totti, Kaka (Seedorf, Pirlo maybe) are the only according to what you say fantasti players I could think about now a days. All of them play out of an AM position.
not necessarily. during his last season in firenze toni was a lone striker with mutu playing as a pure fantasista just behind him (i wouldn't call mutu a fantasista, but that season he played like a proper nr. 10).The only way you can get get this kind of player is if you play 2 pure strikers upfront, but the last time I recall that happening was when Lippi used to play Toni and Gila...
Gerd said:At the end of the book Wilson says that there is once again a place for a fantasista and he metnions Croatia wihich plays with two playmakers: Nico Krancjar (although not in a traditional playmaker's role) and Modric (to Wilson the prototype of the new playmaker).
the problem with this kind of players is that, in order to fit any kind of line up, they have to become the "core" of the team.
their coaches have to "build the team around them". this is quite a risky decision, especially for a top club
to be honest there are some names in here wich shouldn't really be associated to the number 10.
pelè, baggio, rooney, del piero, they aren't proper n.10.... at least if we stick to the usual association "number 10 = fantasista".
being a number 10 it's not just a matter of style, of contribution to the game of approach, but it's also a matter of role.
baggio, and alessandro both have amazing assisting abilities, but that alone doesn't make them number 10s, because their interpretation of the game, their position on the pitch, aren't not the proper number 10's ones. they're much closer to the supporting striker role (whose number is "11", according to the old fashioned role-number association).
and even pele, crujff and bergkamp.... they're are all pretty much universal players (it's really hard to say wich was their proper role) but still i wouldn't call them "fantasisti" (pele definitely was not a fantasista.... i might have more doubts about dennis and crujff).
the number 10 is not a universal player: he is a fantasista, and nothing else... like zico or maradona or pele, or rivera or zidane or platini or rui costa.
they were pure, proper number 10s..... too bad this kind of player is an endangered species nowadays. all the fantasisti today are forced to play as wingers or supporting strikers or deep playmakers, coz the constant growth of the pace of the game all over europe (except uk, but british football always had a crazy pace afterall) doesn't allow our coaches to "waste" a player on that role.
if u think about the kind of number 10 ure saying, than we wont be talkign about a shirt number but about a playing role...