Bring aesthetically pleasing on the ball. Itās why Saka isnāt lauded more I think. He makes it look like hard work.
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Maldini, Paolo
I think your idea of elegance is more about somebody looking lumbering and lazy and then seemingly unexpectedly doing something very silky and skilful. Itās more about the air of deceptiveness. Itās almost about somebody looking like theyāre not bothered.
Zidaneās baldness helped create the popular image of him. He didnāt look like a footballer. He looked like a smoker, and a carefully placed PR photo released before the 2006 World Cup final showed him to be one, or at least somebody who would very occasionally have one, which is not the same thing as a smoker.
Elegance is an over rated quality in a footballer. Virgil Van Dijk is elegant but that doesnāt matter a fuck, itās his defending and ability to organise that matters.
Youād be right. Only a cretin would try raise Maradona by denigrating Zidane.
Spain was bush league back then. Hammer throwers.
Serie A was king.
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Posture
Beard
Furry headband
Lots of hair
Obscure make of boot
Smoker
Alcoholic
Leftist
Doctor
Sigerson Cup panellist
I donāt think anybody else has that combination of elegance.
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I came into this thread which I took to be a discussion of the best players ever and I see Bukayo Saka mentioned.
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Eamonn āEamoā Dunphy has Platini figured out nice and early
That France 84 jersey was iconic
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Dude, Zidane has literally the perfect physique for association footballā¦or any field sport, or anything really.
Like Haaland, he scored a pile of goals because he was playing as a centre forward on teams that would be expected to score 4 goals a game
Absolutely not an oooft
He should have been a jockey.
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Eamo knows a shaper and a cod when he sees one. Platini and C Ronaldo donāt belong on the pantheon with Henry Shefflin, Ruby Walsh and Lionel Messi
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Platini was a sunshine boy
He had noā¦.Eamo clenches his fist and bangs his heartā¦
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Zidane is just Curtis Jones with more highlight reel moments.
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Andres Iniesta is my favourite footballer ever. Not really relevant but I said Iād throw it in.
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No fuck off, absolutely not. Heād have been the GOAT. Outside of Messiās passing, he was with the two boys on everything. You absolutely cannot say that. Play the kids the clips of all 3 tomorrow and Iāll do the same. Weāll reconvene. Oh My God @Bandage @Rocko
World player of the year x3 yet somehow a 6 month wonderā¦
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A maestro.
Scorer of perhaps the second greatest clutch goal in history.
May in a year ending in 9 is a great oulā month for a last gasp all time clutch goal. Every time it delivers.
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