Best player you seen play in the Premier League?

Weebull · 19 Sep 2011 at 12:34

awaybreaktoday said:
That is just some of what is said about him.

Pele reckons El-Hadji Diouf is one of the best 100 players ever. Just saying, like.

awaybreaktoday · 19 Sep 2011 at 15:29

Weebull said:
Pele reckons El-Hadji Diouf is one of the best 100 players ever. Just saying, like.

?????? What a pointless statement...

pauLAW · 20 Sep 2011 at 12:24

HangTime said:
Not really, when I was trying to think of a name I tried to come up with players that weren't forwards:

Ashley Cole - best left back I've seen

The trouble with forwards is they have too much competition which makes picking just one awkward:

Ronaldo - devastating towards the end of his career at MU, maybe didn't play enough seasons for my liking though

Couple of things about this.....
Ronaldo played in midfield at united. (he plays on the left, he plays on the right, that boy Ronaldo makes England look s...e )

Ronaldo played in the premier league for 6 years and won EVERYTHING possible in that time.

Ashley Cole I just don't understand, its your opinion and that's totally fine but in my opinion he is not the best left back in the prem. Cole isnt the best player for Chelsea let alone the premier league.

.Lethal · 21 Sep 2011 at 02:03

psd99 said:
some of the greats,

henry, bergkamp, alan s, cantona, ronaldo

These 5 probably make the top list for me with Henry and Ronaldo in the top 2.

edit: I'd add Scholes in the mix also, he never really stood out like some of the others mentioned.

Xire01 said:
Some weird responses in here.

Robben? Right...........

For me, I'd have to say Cantona, I just loved him, his persona, his technique everything.

Cantona was certainly the most entertaining for me as a young kid growing up.

happy_2008 · 21 Sep 2011 at 12:20

Ronaldo, Henry, Bergkamp, Juninho, George Kinkladze, Scholes, Cantona

Evolve · 21 Sep 2011 at 14:54

Muzzy Izzet.

Uriel · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:12

cm1179 said:
chris waddle is a masterclass in footballing, was he playing when it became the prem though?

Yep - 1992 to 1996 at Sheffield Wednesday. I'd say the Premier League's most entertaining player, if not the best.

Love what he did to Ryan Giggs just after 45s

Just so everyone's clear - Graham Taylor was nuts, yeah?

tang0 · 22 Sep 2011 at 00:37

Tugay

Gibbs-UK · 22 Sep 2011 at 00:47

Ryan Giggs overall the best PL Player

Curio · 7 Oct 2011 at 16:34

Bit late to the party....

For pure skill and talent, Bergkamp or Henry. Both just effortlessly brilliant.....could watch them all day long. Ronaldo is incredibly skillful, but in a more obvious and less classy way

Best overall......Giggs. So good for so long. He would be the first name on my "all-time Prem Team" list.

mmj_uk · 7 Oct 2011 at 16:54

Definitely Henry for me during Arsenal's glory years.

opethdisciple · 8 Oct 2011 at 01:00

All wrong.

Best player to have ever graced the top division was of course Eddie Mcgoldrick!

Brilliant player!

KNiVES · 8 Oct 2011 at 18:46

cheets64 said:
This, Ronaldo has a couple of good season then pimped himself out to Real and has won nothing

I think that's more down to Barcelona literally being the best side in footballing history at the moment. Ronaldo has scored an unreal 50+ goals last season.

For me, I would say Ryan Giggs, straight off the top of my head.

Kenai · 8 Oct 2011 at 19:47

HangTime said:
Matt Le Tissier is a frustrating case, in terms of raw ability I can't think of many who could touch him, if he had got a big move to say Blackburn I really wonder whether he might be talked about in the same breath as some of these other players.

A truly sublime player criminally overlooked by many because of where he spent his career I think. That was his own decision though, he had interest from bigger clubs (including Chelsea I believe) but declined moves elsewhere, preferring to stay with Southampton.

placeholder · 8 Oct 2011 at 19:59

Kenai said:
A truly sublime player criminally overlooked by many because of where he spent his career I think. That was his own decision though, he had interest from bigger clubs (including Chelsea I believe) but declined moves elsewhere, preferring to stay with Southampton.

He always said he was happy at Southampton and fair play to him for it i guess. Some of the stuff he did was made all the more amazing given the shirt he was wearing when he did it.

His book (Taking Le Tiss) is a good read too!

HangTime · 9 Oct 2011 at 10:41

For the benefit of any youngsters who may not have witnessed his supremacy, here is literally the best video I've ever seen in my life (recommend everyone watches it, it is a revised and better quality version than I may have linked in the past):

http://youtu.be/XAjgL0YIXUg

You can stick your Ronaldos up your ****

1uke · 9 Oct 2011 at 10:46

Hate to say it but Ronaldo has to of been one of the best ever premiership players.

Lynx · 9 Oct 2011 at 16:59

Another vote for Henry here. Plenty of other great players mentioned here but if I had to choose just one then its him.

The Running Man · 9 Oct 2011 at 18:28

Nobody does tricks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmLZLTaMjQ

I still have a match day programme that has the headline, 'Eagles wings clipped', i believe Kanchelskis tore them apart and scored a good couple. Also when i used to go to boundry park to watch Man Utd, he was simply amazing, like cryptonite to any fullback.

McBain · 9 Oct 2011 at 19:15

In the flesh? Rooney a couple of seasons ago at Ewood, he completely destroyed us unlike any other player i've seen live.