Best number 6s in the world (Past and Present)?
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Weren't Viera and Keane more of an 8? I never really cared back then for other teams 6sm but I did love our 6s. Hamman was totally underrated. I remember masher being world class. I remember back then people were discussing if Alonso was a CDM or more of a Pirlo/Zidane type, a deep lying playmaker?
Keane from 2003 onwards, was he that great?
Pirlo is my favorite #6 of all time. Had to be protected by 2 pitbulls (much like Redondo), but there has never been a better midfield conductor. Only Busquets can compare, but I prefer Pirlo’s style.
Lots of good defensive #6 from years past -Deschamps, Conte, Roy Keane, Arsenal’s Gilberto Silva, Yaya Toure, obviously Makelele, Mascher and Kante. Fabinho was close to perfect for a time. I don’t have a firm favorite in this category; every team needs a midfield general, but they are all sort of similar, unlike the attacking ones.
Lots of good defensive #6 from years past -Deschamps, Conte, Roy Keane, Arsenal’s Gilberto Silva, Yaya Toure, obviously Makelele, Mascher and Kante. Fabinho was close to perfect for a time. I don’t have a firm favorite in this category; every team needs a midfield general, but they are all sort of similar, unlike the attacking ones.
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Too much of a hatchet man for me, he brought little else to the party.
Oops didn’t see the 20 years part.
No Rijkaard ? Edgar Davids ? Matthaus ? Sammer ? Dunga ? Souness ?
too many millennials and gen z’s in here.
too many millennials and gen z’s in here.
Yes, as this is the internet and olds don't tend to use the net as much
Since 2003?! He'd not reached his peak/past his peak by then
I considered all of them but then I read the question
I made my own question
yeah then i saw who posted it
Well, how far do you want to go back? I'm sure @Judge Jules & @Vladsquiff could tell you about legends from the Watson days, when there was no live football and you had to be present at the match.
I said 20 years because a) Its fresher in people's memory & b) Players are generally are far better athletes now then they ever were 20plus years ago. If people want extend the range please do so, but justify it, as football analysis and data was not so strong back then, so a huge element of nostalgia comes in masking some of the many average games a player has had
He was excellent for both, but Chelsea a league push was expected. A shame vardy and Mahrez got a bulk of the praise for that Leicester win though
The players of yesteryear would get eaten alive in today’s game.
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Uh, no they wouldn't.
If you took them directly from the past and dropped them into today's game then yes, they might struggle as the game was very different then.
In some ways it would work in the other way too, of course, as today's players wouldn't be used to playing on horrendous pitches and getting kicked all over the place.
However, if the top players from the past followed the same training and fitness programmes as players do today they would be just as good.
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