3rd Best Player in the World

[mpickard2087]

Iniesta for me as well.

 

[Joycer]

Not the 3rd best but Mata for me is very underrated

 

[lillywhites61]

Iniesta, although at times he is pushing the other two as well, he is my favourite player, oozes class and an absolute legend

 

[Spurger King]

Lucas - but seeing as he's not on the list for some reason, I went with Iniesta (though Xavi is incredible at what he does).

 

[LukaMotion]

Voted Iniesta but only because Wily Boly wasn't on the list.

 

[JimmyG2]

was thinking "don't even think he's in the best two on this pitch..." when they kept saying the first and second best players in the world (re' Messi and Ron)

Ron for me is a good shift and shoot winger who is quick.

Has too much unnecessary prancing and falling antics to be that good. his tricks are for show (Messi does very little in the way of showboating) and all premeditated, very little of what Ron does is genuine creative flair, Iniesta has that in abundance, has half the pace of Ron but beats men much more skilfully.

I think that this is a reflection of the attitude of the clubs they play for.
Real Madrid like a bit of flash but Barcelona are focussed on effective football with no frills.
Although some of Iniestas controlled dribblinbg is exciting in itself.
Ya Ya Toure is possibly the best player in England.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

I know he hasn't got any votes, rightly say as he's not the 3rd best player, but have to say that Ozil is probably one of the most quietly effective players I've ever seen.

His brain just works fast, Look at his assist for rons 2nd goal on sun.

 

[Spurrific]

I know he hasn't got any votes, rightly say as he's not the 3rd best player, but have to say that Ozil is probably one of the most quietly effective players I've ever seen.

His brain just works fast, Look at his assist for rons 2nd goal on sun.

Yeah, he's one of my favourite players to watch. Quite a few of the German national team are in my group of favourites, Reus, Ozil, Schweinsteiger, Lahm. They will just always produce class footballers.

 

[MrTHFC]

Iniesta hats down.

 

[Gbspurs]

was thinking "don't even think he's in the best two on this pitch..." when they kept saying the first and second best players in the world (re' Messi and Ron)

Ron for me is a good shift and shoot winger who is quick.

Has too much unnecessary prancing and falling antics to be that good. his tricks are for show (Messi does very little in the way of showboating) and all premeditated, very little of what Ron does is genuine creative flair, Iniesta has that in abundance, has half the pace of Ron but beats men much more skilfully.

Did you last watch Ronaldo in 2007? Thats probably the last time I saw him do "unnecessary prancing and falling".

 

[thinktank]

Iniesta hats down.

I take my hands off to you, sir.

 

[theShiznit]

Did you last watch Ronaldo in 2007? Thats probably the last time I saw him do "unnecessary prancing and falling".

can't remember the last time i didn't see it TBH...

 

[King of Otters]

Xavi. By a distance.

 

[Kendall]

Lucas at Liverpool. Absolutely world class.

 

[Danny1]

Iniesta for me, the guy is absolute unreal!! I actually think he is underrated aswell!

 

[tobi]

Iniesta gets my vote.

Where's the Ballon d'Or thread?

 

[DuDe]

Iniesta for me, the guy is absolute unreal!! I actually think he is underrated aswell!

True. It is kind of shocking how underrated he is.

 

[llamafarmer]

Bizarre one this I know, and no doubt I'll get laughed off the pitch, but 3rd best player for me would be Ronaldo.

I rate Iniesta as a better player than Ronaldo.

What he said!

 

[Blake Griffin]

other -

yaya toure.

 

[miles_64]

I didn't vote for Neymar but here's a clip of him showing just how damned good he is in his 200th game yesterday: