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Author Topic: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian  (Read 8533 times)

Offline Billy Walker

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Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« on: October 21, 2010, 11:13:21 PM »
Some interesting debate going on and our vey own Paul McGrath getting plenty of mentions.  There's a poll that closes tomorrow and Macca is currently rated fourth best centre half ever!


Offline The Man With A Stick

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2010, 11:22:54 PM »
I voted:

Bergomi 
Maldini
Baresi
McGrath

Link

How the hell did Lucio get in there?

Offline OCD

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2010, 11:31:43 PM »
I voted Cafu, Maldini, McGrath, Moore.

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2010, 11:35:03 PM »
Went for Franz, Cafu, God, and Italian God Maldini

Offline atomicjam

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2010, 11:40:15 PM »
Done my bit, voted for God, I really do not care about the rest so voted for those that least offend me. Cole obviously did not get my vote!

Offline Nev

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2010, 11:54:53 PM »
Hang on, how about Terry and Ferdinand?

Disgrace!

Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2010, 11:57:29 PM »
Thanks for putting the link on there Man With The Stick, I wasn't sure how to do it.

Looking at the comments, it's nice to see McGrath held so high by (I assume) many non-Villa fans.

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2010, 11:59:33 PM »
Not a flawless list, but I can't think of many places that would choose their thirteen greatest central defenders and have McGrath in there. Particularly as Nev says, ahead of the likes of Rio and EBJT. Can you imagine him making the list in The Mirror or The Times?

So well done The Guardian for putting him in the shortlist.

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2010, 12:22:55 AM »
Don't vote for the good ones, vote for the three shittest ones and McGrath, better chance of winning that way!

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2010, 12:25:08 AM »
He is currently fourth in the centre-halves list... the two ahead of him are Moore and Baresi, so don't vote for them. Let's make this as fair as the Iranian Presidential Election.

Offline *shellac*

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2010, 03:57:49 AM »
Voted for God, Kaiser, Maldini & Cafu.

How the hell did Arseley Cole get in there?

Offline Scott Nielsen

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2010, 04:25:24 AM »
I voted:

Bergomi 
Maldini
Baresi
McGrath

You got that spot on.

Offline VillaZogmariner

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2010, 04:57:11 AM »
Cafu
Maldini
God
Baresi

Offline Bottom Right 89

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2010, 06:37:44 AM »
Bergomi FFS might put myself up there.

Should be between Baresi, Maldini and Big Mac imo. Colin Calderwood as an outsider.

Offline Rip Van We Go Again

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Re: Best Defender Ever Poll in The Guardian
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2010, 07:42:42 AM »
I'm not being biased when I say McGrath is the best central defender i've ever seen, I've watched Baresi, but McGrath was better.

Such a weird sixth sense he had that he could position himself knowing where the danger would come from, like a snooker player who thinks 3 shots ahead.

 


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