BBC sport best overseas player

[TINY]

This is the BBC we're talking about.

It is

 

[CelesteItis]

Voted for Sergio, but I reckon this is an exercise on futility, BBCutd and BBCandles most definitely will select theirs, instead of the actual greats.

 

[M12Blue]

You can go back further than that if you like. I remember Mühren and Thijssen coming over to join Ipswich Town at the end of the seventies. That created quite a stir at the time. Thijssen was even voted Player of the Year. Now I'm not defending Cantona (or attacking him for that matter, I can't be bothered), but it does rather look as though what had been a trickle up to then became more of a flood. It's obviously simplistic to say it was “because of Cantona”. It was more to do with the times, the money coming into the English game and, I presume, more relaxed regulations about EU sportsmen plying their trade in the UK.

Money, nothing to do with Cantona, who when he signed for Leeds was not ‘a star’ I believe.

 

[Ladybarn Blue .]

Bert Trautmann .

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Why are you asking us to vote ? Everyone on here knows the BBC are a stinking stream of biased piss, why would I support them by entering a stupid vote ? They will pander to the raggies, c*ntona will win it and everyone on here will moan. The BBC however will declare it a success as thousands voted.

As for me, I'm out.

These pieces of Rag n' Dipper puffery are deemed a success as soon as they emerge from brainstorming session at The Quays and before the first vote is cast!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Bert Trautmann .

My vote, too.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Money, nothing to do with Cantona, who when he signed for Leeds was not ‘a star’ I believe.

You're mistaken about that. He was most definitely a star in France. He had to get out because he'd fallen out with so many trainers. Referees too. That's a question of temperament. But he was broadly recognised as one of the naturally talented players of his generation. And from a very early age.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Cantona wasn't even the best overseas player for United, (Schmeichel was the best goalkeeper in the world in the mid 90s), but regardless of achievement or impact I always take the view that any national vote will result in a Manchester United player finishing higher than his talent merited.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I agree with every word of that. But it's another issue.

 

[notthenorthernquarter]

Cantona wasn't even the best overseas player for United, (Schmeichel was the best goalkeeper in the world in the mid 90s), but regardless of achievement or impact I always take the view that any national vote will result in a Manchester United player finishing higher than his talent merited.

The rags are a confused lot aren't they? When Cantona was there they voted him the best player of all time that had been at their club, not the great George Best or Duncan Edwards or the family man, he wasn't even the best player of that side really, arguably the ginger cardboard cut out was.