Greatest midfielders you have watched

[roman totale]

Socrates - Brazil, I feel honoured I got to see him, sadness for those who didn't, a beautiful beautiful player who had everything, including a 40 fags a day habit.

Remember him from when I was a kid, always looked so effortless. If Wikipedia is to be believed, he only played 158 club games and 60 for Brazil. An astonishingly small number of matches.

 

[yerwot?]

for older viewers, the wing halves were 'midfielders', inside forwards played between them and the c/f and wingers. On City's pitch it was easy to make out, Highbury and the like, short/narrow, not so .
Ken Barnes and Roy Paul , Ken the creator Roy the enforcer. were typical, both mid-fielders, different roles. Managers rarely chopped and changed, buying like for like when forced to. Colin Bell could play any position, mid-field his best imo. Kinky was a perfect example of a no.10. as is our Spanish maestro, Di Stefano, ZZ, Rivaldo, Messi but on a higher level to all the rest, Pele was king but played in a team full of stars that gave him carte blanche , which his rivals did not have. Can't choose, just glad to have seen such an array of brilliant footballers

 

[woodleyberksblue]

In the flesh

Ya Ya
David Silva
Lampard
Gazza
Iniesta

 

[salford blue 62]

Ones not seen live
Gunther Netzer
Zidane
Socrates
Platini
Iniesta

 

[PlattLaneAroma]

Putting rivalry aside for a moment, Souness is the best I've seen live.

 

[RayCTID]

Jamie Pollock

 

[peoffrey]

Pirlo was exceptional.

 

[ArmchairPundit]

Zidane, Iniesta, David Silva, Mehmet Scholl, Pirlo, Bagio, Rui Costa, Giggs, KDB

 

[chesterbells]

Yaya.

 

[asahartford1]

Zola