Our best ever player

[WEMBLEY76]

David Silva for me.

 

[Dereck Jeffries 3 wd]

Bell
D. Silva
Rodri
Yaya
Sergio
KDB
Haaland

Our best player is among these but its difficult to choose one above the other.
All the above when playing for us at their peak would walk into any side in the world, think about that! Even those mardarses at Madrid.
You could argue Bernardo and Foden are not far short of this list either.

Colin could do anything two footed, head, tackle and run like I have never seen. He could play anywhere on the pitch. Best all round player ever IMO. But most all was a lovely guy.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

For me - so help me God - Tevez. Still my most favorite and simultaneously least liked player for City ever.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

For me - so help me God - Tevez. Still my most favorite and simultaneously least liked player for City ever.

Carlitos was the right player at the right time and I loved him and Mancini’s double act for shoving it right up Ferguson’s arse but come on, he’s nowhere near the conversation for our best ever player.

Takes nothing away from his achievements but come on..

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Objectively it has to be one of the modern era players. Modern coaching and science etc, they’d run rings around the old boys.

I’ve said Silva and my heart will always say that.

I think there’s actually a very strong argument for Gundogan though. As an all round footballer, I can’t really think of anyone better.

Kev is also in that conversation but Gundo had a finesse and stone cold eye for goal that even Kev didn’t quite have.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I have said this before a while back.
The best players from the past would still be the best players today. I am not sure the best players from today would be the best players in the past. My reasoning, the pitches. In the past you would not be as successful parking the bus as the bounce of the ball, if it bounced at all some games, was unpredictable, the players would lose their footing and make mistakes. We see it now every game, teams come, park the bus and hope for a breakaway goal. The reason, in my opinion, is the pitch allows them to be ultra tactical as the bounce of the ball is true unlike the past.

It’s a fun debate this, as I think the opposite.

IMO modern players would run rings around the old players, thanks to modern coaching and training etc.

Stick some player from the 70s after a breakfast of Guinness and fried eggs who’s spent his life playing on muddy quagmires on a modern zippy billiard table of a pitch against some of the best athletes in the world and he’d be absolutely fucked.

The fun thing about this is we’ll never really know.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

We’ve got six grandkids, aged between 15 and 4. Which is best? You ask me for the best Man City player out of thousands. Tricky!

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

What would be Pep Guardiola's greatest City XI? Its also funny topic to discuss

I have probably two scenarios , depending on formation
Something like this is one

Ederson
Walker Stones Dias
Rodri Gundogan
Bernardo KDB Sterling
Haaland Aguero

My list based on : number of seasons/games under Pep, influence, goals/assist and trophies won during tenure

HM: Dinho, Cancelo, Silva

This is a fun game. No way Sterling gets in that lineup though. Maybe on the bench.

Eddie
Walker Stones
Rodri Gundo Ferna
Bernardo Kev Dave
Sergio Foden

Yes I’m fully aware that’s 7 midfielders in a team of 11 players but this is Pep we’re talking about here.

Baldy can sort the formation out but those are the players.

 

[bluemanchester]

It’s a fun debate this, as I think the opposite.

IMO modern players would run rings around the old players, thanks to modern coaching and training etc.

Stick some player from the 70s after a breakfast of Guinness and fried eggs who’s spent his life playing on muddy quagmires on a modern zippy billiard table of a pitch against some of the best athletes in the world and he’d be absolutely fucked.

The fun thing about this is we’ll never really know.

It is a bit of fun. I think your mistaking the 70s for the 50s though. It was well known Roy Paul definitely, maybe others, started matchday in The Claremont downing a few pints. Remember my uncle saying to me as Roy Paul paraded the FA Cup around Wembley after beating Birmingham, looking as though he was sweating profusely, he said thats not sweat on him it's the beer coming out! Ken Barnes though seemed different as I used to see him in a cafe on Wilmslow Road, opposite Claremont Road, having a brew on matchday.

 

[bluevengence]

David......The player i all ways loved to see with the ball was El Mago.....just sublime made football look so easy......never seen another like it before or after.