Top 5 Premier League wide midfielders / wingers

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• TheMunch Posts: 9,024

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  02/10/14 - 18:55 #2

  As usual, in no particular order (except the first name):
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo
  Gareth Bale
  David Beckham
  Ryan Giggs
  Robert Pires
  
  I wanted to include David Silva.
  
  I'd say John Barnes and Steve McManaman but I was too young to actually appreciate them so I can't make much of a comment. Similar with any other great players who were at their best in the 90s.
  
  In a few years maybe someone else can make their way onto such a list (perhaps any of Di Maria, Sterling, or Hazard).

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• Joey Boswell Posts: 25,141

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  02/10/14 - 18:58 #3

  In no order
  
  Ronaldo
  Beckham
  Bale
  Giggs
  Barnes

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• Syntax Error Posts: 27,783

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  02/10/14 - 19:01 #4

  In no order, but:-
  
  Kanchelskis
  Ginola
  Giggs
  Barnes
  Ronaldo

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• mattlamb Posts: 4,471

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  02/10/14 - 19:18 #5

  A lot of people have said John Barnes.
  
  He was superb. I well remember the huge role he played in that great Liverpool team in 1987-88. However, I think his best years were behind him by the time the Premier League started in 1992/93. He had several bad injuries and he lost his pace - which had been a pretty big part of his game.
  
  His great rival for a place in the England team (Chris Waddle) by contrast, had never had much pace to lose in the first place. He relied on tricky ball skills to beat a player, rather than outright pace. He didn't hot such high peaks domestically as John Barnes did, I would agree - but he was loved by fans abroad at Marseille (irrelevant to this thread, I know), and was similarly loved by Sheff Wednesday fans in the early nineties in the first few years of the Premier league. despite his being somewhat of a veteran by then.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 850

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  02/10/14 - 19:33 #6

  Where is Bebe?

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• celesti Posts: 25,951

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  02/10/14 - 19:40 #7

  Giggs
  Overmars
  Ronaldo
  Robben
  Salako

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• batdude_uk1 Posts: 78,722

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  02/10/14 - 21:26 #8

  Now this is a tough one to call, for me my five would be:-
  
  1) Ronaldo
  2) Kanchelskis
  3) Bale
  4) Giggs
  5) Sharpe

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• Jim De Ville Posts: 16,115

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  02/10/14 - 22:09 #9

  1) Ronaldo
  2) Beckham
  3) Pires
  4) Kanchelskis
  5) Robben
  
  HM to Ljungberg, Giggs (obvs), Ginola, Anderton (absolute class, when fit), McManaman, Limpar, Overmars, Sharpe and Russell Beardsmore.

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• Syntax Error Posts: 27,783

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  04/10/14 - 09:42 #10

  mattlamb wrote: »

  A lot of people have said John Barnes.
  
  He was superb. I well remember the huge role he played in that great Liverpool team in 1987-88. However, I think his best years were behind him by the time the Premier League started in 1992/93. He had several bad injuries and he lost his pace - which had been a pretty big part of his game.
  
  His great rival for a place in the England team (Chris Waddle) by contrast, had never had much pace to lose in the first place. He relied on tricky ball skills to beat a player, rather than outright pace. He didn't hot such high peaks domestically as John Barnes did, I would agree - but he was loved by fans abroad at Marseille (irrelevant to this thread, I know), and was similarly loved by Sheff Wednesday fans in the early nineties in the first few years of the Premier league. despite his being somewhat of a veteran by then.

  
  Good points.
  
  I mentioned Barnes, but I was thinking about him in his prime & didn't consider the Premier League era timeline by which time he was past his best, like you have said.
  
  I should really remove him & replace him with Arjen Robben: a terrible cheat, but a phenomenal wide player for Chelsea.

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• JMTD Posts: 7,967

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  04/10/14 - 11:58 #11

  David Beckham
  Cristiano Ronaldo
  Marc Overmars
  Robert Pires
  Gareth Bale
  
  Beckham at the top for me. Almost the total package down the right, only thing he didn't have was silky skills but he never needed those and his pace wasn't anywhere near as bad as people try to make out. Best crosser of the ball I've ever seen, a leader, incredible finisher, brilliant at set pieces.
  
  Should likely have McManaman on the list too. Possibly ahead of Pires or Bale.

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• ChristmasCake Posts: 26,078

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  04/10/14 - 12:43 #12

  Overmars, Ronaldo, McManaman, Beckham and Pires.
  
  Hard to leave the likes of Bale, Ljungberg, Giggs and so on out..

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• NightHawk123 Posts: 7,015

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  05/10/14 - 03:54 #13

  Ronaldo
  Beckham
  Pires
  OverMars
  Giggs

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• Jim_McIntosh Posts: 5,866

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  05/10/14 - 04:49 #14

  Giggs
  Ronaldo
  Pires
  Overmars
  Beckham

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• jazzydrury3 Posts: 27,055

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  06/10/14 - 09:28 #15

  Surprised nobody hasn't mentioned the guy that was talked about being as goof as Beckham, David Bentley.
  
  I don't no how they ever thought that though, as he seemed to be loaned every season, he is probably most famous for getting Harry Redknapp wet

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