Topic: Who Is The Best Center Back In The World today? 2 Votes.

[So who is it?]

So who is it?

Fabio Cannavaro

16 (3%)

Raúl Albiol

8 (1.5%)

John Terry

32 (5.9%)

Rio Ferdinand

37 (6.8%)

Carlos Puyol

50 (9.2%)

Jolean Lescott

2 (0.4%)

Lucio

25 (4.6%)

Ricardo Carvalho

55 (10.2%)

Nemanja Vidic

150 (27.7%)

Daniel Agger

69 (12.8%)

Alesandro Nesta

22 (4.1%)

Giorgio Chiellini

34 (6.3%)

Walter Samuel

10 (1.8%)

Jamie Carragher

14 (2.6%)

Ezequiel Garay

0 (0%)

Luisao

3 (0.6%)

Per Mertesacker

3 (0.6%)

Christain Chivu

3 (0.6%)

Kolo Toure

3 (0.6%)

Pepe

5 (0.9%)

Total Members Voted: 290

Voting closed: October 23, 2009, 11:23:40 PM

[Sarge]

The Team so far is,

                                    Iker Casillas
                                (Spain/Real Madrid)

         Maicon                   CB     CB                Ashley Cole
(Inter Milan/Brazil)                                 (England/Chelsea)
           
           RM                      CDM   CM             LM

                                       CF     CF

Squad: Pepe Reina (Spain/Liverpool), Philippe Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Patrice Evra (France/Man United),

[Laughter is the best medicine...]

lescott? cannavaro? toure? but no pique and marquez??

seriously though, vidic and carvalho for me, followed by pique, puyol, marquez and chivu

[AriGold]

Went for Puyol and Chiellini.

[pinky]

The best one is missing, Pique.

I don't know why Raúl Albiol is in that list either.

Laughter is the best medicine,

Cannavaro is still excellent. I would like to see CBs as good as him at his age, and even at his age he's among the best ones, no doubt about it.

[Sarge]

lescott? cannavaro? toure? but no pique and marquez??

seriously though, vidic and carvalho for me, followed by terry, pique and chivu

FFS i tried add as many as possible and you did not pick any of the players missing.

[Sarge]

Pique yes i forgot him fook. MODs can you add him for Lescott?

[AriGold]

No Mexes?

[Sarge]

No Mexes?

Correct well done.

[Laughter is the best medicine...]

Laughter is the best medicine,

Cannavaro is still excellent. I would like to see CBs as good as him at his age, and even at his age he's among the best ones, no doubt about it.

to be fair i havent seen him this year but the last 2 years at madrid (esp last season) he shouldnt be anywhere near the best CB in the world debate anymore

FFS i tried add as many as possible and you did not pick any of the players missing.

yeah but those ones warrant a place over worf and toure - ffs phil jagielka deserves to be in the list if those two are

[StuH]

Vidic and Carvalho for me

[AriGold]

Correct well done.

Thank you.

What do i get?

[Sarge]

Thank you.

What do i get?

A big hug

[Skinny]

Lucio and Agger

[pinky]

to be fair i havent seen him this year but the last 2 years at madrid (esp last season) he shouldnt be anywhere near the best CB in the world debate anymore

I completely disagree with that assessment. Football is played off the ball and they way Cannavaro commanded the defensive line was top notch. Obviously we all prefer the CBs at their best physical conditions  who will shine far more, but considering some of the names in that list and its length, Cannavaro's presence doesn't call my attention as much as it does to you.

By the way, what's Garay doing there? He barely played for Racing last season and same applies for this one

[Sarge]

I think that Vidic and Agger would be outstanding together.

[۩ Imperator ۩]

Is Jamie Carragher actually in that list?

[L6 Red]

Sarge's shortlists are the best thing about the thread.   

[CHOPPER]

Alan Hansen. 

[Sarge]

Sarge's shortlists are the best thing about the thread.   

And people still fookin complain that some names aint included, i despair

[Mackeroo]

And people still fookin complain that some names aint included, i despair

Well to be fair there's a lot on that list that shouldn't be on it, aswell as a few ommissions. Was google broken?

Pique wasn't available so I went for Agger and Carvalho.

[Juan Loco]

Pique and Vidic.

[Chivasino]

I think that Vidic and Agger would be outstanding together.

What I went with.

[cevans16]

Carragher and Agger in the list, come on

[rowan_d]

Vidic and Carvalho for me. If Agger can reclaim his 06-07 form, he'll be right up there

[Helsinki Red]

Chiellini and Vidic.

[Helsinki Red]

We love Carra but the best centre back in The World? No.

[all_funkt_up]

Albiol/Vidic for me

[Hank Scorpio]

Lucio is like a rampaging horse, get in his way at your peril.

[MaschHead]

Wanted to go for Agger and Pique, would be a good duo I guess, but Pique is nowhere to be found, so I went for Carvalho instead.

[abhred]

Pique should be on the list.

Samuel and Pique.

[TeamSpirit™]

Giorgio Chiellini & Ledley King

[Hank Scorpio]

Giorgio Chiellini & Ledley King

LOL!

I love how much Spurs fans rate Ledley King.

Although he should be on the list ahead of some on there.

[Ultimate Bromance]

Went for Vidic/Agger myself.

[TeamSpirit™]

LOL!

I love how much Spurs fans rate Ledley King.

Although he should be on the list ahead of some on there.

I love how much you guys rate Agger, despite him:

a) not being a guaranteed 1st choice

b) injured most of the time.

Seriously though, he is the new Paul McGrath IMO. We at Spurs are lucky that his injury record is so dreadful, or he would be at a CL club (whether here or abroad) ages ago. Thierry Henry rates him as the best that he's played against, Capello still wants to take him to the WC against the clubs wishes. You will not see a more commanding debut at a major Intl. tournament than his performance against France in Euro 2004. Injuries aside, there's not a weakness in his game. Pace? Check. Strength? Check heading? check. Passing with both feet? check Carrying the ball out of defence? Check.

As for some of the names on there; Cannavaro, Mertesacker, K. Toure, Luisao, Lescott - LOL!:duh

I'm not voting for captain Lionheart JT,  he's a dickhead who needs a bajillon and 1 defensive midfielders to make him look great (same with Cannavaro) .

Vidic is a cynical fouler wouldn't be able to play football at all if the laws of the game were properly enforced upon him as he'd be permanently suspended, Rio & Carvalho haven't been great lately, Pepe was impressive until he lost his head, Albiol's okay, Garay's promising it's all big meh to me.

PS. Great Username! 

[250505]

An in-form Nesta is the best by Far

[Indisponente]

Went for Chiellini & Vidic, strongest possible centerbacks.

[OsirisMVZ]

Just saying, in my opinion Vidic is in the tier below top. He is a great, great defender, but against the very best in big games he has been embarrassed, twice. My theory is that if the best defender cannot negate the best strikers then it's tough to call him the best defender in the world.

I've found that all these lists have lacked something (no offence Sarge! ) and I don't really feel like I can give my 2 votes to people I'd actually want to vote for. I'd like to vote for Puyol and Pique, and because Pique isn't there I'd like to vote for Cris (mainly because I just like the guy), but then because Cris ain't there I've got to vote for my 4th choice centre back. Ah well, not your fault mate

Gone for Puyol and Cannavaro in the end.

[Aristotle]

Chiellini and Vidic for my part. Chiellini is a very capable defender and has been transformed from a good full back to a great centre back (ring a bell anyone?) and that Vidic fuck. Don't like the man but he's good as fuck.

[Hank Scorpio]

I love how much you guys rate Agger, despite him:

a) not being a guaranteed 1st choice

b) injured most of the time.

Seriously though, he is the new Paul McGrath IMO. We at Spurs are lucky that his injury record is so dreadful, or he would be at a CL club (whether here or abroad) ages ago. Thierry Henry rates him as the best that he's played against, Capello still wants to take him to the WC against the clubs wishes. You will not see a more commanding debut at a major Intl. tournament than his performance against France in Euro 2004. Injuries aside, there's not a weakness in his game. Pace? Check. Strength? Check heading? check. Passing with both feet? check Carrying the ball out of defence? Check.

As for some of the names on there; Cannavaro, Mertesacker, K. Toure, Luisao, Lescott - LOL!:duh

I'm not voting for captain Lionheart JT,  he's a dickhead who needs a bajillon and 1 defensive midfielders to make him look great (same with Cannavaro) .

Vidic is a cynical fouler wouldn't be able to play football at all if the laws of the game were properly enforced upon him as he'd be permanently suspended, Rio & Carvalho haven't been great lately, Pepe was impressive until he lost his head, Albiol's okay, Garay's promising it's all big meh to me.

PS. Great Username! 

Can't really knock King because I do like him but I think you guys go overboard with your praise.

Just saying, in my opinion Vidic is in the tier below top. He is a great, great defender, but against the very best in big games he has been embarrassed, twice. My theory is that if the best defender cannot negate the best strikers then it's tough to call him the best defender in the world.

But centrebacks are there to be shot at.

Strikers are opportunists and generally come out looking better because all it takes is for a defender to make 1 mistake in a match and that is what everybody will remember.

A centreback can have 5 cleansheets against a particular opponent, mark him out of the game and then have a bad game and that will stick in peoples minds.

BTW - a good centreback is cynical.

[rapcage]

please put Pique on there and Agger, my votes. Not sure about Albiol et al being on there, Vidic has been pants this season and is lucky not to get sent off every other game cos he's a manc.