Michel Platini

[Ratters]

I was watching a documentary the other day is it me or does he love himself ??? I thought he was a good player but never that great as some would have you believe.

[Stevie H]

he was f***ing brilliant.

[Murphman]

He was indeed brilliant, whether he was better than Zidane?

 

Nope.

[Guest arf007]

Great player but not better than Zidane.

[berdoing]

Great player, but a complete and utter loon whom some insiders are praying does not become FIFA president because apparently he wants the following:

 

to ban tackling

 

to ban most physical contact

 

to punish bigger clubs for being big by paying money to the smaller clubs

 

scrap the champions league

 

slash most national leagues

 

cut european world cup places

[Hassony]

do you love zidane so much because of his origin? have you seen platini play in his prime?

[Guest 70400]

Tough call.

 

They played in different eras and Zidane won a WC more than Platini...

 

The Germans f***ed Michel twice.

[kop205]

Platini for me.

[Figaro]

Platini is one of the biggest c nuts of all time.

 

Has continuously lied about Heysel stating that he did not know people had died. He was told before the game started and it was confirmed yet still he was in favour of playing the match and disgustingly celebrated the goal.

[Koogan]

Platini was truly a great player and I can't remember him being a c*** on the field of play. Better than Zidane in my opinion.

[John am Rhein]

I'm not sure Platini was better than Zidane. There's not much to choose between them, IMO.

 

But you used to get exaggeration like 'Platini is better than Maradona' which you don't hear now because it's so self-evidently ridiculous.

 

At the time I'd have said Platini was the 2nd best European player ever after Cruyff. Now I think Zidane may have equalled him, although maybe not surpassed him.

 

If Platini had really done himself justice in the World Cup - apparently he wasn't fully fit in all 3 of the tournaments he played - it might have been different. It was really only European Championship 1994 where Platini reached the heights he was capable of.

 

His achievements in club football are pretty good, but not unarguably better than a few others: Zidane, Gullit, Van Basten, etc.

[Stevie H]

Platini is one of the biggest c nuts of all time.

 

Has continuously lied about Heysel stating that he did not know people had died. He was told before the game started and it was confirmed yet still he was in favour of playing the match and disgustingly celebrated the goal.

never knew that. remember him celebrating the goal, albeit vaguely.

 

as a player i think zidane may have surpassed him now, but platini was a bit f***ing special

[Figaro]

Anyone who tries to get a team mate dropped from a World Cup just because he shagged the missus has to be a real c nut

[magneto]

Platini was on the voting panel that voted against us entering the Champions League last season.

[John am Rhein]

never knew that. remember him celebrating the goal, albeit vaguely.

 

That was f*cking surreal.

[shaq]

do you love zidane so much because of his origin? have you seen platini play in his prime?

 

madaboutlfc is French Algerian?!? I thought he was Pakistani?

[madaboutlfc]

do you love zidane so much because of his origin? have you seen platini play in his prime?

what has origin got to do with why i like him as a player.. the guy is a legend of the game and a great person.. so no

[Ripley]

Platini is one of the biggest c nuts of all time.

 

Has continuously lied about Heysel stating that he did not know people had died. He was told before the game started and it was confirmed yet still he was in favour of playing the match and disgustingly celebrated the goal.

He may well be one of the biggest of all time and celebrating the goal may add to the charge sheet, but would Liverpool players be exempt from the accusation of lying about knowing that people had died before the game?

[madaboutlfc]

 

His achievements in club football are pretty good, but not unarguably better than a few others: Zidane, Gullit, Van Basten, etc.

his achievement in club football dont rival that of the others mentioned.. he won the European Cup from a penalty that never was.. had it not been for heysel he would have not won that..

[fyds]

Platini is one of the biggest c nuts of all time.

 

Has continuously lied about Heysel stating that he did not know people had died. He was told before the game started and it was confirmed yet still he was in favour of playing the match and disgustingly celebrated the goal.

Agree with all of that, and yes - he does love himself in an almost mentally deranged way.

 

Fantastic player...better than Zidane? At their peak - no. Zidane had just a bit more of everything than Platini who fell short in a couple of departments - he couldn't really head a ball, couldn't tackle and to the best of my knowledge has never laid one on an ex-blue. The more I think about it seriously, the more Zidane at his peak shades it.

[John am Rhein]

he couldn't really head a ball

 

ahem!

 

 

his achievement in club football dont rival that of the others mentioned.. he won the European Cup from a penalty that never was.. had it not been for heysel he would have not won that..

 

Probably right. I was thinking of Italian Serie A, above all. Platini certainly dominated that for a while, but no more so than the others.

[fyds]

ahem!

Probably right. I was thinking of Italian Serie A, above all. Platini certainly dominated that for a while, but no more so than the others.

You think Platini was a good header of the ball? Fair enough....must admit I don't though!

 

Been thinking about it, and Platini was more of a Baggio than a Zidane, perhaps ay best a few degrees better than Baggio at his best. Also, one of his great and more or less equally skilled adversaries during Platini's early days has been all but forgotten by the following generation - Gunter Netzer of Borrussia Moenchengladbach, Real Madrid and Hamburg. What a player he was - then there was Zico of course...

 

[Hassony]

He certainly was during the 1984 european championship

that was a fluke

[fyds]

that was a fluke

No - he used Craig Johnston as a stand in.

 

He certainly was during the 1984 european championship

Aye, but even Henry has scored the odd one with his head!

[fyds]

Yes, they were quality, and I'm not denying he was either - but he didn't get many with his head as a general rule. Not the tallest of players admittedly. Still a bellend though.