What LFC players were the best in the world in their position?

[Guest Anders Honoré]

Just got thinking about what liverpool players might have had, or have, legitimate claims to being the best in the world in their position when they played.

 

And narrowing it down, who, as hard as that is to define, might have had legitimate claims to being the best player in the world at some point or another.

 

Obviously we have Gerrard today.

 

Any takers?

[Rimbeux]

Kenny

 

Barnes

 

Souness

 

Rush

 

Gerrard

 

off top of my head, sure it wont be much different to most. Anyway we've always been about TEAM

[fred milne]

Lawrenson during the mid-80's.

[stressederic]

Phil Babb

[fred milne]

Clemence would be another decent shout.

[G Richards]

Clemence

 

(just beat me to it!)

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[Flasher]

Ian Rush

 

John Barnes

 

Kenny Dalglish

 

Paul Stewart

[Mike]

ray kennedy

[Guest Budo]

Rafa reckons Diao!!!

[Mike]

alan hansen

[Guest Anders Honoré]

I'm trying to think of a rightwinger who might have been better than McManaman in his prime, but no one comes to mind. Hässler maybe?

[The Hitman]

Dietmar Hamann?

I'd say he was in the top 3 central holding midfielders,maybe not the best though.

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[Will]

Billy Liddell

Elisha Scott

[Maldini]

Nicol?

[ManxRed]

Emlyn Hughes

 

Ron Yeats

 

Julian Dicks

[sutty]

Fowler

Owen

 

Difficult to quantifybest in the world really

[_00_deathscar]

I'm trying to think of a rightwinger who might have been better than McManaman in his prime, but no one comes to mind. Hässler maybe?

 

Figo?

[Coyler]

Obviously we have Gerrard today.

In the centre?

[fred milne]

I'm trying to think of a rightwinger who might have been better than McManaman in his prime, but no one comes to mind. Hässler maybe?

He was at his best playing through the middle, rather than as a right-winger.

[Case]

Ron Yeats

[The Hitman]

Terry Mac?

[Guest Anders Honoré]

Fowler

Owen

 

Difficult to quantifybest in the world really

 

Aye. I settled for 'legitimate claim'.

 

Whilst I can't think of anyone of a striker who was better than Owen back in 2001, Fowler had the bad luck of playing when Shearer was scoring goals all over the place. Even if Fowler might have been as good or better a player than Owen.

 

Figo?

 

Think he was still making a name for himself for Sporting Lisbon at the time.

 

He was at his best playing through the middle, rather than as a right-winger.

 

Hässler or Macca?

[sutty]

Aye. I settled for 'legitimate claim'.

 

Whilst I can't think of anyone of a striker who was better than Owen back in 2001, Fowler had the bad luck of playing when Shearer was scoring goals all over the place. Even if Fowler might have been as good or better a player than Owen.

Think he was still making a name for himself for Sporting Lisbon at the time.

Hässler or Macca?

 

Fowler was a better footballer and goalscorer than Owen IMO.

 

Owen was s*** quick and more determined.

[4411]

Nicol?

 

definitely

[Stevie H]

the only ones i can think of as total and absolute definites without any genuine competitor claims would probably be john barnes and kenny.

 

that said it's a hard one to judge as there wasn't the exposure of foreign players to uk tv audiences back when the likes of hansen, lawwrenson, nicol, souness and rush were playing.