Number 10 is for fantastista On 11/21/09, David Sundah <[email protected]> wrote: > Bukannya sekarang 7 is the new 10? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adi Bagus <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:11:59 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [BolaML] Yg gak pantas pake kaos no.10 > > Menurut goal.com yg gak pantes pake kaos no 10 itu: > 1)William Gallas (Arsenal) ---pasti banyak yg sdh menduganya. > 2)A Voronin (Pool) > dst..ada Diarra, RvN, Reyes dll.. > > Yang kocak sih pernyataan terakhir rekaan goal.com: > > "Cesc, you can have my gloves but not my No.10." Hihihi > > > TOP 10 WORST PLAYERS TO EVER WEAR THE NO.10 SHIRT? > > Carlo Garganese runs down the Top 10 list of players who should never > been allowed to wear the sacred No.10 shirt. > >  > > The No.10 is not just any ordinary number when it comes to football. > It is the most sacred, mythical digit that almost every player wants > to have on their backs. > > Traditionally the No.10 shirt has been reserved for each team’s best > offensive player – more specifically the playmaker, creator, dictator, > and star attacking player. To wear the No.10 for a top club or country > you ought to be blessed with special skill, technique, touch, passing, > shooting and set-piece ability – the player that your team-mates and > supporters look to for inspiration. > > In the past most of the attacking legends of the game have owned the > No.10 – the likes of Diego Maradona, Pele, Michel Platini, Roberto > Baggio, Zico and Zinedine Zidane. > > > > Recently, however, a worrying trend has started to develop. Players > who are not fit enough to even look at the No.10 shirt are starting to > wear it. The holy No.10 is being degraded. > > Goal.com counts down the Top 10 list of players from recent years who > should never have been allowed to wear the No.10. > > 10) John Carew (Aston Villa) > > One of the first rules when choosing your No.10 is to eliminate from > your shortlist all big target-men center forwards who are good with > their head but clumsy with their feet. The idea of current Aston Villa > skyscraper Carew wearing the No.10 is the stuff of nightmares for > purists. Whoever next? Peter Crouch? Luca Toni? Emile Heskey? > > 9) Hugo Viana (Portugal) > > In 2002, while still a teenager at Sporting Lisbon, Viana was wanted > by virtually every top team in Europe. He then made the rather unwise > decision to join the circus at Newcastle United. His career went into > steep decline, but he was still surprisingly the Portugal No.10 at > World Cup 2006 despite the presence of Luis Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, > and Deco. Viana made just two substitute appearances, missing a > penalty in the quarter final shootout win over England. > > 8) Oliver Neuville (Germany) > > You know that times are hard in modern football > when a 35-year-old playing in the second tier of German football is > chosen as the recipient of the No.10. This is what happened to > Neuville at Euro 2008, as he kept the same number he had owned at the > 2006 World Cup. How greats such as Gunter Netzer, Wolfgang Overath and > Lothar Matthaus must be shaking their heads and wondering what has > happened to their country. > > 7) Jose Antonio Reyes (Spain) > > Reyes never fulfilled the promise he showed as a youngster at Sevilla, > and by 2006 it was clear that he had been somewhat overhyped. That > summer, though, he was given the No.10 by Spain for the World Cup in > Germany. A strange decision when you consider that not only is Reyes a > winger, but that La Furia Roja possessed an abundance of creative > talent such as Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, Raul, David Villa and Fernando > Torres. Reyes barely featured in the tournament, meaning the world > hardly saw the Spain No.10. > > 6) Ruud Van Nistelrooy (The Netherlands) > > One of the great goalscorers of the last decade, but Van Nistelrooy is > a No.9. He is a penalty box hitman, who scores most of his goals > inside the six-yard box. You wouldn’t see David Trezeguet or Pippo > Inzaghi with the No.10, and the Horseman falls into the same category. > Van Nistelrooy was given the No.10 by his nation for Euro 2004, but > Clarence Seedorf, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart and even Arjen > Robben were all more suitable. > > 5) Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid) > > Diarra is a brilliant defensive midfielder, who is probably already > world class. But he is a defensive midfielder, and No.10’s are > supposed to be artists not artisans. This is all the more peculiar > when you consider that the Blancos also have Kaka, Raul, Guti and > Cristiano Ronaldo in their squad. > > 4) Nicola Berti (Italy) > > The Azzurri were hot favorites going into the 1990 World Cup in their > own country, but were eventually eliminated in the semi-final on > penalties by Argentina through a mixture of bad luck, bad politics, > and a nervous-wreck of a coach in Azeglio Vicini. Perhaps > if Italy could have called upon the special powers of their ‘real’ > No.10s in Roberto Baggio, Giuseppe Giannini or Roberto Donadoni - and > not a midfield runner-bean who spent his whole career annoying Italy > fans, and used up his half-time breaks combing his side-parting into > place while smiling into the mirror - things could have been > different. > > 3) Sidney Govou (France) > > This should not be a surprise because when Raymond Domenech is your > coach, always expect the inexplicable. Euro 2008 proved to be an > absolute disaster for Domenech, who left the likes of David Trezeguet > and Sebastien Frey at home, made outrageous squad and team selections, > saw his side knocked out in the first round with just one point, and > was left hanging by his girlfriend after proposing to her live on TV. > The most embarrassing moment, though, was handing Govou the No.10. > > > "Sid, are you twisting my arm or has some > lunatic given you the No.10 shirt?" > > 2) Andriy Voronin (Liverpool) > > Liverpool have become a laughing stock for the number of players in > their squad who are ridiculed by fans and the press. David N’Gog, > Lucas, Andrea Dossena and - to complete the Marx Brothers - Andriy > Voronin. In two spells at Anfield, the Ukrainian has scored just six > goals in over 30 games. Nevertheless, transfer genius Rafael Benitez > believed he was worth the great No.10. Oh Rafa - you so crazy! > > 1) William Gallas (Arsenal) > > In first place it could only be Arsenal defender William Gallas, who > was handed the No.10 for the Gunners following the retirement of the > legendary Dennis Bergkamp in 2006. During his prime Gallas was a > top-class defender, but a center back wearing the No.10 is like United > Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown living at No.10 – it should never > happen, and the sooner change takes place the better for all of us. > Please, dear God! > > > "Cesc, you can have my gloves but not my No.10." > > > -- > ~~ ADI B ~~ > U N I T E D > K I D S > W I F E > [in that order] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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