Fans help pick Australia's greatest footballer

[mike17]

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/110 ... baller.com

If picking the best player ever is a recipe for countless pub debates, Australian football has gone several steps further by asking fans to also nominate the sport's best team and best coach

http://www.greatesteveraustralianfootballer.com

viduka clearly the best for me! ive highlighted mine but i can only vote fairly on my generation. guys like baartz, warren, marston and mckay probably have a shout, but didnt see enough of them

Goalkeepers: Ron Lord, Ron Corry, Jim Fraser, Mark Bosnich, Mark Scwharzer.

Defenders: George Keith, Doug Utjesenovic, Alan Davidson, Tony Vidmar, Luke Wilkshire, Paul Okon, Joe Marston, Manfred Schaeffer, John Watkiss, Peter Wilson, Charlie Yankos, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Ned Zelic, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Col Curran, Harry Williams, Jim Tansey, Stan Lazaridis, Scott Chipperfield.

Midfielders: Jimmy Rooney, Johnny Warren, Murray Barnes, Paul Wade, Brett Emerton, Jimmy McKay, Paul Okon, Vince Grella, Josip Skoko, Jason Culina, Ned Zelic, Tim Cahill, Les Scheinflug, Ray Richards, Oscar Crino, Robbie Slater, Mark Bresciano.

Strikers: Atti Abonyi, Frank Farina, Aurelio Vidmar, Tim Cahill, Adrian Alston, Ray Baartz, John Kosmina, Graham Arnold, Mark Viduka, Branko Buljevic, David Mitchell, Eddie Krncevic, Harry Kewell, John Aloisi, Reg Date, John Watkiss.

Greatest Australian coach nominees


Joe Vlasits, Rale Rasic, Frank Arok, Eddie Thomson, Terry Venables, Frank Farina, Guus Hiddink, Pim Verbeek.

[Porky]

I think it doesn't matter how good a player they were....if they couldn't bring 100% of their game to the socceroos then I don't think they qualify....I'd nominate Lucas Neil or Cahill

[rooboy1986]

My picks...

Goalkeepers: Ron Lord, Ron Corry, Jim Fraser, Mark Bosnich, Mark Scwharzer.

Defenders: George Keith, Doug Utjesenovic, Alan Davidson, Tony Vidmar, Luke Wilkshire, Paul Okon, Joe Marston, Manfred Schaeffer, John Watkiss, Peter Wilson, Charlie Yankos, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Ned Zelic, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Col Curran, Harry Williams, Jim Tansey, Stan Lazaridis, Scott Chipperfield.

Midfielders: Jimmy Rooney, Johnny Warren, Murray Barnes, Paul Wade, Brett Emerton, Jimmy McKay, Paul Okon, Vince Grella, Josip Skoko, Jason Culina, Ned Zelic, Tim Cahill, Les Scheinflug, Ray Richards, Oscar Crino, Robbie Slater, Mark Bresciano.

Strikers: Atti Abonyi, Frank Farina, Aurelio Vidmar, Tim Cahill, Adrian Alston, Ray Baartz, John Kosmina, Graham Arnold, Mark Viduka, Branko Buljevic, David Mitchell, Eddie Krncevic, Harry Kewell, John Aloisi, Reg Date, John Watkiss.

Greatest Australian coach nominees


Joe Vlasits, Rale Rasic, Frank Arok, Eddie Thomson, Terry Venables, Frank Farina, Guus Hiddink, Pim Verbeek.

[mike17]

My picks...

Goalkeepers: Ron Lord, Ron Corry, Jim Fraser, Mark Bosnich, Mark Scwharzer.

Defenders: George Keith, Doug Utjesenovic, Alan Davidson, Tony Vidmar, Luke Wilkshire, Paul Okon, Joe Marston, Manfred Schaeffer, John Watkiss, Peter Wilson, Charlie Yankos, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Ned Zelic, Craig Moore, Lucas Neill, Col Curran, Harry Williams, Jim Tansey, Stan Lazaridis, Scott Chipperfield.

Midfielders: Jimmy Rooney, Johnny Warren, Murray Barnes, Paul Wade, Brett Emerton, Jimmy McKay, Paul Okon, Vince Grella, Josip Skoko, Jason Culina, Ned Zelic, Tim Cahill, Les Scheinflug, Ray Richards, Oscar Crino, Robbie Slater, Mark Bresciano.

Strikers: Atti Abonyi, Frank Farina, Aurelio Vidmar, Tim Cahill, Adrian Alston, Ray Baartz, John Kosmina, Graham Arnold, Mark Viduka, Branko Buljevic, David Mitchell, Eddie Krncevic, Harry Kewell, John Aloisi, Reg Date, John Watkiss.

Greatest Australian coach nominees


Joe Vlasits, Rale Rasic, Frank Arok, Eddie Thomson, Terry Venables, Frank Farina, Guus Hiddink, Pim Verbeek.

i like your style, paul wade though? didnt he just kick ppl

porky im not sure that socceroo performances are part of this, otherwise marston would have no chance. i agree that dukes didnt really produce for oz, but i think he was the best player for the longest amount of time - and definately had the most ability

[Stuckey]

From the players I have seen. Harry Kewell at the peak of his powers is a clear winner. At the time he was in the top five players in the world. No Australian comes close. Zelic and Dukes could definately turn it on but Harry during his Leeds days won many games himself.

[mike17]

From the players I have seen. Harry Kewell at the peak of his powers is a clear winner. At the time he was in the top five players in the world. No Australian comes close. Zelic and Dukes could definately turn it on but Harry during his Leeds days won many games himself.

agree with you about harry. hard to ignore he only did it for a few seasons though. although the dukes that put 4 past liverpool couldnt be too far behind?

[Stuckey]

From the players I have seen. Harry Kewell at the peak of his powers is a clear winner. At the time he was in the top five players in the world. No Australian comes close. Zelic and Dukes could definately turn it on but Harry during his Leeds days won many games himself.

agree with you about harry. hard to ignore he only did it for a few seasons though. although the dukes that put 4 past liverpool couldnt be too far behind?

agree Dukes on his day was as good as anyone its just a pity those days weren't as often as IMO they should have been often due to injury though. I always wonder with him what might have happened if he went to Man U instead of Saha like what was planned.

[mike17]

From the players I have seen. Harry Kewell at the peak of his powers is a clear winner. At the time he was in the top five players in the world. No Australian comes close. Zelic and Dukes could definately turn it on but Harry during his Leeds days won many games himself.

agree with you about harry. hard to ignore he only did it for a few seasons though. although the dukes that put 4 past liverpool couldnt be too far behind?

agree Dukes on his day was as good as anyone its just a pity those days weren't as often as IMO they should have been often due to injury though. I always wonder with him what might have happened if he went to Man U instead of Saha like what was planned.

hell yes! and harry too! if harry when to man u instead of liverpoo he would probly still be there!

[Stuckey]

hell yes! and harry too! if harry when to man u instead of liverpoo he would probly still be there!

Apparently the poor fool turned down more money from Man U! I love how though Scousers whinge about him always being injured for them. The bloke played over 300 matches!

[mike17]

hell yes! and harry too! if harry when to man u instead of liverpoo he would probly still be there!

Apparently the poor fool turned down more money from Man U! I love how though Scousers whinge about him always being injured for them. The bloke played over 300 matches!

hehe yeh they hate him with a passion. its coz 'hes not 'ard like stevie gerrard like' lol

[Stuckey]

Yeah hard as!

[Red-4-Life]

There's something about when Tim Cahill plays...the team seem to lift a couple gears

[Stuckey]

There's something about when Tim Cahill plays...the team seem to lift a couple gears

I would definately have Timmy in the Socceroos best XI (that I have seen) But IMO Zelic, Dukes and Harry are still a class above.

[Bomber]

From the nominees, I'd pick a team as follows, based on 4-3-3

Schwarzer

Utjesenovic
Lazaridis
Wilson
Ivanovich

Culina
Warren
Bresciano

Cahill
Kosmina
Kewell

subs - Bosnich, Schaeffer, Barnes, Viduka

[Stuckey]

From the nominees, I'd pick a team as follows, based on 4-3-3

Schwarzer

Utjesenovic
Lazaridis
Wilson
Ivanovich

Culina
Warren
Bresciano

Cahill
Kosmina
Kewell

subs - Bosnich, Schaeffer, Barnes, Viduka

Wow! Kossie over Dukes! No way!

[Bomber]

From the nominees, I'd pick a team as follows, based on 4-3-3

Schwarzer

Utjesenovic
Lazaridis
Wilson
Ivanovich

Culina
Warren
Bresciano

Cahill
Kosmina
Kewell

subs - Bosnich, Schaeffer, Barnes, Viduka

Wow! Kossie over Dukes! No way!

Who scored more goals?

[BlackBrian_7]

From the nominees, I'd pick a team as follows, based on 4-3-3

Schwarzer

Utjesenovic
Lazaridis
Wilson
Ivanovich

Culina
Warren
Bresciano

Cahill
Kosmina
Kewell

subs - Bosnich, Schaeffer, Barnes, Viduka

Wow! Kossie over Dukes! No way!

Who scored more goals?

Then why no Mori then?

[dudley]

Best 11, the 2 teams that got wins at the last two world cups against Japan and serbia.

just shuffle that group of players!!

[Ernie Cooksey]

Schwarzer
Neill
Ivanovic
Moore
Chippperfield
Grella
Cahill
Skoko
Slater
Viduka
Kewell

Hiddink

(*admittedly chosen from the latter crop of players, as I've not seen or heard of all nominees.)

[Bomber]

Then why no Mori then?

Deduct any goals scored against Tahiti, Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, American Samoa etc etc.........