Define technician :P
But in terms of technical ability, id say Zlatan should surely top the list of everybody.
But in terms of technical ability, id say Zlatan should surely top the list of everybody.
Removing Spaniards, C.Ronaldo and South Americans, who are the top 5 technicians in the game?
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Zlatan
Pirlo
Verratti
Schweinsteiger
Robben
Pirlo
Verratti
Schweinsteiger
Robben
Ibrahimovic
Pirlo
Modric
Hazard
Robben
Pirlo
Modric
Hazard
Robben
Pirlo
Ibrahimovic
Robben
Totti
Hazard
Ibrahimovic
Robben
Totti
Hazard
Wtf, some of you guys are on something.
Bendtner.
Everyone else.
Bendtner.
Everyone else.
Perhaps we have different ideas of what a 'technician' entails in football but as stated by another poster, aside from Messi , Robben is probably the best small spaces dribbler in the world. That for me ranks very high on what makes a good technician. His shooting technique is also fantastic. If we are talking about passing then I would agree that Ozil and Goetze may be ahead but I don't think that is all there is to technique. I consider a wide variety of aspects important when judging technique. For me Robben would probably be number one on this proposed list and Ozil would make it too. Goetze I'm not so sure about however, though he could possibly squeak in.
First two words of the title scared me.
Lots of people grew up playing futsal that aren't all that technically, that's a moot point. He just isn't all that great with the ball at his feet, not compared to the elite technicians around. Its got nothing to do with him doing those over elaborate tricks.
I take it that you never followed his career at United then.
a lot of these lists brings up the question of what do you really mean by technician....cause a lot of those players offer completely different skill sets
Ibra
Robben
Gotze
Modric
Verratti
Robben
Gotze
Modric
Verratti
I take it you don't understand what great technical ability looks like.
Enlighten me then, genius. What is it that your 'elite technicians' do?
Handle the ball in a way cristiano can't.
Elaborate, please. Specifics would be useful.
Ball control, ball manipulation. Just watch an Iniesta video for gods sake.
Ronaldo has poor ball control now? Wow.
And who said that?
Pirlo
Zlatan
Hazard
Kroos
Lahm
Zlatan
Hazard
Kroos
Lahm
There's got to be some Germans in there surely.
Sorry I woke up in the middle of the night, saw the thread and started thinking about technical players. Tough week eh.Dribbling maybe not, but shooting technique, first touch and tricks (back-heel, side-heel, steps-over, freestyle touches etc) he definitely is.
Robben
Hazard
Ibrahimovic
Pirlo
Modric
Hazard
Ibrahimovic
Pirlo
Modric
Modric
Ibra
Verratti
Pirlo
Bastian
Obviously a technician for me isn't necessarily a dribbler or a trickster.
Ibra
Verratti
Pirlo
Bastian
Obviously a technician for me isn't necessarily a dribbler or a trickster.
Where's Wilshere?
Pirlo still got it
Ibra
Modric
Kroos
Ibra
Modric
Kroos
Pirlo
Zlatan
Hazard
Modric
Robben
Ozil
Ribery used to be quite good too but don't know whether he could regain his form.
Zlatan
Hazard
Modric
Robben
Ozil
Ribery used to be quite good too but don't know whether he could regain his form.
and what do you mean by technician ? Do you take into consideration their pace ?
Zlatan
Pirlo
Hazard
Robben
Phil Jones on corners.
Pirlo
Hazard
Robben
Phil Jones on corners.
Technician is obviously a broad and somewhat subjective term, open to interpretation, but generally pertains to the full spectrum of attributes: ball control, ball manipulation, ball distribution, execution and so on and so forth.
I purposely left it open to see what people would come up with of their own accord and as seen in these lists, people generally bracket one type, such as close control specialists, with another, such as exceptional passers and ball manipulators.
I don't think anyone can say there is a right or wrong way to answer, but it can look a little skewed if you go for someone who's an extremely good dribbler, but can't pass, shoot etc to anything above an average standard, imo.
In hindsight, it would've been a better thread with a 1-10 as the first 5's are all extremely similar whereas lists of 10 would start to look more disparate.
First one I thought of aswell.
Ibrahimovic
Hazard
Robben
Pogba
Reus
Hazard
Robben
Pogba
Reus
Lots of poor technicians have great ball striking technique and that's not what this is about. His first touch is nothing special. And those tricks really don't say much.
We kind of guessed that.You can't be a poor technician and be great at striking the ball. And Ronaldo's first touch is spotless, as is his ball control.
You never know, some people need to be told that the sun is bright.
Hazard
Modric
Zlatan
Reus
Robben
Modric
Zlatan
Reus
Robben
You can and I didn't say he's a poor technician. The best ball strikers are often midrange technicians. Batistuta, Lampard, Icardi, Gerrard, Trezeguet, Bale and Shearer can attest to that. Often the best technicians are mediocre at striking the ball. Iniesta, Modric, Mayer, Wilshere, Kovacic, Turan, David Silva and Xavi can attest to that.
His first touch is everything but spotless and his ball manipulation is nothing to write home about. For fans that have had the pleasure to see Cantona, Nani, Berbatov and Scholes I'm surprised any united fan would find Cristiano to being an elite technician.