fixed man..hehe..sorry2, my apology on that

i was pretty sure i got the spelling correct when i was typing that. but rupa2nya salah jugak

anyway, i do share your thinking that a thread usually won't go far without discussion. but hey, at least we have a place to share stories behind our fanaticism to our team. or teams for some fans

and i think it's good that we can share the stories. i'm personally waiting for the stories from all the football otais in here and from the fans who claimed to support more than 1 team. now that a story i want to hear

i start to support man utd fully after the treble .. before that i was still blur abt football lol ... bloody noob hahaha .. so basically i missed the cantona era .. but i do know that schemichel is the best goalie ever ....

Then you have much to learn still...

Haha~! And who would you say is the best goalkeeper? Lev Yashin as voted by IFFHS? Or Dudek or Reina? In the EPL, only Schmeichel had won both European and World's best goalkeeper twice in a row. Cech won that title in 2005. Coming from Man Utd fans, who do you think we would fancy as the best?

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 23 2008, 03:33 PM

My favorite national team is the Netherlands and after beautiful goal Bergkamp scored against Argentina in WC98, I started to track him down and that's how I end up supporting Arsenal.

i used to support man u during the golden days..n i love peter schmeichel at that time..when he left,i dont have any team to support n i got the thought of why mu let go peter to sporting lisbon at that time..after that,my mom bought me an arsenal jersey.not knowing that arsenal is a rival of mu,i wore it and then my fren get pissed off with me.he said he hates arsenal cuz arsenal just won against mu at that time.since then,i support arsenal.and oh yeah.i support bayern,barca n milan too with the same reason.my mom bought me the jersey.lol.

and im a selangor fan eversince the days of christopher kiwomya scored the golden goal at malaysia cup~~

Huh? how about I buy you Malaysia jersey and you start supporting them?

im young ma ... who do u recommend as best goalie madmoz ... or maddie as they call u in the pool thread ...

peter shilton ah ??

Schmeichel is famous for his intimidating physique (he wears an XXXL shirt and stands 6'4" tall) and his attacking threat. Throughout his career, Schmeichel scored 11 goals, a great feat for a keeper. He is the most capped player for the Denmark national team, with 129 games and one goal between 1987 and 2001. Apart from Euro 92, he played for his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and three additional European Championship tournaments. He captained the national team in 30 matches.

Today, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of football. The IFFHS ranked Schmeichel among the top ten keepers of the 20th century in 2000 and in 2001, Schmeichel won a public poll held by Reuters, when the majority of the 200,000 participants voted him as the best goalkeeper ever, ahead of Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks. In 2003, Schmeichel was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his impact on the English game. In March 2004, he was named as one of the "125 greatest living footballers", at the FIFA 100 celebrations.

He holds the record for the greatest clean sheets-to-games ratio in the Premiership with 42% of the games he played in the Premiership ending without his team conceding.

Go ask uncle google. I am not old enough to have seen most of the legends play either. Of the true 'greats' I think i've only seen Shilton play in real life...
Well, we could perhaps include Seaman and Grobbelaar in there

Schmeichel Sr. was great, no doubt but like most of the older guys here would say, his popularity and 'feats' were more 'evident' due to the fact that footie, especially English football is receiving more media attention nowadays. Which is why you seldom see the older stars winning internet or whatever sorta polls nowadays. Did Man Utd fans not vote cantona as no.1 as opposed to george best?

And in ten years time you lot will be trying your best to convince the younger fans that Cantona was greater than C.Ronaldo


This post has been edited by madmoz: Jan 23 2008, 03:48 PM

Oh c'mon. I know "back in the days" is a great term to use, but did they face the same challenge as the current crop of goalkeepers? The sport has advanced, and so have the players. You really can't Pele and Maradona to Ronaldo or Kaka because they are from different era. They maybe greats once upon a time, but that doesn't mean that they could do the same if they are in the current generation (and as young as before). But we wouldn't know that because there's no way we can travel back into that era, cryogenically freeze or kidnap one of the greats at his prime, and then bring him to the present to compete with the current crop of greats. I see Schmeichel as the best goalkeeper in the 90s.

I would say now that Cantona is still better than Ronaldo, but Ronaldo is improving and has a high chance to surpass his No.7 predecessor. But, we can't see the future, so let's talk the present, shall we?

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 23 2008, 03:56 PM

Which is why one should never say best ever. You corrected yourself.

As for them not facing the same challenges, did they ever have the benefits of technology and modern training or even modern medical treatment?

This post has been edited by madmoz: Jan 23 2008, 03:58 PM

And also, having watched legends being created in the team that I fancy, makes me love the team even more. It doesn't make me a REAL-ER fan, but it does make me feel more attached to the club.

Btw, here's our own Malaysian legend...

Spiderman

This post has been edited by madmoz: Jan 23 2008, 04:01 PM

1. Alright. You made a point there. Schmeichel is the best goalkeeper I've ever seen so far.

2. That's the point... It's hard to compare when there aren't any levelled playing grounds.

that if Ronaldo decide to stay at least until the end of his career with MU

I start support liverpool during S.McManaman, P.Berger, J.Redknapp, Fowler, SH duo and co era with my bro (he's a red too) play a major influence.

Hmmm...don't you wanna put Owen in that lineup as well?

I was initially inclined to support Manchester United, why? This sounds silly but it was because I thought they had a cool name. This was before I actively started watching football. I had a friend back then who was a big Liverpool fan and I heard names like Beardsley, Barnes and Rush being thrown about all the time. I decided to watch Liverpool play, heard "You'll Never Walk Alone" echoing around Anfield and that's when I knew there was no other club for me. Like you I started watching football before we had sattelite and games were far and few in between. Even the weekly roundup was 2 weeks old! This all happened around 1987/88. I then read up about the team (and it was difficult to get material back then when there was no internet) and fell in love with it's rich history and strong traditions. What i loved most was the clubs connection with it's fans, always giving credit to it's 12th man and recognising their contributions. The players were also down to earth and would stop to sign autographs and talk to fans at each opportunity. Stories of Shankly and how he was so in touch with the fans really go to me. Not only do I love the club but I knew that this club would love me back. I will go out on a limb and say that few clubs can rival Liverpool when it comes to support and it's connection with the fans. Anfield is seldom quiet and it's no wonder that we set the record for being the loudest fans a couple of years ago, a record that has since been broken by some American Football franchise.

Schmeichel is a legend no doubt. I try to avoid using records as a gauge of a players calibre. I mean Reina has won the Golden Gloves 2 seasons in succession but no one rates him. Of the keeper that I have seen play and rate at least on par with Schmeichel are Dino Zoff, Peter Shilton, Walter Zenga, Thomas Ravelli and Oliver Kahn. I rate Sergio Goycochea, Pat Bonner and perhaps even Jim Leighton a rung below.

i start supporting Chelsea when the manager is still the man (i forget who) that before Reneiri... and Zola is still there...
it's due to my family that support Liverpool and anti-MU, i support Liverpool too but i want to be different, when i look at Chelsea, i think they are the one, and their jersey is blue which is my fav colour... now my blood is also blue~

This debate on who is the best goalkeeper is becoming out of topic of the real topic of this thread.. Hehe..

I think everyone has their rights to say who is the best... but it's just an opinion and not an absolute statement. I mean, same goes to when you say you support the club because you say it's the best club in the world.. It's just your personal own opinion.

I have mates who say Grobelaar is the best and I won't challenge their statement. Who couldn't forget his antics or achievements?

As my earlier posting, I was just mentioning the reason why I supported my club and how I got into it...