I voted for Sinisa Mihajlovic. The only player in Serie A who scored a hattrick solely from FKs. As for CR7, I wouldn't even put him in the top 5 even as a Man Utd fan.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sz13PXeHKHE

they all got their spacial area to a take free kick.....Juninho is godlike from far distance....while beckham and RM80 area was in the edge of penalty box... i just wonder now beckham with milan, guest who gonna take freekick after this.....izzit beck or r80 or pirlo......my guest Carlo Achelotti....lol

GTG

This post has been edited by Punish: Jan 5 2009, 04:24 AM

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Tough choice between Pirlo and Juninho Pernambucano. But I picked Juninho

HAte him or love him, becks imo is the best freekick taker alongside Juninho. I once watch i think discovery. they dissect his freekicks. When he is about to strike it, his left ankle was so flexible that he can actually bend it like he bends the ball...

I'm going for Sinisa Mihailavoc simply because he was simply clinical setpieces, scoring a goal every 5 games for Lazio and Inter. Unlike Roberto Carlos who opts for pure power (which occasionally results in a swerve i.e. against Russia), Mihailovic is more delicate and goes for placement.

yeah! sneijder is not in the list?

mihajlovic all the way! very clinical placing! beckham and juninho p was up there too!
c.ronaldo? c'mon... he is on par with giggs

I'm for Mahailovic (hehe) as well. I have a feeling the last few posters who voted for Mihajlovic were born between 1972 - 1982... Damn we're old...

i like pele, garrincha, yashin and eusebio too!
nah! you don't have to be an old man.... youtube is the answer

mihajlovic's precision placing is awesome. while the likes of beckham perfected the art of crossing....
so, each of 'em has their own strength and weaknesses.

the sneijder guy in real madrid is awesome too!

This post has been edited by yngwie: Jan 5 2009, 11:34 AM

wesley sneijder is good to...now he takes beckham fk/set piece duty at real madrid now after beckham leave...am i doing rite???

i born in 84 but vote for Sinisa,i read about him,he training freekick since kid,his dad ask him to kick past gate everyday and aim something behind the gate,no wonder he become free kick specialist

Apparently Becks was aiming through a tyre hung on a tree branch... Dunno how true...

juninho is the man!!! look at the number of goals he scored from freekick...gosh...

now i remember rogerio ceni the brazillian gk ......the highest scoring keeper ever! already scored 83 from penalties / free kicks...........and still counting!

rogerio ceni & jose luis chilavert...who is better???

Mihajlovic's left peg is as accurate as Beck's right peg. I remember seeing him score beauties during his time with lazio..

RVP get more vote than Sinisa,Sinisa even on same level with Nakamura
what a joke

did u guys (for veteran) remember Garincha "S" free kick,i try search in Youtube but didn't found it

I don't know how many of us here are old enough to have watched Garrincha

Mihajlovic was one of the best FK takers in his prime. Better than Becks imo. But I still rate Juninho better. It doesn't matter whether its 25 yards or 35 giving him a FK is almost like giving up a pen

i can't believe thierry henry is not in this. he scored quite a number of free kick goals when he was in arsenal. HENRY!!!

youtube is not really a good way to determine whether a player is good or not
example; c.ronaldo's freekick goals compilation is awesome, but in reality he only scored 1 in around 10
same goes to other players