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Worlds Fastest Footballers

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  1. trundles left foot

    trundles left foot Well-Known Member

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    I have just looked at a page that lists then top ten fastest footballers in order from 10 -1. Have a go and list your 10. I will post the link up later to see who gets the closest. Valley no cheating and looking up tha answers.
     
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    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet
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    I'm just going to post my top 10 in no particular order.

    Ronaldo
    Bale
    Robben
    Nani
    Walcott
    Lennon (like lightening a few years back)
    Sterling
    Neymar
    Messi (not sure here as I have never seen him run flat out the full length of a pitch)
    Sanchez

    Edit: Swap Messi with A Young
     
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  3. neveroffsidereff

    neveroffsidereff Well-Known Member

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    What about John Williams!!!! :)
     
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  4. Terror ball

    Terror ball Well-Known Member

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    Bale,
    Aguero,
    Sturridge,
    Walcott,
    Sterling,
    Robben,
    Ribery,
    Lukaku,
    Willian,
    Ronaldo,
     
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  5. Terror ball

    Terror ball Well-Known Member

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    and of course, John Williams!
     
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    ProjectVRD Well-Known Member

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    Bale
    Bale on a bad day
    Bale on a worse day
    Bale on a terrible day......
     
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  7. ValleyGraduate12

    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet
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    But what if somebody tripped him up :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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    Krome Well-Known Member

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    Dennis Rommedahl was supposed to be lightning back in day

    I wouldn't be surprised if Kyle walker is in the list somewhere
     
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  9. Yankee_Jack

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    Over what distance ... a yard, 10, 30, 50, 100?
     
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  10. Yankee_Jack

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    I never had any trouble with balls out speed ..... I've never seen anybody sprint with a limp. :grin:

    Clever start / stop, change of direction merchants, different problem entirely.

    From what I've seen, currently playing, in no particular order:

    Ronaldo
    Bale
    Messi
    Routledge
    Robben
    Sterling
    Jordi Alba (Barca)
    .... from here it's tough to seperate.
     
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    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet
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    Is Messi that quick? Never seen him running flat out for more than 20 yards? I've based mine on a 100m sprint.
     
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  12. MasterOfNone

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    Think Valencia is the quickest. Remember hearing that somewhere
     
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    Tate , Monk and Rangel..........Valencia and Messiah
     
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  14. trundles left foot

    trundles left foot Well-Known Member

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    Henry would have been right up there years ago
     
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    trundles left foot Well-Known Member

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    Its not over a distance. It is what their top speed has been clocked at.
     
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    bigkidderz Well-Known Member

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    I find it hard to believe that Rooney is faster than Nathan Dyer and Wayne Routledge (just as two examples). Even I've been clocked at 28kmh by my MiCoach chip...that's without any formal training ever in my life. So the 10th fastest player in football is 2kmh fast than me??

    It must only be taken from the top teams in European football. After all, there are only Bayern, Real, Barcelona, Tottenham and Man United players present.
     
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  18. trundles left foot

    trundles left foot Well-Known Member

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    Surprised me. How accurate no one knows, only a bit of fun though.
     
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  19. ValleyGraduate12

    ValleyGraduate12 Aberdude's Puppet
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    Valencia <yikes>

    What the hell would Giggs top speed have been then in his early twenties? Very surprised it isn't Ronaldo or Bale tbh.
     
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    Bale has to be in there somewhere, and Robben surely must be at the top too, he had a fabulous time for Holland, Sanchez from Barca is fast also so these would be three I can think of to start with!....................<ok>


    Robben
    Sanchez
    Bale
    Ronaldo
    Ribery
    Walcott
    Lennon



    Those are the only one I can think of that stand out for pace and speed, cannot find 10, I know Messi is good but I don't think he has pace!..........<ok>






    I bet Robben and Bale are the fastest! Just an after thought, is Sterling fast?
     
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