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Greatest Ever Defensive Midfielders?

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  1. Mr Wonderful

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    10. Didier Deschamps
    9. Graeme Souness
    8. Gennaro Gattuso
    7. Paul Ince
    6. Fernando Redondo
    5. Frank Rijkaard
    4. Dunga
    3. Lothar Mathaeus
    2. Roy Keane
    1. Claude Makelele

    Before I get it in the neck, Davids, Essien etc are central midfield players!
    How long before Mr T joins these guys? :emoticon-0143-smirk
     
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    I would have paid good money to see Tiote play against roy keane lol
     
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    Tiote in 5 years time!
     
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  4. TheLittleGeordie

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    wheres Perch?
     
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  5. Sir Bobby

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    Depends where you're calling the line for CDMs; Scholes could effectively be called a CDM. If you're doing it your way though, I reckon if he joins a big club or we miraculously become league contenders and get world fame with it, then within a few years he'll be around the bottom of that list (by that I mean 10th)
     
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    Tioté is no mere defensive midfielder, he is a god.
     
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    I agree.
     
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    Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer??
     
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    You missed Anal Smith as well
     
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  10. Why aye Cabaye

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    Pretty sure that Capello thinks Wilshere is a defensive midfielder :emoticon-0108-speec
     
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    Bobby was a centre back and Franz was what was called a sweeper.
     
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    I reckon Viera should be in there, or round about.
     
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    Pretty sure Beckenbauer could play CDM, hence the reason he scored sooooo many goooorls
     
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    box to box... his midfield partner Claude Makelele (at number 1) was the defensive midfielder... Viera didn't do all the dirty work :)
     
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    Yep he certainly could play DM. So could Bobby Moore.
     
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    I think he was primarily a sweeper.... I'll look into it though :)
     
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  17. It's all gone Fabricio

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    Beckenbaur started as a CDM then moved back to sweeper later in his career!
    Played CDM in the world cup final to try to stop Bobby Charlton I think!
     
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    Didn't know that about Moore. Sounds Michael Mancienne-esque, whom I'm sure he'd be delighted I'm comparing him too!
     
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    That was my first thought, although I'm too young to have seen him play so who knows.
     
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    <laugh>
     
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