Obviously there are only subjective answers to that question and its not worth getting into a debate about it. For me, in a defender, its about reading the game, positioning, calmness, and distribution. The models are Baresi, Canavaro and the peerless Maldini, also Beckenbauer and Moore. Obviously I don't expect a championship team to have players of anything like this calibre, but I'm afraid blood and guts, backs to the wall, body on the line stuff is not my thing, but I don't expect much more at this level.
