Who do you people feel are the smartest players on the field i.e the ones that know how to create space for themselves and others or can open up a whole defence with one quick hand pass etc. or in the case of backs someone who can read when and where the ball is likely to break, for me the obvious choice by a country mile would be the gooch and Brian mc guigan when in form and for backs tomas o se and aidan o mahony very original selections i know.

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 13/02/2010 09:14:57    560219

Wrong forum Baron.

Colm Cooper is possibly the most intelligent of all time. One could use so many superlatives to describe him. Genius sometimes does not do him enough justice.

For a back, Meath's Cormac McGuinness is very intelligent. He has a great positional sense, always in the right place at the right time to break up attacks. Plus he can pass and tackle pretty well. I can't think of a better centre-back than McGuinness in the game right now.

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 13/02/2010 10:22:44    560238

john terry is the most intelligent player iv seen. wife took him back after it all too

speedy12 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 592 - 13/02/2010 11:13:48    560260

for louth is jp rooney.for man utd its the other rooney.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 13/02/2010 12:53:22    560313

gaa, along with the ones mentioned, i would say alan dillon and p joyce would be as good as i have seen, they always seem to have time on the ball

football - zola and bergkamp would be the most intelligent, owen and romario for finding space

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 15/02/2010 21:02:59    562496

Bobby Fischer if you don't believe me ask Garry Kasparov.

corkcelt (Cork) - Posts: 4388 - 15/02/2010 21:23:01    562531

Cormac McGuinness

Tell me this is a joke .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 15/02/2010 21:24:53    562537

football - zola and bergkamp would be the most intelligent, owen and romario for finding space



hahahaha. good players but "the best". romario yes. zola and bergkamp would be up there but theres better. and seriously....owen. good one

32_4_1 (Meath) - Posts: 4156 - 15/02/2010 21:27:59    562546

In soccer I always thought Teddy Sheringham was a very intelligent player. He wasn't blessed with pace but had a great ability to find space and great awareness of players around him.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9774 - 16/02/2010 11:15:55    562720

OLLIE - any relation?

EnolaGay (Tyrone) - Posts: 653 - 16/02/2010 11:35:54    562744

The gooch without a shadow of a doubt is one of the most intelligent footballers, Brian Dooher, Paul Galvin and Jason Sherlock.

weered92 (Derry) - Posts: 296 - 16/02/2010 12:34:29    562839

Mentioning intelligent soccer players and not mentioning Zidane should be a hanging offence.

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 16/02/2010 13:25:54    562944

Where is our loyal away?
Up here for dancing and down there for thinking! Colm Cooper is a wee smartie

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 18/02/2010 16:47:51    565849

Frank Lampard has a very high IQ apparently.

Adler (Monaghan) - Posts: 754 - 18/02/2010 17:23:49    565883

Phillipe Senderos speaks 6 languages.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12370 - 18/02/2010 17:36:45    565907

henry shefflin

Puddersthecat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1692 - 18/02/2010 18:03:17    565965

breffni maybe he spends too much time learning languages then making himself good on the training ground ? possibly the worst defender ive ever seen , so prone to mistakes its not even funny

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13654 - 18/02/2010 18:20:41    565985

Steven gerrard!!

allstar4 (Donegal) - Posts: 558 - 18/02/2010 19:50:41    566148

shows what you know 32, owen at his peak has some of the best movement in the world, a widely accepted fact. Yet another post displaying ur lack of knowledge

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 18/02/2010 19:55:45    566155

http://www.vassell.net/Darius/Blog/Blog.html

Reading Darius Vassell's blog, He seems to be a smart articulate thoughtful fella.

Certainly doesn't fit into the bling bling brainless footballer stereotype.

JuanVeron (Westmeath) - Posts: 1866 - 18/02/2010 20:24:01    566190