Your Top 5 Best Ever Players

[DaveR]

As my old bones start to shake and wobble i sometimes think back or even foward on a good day as to who was the best top 5 five players ever........

My top 5 Would be as follows...........

1...........Pretty obvious but maybe not everyones ........Jan ove Waldner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Ove_Waldner)
2...........Again a player not everone liked but was world champion nevertheless.............István Jónyer
3..........Great player of our time now.........Wang Liqin
4..........Johnny Leach .........has to be said he was a top man but many have never seen him play
5..........And a favourite of mine still...........Jörgen Persson:thumbsup:

[Flicker]

My list...

1.J O Waldner
2.Wang Liqin
3.Kong Linghui
4.Lui Gouliang
5.Jorgen Persson

[Alfie]

Waldner
Liqin
Ma Lin
Gatiene
Kong
I think Wang Hao is going to be top 5 before he is finished

[DaveR]

I think Wang Hao is going to be top 5 before he is finished

I'd agree Alfie...............great player

Strange how the old master is top of many peoples list, have to say Liqin is unbelievable at times too.

[Blocking Ace]

1. J-O Waldner
2. C Creanga [pre-40mm era]
3. A Cooke
4. M Syed [At his peak at Commonwealth and Worlds 1997]
5. J-M Saive

I'm right handed, hence the above list. But, Rosskopf, Gatien, and Appelgren would get on a left-handed list.
:pray:

[Anth Barella]

well Jan-Ove Waldner would be top of my list becasue he is the greatest player to have ever played the sport but i like the more modern players (as i am still young)

1. jan ove Waldner
2. wang Liqin
3. Timo Boll
4. Ma lin
5. Vladimir samsonov (my favourite player at the minute as waldner doesnt play as often now)

[Graeme B]

I know some people might not like his style but I think Des Douglas should be on the list cos well ... he is just great!!!

1. Jan ove waldner
2. Jorgen Persson
3. Des Douglas
4. Applegren
5. Gatien

[DaveR]

Actually i agree Des was or rather is still a ledgend in the UK..................Nice one

[Blocking Ace]

Of course Des Douglas has a great style. He is a brilliant blocker.
Born to Block.
:pray:
I am a fellow Block-Head.

[HarryBelafonte]

Been to loads of worlds and euro tourneys.top players to watch in no particular order,apple amazing lobber, j.o just ridiculous innovator and super cool. and erik lindh sometimes rubbish sometmes no1 in world ,incredible loops of the bounce,dont think the 40 mm ball is as good for off the bounce shots,or am i romancing about the past,also not as good for lobbing..2 to go,stellan bengtsson, style ,flair intensity, and pureclass with incredible will to win. and guo ,amazing serves,fitness ,with the aura of invincibilty and inscrutability both inspiring me to play 1977..

[FantasyCheeseBasin]

1...kalanikos kreanga........purely for the insanity of his backhand:taz:
2...gatien.
3...jan ove
4...pod pinka.......crazy name watched him play when i was drunk incredible
5...teng yi....saw him on tely doing an exhibition when i was a kid.(inspiration to play i suppose):thumbsup:

[DaveR]

Kreanga i agree unbelievable at times, and yes i agree with the Godster the 40mm ball aint as good for off the bounce shots...........or are we all just living in a world of rose colour specs again when the world was a nicer place.....................dream on