[Josué]

Could anybody put together a top five list of the best DMs in the world 23 and under?

Mascherano, Fabregas, De Rossi, etc. anything else?

 

[Onree]

Mathieu Flamini. Shame he doesn't get that much game time!

 

[Arianna]

another thread for talking about the same players...

 

[Josué]

And another thread for you to provide minimal football discussion, Arianna.

Either help me out, or be gone.

 

[Arianna]

And another thread for you to provide minimal football discussion, Arianna

what do u mean with that?

 

[GioCurvaSud]

I've seen Mascherano few times and he looks pretty damn solid..(actually the only time i saw him going mad was against Kakà in the Argentina-Brazil match of few months ago)

De Rossi : i've seen him many times and calling him DM is an understatement..he can broke and build up, and pace, dribbling, vision and scores like a mad.definitely the most complete mid since many years in Italy

 

[hypno]

Pedretti (Marseilles): if you haven't heard about him yet, you will soon...

 

[Kampfschwein]

And another thread for you to provide minimal football discussion, Arianna.

Either help me out, or be gone.

She's right you know. :irritate:

 

[Giallorosso_01]

De Rossi and Mascherano are the standouts.

 

[GioCurvaSud]

Pedretti (Marseilles): if you haven't heard about him yet, you will soon...

is he supposed to be a playmaker? maybe i can be wrong, but for what i've seen he doesn't look a Dm properly

 

[hypno]

is he supposed to be a playmaker? maybe i can be wrong, but for what i've seen he doesn't look a Dm properly

He is a DM. When recuperating the ball, his crossings allows good counter-attacks.

 

[gOD]

Kompany is amazing on that position too.

 

[Overclass]

De rossi is the best in his generation
his move is simply soft and he has diversity passing

he also has unique scoring ability

 

[Petros]

cesc and most of the above are not defensive midfielders. Macherano is probably the best in this character, but if you are asking simply who is the best yonug midfielder, i think it would be fabregas

 

[Arianna]

so....Muntari

 

[The Green One]

Joey Barton has got the better of Patrick Vieira on every occasion he has played against him. His performance against Portsmouth was masterful. He is almost a clone of Gerrard, and only slightly less talented. He should be in the England squad, as he is superior to Butt, who is an embarassment.

~ The Green ne

 

[Petros]

Joey Barton has got the better of Patrick Vieira on every occasion he has played against him. His performance against Portsmouth was masterful. He is almost a clone of Gerrard, and only slightly less talented. He should be in the England squad, as he is superior to Butt, who is an embarassment.

~ The Green ne

lol :wallbang:

 

[Hasuni]

Chris Obodo (Fiorentina), Luis Gonzalez (River Plate) and Wesley Sneijder (Ajax) are great, too.
The most underrated midfielder, no DM though, is Camel Meriem from Bordeaux. Anyone seen his debut for France? :eekani:

I'm not too shore about Sneijder as a DM...

 

[Kampfschwein]

I'm not too shore about Sneijder as a DM...

Indeed more of attacking/controling midfielder than a defensive one.

 

[Dean]

Michael Essien of Lyon. He breaks up the player superbly.