For me, there are a few real stand out names. I loved Shearer for his devotion and his goalscoring abilities. I loved Gary Speed for his nitty gritty work and for being a model professional to those around him. But my absolute favourite has to be Philippe Albert. He was such an amazing player. Although he was occasionally caught out in defence, his ability to pick out a pass and to bring the ball out of defence was great during the 90s near-glory days. And being that I was a youngster at the time, playing in defence for my schools team, Albert was a player I used as inspiration.