Controversial football opinions

[TheOneChan95 225]

well I guess Maradona isn't one of the greatest ever then.

I'd say if you put him in today's game he would be a less effective.

[Term-X 7,891]

Messi is better than Maradona & Pele, most of us here are 90's babies anyway, so it's not like you've seen every game Pele has played. Messi is youtube generation, 'everything' is scrutinised.. imagine a coke snorting Maradona in THIS era.

[iseah100 5,612]

Messi is better than Maradona & Pele, most of us here are 90's babies anyway, so it's not like you've seen every game Pele has played. Messi is youtube generation, 'everything' is scrutinised.. imagine a coke snorting Maradona in THIS era.

THIS! No one here probably has seen more than a handful of his games, but cause some old guys think he's the best everyone feels like they have to agree.

[Spike 12,049]

Kaka in his height wa the greatest, most amazing footballer I've ever seen.

[Nike 373]

Messi is better than Maradona & Pele, most of us here are 90's babies anyway, so it's not like you've seen every game Pele has played. Messi is youtube generation, 'everything' is scrutinised.. imagine a coke snorting Maradona in THIS era.

Or maybe imagine Messi playing under the scrutiny of HGH..

but for some reason, everyone outside of USA doesnt care about that.

I wouldnt be surprised if a ton of athletes used HGH or something else these days. Took alex rodriguez all these years to admit to ped use and lance armstrong always denied it.

[Dion 2,476]

Kaka in his height wa the greatest, most amazing footballer I've ever seen.

I liked Kaka better in 2005 than in 2007 when he was Ballon D'Or. He was amazing in 2005.

[zolayes 14,489]

lukaku would have been better for us this season than Drogba

[Viper22 2,418]

Kaka in his height wa the greatest, most amazing footballer I've ever seen.

I loved the Kaka of 05-07. Made this game we all love look so damn easy.

[TheOneChan95 225]

Kaka in his height wa the greatest, most amazing footballer I've ever seen.

He was amazing and he made things look so easy.

But in my opinion R9 Ronaldo was the best ever in his prime. Dribbling at breakneck speeds, power and incredible football intelligence. He was the epitome of talent for me. Such a shame he fell from grace. A bit sad when you realise that quite a few Brazillian superstars just lose their edge when they are supposed to be at their peak (Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka)

[Madmax 9,219]

Mark Noble should have had a moderately long England career. Quite an underrated player over the years.

[Tomo 21,733]

Steve McLaren was better for England than Hodgson currently is.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Mourinho is just as good as getting the most out of players as he is at destroying them.

[ulvhedin 507]

He was amazing and he made things look so easy.

But in my opinion R9 Ronaldo was the best ever in his prime. Dribbling at breakneck speeds, power and incredible football intelligence. He was the epitome of talent for me. Such a shame he fell from grace. A bit sad when you realise that quite a few Brazillian superstars just lose their edge when they are supposed to be at their peak (Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka)

maybe smaller talents but also Adriano and Robinho

[Rom2013 446]

Nope.

Ronaldo's goals and ages:

1993: 20 goals in 21 matches. (16-17 years old)

1994-1995: 24 goals in 26 matches for Cruzeiro, 35 goals in 36 matches for PSV. (17-18 years old)

1995-1996: 19 goals in 21 matches. (19 years old) PSV.

1996-1997: 47 goals in 49 matches. (20 years old) Barcelona.

1997-1998: 34 goals in 47 matches. (21 years old) Internazionale.

1998-1999: 15 goals in 28 matches. (22 years old) Internazionale.

1999-2000: 03 goals in 08 matches. (23 years old) Here starts his major injury problems.

2000-2001: 00 goals in 00 matches. (24 years old) His injury was so bad he missed an entire season.

Total: 197 goals in 236 matches. 0,83 goals per match.

Ronaldo didn't even get to hit the best years of his career before fucking up his knees. It's like if Hazard got severely injured in this season, he's just entering his prime years. When you say he's an icon of the early 2000's says it all. In the 2000's he was already about half the player he previously was and was still amazing. Let's see Messi.

Messi:

2004-2005: 01 goal in 09 matches (17 years old)

2005-2006: 08 goals in 25 matches (18 years old)

2006-2007: 16 goals in 40 matches (19 years old)

2007-2008: 38 goals in 51 matches (20 years old)

2008-2009: 47 goals in 53 matches (21 years old)

2009-2010: 53 goals in 55 matches (22 years old)

2010-2011: 73 goals in 60 matches (23 years old)

Total: 236 goals in 293 matches. 0,80 goals per match.

As you can see, they're about evenly matched until Ronaldo got injured. In addition, Messi only started scoring more than a goal per game in the exact same age as Ronaldo barely played because of his knee injury. Also keep in mind that in those last seasons before the major injuries Ronaldo also struggled with minor ones (see how he's only played 28 and 08 matches in the last two) and moved to the Italian league, where, let's face it, defences were WAY better than anything we see in La Liga these days, especially at the time when it was one of the strongest if not the strongest league in the world.

CR7 bloomed even later than Messi, so there's really no comparison.

Not only Ronaldo did manage to score as much, but also OUTSCORE CR7 and Messi in his early years of career before injury. You're wrong. That's why people wonder how good he could have been if not for his fucked knees. If there was a player with similar skill (because he was so much more than number of goals per match) and numbers as 22-23 years old Ronaldo today, my brain can't even fathom the amount of hype he'd have. People would be oozing all over themselves everywhere on the internet.

ROnaldo was ST Messi and Cristiano are not. Cristiano in this point of his carreer scored more goals than Ronaldo that was a ST and played more 5 or 6 years than Cristiano.

There is no comparison between the 3, Messi and Cristiano are for sure better players than any other player at least since Maradona. If ROnaldo didn't have the injury maybe he could have been better than both... but even without the injury and beeing a ST he never scored more than one goal per game in one season (Cristiano since he arrived in Madrid has more than a goal per game in the past 5 years).

[chelseafc9010 224]

Mikel will win the balon'dor in 3 years.

[Dion 2,476]

ROnaldo was ST Messi and Cristiano are not. Cristiano in this point of his carreer scored more goals than Ronaldo that was a ST and played more 5 or 6 years than Cristiano.

There is no comparison between the 3, Messi and Cristiano are for sure better players than any other player at least since Maradona. If ROnaldo didn't have the injury maybe he could have been better than both... but even without the injury and beeing a ST he never scored more than one goal per game in one season (Cristiano since he arrived in Madrid has more than a goal per game in the past 5 years).

You should practice learning to read. It would do you good.

[lionsden 4,689]

Here mine

Cristiano Ronaldo is a limited footballer whose contributions is limited to goal scoring only (modern day Gerd Muller with pace)

Prime Xavi is the best central midfielder/DLP of the last 50 years

There's no single defender currently that belongs in the same class as the top defenders of previous generation ala Nesta,Stam,Thuram,Canavaro etal and it's a sad reflection of mediocre standard of defending today.

The Maradona solo effort against England is by far the most overrated solo goal of all time. As solo goals go, Zlatan vs Nac Breda, Messi vs getafe, , Giggs vs Arsenal, Messi vs Madrid, Messi vs zaragoza and Grafite vs Bayern were all better both in terms of aesthetics and degree of difficulty

[Billy. 2,742]

England are amazing