I understand what you are saying here but for me Ronaldinho could never be in the argument after the way he rested on his laurels.
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I understand what you are saying here but for me Ronaldinho could never be in the argument after the way he rested on his laurels.
Maybe it was the other way round with the story i told then.Its in one of his autobiographies
That article is bollocks, he was using his right foot all the time (dribbling, passing, finishing, crossing etc., but as I said he was very decent with his left as well).
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Agree. I mean purely in terms of raw skill I would say Berbatov was marginally better than Kane but in every other area (influence, finishing, intelligence, work rate, engine, drive etc) Kane is better and has done much more for us.
Well he bit on it
In terms of greatest player I agree but in terms of skill that is natural and I don’t see anyone else with his skill level in my view. It’s like
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point on Berbatov, he was more skilful than Kane although not a better all round player.on a wider point for me the debate really is between Maradona and Messi, much as I respect Ronaldinho, Zidane, Pele etc it’s those two that are for me the clear two based on all round game.
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His first touch and body positioning is near on perfect every time he receives the ball, that's why.
Sometimes he'll even invite a defender on with the way he positions his body just to further embarrass them. He's always in control.
It's what separates him from the rest.
In terms of greatest player I agree but in terms of skill that is natural and I don’t see anyone else with his skill level in my view. It’s like
You can see guys all over Youtube that can do that stuff in their backyard, but to be able to do it in real games against top-level defending was really something special.
Yep never seen it before or since at high level, and he did all of it while being a lazy party boy, that’s just pure natural talent.
In terms of greatest player I agree but in terms of skill that is natural and I don’t see anyone else with his skill level in my view. It’s like
on a wider point for me the debate really is between Maradona and Messi, much as I respect Ronaldinho, Zidane, Pele etc it’s those two that are for me the clear two based on all round game.
Personally I don't see it as more natural talent it's just a talent that is more unique.
No he was left footed but also used his right.
Amazing how many players are one footed. I think that was Eriksen's big strength, being two footed.
Best could use both feet but was principally right-footed.
Maradona was the best I have ever seen and fat Ronaldo the player I most enjoyed watching.
I replied like, but can't agree. Pele and Maradona made good teams great and winners. IMO Best, although a brilliant player, had other world class players around him at Man U. But Best better than Messi and Ronaldo, again IMO
Just how I feel, Maradona went to Napoli and made them champions. Messi is undoubtedly one of the greats of the game, but I still think that Maradona is better, and Pele as well. Difficult to judge different generations though.
Give him a contract in 3 years at ny City on mega non ffp wages
The other way around, naturally George Best was right-footed and from very early on he was working to improve his left.. To great effect, but there is no way that he was a left-footer like Messi and Maradona.
Sonny's quite two-footed as well. One-on-one against a defender at the corner of the box that makes him basically unmarkable, it's the reason he gets a lane to get off his shot where so many other inverted wingers can't, they have to account for his ability to cut the other way and fire off a close-range cross.
Nothing wrong with different opinions.I replied like, but can't agree. Pele and Maradona made good teams great and winners. IMO Best, although a brilliant player, had other world class players around him at Man U. But Best better than Messi and Ronaldo, again IMO
To me the biggest issue is longevity here - Maradona was incredible and on his day possibly the greatest ever, but the strength of his career was more brief and most of that is down to himself.
Messi has been 1a or 1b in the world for 15 years. That puts him over, in my mind.
For my money, Messi probably is the greatest ever. And its only recently I've come around to that opinion. But the sheer volume of his greatness is hard to contend with.