Ronaldo

People who call themselves 'fans' of clubs in other countries better have a damn good to reason for it or else I don't have any time for them. Football at it's absolute most pretentious.

Yeah remember him winning Champion's League with Madrid a couple of times once and also Euro 2000 with France...he also had 2 exceptional world cups...98 and 2006. Ronaldo? FYP That totals about 20 games, i'm convinced. Seriously though, each to their own. But goals win games and for almost 10 years Ronaldo was the best in the world at doing that. I'll be honest with you,I'd put Romario on a par with Ronaldo at the very least. Romario was more gifted than Ronaldo, but his work ethic let him down. And that's part of being a successful player too. Aye, Bobby's autobiography says that one best. He struggled to get Romario onto the training pitch and couldn't get Ronaldo off it.

Why? Because I despise Man U and like Chelsea.

Hopefully for Chelsea, whilst they rape Man U for the next decade.

As above, it was obvious even at 18/19 that Henry would become a great player. The same most certainly isn't obvious about wor Nile, which is why it was a bad comparison by dcmk.

Yeah remember him winning Champion's League with Madrid a couple of times once and also Euro 2000 with France...he also had 2 exceptional world cups...98 and 2006. Ronaldo? FYP That totals about 20 games, i'm convinced. Seriously though, each to their own. But goals win games and for almost 10 years Ronaldo was the best in the world at doing that.

I think if you boys were a manager, desperately needed a win and could only choose one of the above to play for you, it probably wouldn't be Zinedine Zidane. But if so, each to their own.

Love to know how many of these Zidane fans watched him play between world cups.

When Shola returns I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him and Harewood. I think you may have missed the opening post Ethi.

Don't think i've ever come across someone who is so wrong about most of what they say yet is so confident in there own opinion. Don't think there's anything 'so wrong' about saying Ronaldo was a better player than Zidane. In his prime he was absolutely unstoppable.

Higuain absolutely has to play, he's the future of Madrid.

Village, i'd consider Ron's prime to be 97-03 roughly.

His team won in 2002, is what I meant. When I said 'himself' I didn't mean to suggest he did it practically alone.

Singlehandedly? what nonsense. And as for world cups, we're talking about the guy who's scored the most world cup goals in history, won player of the tournament in 98 and won the tournament himself in 02.

Ruud Gullit, fantastic pundit and a very honest guy.

Well, i've not seen the others apart from Zidane. Which is why I said "Ronaldo is the better striker and the best player i've ever seen". I'm 23 man, how on earth do you expect me to have seen Maradona, Sócrates, Van Basten, Zico and Francescoli for the love of god? and Zidane? You're having a giraffe mate, Ronaldo in his prime could influence a game like Zidane could only dream of.

Hilarious. Ronaldo is the better striker and the best player i've ever seen. Best goalscorer, yes. Best striker, maybe (others had more to their game, but I think I'd still have him in my lifetime starting XI). Best player absolutely not. In his prime who came close?

Hilarious. Ronaldo is the better striker and the best player i've ever seen.

Which is why I didn't say "Drogba is the best overall striker i've ever seen".

Shearer, jesus.

I have Real +1 at 5/6.

That fella on your avatar for a start. Shearer in his prime is better than anything I've seen from Drogba. You were 10 when Shearer was in his prime. Ronaldo wasn't an accomplished header of the ball, which is why he isn't as complete.

I honestly prefer lennon to both of them. That's surprising. Lennon and Walcott are both better than SWP.

Feel free to name a more complete striker.

How quite clearly?