ads Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Personally think Messi is the best of all time. Ronaldo is my favourite though, hands down. At an age when football was everything to me, watching a player like Ronaldo was completely electrifying. Had he not had the horrendous injuries he did, he'd have gone down as the greatest in my opinion. I loved watching him so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 How many people here even saw Pele in his prime when they were old enough to fully understand football? Or even Maradona for that matter? Leads me into a pet hate. People under 45 claiming one way or the other as to who was better between Pele, Maradona or how Messi compares. Just say who the best footballer in your lifetime is and be done with it. Decent point, as I never saw Pele except on old vids, and Maradona was past it by the time I paid attention to football. He was a hasbeen playing against Australia in 1993 and a drug cheat at the 94 World Cup. But to use this notion and go back to HTT's point that Shearer was a better CF than Ronaldo (!), I'd suggest that there were half a dozen or more strikers in my lifetime better than Wor Al. Apart from Ronaldo, there's Van Basten, Gullit, Weah (admittedly only for 2-3 seasons), Batistuta, Henry - and that's before getting to the debatable ones. Think Guillit is debatable given that they are very different types of forward. I wouldn't say peak Weah is better than peak Shearer and I reckon Batistuta and Shearer are about the same level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I loved Weah but he wasn't better than Shearer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Yeah Batistuta was class but he didn't do it for as long as Shearer. If there was a rating system for this sort of thing, longevity would be part of it. Hence why Pele and Messi are considered better than James Beattie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 How did Batistuta not do it for as long as Shearer like? He was at the very top for a decade. Pedantic as anything to say that he didn't have the same longevity like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Shearer had far better seasons than Batistuta like, but aye, a quick wiki shows he was prolific for just as long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I'd say Shearer was a better all round player - but Batistuta was simply monster of a forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Batistuta and Shearer were both nee blasties strikers like, just absolutely merciless when striking the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Just looked at Batistuta's wiki and it's very impressive. Not as good as Shearer's though. Both class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Are you talking about Ruud Gullitt, when was he a striker? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 https://wakelet.com/@9Ronaldo All of Ronaldo's goals collated on one site Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/dreamteamfc/videos/1294913323860922/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 How many people here even saw Pele in his prime when they were old enough to fully understand football? Or even Maradona for that matter? Leads me into a pet hate. People under 45 claiming one way or the other as to who was better between Pele, Maradona or how Messi compares. Just say who the best footballer in your lifetime is and be done with it. Decent point, as I never saw Pele except on old vids, and Maradona was past it by the time I paid attention to football. He was a hasbeen playing against Australia in 1993 and a drug cheat at the 94 World Cup. But to use this notion and go back to HTT's point that Shearer was a better CF than Ronaldo (!), I'd suggest that there were half a dozen or more strikers in my lifetime better than Wor Al. Apart from Ronaldo, there's Van Basten, Gullit, Weah (admittedly only for 2-3 seasons), Batistuta, Henry - and that's before getting to the debatable ones. Everything you've mentioned their is extremely debatable, shudder to think who you'd come up with as debatably better. I mean Weah better for 2-3 seasons? Better for a couple of seasons (debatable as well BTW) means fuck all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just read this again. https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/09/18/the-heartbreak-of-ronaldo-at-internazionale/ You're still the one. [emoji7] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Has had the sort of life that when this thread is bumped, my first thought is that he's probably died. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Has had the sort of life that when this thread is bumped, my first thought is that he's probably died. Same here, was triggered for a sec there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsprillasShinPad Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 "Unpopular opinion alert* Cristiano Ronaldo is GOAT and better than Messi. Pele played in weak leagues in a much easier era. Maradonna was like Gazza, supremely gifted but too mental to make it count. Shearer was better than Ronaldo too. Not that Ronaldo wasn't one of the greatest strikers of all time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 "Unpopular opinion alert* Cristiano Ronaldo is GOAT and better than Messi. Pele played in weak leagues in a much easier era. Maradonna was like Gazza, supremely gifted but too mental to make it count. Shearer was better than Ronaldo too. Not that Ronaldo wasn't one of the greatest strikers of all time... Pele for balance used to get the living shit kicked out of him, C.Ronaldo gets blown on and thinks it should be a free kick, can't see that fanny lasting two minutes with the sort of tackles put in on Pele back then. Comparing era's never works anyhoo, too many rule changes etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 "Unpopular opinion alert* Cristiano Ronaldo is GOAT and better than Messi. Pele played in weak leagues in a much easier era. Maradonna was like Gazza, supremely gifted but too mental to make it count. Shearer was better than Ronaldo too. Not that Ronaldo wasn't one of the greatest strikers of all time... Literally all of that is wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I don't think todays era is particularly difficult for attacking players due to the lack of contact. Football peaked in the 90s to mid 2000s, the perfect mix of physicality and tactical awareness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 "Unpopular opinion alert* Cristiano Ronaldo is GOAT and better than Messi. Pele played in weak leagues in a much easier era. Maradonna was like Gazza, supremely gifted but too mental to make it count. Shearer was better than Ronaldo too. Not that Ronaldo wasn't one of the greatest strikers of all time... Disagree with all of that Also Brazilian league was not weak . Arguably best in the world back then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I don't like him. He dives and he cheats. During the euros he signalled to the ref to send off his (later to be revealed during a man utd spin press conference) bezzie mate wayne rooney. He does some tricks and falls over. Because of that he gets the chance to do more things, perfect those things and have more shots. Devious yet effective career game plan? Yes. Do I enjoy seeing it? Nope. A very simplistic view, but it's the way I've always felt about him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Fucking hell, so much wrong in 1 post from ASP. Not sure how Maradona didn't make his talent count, he was the main reason the Argies won the World Cup ffs, and look what he did at Napoli. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsprillasShinPad Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I think I've just one against everyone all at once! Don't disagree with anything anyone else has said, especially the lack of contact in the present era. Very interesting point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 "Unpopular opinion alert* Cristiano Ronaldo is GOAT and better than Messi. Pele played in weak leagues in a much easier era. Maradonna was like Gazza, supremely gifted but too mental to make it count. Shearer was better than Ronaldo too. Not that Ronaldo wasn't one of the greatest strikers of all time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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