Frazzle Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Stats dont reveal enough, a perfect through ball squared to another player isn't an assist but can change a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It's just mental. People are actually criminally underrating Ronaldo now. He have more assists this season than Messi aye? 50 goals in 47 games too. Messi with 47 in 48. Yet Messi is far better? I'm confused. Yeah, he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Stats dont reveal enough, a perfect through ball squared to another player isn't an assist but can change a game. Neymar's first goal at the weekend being a perfect example of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It's just mental. People are actually criminally underrating Ronaldo now. He have more assists this season than Messi aye? 50 goals in 47 games too. Messi with 47 in 48. Yet Messi is far better? I'm confused. No he has less assists than Messi but it's close enough. Anyway, goals and assists aren't the only things that matter in football. Messi is so good at dropping back into midfield and picking out a pass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 That through ball that Messi played to Neymar (which he then missed) shouldn't have really been possible, you couldn't even really see that ball as being on while watching it on telly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 He impacts the game in so many different ways, while Ronaldo if he's not scoring isn't really impacting the game at least nowadays anyway. Not to take anything away from him though, as he's one of the most lethal goalscorers I have ever seen and he deserves all the respect in the world for becoming the player he has. ^^^^ reduced Ronaldo to being described as a lethal goalscorer. Nowadays he is yes, he doesn't get involved in the build up hardly at all anymore everything he does is in and around the box. Which is why the likes of Marcelo, Benzema and Rodriguez are so important so he doesn't have to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It's just mental. People are actually criminally underrating Ronaldo now. He have more assists this season than Messi aye? 50 goals in 47 games too. Messi with 47 in 48. Yet Messi is far better? I'm confused. Gerrard has more goals and assists than Xavi, stats mean absolutely fuck all. Also most of Ronaldo's assists are fifa style cutbacks it doesn't mean he's some brilliant creator, also I already said he's comparable to Messi in the goalscoring stakes. But Messi superior in most other categories, the eye test proves that and I don't really have time to debate with someone who compares the two simply on raw stats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Froggy has got being wrong down to a fine art form Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It's just mental. People are actually criminally underrating Ronaldo now. He have more assists this season than Messi aye? 50 goals in 47 games too. Messi with 47 in 48. Yet Messi is far better? I'm confused. Gerrard has more goals and assists than Xavi, stats mean absolutely fuck all. Also most of Ronaldo's assists are fifa style cutbacks it doesn't mean he's some brilliant creator, also I already said he's comparable to Messi in the goalscoring stakes. But Messi superior in most other categories, the eye test proves that and I don't really have time to debate with someone who compares the two simply on raw stats. not quite for the bit in bold but the bit that follows is spot on...messi's assists are often top class passes that split through teams, some of the passes he makes are fucking ludicrous tbh this is why he's comfortably the better of the two imho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 FIFA style cut backs man. He's getting into those positions and putting the ball on a plate for his teammate. I'm happy for people to say Messi is better, but all this nonsense of being far better and on another planet is borderline retarded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Regardless of stats, messi is streets ahead technique wise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 FIFA style cut backs man. He's getting into those positions and putting the ball on a plate for his teammate. I'm happy for people to say Messi is better, but all this nonsense of being far better and on another planet is borderline retarded. Nah, he actually is a far better footballer than CRonaldo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 FIFA style cut backs man. He's getting into those positions and putting the ball on a plate for his teammate. I'm happy for people to say Messi is better, but all this nonsense of being far better and on another planet is borderline retarded. Nah, he actually is a far better footballer than CRonaldo. exactly, if you took goals out of it and watched clips of their assists and key passes it'd be rather illuminating I reckon nothing wrong with ronaldos game, he's a fucking machine, but messi is unquestionably the superior footballer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 It is incredible how effective and direct Ronaldo has become given the player he was as a young man. His physical dominance is incredible, like a top NBA player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the fuck Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the f*** Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. I'm not being silly at all. He's a far better player than CRonaldo at their best. No doubt that distance isn't that far the moment, but in terms of their class and not form Messi is a much much better players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Ronalso is an athlete though, there's plenty of contemparies with better technique, iniesta etc. No offence froggy but would you be as big a ronaldo fan if he didn't play for man u Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the f*** Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. I'm not being silly at all. He's a far better player than CRonaldo at their best. No doubt that distance isn't that far the moment, but in terms of their class and not form Messi is a much much better players. Ronaldo isn't really at his best to be honest; he's just in a far better team than 2-3 years ago, when he was carrying Real Madrid on a weekly basis. His physical decline is pretty noticeable (he's 30), and to his credit he's adjusted his game well - but again he has the supporting cast that he didn't have before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the fuck Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. Messi is absolutely miles better than Ronaldo. Tell me one way in which Ronaldo is a better player. Messi is better at almost everything by a mile. I posted this article during the world cup but it is worth putting up again. Please read this Froggy http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossible/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the f*** Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. I'm not being silly at all. He's a far better player than CRonaldo at their best. No doubt that distance isn't that far the moment, but in terms of their class and not form Messi is a much much better players. Ronaldo isn't really at his best to be honest; he's just in a far better team than 2-3 years ago, when he was carrying Real Madrid on a weekly basis. His physical decline is pretty noticeable, and to his credit he's adjusted his game well - but again he has the supporting cast that he didn't have before. I meant that Messi is far better player at his best than Cristiano's at his best. This season the gap has been less because Messi wasn't shining before new year, but he's a far better player than CRonaldo in terms of class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the f*** Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. Messi is absolutely miles better than Ronaldo. Tell me one way in which Ronaldo is a better player. Messi is better at almost everything by a mile. I posted this article during the world cup but it is worth putting up again. Please read this Froggy http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossible/ Every single physical attribute? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Better with his bad foot. Better in the air. Better at penalties I'd say too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Better with his bad foot. Better in the air. Better at penalties I'd say too. Read the article froggy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What the fuck Mojo? "If you took goals out of it." Aye I'm sure if you take goals out of a forwards game it might affect how they're seen. Goals win games. A few people are being a bit silly with the distance between the players. Messi is absolutely miles better than Ronaldo. Tell me one way in which Ronaldo is a better player. Messi is better at almost everything by a mile. I posted this article during the world cup but it is worth putting up again. Please read this Froggy http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossible/ This is hyperbole and pretty much cements Froggy's point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Better with his bad foot. Better in the air. Better at penalties I'd say too. http://www.leo-messi.fr/upload/Gallery/14198570.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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