Unbelievable Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Where's Xavi off to? Just googled. Al-Arabi? Fuck off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Xavi, man. Best CM I've ever seen. Pisses all over the likes of Gerrard, and certainly, for me, eclipses Zidane. Don't think you can really compare him and Zidane as they both played in different positions. For a direct comparison I rate Iniesta higher than Zidane but I know most will disagree with me on that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 95% certain he'll go on to manage us at some point. Absolute legend, and I can only be grateful to have been able to see him in the flesh, in his prime. Think he'd be a good manager as like Guardiola he is also a massive football geek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Well, so's Peter Beardsley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Would have been nice if he could have stayed a one-club man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I don't think I'm ready for Xavi to leave tbh Barca could go trophy-less for a few years, with all these retirements/big sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Guardiola moved to Qatar at the end of his career as well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Xavi, man. Best CM I've ever seen. Pisses all over the likes of Gerrard, and certainly, for me, eclipses Zidane. Don't think you can really compare him and Zidane as they both played in different positions. For a direct comparison I rate Iniesta higher than Zidane but I know most will disagree with me on that one. I'd rate Iniesta above Xavi but as you say its difficult to compare them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Definitely is an end of an era for them. Puyol, Xavi and Valdes all leaving, with seemingly strong rumors Alves may be off too. Be interesting to see how they handle it, not a bad player to build around though.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Iniesta and Xavi have had better careers and more success than Zidane and were both arguably more consistent and more effective, but Zidane had this thing about him, about his game. I call it individual temperament. He was different and in this game, that lone can be the difference. I'd rank Zidane in the very top tier of modern world footballers up there with the likes of Messi, CRonaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho et al and further back your Peles and Maradonas. Of course Xavi and Iniesta are or were world-class, right up there with those players, but for me, just not at that very level in terms of what they could do and did do. Zidane could run the game on his own. Ronaldo could take on and beat a whole team. CRonaldo and Messi are machines able to consistently create and score and impact every single game. Ronaldinho was an individual of amazing ability and creativity. All on a slightly different level. For me anyway. I doubt we will see better midfield footballers in a general sense than Xavi or Iniesta though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Well said HTT Zidane just had that something about him. He maybe wasn't close to the consistency of the other but he just had that extra spark when needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. I agree actually, just didn't want to say it because I've been getting a lot of shit lately for my opinions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Nah. Zidane had the better international career which is what most take notice of for some reason (ie they rarely if ever truly watched Zidane in France, Spain or Italy) but I'd rather have Xavi or Iniesta in my club side all day long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. I hope you're just trying to provoke debate, like. Because you need help if this bullshit is a genuine opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 dunno, xavi and iniesta are two incredible players but Zidane just had this x-factor that made him more special. Hell not that it makes all that much difference all incredible players who were and are a joy to watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. Not a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. Not a chance. Maybe not twice the player but I think people read a bit to much into the amount of goals he scores against shit teams in Spain. Its all about what you do in important games. I'm not saying Ronaldo isn't good in big games because he usually is but I think Zidane was better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. Not a chance. Maybe not twice the player but I think people read a bit to much into the amount of goals he scores against shit teams in Spain. Its all about what you do in important games. I'm not saying Ronaldo isn't good in big games because he usually is but I think Zidane was better I'd take Ronaldo over Zidane every day of the week and that's coming from a huge ZZ fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. Not a chance. Maybe not twice the player but I think people read a bit to much into the amount of goals he scores against shit teams in Spain. Its all about what you do in important games. I'm not saying Ronaldo isn't good in big games because he usually is but I think Zidane was better Shit teams in the best two leagues in the world. Right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Agree with HTT too. I'd put Zidane at least level with Cristiano Ronaldo in footballing terms. Just because Ronaldo scores more doesn't mean he is better. Anyway to get back on topic I think I heard Spurs are bring linked with John O Shea Zidane is for me twice the footballer Cronaldo ever has been. Not a chance. Maybe not twice the player but I think people read a bit to much into the amount of goals he scores against shit teams in Spain. Its all about what you do in important games. I'm not saying Ronaldo isn't good in big games because he usually is but I think Zidane was better Shit teams in the best two leagues in the world. Right. Comparably shit teams to the teams he is/was in. He seems to have become obsessed by goalscoring and a lot of his goals for Real Madrid are in games where they destroy the opponent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I'm not gonna waste another second on this nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I'm not gonna waste another second on this nonsense. You are acting like I am saying Ronaldo is an awful footballer ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Top players scoring lots of goals against teams that aren't as good as his shocker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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