2 years ago I'd have said Messi but C Ronaldo somehow kicked on at the age of 31. Phenom.
View Poll Results: Greatest male footballer of all time
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Pele
45 20.64% -
Maradona
38 17.43% -
Ronaldhino
2 0.92% -
Ronaldo (Brazil)
5 2.29% -
Messi
57 26.15% -
Ronaldo (Portugal)
35 16.06% -
Maldini
1 0.46% -
Zidane
6 2.75% -
Cruyff
14 6.42% -
Beckenbauer
0 0% -
Di Stefano
3 1.38% -
Someone not listed above
12 5.50%
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16-06-2018 01:03 PM #61
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16-06-2018 01:11 PM #62This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You ever watch old footage of games in the 50’s and 60’s? The space you got on the ball is incredible.
Pele only ever played in Brazil so absolutely impossible to say that.
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16-06-2018 01:16 PM #63
How come Ronaldo all of a sudden is a greater international player than Messi? He’s only scored 3 World Cup goals before last night. Messi can’t rely on games against teams like Andorra and San Marino to pad his stats either. Ronaldo has won a Euros but he certainly didn’t do it single handedly -he missed most of the final and was extremely poor in the early games.
In saying that I think only Maradona compares to the 2 current superstars and even he didn’t do it for 15 years solid.
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16-06-2018 01:44 PM #64This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's hardly just last night that people will be basing their opinions on.
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16-06-2018 01:51 PM #65This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
And it's a myth that Ronaldo is a better goalscorer than Messi, the stats favour Messi.
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16-06-2018 01:57 PM #66
Ron is great but generally the team plays for him rather than the other way round.
Messi is incredible and has been consistently brilliant for over a decade.
Original fat Ron before his knee injury was unstoppable.
Went for Maradona though, who was patchier and ended up in disgrace but in 86 dragged a not great team to the world cup. And played when defenders were still allowed to kick **** out of him.
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16-06-2018 01:59 PM #68
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Messi is also 3 years younger.
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16-06-2018 02:00 PM #69
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16-06-2018 02:22 PM #72This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Messi has a La Liga record of 383 goals in 418 appearances over 13 years and as stated previously Ronaldo has 311 La Liga goals in 292 appearances over 9 years.
For Argentina, Messi has 64 goals in 124 appearances over 13 years and for Portugal, Ronaldo has 84 goals in 151 appearances over 15 years.
At the World Cup, Ronaldo has 6 goals in 14 appearances and at the time of writing this post Messi has 5 goals in 16 appearances.
At the European Championships Ronaldo has 9 goals in 21 appearances and at the Copa America Messi has 8 goals in 21 appearances.
For me the stats are so close it's impossible to separate them.
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16-06-2018 02:26 PM #73
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16-06-2018 02:26 PM #74
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Messi can't take penalties right enough.
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16-06-2018 03:03 PM #75This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://twitter.com/utdtj/status/977532235074195456?s=21
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16-06-2018 03:06 PM #76This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Neither have international records to match their club form which isn’t actually the be all and end all IMO- the Champions League is just as high a standard of football.
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16-06-2018 03:14 PM #77This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Ronaldos career club goals average is a goal every 1.33 games. Messi’s is a goal very 1.18 games. Which when you’re getting to the level they’re at is quite significant.Last edited by calumhibee1; 16-06-2018 at 03:18 PM.
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16-06-2018 03:27 PM #79
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Just greatest player surely? No woman would make the top 10,000.
On the topic, Messi is the greatest I've ever seen in my lifetime (just too young to have fully appreciated Maradona).
Older players can't win, because the surviving footage of them just doesn't compare- imagine every game Pele, or Di Stefano, era had been televised in full, YouTube mash-ups etcLast edited by SouthsideHarp_Bhoy; 16-06-2018 at 03:31 PM.
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16-06-2018 03:37 PM #81
Messi is the greatest male of all time
However we all know the greatest player of all time is our very own Lizzie Arnot
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16-06-2018 04:52 PM #84
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16-06-2018 05:16 PM #85
For me trying to pick one of all time is impossible due to the different eras, the players can never really be comparable.
I would rather select:
The greatest player I have seen regularly play in the flesh- King Kenny
My favourite all time player from TV coverage- Messi (seen him twice in the flesh)
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16-06-2018 05:31 PM #87
The Ronaldo v Messi debate is a hard one. I tend to go for Messi but there really is nothing you can say against Ronaldo either, both truly magnificent players, we're very lucky to be in an era with them both. Frighteningly good the pair of them. Certainly the two greatest players in my lifetime and it's difficult to see how anyone could come along and top them.
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16-06-2018 05:32 PM #88
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All about opinions, but for me Messi operates at his best when surrounded by world class players. Hence his comparatively poor form when representing Argentina. Ronaldo can completely change a game regardless of the supporting cast. That’s why he’s the better player for me. Wouldn’t say no to hibs taking either though.
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16-06-2018 06:53 PM #89
Diego every day of the week. You would have to combine Messi with Ronaldo to even get near him. Ronaldo (the new one) 2nd behind him, because his balls are bigger than Messi's, with Roberto Baggio then behind.
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16-06-2018 06:59 PM #90
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