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Yeah that's a reasonably fair way to put it. He clearly believes his own hype, which is one of my most disliked characteristics in a person - more so when I don't think they live up to said hype.

Anyway I lost my temper a bit earlier. That guy's condescending, disrespectful comments just caught me off guard. Apologies. Other than that it's been a good debate about dribbling, though off-topic for anyone wanting to read just about Yamal.

They can work (more so in one on ones where there's no second defender to take you out after you do it) but in general they are far less effective than body shape, feints, dropping a shoulder etc. The likes of Messi, Maradona, even Best, were the best dribblers because they made it look so...

Yeah, at my much much lower level I am (or was, I am older now) a quality dribbler and do a combo of feints and body movements. But I also do little moves and tricks here and there to try and move in the other direction (one thing I do is drag the ball behind me with the sole of my right foot...

Yes those are good reasons to support Spain in the game.

And just in case IniestaGOAT reads this... nobody here is claiming to be a football genius or near Pep or Cruyff's level of football understanding, so don't talk down to others. Most stuff is opinion and people think what they do (although shorter people being better dribblers is common sense...

Yeah Messi and Maradona have great passing, dribbling, finishing, goalscoring (in Messi's case), playmaking, vision, free-kicks, exceptional in tight spaces and can wriggle out of holes so that they open up the pitch and create numerical advantages. But without their genius level decision making...

Yeah Robinho was. I'd say Di Maria was a good dribbler and he's a decent height. You might disagree. He seemed to marry pace and explosiveness with going past people. He could turn in and out not bad. Guys like Bale, C Ronaldo and to a lesser extent Kaka are explosion dribblers who rely on...

Exactly, Saviola was a class dribbler, Eduardo Salvio etc, another thing this guy might not grasp is that a player can be a very inferior player to someone else and a much better dribbler. If he'd have phrased it 'I disagree, the GOAT dribblers are tall' I'd have responded respectfully. It's...

Fair enough, I see your point, he was often a juggler and a trickster. Either way the overall point is that I was talked down to by someone who thinks that tall people make the best dribblers lol. It's mental.

Exactly. I'd say Ronaldinho was a dribbler, but otherwise, I am with you. Kaka wasn't even a dribbler really - he was exactly what I described. A taller player who ran at length and used pace/explosiveness and touches. He didn't weave in and out of people like Messi, Maradona and the people you...

Btw I also said 'there are exceptions' - most of which you have named. When there is a fucking long list of superior shorter dribblers than there is good tall dribblers. Naming a few brilliant tall dribblers doesn't negate my point. Reading comprehension of thickos like you is fucking WOEFUL.

No offence mate but I have forgotten more about football than you will ever know, so don't come at me with the attitude. Been playing and watching since before you were born, probably. I also never said that tall people couldn't be great dribblers. Just that smaller ones are generally better...

I never said it did - I believe he is brilliant. Just saying you don't want him to get much taller.

Yeah I am far from a physical fitness expert but that video doesn't look like major exertion for a professional athlete to me either.

Garrincha, Best, prime Aguero, Iniesta, David Silva, Mitoma isn't that tall - there's lots of examples. They have shorter legs and shorter strides, and tend to take closer touches and have greater acceleration - taller people have quicker top speed generally but don't usually have the balance...

Yeah Henry was pretty tall for a LF, and he was a quality dribbler. Yamal does have that elegant, natural, almost deceptively lazy looking 'glide' that Henry had.

Anyway, it's all irrelevant. As long as he doesn't get any higher than 6 foot 1, his balance and coordination and dribbling will very likely be unaffected. The post earlier about shorter people being better dribblers is very true of course. But there are exceptions, and Lamine is one.

First of all, there's no need for the animosity in your first sentence. As for him 'growing to 6 foot 4', I never said he was. Just saying he's 16 and probably still growing. I was talking from an extremist position. How do you know he isn't gonna grow anymore? Tell me how you - a stranger to...

They probably would have and did complain, but it's only in recent years their voice has been heard. Bigotry has always been a part of society and it's only in recent years that minorities' voices are being heard and more attention is being paid to helping and including others in life. Now they...