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Thanks. I am unsure about both so might change them, though usually when I do it comes back to bite me.

Salah not even on that list highlights what an utter bargain he was, Mane and Firmino too :lol: To be fair they're all post Neymar to PSG inflation.

I will give you dribbling - he's not Messi and Maradona level, very very good but not that high. Passing though, I respectfully disagree. He was a fantastic playmaker and passer. Just one example obviously but the ball for the famous Carlos Alberto goal in the 1970 final was weighted and...

Here's how it works: Each of 36 teams plays 8 unique games against 8 different opponents, four home and four away. At the end of the group stage, each team will have played 8 matches. The top 8 (with goal difference, goals scored and so on being the tie breakers for equal points) go straight...

The thing is that some players are goalscoring cheat codes and it leads to quirky facts like this. It's the sort of thing that leads moronic Man United fans to have faith in a donkey like Hojlund - 'he scored in the double digits last season, playing for a poor team, as a young kid, so...

Anyway @khaled_a_d dude, we just vehemently disagree - there's no offence intended. I generally enjoy reading your posts. Also all that modern fan stuff isn't aimed at you, it's just what I have read from a lot of people before. If you wanna discuss it more we can, though I have really said my...

Exactly. We have a Barca fan here saying Godin, Ramos and Puyol are every bit as good in their position as Xavi and Iniesta are in theirs. It boggles the mind. He accuses me of underrating Ronaldo - I think he's underestimating all of Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. You always know when someone is a...

People don't get this because they don't understand a midfielder can be more talented and more important to a team than an attacker who scores goals. An alien coming from Mars could understand this very simple concept instantly but a lot of football fans can't. You'd think people would realise...

Disagree with this to an extent, too. None of those four is the all-time best defender for me. Xavi on the other hand can be argued to be the best midfielder of all time (alongside Matthaus). His defensive analogues are guys like Maldini, Beckenbauer, Baresi - not Ramos and Puyol and Godin...

I don't wanna look like I am slagging Ronaldo - I don't dislike him as much anymore (though I do still dislike he and Messi as people). He's a brilliant player and top 6-10 of all time for me. But as footballers it baffles me how some people cannot see that one is miles better than the other. I...

See this is the problem. Ronaldo was an ok dribbler - inferior to guys like Neymar, Iniesta, Hazard and Ribery there, never mind Messi. He was a kick and run merchant - he would knock it past someone and outpace them - he couldn't zig zag or weave like the aforementioned players. As for 'shoot...

It isn't even a slight on Ronaldo. He's a brilliant player and one of the top ten ever. He just cannot compete with Messi, who is a severe outlier in so many areas. He has a shout to be from about 4th to 8th though, after the big three.

I am teetotal. Messi is a significantly more talented footballer than Ronaldo. As goalscorers they're about equal. Saying Messi is a miles better FOOTBALLER (not goalscorer) than Ronaldo is a very reasonable opinion. Plenty of other players surpass Ronaldo in dribbling and passing and vision...

I am not a Barca fan. I have always, always felt Messi is significantly better. The World Cup has nothing to do with it and I was saying this before he won it. He's so much better at stuff like passing dribbling, even finishing (look at shot conversion rates) that it isn't even funny. I also...

Yeah I think Inter will win in Germany. Just a feeling. They're a solid outfit and I rate Serie A as better than Bundesliga. I'm not convinced by Leverkusen, might be wrong tho.

Messi is a clear level or two or three above Ronaldo imo - Ronaldo is a lot closer to the chasing pack than he is Messi, in everything but goalscoring. Messi being better than Ronaldo isn't an unpopular opinion. Messi being significantly better (as I believe) is an unpoplar opinion even though...

Yeah, fake. The true overrating is from the clueless modern fans in the notes. Not a single mention of the likes of Modric, Xavi and Iniesta (all so underrated) and all saying Bale was the closest to Messi and Ronaldo (btw I would put Ronaldo significantly below Messi). Also some idiots saying...

Did he really say all that? What a cunt if so (Fati might be trolling), lol. Getting a bit too big for his boots me feels - he wasn't as good as Neymar and for him to think he's on Messi's level (and even Ronaldo's) is appalling. This just after me saying to Tempt the other week that Bale...

@Fati_Future_BallonDor Here is what I am on right now but may alter some

Lol yeah I think though if they're not on song Atalanta cold suffocate them so much to make the officials not matter. But this is football and can never discount Real Madrid voodoo.