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Also, you say Lewa never played with Ronaldo or Messi - can look at that another way as I suggested earlier - means he was always the focal point of goalscoring, unlike Benz or Suarez. Look at how much they scored when they were the focal point ie Liverpool or post Ronaldo RM. We can spin...

Indeed. I raised my eyes at that too By far the most impressive thing he did at Dortmund was all those goals in that game against Real Madrid. But he has never come even close to replicating something like that ever again in the CL.

Fair enough, I can reach a consensus with you on some of that there. Gerrard's biggest weaknesses have always been positioning and being a Hollywood ball merchant, as well as his 100mph stupid Roy of the Rovers style of play. I never rated him close to as highly as guys like you do. I would...

Fair enough on first three paragraphs: Only things to say Paragraph 4: that's pretty funny because Ronaldo, as I said, missed a ton of chances. If you go back and look he had the lowest shot conversion rate in Europe most seasons. He was a volume shooter. It's also ironic because what you are...

First paragraph isn't true in my opinion. He often got laughed at for not scoring against teams like Man City and Chelsea, but if you actually watched plenty of those games (and don't just go by stats) he was Liverpool's best player quite often and made things happen. It's a lazy opinion that...

He likely won't. he hasn't got the skillset Messi and to a lesser extent Ronaldo had. He is also very reliant on physical gifts so will likely decline quicker.

Well, firstly, I thought you might talk about Suarez and Benzema as people. As you know, I fully agree - from my limited knowledge of the three, Lewa seems like by far the best person and the one I would much rather hang out with than the other three. But I am rating them as footballers, not...

Haaland needs to significantly improve his technique, stats and/or performances in big games.

Which red marks against Suarez and Benzema? Lewa has red marks too if that is the case. And this is the difference - you rate by trophies, stats and achievements- I rate by ability and attributes. Lewa is a very good footballer, but to me Benzema and Suarez were simply better footballers. You...

Exactly, it's more about the different context across the eras. Goalscoring has exploded in this era, for various reasons. Tempt knows that and his comparing Lewa's goal tally to Ronaldo's is disingenuous. The CL and BD also seem much more important (to players' legacy) than they did in...

That's exactly the problem. Nobody is saying Lewa isn't a brilliant striker. He does seem like a nice lad indeed. Claims he is just a poacher are absurd. But it's also equally absurd when people overcompensate and put him on a level and against players that he doesn't belong. He's been a...

What a gorgeous (training?) kit, wow.

More difficult test than Aberdeen, despite Celtic having home advantage tonight.

Lewandowski is an excellent striker, but he isn't a football genius. Ronaldo was. All this wanking off over out-of-context stats needs to fucking stop in football. You yourself said you shouldn't compare players across eras, yet you are happy to compare their goal records when it suits the...

I hadn't seen this thread before, but I have just read the last few pages... Now that it has been bumped by someone, I hope you can moderate yourself and refrain from typing this sort of nonsense in future :lol: Van Basten (all-time great) better than R9 :lol: Dismissing Neymar AND Ronaldo's...

The name Fort for a defender is so punnable. But yeah, that is a really impressive line up straight out of La Masia.

That's a great nickname you have coined for him. Barca have certainly transformed this season.

It happens mate. People on here accuse others of being multiple posters all the time - it happened to me and I got upset but now I just laugh it off. Just laugh it off as I do, it's just what people here do.

That boy is an absolute unit/tank considering he's only 19.

Was he lol? I only joined/started posting at the end of June but I remember him being enthusiastic. I think maybe he must have came around, his positive posts stay in my mind. As for me, as I say, I think I am lucky in that he always plays well when I watch him. Tends to be big games, too...