9 - Robert Lewandowski

[TemporaryFan]

How is it not mate? Are you saying that some (not all) white scouts etc don't personally have racist inclinations and are not just happily exploiting the black players for glory and profit?

I am not even saying they dislike the black guys - they're probably mates. But deep down they still see themselves as superior on account of being white.

I don't think it is as bad as you try and paint it to be. Not in sport, where the only true reference is the athletic performance.

Otherwise, I am certain that in other, non sport aspects of life, it came to the point where playing the racist card has reached the pivotal point where otherwise talented and, more importantly, competent people are blatantly ignored and dismissed over mediocrity driven by things like the Affirmative Action and what is now known as DEI.

I am not going to dwell on this any further
I won't change my mind. I've lived long enough and seen enough to have my own stance on this.
Besides, this is Lewandowski thread and your raging posts, although mostly substantively arguable, were literary sweet, almost poetic, and cracked me up quite a bit... which is good.

 

[Maradona37]

I don't think it is as bad as you try and paint it to be. Not in sport, where the only true reference is the athletic performance.

Otherwise, I am certain that in other, non sport aspects of life, it came to the point where playing the racist card has reached the pivotal point where otherwise talented and, more importantly, competent people are blatantly ignored and dismissed over mediocrity driven by things like the Affirmative Action and what is now known as DEI.

I am not going to dwell on this any further
I won't change my mind. I've lived long enough and seen enough to have my own stance on this.
Besides, this is Lewandowski thread and your raging posts, although mostly substantively arguable, they were literary sweet, almost poetic, and cracked me up quite a bit... which is good.

I was just in a raging mood on the Lewandowski thing - I prefer Kane but acknowledge Robert was world-class. It's more that everyone loves him and protects him from criticism that bothers me.

Affirmative action is the other side of the coin, indeed. It's a very delicate balancing act; how do you respect and acknowledge black people, without going the entire other way and overcompensating and apologising for being white? It's a very difficult and sensitive subject.

 

[TemporaryFan]

I'll give you a detailed answer on this:

Bayern and it's not even close. But he's more of a Football legend overall than just a Bayern or Barca legend specifically. People talk about Dortmund, Bayern and Barca Lewy all the time, not just one spell.

He might love Barca more and prefer living in Castelldefels but the things he did at Bayern, he simply couldn't do it anymore at Barca due to age (apart from the first 6 months before the World Cup).

People get softer and more emotional as they get older. RL9 was always a cold, distant professional with no warmth or feelings towards any club. He only cared about himself. The older current RL9 really likes Barca and his life here. But he's just not much of a "club man" in general. He's very similar to CR7 in this regard.

Don't get it twisted. He's still very self centred and narcissistic. That's just his nature. Always been so. It's one of his negative and positive traits in life.

His prime at Bayern was just different gravy. If the forum watched him week in week out in his prime, they all would be huge fans of his. They did get a glimpse of the brilliance in the first 6 months though. But largely the forum has no idea of how technically superior and complete he was as a forward. They only know about his goalscoring prowess. Managers like Pep and Klopp were in love with his pure technical ability.

I have to say that I am impressed by the articulate, spiritually frank and beautifully written post.
You are a bigger fan of Lewa than I am. Even though, I trust myself not to have missed out on his play since he went to Dortmund. It would not have been a good week for me, if I did not see him play and possibly score a goal or two.
I am not substantively prepared to discuss his technical skills or his psychological attributes. I am just thrilled to know that my country man is capable to stay in the absolute top list of footballers for so long.
But I wouldn't go as far as placing him in the ultimate hall of fame in the last 100 years of footbal history. Time will tell, though...I think, he'll be somewhere on the same shelve with Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Butragennio, Hugo Sanchez, Raul, Marco van Basten, Zbigniew Boniek....but Pele, Maradona, Messi and C.Ronaldo are a notch higher in my classification of the best ever...
Also, if I were to vote for the GOAT in the history of Polish Football, I'd cast my vote for Boniek, a superb universal footballer with a tremendous attacking drive. Lewandowski, despite his technical abilities, he fumbles the ball too often, which makes him not too useful in the role of s classic midfielder. On the other hand, Boniek excelled everywhere, and the ball always listened to him. Interestingly enough, the last season in AS Roma he played on the stopper position.

Sorry Robert, but you were not the best in my book. 😞

 

[Maradona37]

Got that clown on block so won't read his garbage. Much better for my mental health to pretend he doesn't exist.

 

[TemporaryFan]

As far as goal celebrations...this is my best ever...seen it live on B&W TV as 11 year-old and it was imprinted on my memory for ever....
The expression and euphoria of Marco Tardelli is priceless...
Have a look!

Sorta Lewandowski's style goal...ain't it?