Was Eto'o a second fiddle to Ronaldinho ?
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Messigician
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Yes. Absolutely.
Etoo overplayed without Ronaldinho, without the individual ability to pull it off.
Mere presence of Ronaldinho also allowed Etoo to excel with the added space- much like Messi in 08/09.
But saying all that, Etoo was always highly rated and respected as one of Europe's elite in his position. Cracking player and imo, the more fan liked than Ronnie.
Etoo overplayed without Ronaldinho, without the individual ability to pull it off.
Mere presence of Ronaldinho also allowed Etoo to excel with the added space- much like Messi in 08/09.
But saying all that, Etoo was always highly rated and respected as one of Europe's elite in his position. Cracking player and imo, the more fan liked than Ronnie.
serghei
Senior Member
No. Eto'o also made it possible for ronnie to not end up like rivaldo. Just one difference maker is not enough. Even Deco played a big role and was one of the best players in Europe before joining us. You group 3-4 elite players in midfield and attack and things start to happen around them.
Total-Football
Senior Member
They were like the messi Suarez of that team. They complemented each other extreamly well. Etoo never had to dribble although a very good player with dribbling and ronaldinho never worried about having to score.. they just complemented each other like a Ying and yang. Obviously ronaldinho at his prime is one of the best players of all time so to say he has more value doesn't say much.
Imo, you're wrong. Eto'o with Ronnie used to dribble, you just have to check his goals. It was more a Neymar Mbappe connection.
Total-Football
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For how good a dribbler he is he rarely relied on dribbling .. he was focused 100% on running behind the lines . Etoo is nothing like neymar or mbappee .. those players like the ball on their feet. Etoo is like prime Michael Owen and prime Suarez etc.. they are not interested in balling, they have excellent spacial awareness and impeccable timing in making the runs.. etoo was onside 95% of the times . When u have iniesta xavi ronaldinho (later messi) behind u u really don't need to dribble .
I have watched etoo since he was 19 or so (Olympic team with cameron).
With the inter team and national team and even Mallorque he adjusted himself and took on more leadership and ventured a lot more to dribble.
In his 1st Barcelona's seasons (2004-2007) he was a very good dribbler and more impressing than Mbappe, same in his Mallorca's days and in his last season with Inter Milan. When Dinho and him were on their prime especially from 2004-06, Eto'o liked the ball on his feet.
I'm not comparing them, Eto'o is sold as the second fiddle of Dinho while in 2006 he was considered as the best player of the club even ahead Dinho. I just wanted to have an opinion of those who live for the club to know if it's only an impression of those who aren't really FC Barcelona's fans.
And when I said Neymar Mbappe connection, I meant Dinho was like Neymar and Eto'o like Mbappe because they have the same qualities : both Mbappe and Eto'o are terrible goalscorer, both have mad pace that worries defenders, both have good dribbling skills (Eto'o a little bit better in his peak).
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