Messi vs Ronaldo

[Baltar 814]

Who's the greatest of these two twats? Granted it's not the most original question ever to have been posed to such knowledgeable football fans, but I just wanted to create a poll.

[ZonkoVille77 5,446]

Messi for me. He does a whole lot more on the pitch than Ronaldo. Some of the goals he has scored have been phenomenal. Ronaldo is clearly an amazing talent but he's slightly more one dimensional than Messi IMO. 

[3 Stacks 2,364]

Messi is the better player, Ronaldo will have had the better career when both are done.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Ronaldo has done it at different clubs and indeed for his country. Messi is the better all round player, yet hasn't played away from a very good Barcelona team or turned it on for Argentina. They are both special players and it's very close, I'd have to give the nod to Ronaldo (spits) because Messi gut bummed by Robbo and VVD. I don't like either player to be honest. Ronaldo is a preening greasy tumbler and Messi is a whining snide bastard who loves to dive about as well. Fuck em...but still admire their talent. 

[TK421 7,496]

Messi is the better player, Messi will have had the better career when both are done.  

[Jairzinho 22,775]

Messi. It isn't even remotely close.

[scudger99 1,527]

Messi for me. Ronaldo in a straightener though.

[Jairzinho 22,775]

Hair straightener?

[Red_or_Dead 977]

Van Dijk

 

 

[Butch 891]

Where's the both are cunts option? Which they are but I'd like vote. 

[TK421 7,496]

There's still time.

 

[moof 5,671]

Cristiano or fenomeno?

[moof 5,671]

I’ll take Gaucho and Fenomeno ahead of Cristiano thanks

[coachpotato 437]

Tough call.

Messi has been with Barcelona for so long while CR7(tm) has had several different clubs where he has been the main man.

Club Trophies wise they both have a shitload, and have scored so many goals it’s not worth arguing about really.

Internationally, Ronaldo has had more of an effect on his national team than Messi and has lifted more trophies (2) than Messi.

Ronaldo has played for united.

Messi stooped low calling Milner a donkey, and trying to wind up Robbo.

Both are twats when things don’t go their way and aren’t averse to skullduggery.

Ronaldo just shades it for me (don’t believe I’ve just said that, but there you go).

 

 

[Joey8FrogsLegs 721]

Voted Messi, he’s by far the best player of the last 20 years.

 

But have to mention that Maradona was better.

[KMD7 7,204]

Messi is the better player, and slightly less of a cunt. Both all time greats though.

[Duff Man 1,633]

Messi. He's the most effective attacking player of his generation, and probably all time.

 

Preferred watching Zidane, though.

[3 Stacks 2,364]

Messi is almost too good for his own good. Sometimes you watch Argentina and Barca and even though they have really talented players they all seem to defer to Messi to a fault and the attacking play ends up solely revolving on him. 

 

Ronaldo on the other hand has just been burying chances for the past 5 years and doing basically nothing else. It's worked better for him in the end than it has for Messi, despite the latter doing more for his team. 

[Shooter in the Motor 7,501]

In a fist fight I'd like to see them both go down in the first round. Then see which of the two get up again. That player would then be the winner of this poll.

[Jose Jones 2,623]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

Messi is almost too good for his own good. Sometimes you watch Argentina and Barca and even though they have really talented players they all seem to defer to Messi to a fault and the attacking play ends up solely revolving on him. 

 

Ronaldo on the other hand has just been burying chances for the past 5 years and doing basically nothing else. It's worked better for him in the end than it has for Messi, despite the latter doing more for his team. 

I don't know how you can say it's worked better for Ronaldo than Messi really.

Messi has scored more, assisted more and his team have won more trophies.  Ronaldo did win more Champions Leagues with Madrid though.

 

Also the European Championship when Portugal squeaked through in third place from the shittest group in the tournament, won one whole match in normal time in the entire competition and Ronaldo barely played in the final.

Using international success as a barometer is pretty ridiculous really, but in this case it's really ridiculous.

[Bjornebye 24,918]

Its C. Ronaldo you cunt.

 

No-one beats El Fenomeno. Greatest striker of all time ever. 

 

 

 

 

[Baltar 814]

29 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Its C. Ronaldo you cunt.

 

No-one beats El Fenomeno. Greatest striker of all time ever. 

 

 

 

 

Fuck, you're right. A thousand apologies.

[Bjornebye 24,918]

3 hours ago, Baltar said:

Fuck, you're right. A thousand apologies.

Don't worry about it Tenpole Tudor 

[Jennings 3,189]

Both great players and legends of the game. Messi for me.

[3 Stacks 2,364]

16 hours ago, Jose Jones said:

I don't know how you can say it's worked better for Ronaldo than Messi really.

Messi has scored more, assisted more and his team have won more trophies.  Ronaldo did win more Champions Leagues with Madrid though.

 

Also the European Championship when Portugal squeaked through in third place from the shittest group in the tournament, won one whole match in normal time in the entire competition and Ronaldo barely played in the final.

Using international success as a barometer is pretty ridiculous really, but in this case it's really ridiculous.

Ronaldo has surpassed Messi at winning stuff and for many that's all that matters. Rightly or wrongly, recency bias will make it so Messi's average tally in the second half of the 2010's and poor performances with Argentina are what people will remember, while Ronaldo has been collecting consecutive Champions Leagues and has started winning trophies with Portugal.

 

That's why Ronaldo is even in this conversation to begin with because if you just watch them play it should be no contest.