Football opinion amnesty thread

[Jairzinho]

Eating healthily but wants to treat himself by baking a cake later. Obviously.

[sir roger]

Sherbet with no dib-dabs , schoolboy error.

[Anny Road]

Unfortunately based purely on big game performances you have to say Ronaldo is better than Messi.

I just swallowed a bit of sick.

[Elite]

Unfortunately based purely on big game performances you have to say Ronaldo is better than Messi.

I just swallowed a bit of sick.

I agree. Ronaldo has also done it in 2 different leagues.

[Pidge]

Eating healthily but wants to treat himself by baking a cake later. Obviously.

 

No, not our Diego.  He's on the whey, got to supplement some protein with that kind of spread.

[KMD7]

I don't want to live in a world where C Ronaldo is considered to be the greatest player of all time.  Fuck that. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I’d have George Best in my top 10.

Best doesn't do it for me.

 

Oodles of natural talent, but he pissed it up a rope, exactly the way truly great players don't.

[Anny Road]

That’s still Maradona.

[Pidge]

I don't want to live in a world where C Ronaldo is considered to be the greatest player of all time.  Fuck that. 

 

He isn't.  Best in the world right now, not of all time.

[KMD7]

Ok, glad we all agree on that. 

[moof]

There’s nothing Ronaldo could do that would put him ahead of Messi or el Diego

[Anny Road]

There’s nothing Ronaldo could do that would put him ahead of Messi or el Diego

Except unfortunately he is repeatedly doing it.

[KMD7]

Aye true that Moof.  He's incredible alright but I couldn't place him ahead of the other 2

[Red House]

Ronaldo has a defensible claim at the greatest goalscorer of all-time gong, even though that's got to be Pele really. But, greatest footballer of all-time, nah. Not close to Messi or Maradona in terms of sheer footballing ability. The amount of titles he's won does not change any bit of that (and even then Messi has won more trophies than him).

[Jairzinho]

Pele is a good comparison. A great goalscorer.

[Tony Moanero]

Best doesn't do it for me.

 

Oodles of natural talent, but he pissed it up a rope, exactly the way truly great players don't.

Most truly great players weren’t/aren’t alcoholics, though. Best’s career, at the top level, was cut short as his alcoholism took hold. Even so, he still played 10 or 11 seasons for Manchester United.

[Aventus]

Ronaldo seems to be able to win games on his own, Messi seems to need a bit of support to be at his best. But his best is better than Ronaldos.

[KMD7]

Messi has won plenty of games on his own in fairness.  He's in a pretty shite Argentina team though at the moment. 

[Anny Road]

Portugal are shite too.

[TheHowieLama]

Ronaldo has peers -- a fair few who can stake a claim. Maradona less so, still a conversation to be had.

 

Pele was peerless for a time on the world stage.

[El Rojo]

All of these arguments are a bit moot because of huge disparities in conditions.

 

However, for me, Maradona’s achievements with orherwise average Napoli and Argentina sides at the very highest level put him miles ahead of the rest.

[Pidge]

Cruyff, Puskas, Eusebio, Di Stefano etc etc etc

[VladimirIlyich]

Unfortunately based purely on big game performances you have to say Ronaldo is better than Messi.

I just swallowed a bit of sick.

Was off the pitch when Portugal won their Euro title. If he gets this Portugal team to the semis or final he deserves a lot of credit but he still has a bit to prove. Its also not difficult to get shedloads of goals playing for Real or Barca so him and Messi's stats are a bit skewed. Ronaldo is holding his form and fitness much better than Messi though.

[KMD7]

I think that what we all can agree on is Ronaldo is a bit of a cunt

[Chip Butty]

I think that what we all can agree on is Ronaldo is a bit of a cunt

 

A bit! Behave yourself