worlds greats footballer

[Daveshadowman]

I have just gogled Duncan Edwards as i have near herd of him class player but i still think Messi

 

[doug boardley]

I don't know how people debate on "Messi v Ronaldo", Messi plays with a smile on his face, Ronaldo plays with a grimace on his "oh, my so shattered shin" face. To me, truly great sportsmen have to exude the Corinthian Spirit, play the game as it should be played, shake hands with each other after a match, but above all, RESPECT THE REFEREE!!, no amount of back chat is going to change his mind, so just get on wit the game...rant over

 

[Daveshadowman]

I don't know how people debate on "Messi v Ronaldo", Messi plays with a smile on his face, Ronaldo plays with a grimace on his "oh, my so shattered shin" face. To me, truly great sportsmen have to exude the Corinthian Spirit, play the game as it should be played, shake hands with each other after a match, but above all, RESPECT THE REFEREE!!, no amount of back chat is going to change his mind, so just get on wit the game...rant over

that is one of the reasons Messi is the greatest he plays the game as it should be played

 

[doug boardley]

that is one of the reasons Messi is the greatest he plays the game as it should be played

I totally agree, he just has to keep that spirit for another 15 or so years, which I hope he does

 

[tobins tiling]

Doug Steve Gerrard is the best midfielder the premier league has ever seen he has carried Liverpool as a club for years and still continues to do it IMHO he is a lot better than keane and Veira both very good players but keane never scored that many goals or Veira, gerrard has played right back right mid centre half centre forward holding midfielder and got man of the match performances just an around better player than all of the above imho

 

[Alan M]

gerard is good b ut its easy to look good in that liverpool team. if you put him in a great club like barca or real madrid, ac,inter,man u( althow not in the last year or 2),even man city or chelsea.
he couldnt hold down a place in those teams.


as a real supporter ,ronaldo is almost great exept his attitude and diving. messi is world class
hopefully he will last another 10 years (althow out of spain hopefully) . one knock and he could go like previous ronaldo , robinho,ronaldinio, shevshenko, etc. very good one minute then a small set back or change and gone completely

 

[doug boardley]

Doug Steve Gerrard is the best midfielder the premier league has ever seen he has carried Liverpool as a club for years and still continues to do it IMHO he is a lot better than keane and Veira both very good players but keane never scored that many goals or Veira, gerrard has played right back right mid centre half centre forward holding midfielder and got man of the match performances just an around better player than all of the above imho

Stevie G has always had my admiration Tobins, however, and I'm sure you'll disagree with this, he's been a big fish in an under-achieving pond. he showed his mettle in Istanbul and as an Englishman and football fan I was cheering as loud as anybody when Liverpool won that game,,but in my mind he doesn't have the grit (albeit the skill) to rank him up there with keane, scholes , robson and viera.....and that's just in premier league!

 

[tobins tiling]

Alan i was replying to doug talking about the best prem team even tho real tried to sign Gerrard 3 years ago ok he might not get in there teams now but as someone who watches him every week he's still doing it in his 30 s as his hat trick in the derby last week as a midfielder proved but to say he wouldnt get in chelseas team is laughable .Doug I would definitely agree that Liverpool have been an under achieving pond as they haven't put enough players of his quality in the team with him but I really can't agree with you he hasnt got the grit. Not only did he pull it back in Istanbul and show his grit but that fa cup final against west ham was unbelieve grit to pull that out the bag at the end of a tiring game and on lots more occasions mate

 

[doug boardley]

Alan i was replying to doug talking about the best prem team even tho real tried to sign Gerrard 3 years ago ok he might not get in there teams now but as someone who watches him every week he's still doing it in his 30 s as his hat trick in the derby last week as a midfielder proved but to say he wouldnt get in chelseas team is laughable .Doug I would definitely agree that Liverpool have been an under achieving pond as they haven't put enough players of his quality in the team with him but I really can't agree with you he hasnt got the grit. Not only did he pull it back in Istanbul and show his grit but that fa cup final against west ham was unbelieve grit to pull that out the bag at the end of a tiring game and on lots more occasions mate

yeah, maybe lack of "grit" was the wrong term of phrase, but all the players that I mentioned wouldn't even grace the same pitch as .....PELE!!!,,, surely the greatest footballer and ambassador for the sport ever,,, even mentioning the likes of keane, robson, gerrard, viera, (although I'd put scholes in his all star 11), slurs the great mans legacy

 

[Stef]

even mentioning the likes of keane, robson, gerrard, viera, (although I'd put scholes in his all star 11), slurs the great mans legacy

Doug, i only ever played semi-pro, im glad you hold me in so high an esteem. :lol:

 

[tobins tiling]

To be honest doug I only really see clips of the old pele and he looks brilliant but I'm only 33 so with all the football I've watched in my "era" no one even comes close to messi (sorry ronaldo if your reading) the way he plays is just pure geniuse he just strolls past people and finishes like he is on a play station game.

 

[doug boardley]

I only played rugby, had to pack in at 23 under doctors orders, so that's when I started playing football:smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

To be honest doug I only really see clips of the old pele and he looks brilliant but I'm only 33 so with all the football I've watched in my "era" no one even comes close to messi (sorry ronaldo if your reading) the way he plays is just pure geniuse he just strolls past people and finishes like he is on a play station game.

I know exactly what you're saying,,,my reason for the likes of Pele, Puskas etc, is that they did near enough the same, but with a far heavier "caser" ball, it was like a lead balloon kicking one one those things..

 

[tobins tiling]

I wouldn't like to be kicking one of those round I still play Footie we played today winning 1-0 with 4mins to go against top the league and got beat 2-1 :mad2::mad2::mad2:

 

[doug boardley]

I wouldn't like to be kicking one of those round I still play Footie we played today winning 1-0 with 4mins to go against top the league and got beat 2-1 :mad2::mad2::mad2:

you'r not called Bayern Munich are you???:hurray:

 

[tobins tiling]

How did you guess haha I wish we needed them points as we're struggling but were in the the prem in the top league in Liverpool. Did Munich get beat then ?

 

[doug boardley]

[video=youtube;G1FC6-dPUds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1FC6-dPUds[/video]

 

[tobins tiling]

Oh haha nice one for that i dont need to watch that again

 

[doug boardley]

but until we knock Liverpool off their perch as the most successful english team in europe, I won't be bitter, but it'll be a happy day for me:8:

 

[doug boardley]

but anyway, back to original thread tobins, who would you have in the role of your choice...stevie g or kenny dalglish?,,or even that guy with the bad perm?

 

[tobins tiling]

Ok mate :8h I might not be available for posting if that day comes mate. The way that barca and real are playin mate no one is getting close to them for a long while

 

[tobins tiling]

Doug I was lucky enough to see Kenny a few times and he's presented me with a trophy once he a very nice fella and I've watched his DVDs or tapes as they were when I was a kid, but if Stevie g was in them teams with souness, rush, Hanson, and dalglish I still think he'd of been the best player on the pitch

 

[doug boardley]

that's fair comment mate, personally I'm a football fan first and Utd fan second, can't stand it when I see all the banners about *** 1ist, wife and kids second blah blah blah, I know all the Munich/Hillsborough stuff really should just be ignored so the morons that shout it might get bored and shut the hell up, but it ain't ever gonna happen until they're found out and given a land sin die​.

 

[tobins tiling]

Yer your right doug it is sickening it's peoples loved ones and family that dead at hillsbough and Munich. but as you say them chants will go on by the idiots of both teams especially when they are gettin beat and the frustration sets in

 

[suave]

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