What even is this? How does age have any bearing on how good they are right now.
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What even is this? How does age have any bearing on how good they are right now.
It's similarly bizarre that people are claiming Mbappé is miles ahead of Salah. Both are absolutely brilliant.Its no surprise people are claiming Salah is miles better. Let alone that he'd struggle
Has anyone made that claim?
Right now is a nonexistence concept.in this discussion
the Discuss uses many variables or beliefs, age is another variable. The discussion is not time bound. over MSs career he may have peaked of has over performed he’s not consistent.
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People actually think Salah is the superior player
I'd argue that the above quotes imply that, yes.
So, no one. Because none of these posts said that he was miles better, they just said that in their opinion he was better.
Would you say that Mbappe was miles ahead of Mane? If so, the first poster is implying that he's miles ahead of Salah, who he says is not as good as Mane.
I know how quick you are to defend French players so can see you heard some sort of 'assemble to defend our great hope' clarion call, but I'm not knocking him.
Don't start that french nonsense, I don't care about their nationality and I don't think that Mbappé is the clear better player or the best player in the world, I already said it in this thread. But no one said that anyone was miles ahead of Salah, the first poster said that he would pick Mané and admitted that it was an unpopular opinion.
Right now I'd give a very slight edge to Salah but honestly it's basically nothing. Although I have no doubt about his ability, I still need to see Mbappe outside the french league
It's not nonsense...you post a disproportionate amount in threads involving French players and leagues. No shame in it, you're French (i presume?!)
And, again, by implication if the first poster said he would take Mané 'every day of the week' over Salah then i don't think its unreasonable to assume that he thinks Mbappé is miles ahead of Salah. But sure, nobody said those exact words so chalk another internet win up for you in the pedant column. Awesome.
Of course it's nonsense you insinuated that I defended a player based on his nationality which is nonsense since I didn't even defend the player. You questioned my integrity based on nothing.
Will be interesting to see him in a Real shirt next season.…
Sounds like Mbappe loving to me. Thanks for the unnecessary History lesson. You people told me this was a guaranteed Ballon d’or winner. He’s getting older it’s getting quiet. We’ll see
Objectively wrong. Mbappé attempts and completes more dribbles with a significantly higher success %
He's a far better dribbler than Salah. They're pretty much equal as playmakers(both elite creators considering they're primarily goalscorers) and passers, Mbappé carries a significantly bigger threat off the ball. Salah is the better finisher
Honestly, they're both monstrous ceiling raisers but Mbappé is also a better floor raiser, hence the better player
Only checked stats for Mbappé since we're in his thread, but according to transfermarkt and since the start of the 18/19 season in club competitions, Ronaldo has 116G + 27A in 161 games for Mbappé's 133G + 62A in 159 games. Can't be bothered to look at NT stats but there's no chance it bridges a 52 G+A gap.
Safe to say your claim is blatantly false.
EDIT: And before any "farmer's league" nonsense, in the CL it's Ronaldo 20G + 5A to Mbappé's 22G + 20A. Once again, no contest.
By skills I mean the spectacular you like to see if you like football. Salah is probably as effective but not as good to watch in my opinion.
Maybe Salah is better right now. I didn’t think about it to be honest. I am just saying that at the end of their careers I am pretty sure Mbappé will be miles ahead of Salah which is not unpopular opinion I think.
You’d have to be a fool to pick Salah over Mbappé. Salah maybe slightly better, but he is 30 and is not getting better or younger. Mbappe is just about to enter his prime.
Easy choice.
Easy choice.
In a totally different league. It's apples and oranges. To say he's a 'far better dribble than Salah is to do the Egyptian a massive disservice imo. His technique may not be as pleasing on the eye but he's every bit as good one on one.
'Questioned your integrity'?! It's a forum, mate, not a court of law - calm down.
Its interesting you mention off the ball, because I would argue he is worse off the ball especially defensively, Mbappe doesn’t press at all, in fact I think he presses less than Messi per game.
What was the point of mentioning the player nationality and assuming mine?
calm down mate...it's a forum, let's not take things too seriously.I stand by what I said though, you absolutely have a slightly biased view where French players are concerned.
I stand by what I said though, you absolutely have a slightly biased view where French players are concerned.
I'm perfectly calm. Can you show me where I have a biased view of French players?
Obviously i wasn't talking about defending
Why would I want to go through your post history to do that?! It's clear you're the kind of dude that likes to be right...I hope that works out for you!
It's interesting because you keep talking about my character as if we knew each others, you make comments about me that are fairly negative and don't substantiate them. While acting as if I did something wrong, just as a reminder, I asked you who claimed that Mbappé was miles better than Salah.
I didn't defend a player and I didn't question your character.
Instead of accusing him of a French bias, you could address his point.
Again, instead of the childish response, you're better off pointing out a bias that you alluded to and got called out on. This is silly.
A question that I answered, no? Though my answer didn't satisfy your forensic standards as the exact phrasing you required wasn't used. As for questioning your character, isn't that a little dramatic? I think its absolutely natural to be more kindly disposed towards some of your own international players...I'm sure I exhibit the same sorts of biases as well.
Who pulled your chain? If you read down, you'll see i did answer that original point.
Sweet that you're swooping in to defend JPRouve but I think you'll find he's fine. What, exactly, does it have to do with you?
And no, I'm not better off trawling through a poster's post history for hours to score internet points. Now THAT would be silly.
No need to get emotional. You made a silly point, got called out on it, can't back up your initial claim that he had a French bias.
So you've resorted with that last line about not wanting to "trawl" through a search history to back up your claim. Silly, as I said.
No, you quoted people that didn't make that point.
And no it's not dramatic you used it as a way to dismiss a question that I asked you and you did it when I didn't even defend a french player. Also I don't have a bias in favor of french players, I find that notion weird, the nationality of a player is irrelevant to the way I judge them.
Who's getting emotional?! It's the internet...if I got emotional every time I had a minor disagreement with people I would be an emotional wreck!
Again, I honestly don't understand the need to back up anything I've said with evidence? I'm not building a legal case. If you disagree, which you clearly do, that's fine. It would be a dull world if we all held the same opinions. As I said...what would be silly would be spending time scraping his post history!
Yes but I think that should be also taken into consideration when judging attackers in the modern game.
We're going over old ground here. See my previous responses to you on this. As I said, I don't think that inferring that the poster i quoted thought Mbappe was miles ahead of Salah based on him not rating Salah as highly as Mane was a stretch. You disagreed. It happens. I apologize if you feel I've smeared your good name on this forum, or besmirched your e-honour!
It is all about opinions here...it's a forum. I'm not struggling to show where the bias is as I'm not even trying. As I said, if you think that, cool, that's your prerogative. Still think it's a little odd you're getting involved in something that has nothing to do with you, but hey, whatever gives you your kicks, man.
You realize that it's not about me and my honour? It's about determining what kind of poster you are, I don't really know you and I wanted to know a bit more about you after you questioned my character for no obvious reason. Now I know where to stand.
On your first point, let's agree to disagree.. i felt it was implicit in the Mane comparison but you don't...that's fine, we don't all need to agree on everything.
I wasn't apologizing to you, but interesting that you feel able to speak for the guy now too
Again, doesn't 'questioned my character' seem a little dramatic?! I said you were biased towards French players - it's not like I said you like to torture puppies or spit at babies. As for the bolded...how did you feel that you'd get to know more about me without asking? I'm Aquarius, GSOH and enjoy long walks and snuggling up by the fire with a good book.
Could see Mbappe staying on mega money if he feels Spain is on a little downturn but at the same time it's a great chance for Madrid to be the clear best team and rack up a few league titles. I'm sure the allure is still great for him.
There is no drama, by claiming that I'm biased toward french players you questioned the honesty of my opinion. And by not substantiating it, you demonstrated your own bias.
Now have a good day.
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