Great player but I don’t like the guy. That scream he made yesterday following a tackle almost made me feel sorry for him - only for him to sprint up and down the pitch 2 minutes later.
Marcelo
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He’s surpassed Carlos.
It’s pretty much a 2 way tie between him and Maldini and you can’t go wrong with either...comes down to personal preference and I’d take Marcelo if it was up to me. His attacking threat+awareness is on another level. Very arguably the LB GOAT.
It’s pretty much a 2 way tie between him and Maldini and you can’t go wrong with either...comes down to personal preference and I’d take Marcelo if it was up to me. His attacking threat+awareness is on another level. Very arguably the LB GOAT.
That's just silly
He's out for at least two weeks after todays post match report. He was playing injured.
Although Marcelo was always known for being shite at defending, the pros overweight the cons due to his amazing attacking prowess.
Definitely the best offensive LB to ever kick a ball. He's like a mirror-version of prime Daniel Alves minus defending aspect.
Even Roberto Calos himself once said that Marcelo surpassed him.
Maldini's defensive qualities is pretty more or less unmatched bar none, but he was never really anywhere great at going forward.
For Marcelo, it's the opposite.
Definitely the best offensive LB to ever kick a ball. He's like a mirror-version of prime Daniel Alves minus defending aspect.
Even Roberto Calos himself once said that Marcelo surpassed him.
Maldini's defensive qualities is pretty more or less unmatched bar none, but he was never really anywhere great at going forward.
For Marcelo, it's the opposite.
Why? Can assist, shoot and score. Amazing player.
Because it takes much more than that to win Ballon fecking D'Or.
Marcelo is a player who is very decisive for Real, more than CR7, imo. Their style of play is based a lot of his runs.
That pass to Ronaldo was out of this world. Unplayable on his day.
Better than Roberto Carlos for me. Only Maldini sits above him in the pick of greatest left backs of all time
Well if Ronaldo won it based on the fact that Madrid did the double this year... there is a very big argument that Marcelo was Madrid's best player last season (I would definitely say he was) so yeah... it's not that silly at all.
Yeah, phenomenal.
He's not being overhyped. Sure, there are games where he is not at the level he was yesterday, but he is by far the best full back in the world, in the complete sense. He is simply incredible.
Huge fan of him, he was the player who impressed me most when I visited the Bernabeu in 2016. It was incredible watching him live, the guy was everywhere on his side of the pitch.
He's a monster, like having a cheat code having him as LB because he can play as a winger playing as a LB incredible performance
Brehme
People are forgetting Maicon too, on the right. At his peak was just unplayable. RB, Winger, CM and shadow striker all rolled into one. Probably the best RB i've ever seen, better than Cafu and Dani Alves and Lahm
Alex Sandro reminds me a lot of him, but he's not nearly as good yet
Yes, pure sex.
It's drug test time then!
He's incredible, the accuary of his passing while running at full speed is truly something else.
Steady on. Marcelo is amazing and the best in the world in his position and one of the best of all time, but better than Cafu? I'm not so sure.
What makes someone GOAT is consistency over a long period. Marcelo has been great over several years but I'm not sure anyone will ever surpass Cafu in terms of longevity. The guy was a high quality machine.
Best Banshee in the world, better then Sylvanas.
He's awesome and everything, but such a drama queen. I thought he was seriously injured after the collision with Dani but nothing was wrong 
Maicon. And between 2008-10 he was the best FB i've ever seen
Hurt his arm, you could tell he was still hurting several minutes after. Probably just a very painful hit to the elbow is my guessHe's awesome and everything, but such a drama queen. I thought he was seriously injured after the collision with Dani but nothing was wrong
Absolutely world class yesterday, been at Real since he was 18, the last 12 years. Histrionics, that pass to Cristiano, the goal.
Can we replace Ashley with him please
Can we replace Ashley with him please
And then Gareth Bale ended his career.
Good shout to be fair. Lahm is not a bad shout though as 2nd best ever as he also had the longevity, won the titles but read the game so well. I'd argue Marcelo is better going forward but Lahm a better defender.
Maldini is the Caesar of left backs that will forever be remembered as that.
As much as I love Cafu, I can't recall any full back even him and Carlos having the amount of influence Marcelo does on big game from a playmaking perspective.
It's cool to say but by that point he'd already stopped giving a shit. Showed up drunk to training everyday. Probably even played some games drunk
Still managed to have an extra great season for roma, before the siren's call of the cachaça got to him again
Brehme, breitner, maicon, junior, branco
When we talk about who are the best players by position sometimes players from a time with less media and no internet tend to be ignored. I watched many full backs including Roberto Carlos and Marcelo, but in my opinion the best was Junior who played in the Brazilian nt in 1982.
I meant in my lifetime otherwise those names would definitely have cropped up including Fachetti and Nilton Santos!
Maicon yes but I rate Marcelo higher as he's played at the very top top level for a longer period
i feel Marcelo is super under estimated defensively. Since Mourinho taught him to defend he literally plays the flank alone. Being the left winger and the sole defend at Real whilst CR7 spends his time cutting in to score. I feel if he played for like an Ateltico or a Bayern where he'd not need to concentrate so much on attack, his defending would be noticed more.
Alves at his peak was better.
tbf elbow injuries hurt like a mofo even when not too seriousHe's awesome and everything, but such a drama queen. I thought he was seriously injured after the collision with Dani but nothing was wrong
He's way better than Alves in a lot of aspects, his dribbling, creativity and link up are world class, Alves would have an edge over Marcelo in tactical awareness, stamina and shooting. I'd love to see Marcelo taking some FK's tho, a guy that crosses like him and able to score beautiful goals could probably be a good shooter, but not going to happen with Ronaldo, Bale, Kroos, Modric and even Ramos ahead of him.
In fact, after all the flak we got for getting rid of Alves, Marcelo was one of the best players exploiting that wing in the last years, and yesterday the Cavani sub for Meunier was still a consequence of that, Marcelo has Dani's numbers since the end of the Pep era, that's too mucho of an advantage to give your biggest rivals in any direct confrontation.
12 seasons there and he's not 30 y/o yet, bringing him and Higuain for less than 20M in the same window was something you'd expect from Sevilla, not Real madrid
When you look at some of the leftbacks which played for us and compare them with Marcelo, it is maybe two or three classes you'd think. I mean Darmian, Blind, Rojo were so underwhelming, then you got Shaw and he might be better defensively but two classes down to Marcelo offensively.
There should be more players like Ashley Young - in systems these days when most of the wingers are inside forwards, players who foremost can attack, Shaw can't shoot, dribble, put in a decent cross how has he ever had a world class potential? Intelligent players can be thought how to defend. Valencia another example. Think Perisic could be used like that after some training and was Mou's aim, amybe to used as a wingback mostly but in the end transformed into a fullback. He's tall strong, his workrate is high but positioning and tackling ca be taught easily. Dribbling crossing or shooting is a lot harder. And it is really great to have a player who can play both wings too, squad can be smaller and more space for other specialist players..
Shame we have Mourinho. Someone like Klopp would a player like Demi Mitchell definitely a chance, when he can play Moreno but yeah who knows.
And of course Marcelo is a beast but but the bottomline is that more wingers could be made into fullbacks. Only the ones with very special abilities should be played there
There should be more players like Ashley Young - in systems these days when most of the wingers are inside forwards, players who foremost can attack, Shaw can't shoot, dribble, put in a decent cross how has he ever had a world class potential? Intelligent players can be thought how to defend. Valencia another example. Think Perisic could be used like that after some training and was Mou's aim, amybe to used as a wingback mostly but in the end transformed into a fullback. He's tall strong, his workrate is high but positioning and tackling ca be taught easily. Dribbling crossing or shooting is a lot harder. And it is really great to have a player who can play both wings too, squad can be smaller and more space for other specialist players..
Shame we have Mourinho. Someone like Klopp would a player like Demi Mitchell definitely a chance, when he can play Moreno but yeah who knows.
And of course Marcelo is a beast but but the bottomline is that more wingers could be made into fullbacks. Only the ones with very special abilities should be played there
let's face it, we'd have loved either at United. Still have Evra over those two though
Im willing to bet Mitchell is likely to be Shaw's long term competition under Mourinho if his loan spell at hearts goes well.
Maicon kept him quiet when he went to City though.
Still only 29 as well, I thought he was well in his 30s by now. Averages 10 assists per season over the last three seasons according to Wiki, not bad either.
I'd have him alongside Lahm and Dani Alves as the best full back of the last decade.
I'd have him alongside Lahm and Dani Alves as the best full back of the last decade.