The three greatest footballers of all time:
Pele
Messi
Maradona
No one else belongs in that company.
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The three greatest footballers of all time:
Pele
Messi
Maradona
No one else belongs in that company.
They should give him 'The Best' for the best marketing for a footballer ever. Hope one day he gets recognized with one. He and Mendes really deserve that award.
He and a canadian (woman) player got it because they broke the international goal record with their national teams.
It's funny that this post was made and then Ronaldo misses two games against Villa and results/gameplay are poor once again.
THE ORACLE HATH SPOKEN!
It was a win and an away draw, performance wasn’t that bad against Villa the second time. First time it was not good I agree and the win was quite fortunate. Still not seeing United improve as a team with Ronaldo on the pitch yet, have you?
They would have dropped points with Ronaldo anyway
Messi broke his way into that triumvirate a while ago, but I'm still not sure he managed to supplant Maradona in the eyes of the majority. The Balón d'Or record is sealed. The golden boots record is sealed. Buy all the individual accolades on the planet might not matter when Maradona has the 86 world cup to pull out in his favour (especially because of the way he won it).
The Copa America this summer (3rd international player of the tournament award) while becoming the first player in history to lead a major tournament in goals, assists, man of the match awards, while leading that country to the trophy.
Timothy has spoken.
That’s my order, happy for them to be in any order. The point is that they’re the main three.
Glad I’ve got that guy on ignore.
They're the consensus top 3, so you won't find many arguments. You could make the claim for any of them to be the best ever.
I think there's a drop off before the next tier (Cryuff, etc)
Sorry, was petty but that guy's smug, know it all tone never fails to get my back up.
Hopefully Messi can get going in on a different league. Looking forward to see if he can rule the world in a different environment than his home which is arguably the most tactically bred team to a DNA.
Have seen so many players move to different leagues and flop, so it will be interesting.
Have seen so many players move to different leagues and flop, so it will be interesting.
Good thing you do. You really don't want to know what he's saying.
Good thing you do. You really don't want to know what he's saying.
Something suffused with earth-shattering wisdom no doubt.
Not only some mindblowing wisdom, but he will also act like a saint lecturing us on how he was irritated by some of our words/actions, and then go on to check your posting history and then lecture you on why you should not be posting in them. In short, an irritating busybody saint wannabe who is always thinking he is the moral compass for all of humanity to look up to and learn from
calm down sweetie. Impressive that you managed a post without 'penaldo' or '50 cent army' though. Progress!When Ronaldo joined in Juventus in August he wasn't nearly 33. Otherwise it's true that so far Ronaldo 34+ > Messi 34+.
There's more than one reason that I wouldn't mind Ronaldo leaving United and joining Ligue 1 next.
Seeing old Messi feeding ancient Ronaldo would be cool, but PSG would be played off the park.
We are basically arguing which of two people lead better lives based on whether they got incontinence at age 85 or 89.
Only if we are going to sign Haaland. Think about that, we would be left with no proven striker next season, although I am not sure he would want to stay here to go through rebuilding process for another season.
Well for some posters it's about Messi proving himself at a different league, but he's moved whilst he's been in decline for some years now despite his Ballon D'or win. Anyway I agree it's kind of stupid. I think Ronnie got incontinence later though.
He played his first official game for Juve in late August 2018 when he was 33 years and 7 months so more than 33 & 1/2 years old if being very pendantic
He played his first official game for Juve in late August 2018 when he was 33 years and 7 months so more than 33 & 1/2 years old if being very pendantic
Ok
1 Maradona
2 Messi
5 Ronaldo
Let it go
https://ar.marca.com/claro/futbol-internacional/2022/02/03/61fc1582e2704e73048b45c7.html
2 Messi
5 Ronaldo
Let it go
https://ar.marca.com/claro/futbol-internacional/2022/02/03/61fc1582e2704e73048b45c7.html
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You can find this same video, but with all the accurate passes he had. 82% to be exact. What's the point?
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You can find this same video, but with all the accurate passes he had. 82% to be exact. What's the point?
Ronaldo was woeful today. He’s definitely been better than Messi this season, but not nearly as good as his fans would have you think.
So King of Clutches missed a pen? Siuuu!
It's a contest now about who's most average this season.
You forgot to mention consistent Hazard bro.
Well those are the consenus three greatest players ever, so not sure you're going to get much pushback.
I go back and forth between Maradona and Messi but Maradona might just be ahead. Pelé at 3rd sounds about right, as does Cryuff at 4th.
There is really no consensus anymore, that's kind of what this thread is about.
A consensus exists, but it's never unanimous and that's why there's always a discussion. By consenus, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever, for example. But there are still threads made every day debating who the greatest NBA player is, with everyone from Magic Johnson, to LeBron James, to Wilt being given shouts.
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It's not a consensus that Pelé, Maradonna and Messi are the best ever in whichever order. Ronaldo has entered the discussion as a candidate as the greatest ever. Even if you don't agree with it.
For myself
Shared 1st: Pelé, Messi
3rd: Ronaldo
4th: Maradonna
5th: Cryuff.
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