Cristiano V Lionel

[Premy]

The Great modern Football debate.

2 years ago I would have said Lionel but it seems he has somewhat plateaued over the last few years. Cristiano however is going from strength to strength, I read somewhere the other day that he has scored something like 195 La liga goals in 170 games or something pretty impressive.

For me my vote is CR7.

[Premy]

Mods feel free to create a poll (with the slobs option of course) as I'm on my phone and can't work out how to do it on here.

[plague]

Iniesta is better than both of them.
(Would still vote Slobs in poll though).

[pv4]

I honestly watch sfa Spanish league games as I get quite bored during them, so I don't get to see either player week-in week-out.

They're both phenomenal.

[Grimario]

Both are amazing but Ronaldo is better because he did the business on a cold rainy night at Stoke.

[parksey]

Ronaldo is the most complete footballer in the world and has been for years.

Of course Messi is also a phenomenon but as premy said he's not looked anywhere near the player we expect for the last 18 months or so. A lot of the praise he gets is purely based on reputation and the fact that he's not Ronaldo.

[MFKS]

Argentine Dwarf Decline >>> Lack of Drugs

[plague]

Ronaldo is the most complete footballer in the world and has been for years.

While a i agree 100% that Ronaldo is the best attacking footballer on the planet right now to call either him or Messi "complete" is something i disagree with. They are both phenomenal attackers but in terms of defending and general play id say there are more 'complete' footballers.

Actually to expand on the original question if you were starting a team and could have one player from anywhere in the world (other than Griff) who would you pick to give you the best chance of winning games?

Id still say Iniesta.

gogogogogogo

[pv4]

Actually to expand on the original question if you were starting a team and could have one player from anywhere in the world (other than Griff) who would you pick to give you the best chance of winning games?

Id still say Iniesta.

gogogogogogo

[cobra23]

ronaldo for sure...
and yes he can defend at times.
he has pace,stamina,skills,mongrel,WOMEN, scores goals from anywhere.

COMPLETE

[plague]

good choice.
Actually i wish i could have 2010 Iniesta, or 2016 Eden Hazard.

[cobra23]

you are kidding yourself

[pv4]

you are kidding yourself

For me, the most complete modern footballer outside of the likes of the sweeper-keeper Neuer.

[cobra23]

:QUOTE=plague;97639]good choice.
Actually i wish i could have 2010 Iniesta, or 2016 Eden Hazard.[/QUOTE]


iIbelieve the thread was messi v ronaldo

[plague]

iIbelieve the thread was messi v ronaldo

some people believe in Santa Claus too.

[cobra23]

some people believe in Santa Claus too.

so whats your point?

[plague]

so whats your point?

oh dont worry, i don't generally ever have a point.
Just snark.




.....oh and humour.



but mostly snark.

[plague]

mostly though just killing time before the good Member gets on here and blames the whole Ronaldo/Messi debate on Middleby.

[pv4]

Thinking about this a little more, and putting it into perspective - there have been two (maybe three or four) players in the last few years that an EPL team has bought and instantly, everyone has gone "yep, that'll win them the league" and yep, he won them the league or will do so.

- Cesc to Chelsea
- RVP to Manure

And in not as direct a sense as the above two:
- Aguero
- Suarez

[plague]

Thinking about this a little more, and putting it into perspective - there have been two (maybe three or four) players in the last few years that an EPL team has bought and instantly, everyone has gone "yep, that'll win them the league" and yep, he won them the league or will do so.

- Cesc to Chelsea
- RVP to Manure

And in not as direct a sense as the above two:
- Aguero
- Suarez

Yaya Toure to city was a massive deal at the time.