George Weah

mastermind · Post by **mastermind** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:31 pm

George Weah is the best Striker in Africa. The only african to every win world best player, european and african best player awards in the same year. Roger Milla is great but Weah is the best.

27 · Post by 27 » Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:53 pm

George Weah is the best Striker in Africa.

He's actually retired from football.

Roger Milla is great but Weah is the best.

What's the difference?

lowzeewee · Post by **lowzeewee** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:09 pm

"George Weah WAS the best Striker in Africa"

"Both are good but Weah is better"

27 · Post by 27 » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:10 pm

"George Weah WAS the best Striker in Africa"

"Both are good but Weah is better"

"Is" or "Was"?

mblack76 · Post by **mblack76** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:14 pm

mastermind wrote:George Weah is the best Striker in Africa. The only african to every win world best player, european and african best player awards in the same year. Roger Milla is great but Weah is the best.

In the same Logic Zidane and Ronaldo are better players than Diego was cos they won World player of the year more than once. Also, Diouf is a better player than JJ, Mboma, Eto'o and Abedi (just to name a few) cos he won the African Player of the year more than once!

airwolex · Post by **airwolex** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:52 pm

mkizito76 wrote:
mastermind wrote:George Weah is the best Striker in Africa. The only african to every win world best player, european and african best player awards in the same year. Roger Milla is great but Weah is the best.
In the same Logic Zidane and Ronaldo are better players than Diego was cos they won World player of the year more than once. Also, Diouf is a better player than JJ, Mboma, Eto'o and Abedi (just to name a few) cos he won the African Player of the year more than once!

Not quite MKizito, but Weah is the only African that has one the award and deservedly so.

You guys make me laugh, when Milla was playing he didn't even come close to being in the top 50 greatest players in the World! This is a man that was languishing in div 2 France may! He was not even good enough for the first d 1.

Weah on the other hand one the award beating out the likes of Ronaldo, Zidane, Baresi, Maldini, Baggio, Vialli etc. Le creme de la creme. Can you in all honesty compare Milla to the top players in his era?

xxmanB2003 · Post by **xxmanB2003** » Sun May 02, 2004 12:26 pm

Yea he is the greatest African striker.

Elexus · Post by **Elexus** » Sun May 02, 2004 7:17 pm

Roger Milla was a genius, Weah was not a genius. Roger Milla is the oldest player to have played and scored in a world cup at 38 (3 goals) and 42 (1 goal). Every great player has won a cup for their country and at least brought their country to the world cup. Pele of Brazil, Maradona, Argentina. Roger Milla won two Nations cup for Cameroon and brought the Indomitable Lions to the world cup. Weah has done neither.
Every true hero normally asserts himself in a battle. Archilles asserted himself in the battle of Troy. Pele asserted himself. Maradona asserted himself. Now Cameroon playing with a tremendous disadvantage against the greatest opposition imaginable with Maradona at his prime and ever menacing Canigia, were reduced to 9 men!! The Russian coach was visibly worried and was at a loss for what to do. He reasoned that he must introduce African greatest attacker into the match even though it was a huge gamble. Others would have opted to send in a defender. Omam Biyik's younger brother had been unfairly sent off after Canigia, in chasing the ball entangled his legs and fell and Biyik was blamed for it.

It was indeed a mercy that the Magic-legged Roger Milla had entered the match. His instruction was to hold on to possession. At 38 I thought it was too great a burden to this man. By God, he did not disappoint. His dribbling runs rendered the match tantalizingly out of reach for the Argentines.

In a nutshell, Roger Milla belongs to a league of his own. Africa may never witness such a genius again.

tolahs · Post by **tolahs** » Sun May 02, 2004 7:53 pm

Both players shook the world. Like George Best, Weah never got to play in a WC competition. He did however play against the world's top defenders at a time when Serie A was the world's top league. Weah's definitely a legend.

Milla was fearless on the world stage: he earned his strips.

Elexus: one isn't sure how genius comes into this. They are both heroes. it's disingenuous to assume(not sure if you are) Weah wouldn't have been as fabulous in a WC tournament like Milla was.

Elexus · Post by **Elexus** » Sun May 02, 2004 9:15 pm

Roger Milla is the African player of the century. Coaches all over Africa and Sportwriters voted for him. I just happen to agree with the decision to elect him as the player of the century.
George Weah was good. But he failed to assert himself at the 1996 Nations cup in South Africa. Considering Nigeria's withdrawal, only 3 teams were left namely Gabon, Zaire and Liberia. And two teams had to qualify from the group. And George Weah still active and in his prime could not deliver. Instead Zaire and Gabon qualified from the group. And Zaire and Gabon were not better than Liberia. And neither of the two teams had any player in the calibre of George Weah.

lowzeewee · Post by **lowzeewee** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:32 am

27 wrote:
"George Weah WAS the best Striker in Africa"

"Both are good but Weah is better"
"Is" or "Was"?

Is.Because he STILL IS better.

nemi2002 · Post by **nemi2002** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:35 am

Roger Milla is the best oldest african player.Roger was the best oldest african player./ Milla will be the best oldest african player
she, everybody mind go rest now, abi?

Decky · Post by **Decky** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:54 am

nemi2002 wrote:Roger Milla is the best oldest african player.Roger was the best oldest african player./ Milla will be the best oldest african player
she, everybody mind go rest now, abi?

lowzeewee · Post by **lowzeewee** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:15 pm

Makanaky · Post by **Makanaky** » Mon May 03, 2004 2:31 pm

nemi2002 wrote:Roger Milla is the best oldest african player.Roger was the best oldest african player./ Milla will be the best oldest african player
she, everybody mind go rest now, abi?

How you gonna yab The Honourable Roger Milla like that.

lowzeewee · Post by **lowzeewee** » Mon May 03, 2004 3:01 pm

Roger Milla sux...face it,lol,he sux,used to suck,and still sux

tolahs · Post by **tolahs** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:12 pm

Elexus, granted views are personal. Milla always had a superior Camerounian team compared to able-bodied players that made up Weah's Liberia.
Savchenko of the Ukraine & George Best of N.Ireland will be seen forever as some of the greatest players ever cos of their club performances.
Would Milla have won plaudits like Weah if he played club footie in Europe?Interesting question.

anywork · Post by **anywork** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:16 pm

Elexus wrote: Every great player has won a cup for their country and at least brought their country to the world cup. [..] Weah has done neither.

Abi na magic? No single player can carry a team INTO the World Cup. Place any great player Weah's Liberia team, and they would fail.

Buea · Post by **Buea** » Mon May 03, 2004 10:00 pm

Elexus wrote:Roger Milla was a genius, Weah was not a genius. Roger Milla is the oldest player to have played and scored in a world cup at 38 (3 goals) and 42 (1 goal). Every great player has won a cup for their country and at least brought their country to the world cup. Pele of Brazil, Maradona, Argentina. Roger Milla won two Nations cup for Cameroon and brought the Indomitable Lions to the world cup. Weah has done neither.
Every true hero normally asserts himself in a battle. Archilles asserted himself in the battle of Troy. Pele asserted himself. Maradona asserted himself. Now Cameroon playing with a tremendous disadvantage against the greatest opposition imaginable with Maradona at his prime and ever menacing Canigia, were reduced to 9 men!! The Russian coach was visibly worried and was at a loss for what to do. He reasoned that he must introduce African greatest attacker into the match even though it was a huge gamble. Others would have opted to send in a defender. Omam Biyik's younger brother had been unfairly sent off after Canigia, in chasing the ball entangled his legs and fell and Biyik was blamed for it.

It was indeed a mercy that the Magic-legged Roger Milla had entered the match. His instruction was to hold on to possession. At 38 I thought it was too great a burden to this man. By God, he did not disappoint. His dribbling runs rendered the match tantalizingly out of reach for the Argentines.

In a nutshell, Roger Milla belongs to a league of his own. Africa may never witness such a genius again.

Elexus, don't mind these empty heads, they will nver understand. You make your conclusions based on the fact that you observed both players. Some of these guys never saw Milla play

airwolex · Post by **airwolex** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:33 am

Buea wrote:
Elexus wrote:Roger Milla was a genius, Weah was not a genius. Roger Milla is the oldest player to have played and scored in a world cup at 38 (3 goals) and 42 (1 goal). Every great player has won a cup for their country and at least brought their country to the world cup. Pele of Brazil, Maradona, Argentina. Roger Milla won two Nations cup for Cameroon and brought the Indomitable Lions to the world cup. Weah has done neither.
Every true hero normally asserts himself in a battle. Archilles asserted himself in the battle of Troy. Pele asserted himself. Maradona asserted himself. Now Cameroon playing with a tremendous disadvantage against the greatest opposition imaginable with Maradona at his prime and ever menacing Canigia, were reduced to 9 men!! The Russian coach was visibly worried and was at a loss for what to do. He reasoned that he must introduce African greatest attacker into the match even though it was a huge gamble. Others would have opted to send in a defender. Omam Biyik's younger brother had been unfairly sent off after Canigia, in chasing the ball entangled his legs and fell and Biyik was blamed for it.

It was indeed a mercy that the Magic-legged Roger Milla had entered the match. His instruction was to hold on to possession. At 38 I thought it was too great a burden to this man. By God, he did not disappoint. His dribbling runs rendered the match tantalizingly out of reach for the Argentines.

In a nutshell, Roger Milla belongs to a league of his own. Africa may never witness such a genius again.
Elexus, don't mind these empty heads, they will nver understand. You make your conclusions based on the fact that you observed both players. Some of these guys never saw Milla play

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