Messi: I am not a ´true great´ like Maradona
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Nipsy wrote:Guys, guys, please just stop this nonsense. Being a great player is not about statistics. You watch Zidane trap the ball and glide past players, and you don't need his stats to decide he's a great player at the highest level. You watch Maradona and Messi on the ball, and there's no way in hell Messi even comes close. Look, he can score 100 goals in this world cup, and win the another 4 world cups, scoring 500 goals in all, but no way will he be a better player than Maradona. When you are talking about players at this level, you're talking about a level where sports meets art, and please, don't demean it by dragging some kind of statistics into the mix of the stuff of peoples' souls.
I'm pretty sure Ronaldo will smash all Pele's records (OK, maybe outside winning the world cup). Would you then place them at the same level? Same level of artistry, and magic? I'd like to know.
So just stop all this nonsense, abeg.
Re: Messi: I am not a ´true great´ like Maradona
Nipsy wrote:Guys, guys, please just stop this nonsense. Being a great player is not about statistics. You watch Zidane trap the ball and glide past players, and you don't need his stats to decide he's a great player at the highest level. You watch Maradona and Messi on the ball, and there's no way in hell Messi even comes close. Look, he can score 100 goals in this world cup, and win the another 4 world cups, scoring 500 goals in all, but no way will he be a better player than Maradona. When you are talking about players at this level, you're talking about a level where sports meets art, and please, don't demean it by dragging some kind of statistics into the mix of the stuff of peoples' souls.
I'm pretty sure Ronaldo will smash all Pele's records (OK, maybe outside winning the world cup). Would you then place them at the same level? Same level of artistry, and magic? I'd like to know.
So just stop all this nonsense, abeg.
You have the likes of ohsee showing up every 4 years and claiming that Messi who single handedly qualified Argentina, didn't do anything for the team.
Jokers all around.
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Re: Messi: I am not a ´true great´ like Maradona
Psst, reread the post you responded to.Kabalega wrote:Nipsy wrote:Guys, guys, please just stop this nonsense. Being a great player is not about statistics. You watch Zidane trap the ball and glide past players, and you don't need his stats to decide he's a great player at the highest level. You watch Maradona and Messi on the ball, and there's no way in hell Messi even comes close. Look, he can score 100 goals in this world cup, and win the another 4 world cups, scoring 500 goals in all, but no way will he be a better player than Maradona. When you are talking about players at this level, you're talking about a level where sports meets art, and please, don't demean it by dragging some kind of statistics into the mix of the stuff of peoples' souls.
I'm pretty sure Ronaldo will smash all Pele's records (OK, maybe outside winning the world cup). Would you then place them at the same level? Same level of artistry, and magic? I'd like to know.
So just stop all this nonsense, abeg.
You have the likes of ohsee showing up every 4 years and claiming that Messi who single handedly qualified Argentina, didn't do anything for the team.
Jokers all around.
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Re: Messi: I am not a ´true great´ like Maradona
While Messi single handedly qualified Argentina for the world cup, Maradona single handedly won the world cup for Argentina.Kabalega wrote:Nipsy wrote:Guys, guys, please just stop this nonsense. Being a great player is not about statistics. You watch Zidane trap the ball and glide past players, and you don't need his stats to decide he's a great player at the highest level. You watch Maradona and Messi on the ball, and there's no way in hell Messi even comes close. Look, he can score 100 goals in this world cup, and win the another 4 world cups, scoring 500 goals in all, but no way will he be a better player than Maradona. When you are talking about players at this level, you're talking about a level where sports meets art, and please, don't demean it by dragging some kind of statistics into the mix of the stuff of peoples' souls.
I'm pretty sure Ronaldo will smash all Pele's records (OK, maybe outside winning the world cup). Would you then place them at the same level? Same level of artistry, and magic? I'd like to know.
So just stop all this nonsense, abeg.
You have the likes of ohsee showing up every 4 years and claiming that Messi who single handedly qualified Argentina, didn't do anything for the team.
Jokers all around.
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Re: Messi: I am not a ´true great´ like Maradona
When has Argentina not qualified for the WC? It's not as if Argentina is Togo and never qualified untill Adebayor came on the scene.
What's with this single handedly qualified Argentina and since when was that a sign of greatest of all time?
What's with this single handedly qualified Argentina and since when was that a sign of greatest of all time?
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I don't think any player can be considered a true great until they have won the World Cup
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Re: Messi: I am not a ´true great´ like Maradona
Kabalega wrote:Nipsy wrote:Guys, guys, please just stop this nonsense. Being a great player is not about statistics. You watch Zidane trap the ball and glide past players, and you don't need his stats to decide he's a great player at the highest level. You watch Maradona and Messi on the ball, and there's no way in hell Messi even comes close. Look, he can score 100 goals in this world cup, and win the another 4 world cups, scoring 500 goals in all, but no way will he be a better player than Maradona. When you are talking about players at this level, you're talking about a level where sports meets art, and please, don't demean it by dragging some kind of statistics into the mix of the stuff of peoples' souls.
I'm pretty sure Ronaldo will smash all Pele's records (OK, maybe outside winning the world cup). Would you then place them at the same level? Same level of artistry, and magic? I'd like to know.
So just stop all this nonsense, abeg.
You have the likes of ohsee showing up every 4 years and claiming that Messi who single handedly qualified Argentina, didn't do anything for the team.
Jokers all around.
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