JoeMercer'sWay
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"Lionel Messi is the only truly world class player in world football today".
I do, and here's why.
Messi has all the attributes, he creates chances, he can out-dribble anyway, he has wonderful technical ability and he can still score headed goals against "world class" defenders like Vidic and Ferdinand when he's a midget. Not only that but he scores loads of goals and very good ones, he makes his own goals a lot of the time and scores spectacular goals far more often than any other player.
Now, the reason I say Messi is the only world class player is because I firmly believe that the term world class gets banded about far too much, hence why I think players like Ronaldo, Rooney, Torres and to a certain extent Tevez are very good players, but not world class.
Rooney has become a very good finisher, but that's all he really is, he finishes off goals that other people create, that's really good obviously, but he doesn't create his own world class goals like Messi. And those who say Messi doesn't track back and put a foot in, he came back to the halfway line the other week, tackled a midfielder, ran half the length of the pitch with the ball beating everyone in sight(some people twice), before burying it in the bottom corner.
Ronaldo to me is closer to Messi than Rooney, but a lot of his goals came from freekicks, he's more selfish than Messi and misses easy chances(same could be said for Rooney last night) on some occassions and he isn't really in great form. Torres is too injury prone but does create some stunning goals(home v sunderland to make a point) and though he misses a fair ratio of chances, he gives himself enough opportunities to score plenty of goals. Tevez score goals, works hard, but doesn't have the same technical quality as Messi and relies on sheer grit and determination to get chances and goals.
So that's why I think Messi is the only truly world class player, does anyone agree?
I do, and here's why.
Messi has all the attributes, he creates chances, he can out-dribble anyway, he has wonderful technical ability and he can still score headed goals against "world class" defenders like Vidic and Ferdinand when he's a midget. Not only that but he scores loads of goals and very good ones, he makes his own goals a lot of the time and scores spectacular goals far more often than any other player.
Now, the reason I say Messi is the only world class player is because I firmly believe that the term world class gets banded about far too much, hence why I think players like Ronaldo, Rooney, Torres and to a certain extent Tevez are very good players, but not world class.
Rooney has become a very good finisher, but that's all he really is, he finishes off goals that other people create, that's really good obviously, but he doesn't create his own world class goals like Messi. And those who say Messi doesn't track back and put a foot in, he came back to the halfway line the other week, tackled a midfielder, ran half the length of the pitch with the ball beating everyone in sight(some people twice), before burying it in the bottom corner.
Ronaldo to me is closer to Messi than Rooney, but a lot of his goals came from freekicks, he's more selfish than Messi and misses easy chances(same could be said for Rooney last night) on some occassions and he isn't really in great form. Torres is too injury prone but does create some stunning goals(home v sunderland to make a point) and though he misses a fair ratio of chances, he gives himself enough opportunities to score plenty of goals. Tevez score goals, works hard, but doesn't have the same technical quality as Messi and relies on sheer grit and determination to get chances and goals.
So that's why I think Messi is the only truly world class player, does anyone agree?
