Greatest footballer ever?

[ballinio]

Messi Or Greenwood

 

[Shaelumstash]

Messi. By miles.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

Maradona - a genius in an era that favoured defenders and brutal tackling.

Were he playing today he’d make Messi look like Rick Holden by comparison

 

[bennyboy]

Maradona.
That 86 world cup Messi couldn't come close to that at international level.

 

[pudge]

"Original" Ronaldo

Had absolutely everything.

If not for injuries I maintain it wouldn't be a debate.

 

[Lupo]

You always wonder how often people saw him play outside of international games.

It’s not like Spanish and Italian games were all over our tv screens back then.

Obviously he was a top top player but I’d really only be able to say if someone was the greatest if I’d seen them play absolutely loads.

Well I did.

My family are in that area and support Napoli and I went over a lot too and saw exactly what one man did for a relatively small, underdog of a club and the success he lead them too.

He also played in an era when the pitches were either sandpits or bogs and tough defenders took lumps out of players and refs turned a blind eye.

Yes he took drugs, he's not the first and he's not the last and yes he cheated, again he's not the first and he's not the last but what he could do with a football was magical.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Riquelme

 

[Cellarite]

You always wonder how often people saw him play outside of international games.

It’s not like Spanish and Italian games were all over our tv screens back then.

Obviously he was a top top player but I’d really only be able to say if someone was the greatest if I’d seen them play absolutely loads.

And yet you don’t seem to wonder how much of the Brazilian league denislawsbackheel saw.

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

Well I did.

My family are in that area and support Napoli and I went over a lot too and saw exactly what one man did for a relatively small, underdog of a club and the success he lead them too.

He also played in an era when the pitches were either sandpits or bogs and tough defenders took lumps out of players and refs turned a blind eye.

Yes he took drugs, he's not the first and he's not the last and yes he cheated, again he's not the first and he's not the last but what he could do with a football was magical.

You lucky man to have been in Naples at such a time !!

I watched that recent documentary about his time there and it was a remarkable story well worth a watch

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Messi
Maradonna

My 2 as well.

 

[citymad]

Messi or Ronaldo. Two phenomenons.

 

[HelloCity]

And yet you don’t seem to wonder how much of the Brazilian league denislawsbackheel saw.

I didn’t see it.

 

[Lupo]

You lucky man to have been in Naples at such a time !!

I watched that recent documentary about his time there and it was a remarkable story well worth a watch

The atmosphere in a poor city was so different with the success he brought and there were reminders of him everywhere, there still are now nearly 30 years later. I do know a lot of people who don't like the man but understood him better after watching that great documentary

 

[avoidconfusion]

Messi for me no doubt about it

 

[Lupo]

And yet you don’t seem to wonder how much of the Brazilian league denislawsbackheel saw.

Quite. Pele played football in an era before most of us were even born but its acceptable for people to wax lyrical about him but not Maradona as he cheated in 1986

 

[EnzoMCFC]

Phil jones

 

[Kippax77]

Neil McNab

 

[Boris Becker’s Backhand]

The atmosphere in a poor city was so different with the success he brought and there were reminders of him everywhere, there still are now nearly 30 years later. I do know a lot of people who don't like the man but understood him better after watching that great documentary

I don’t think there can ever have been a city so hysterically in love with a footballer as Naples was with Maradona. To experience that must’ve been amazing.

 

[1978 & still here]

Jess lingard and Phil Thompson

 

[Bluemoon1979]

Maradona