Lionel Messi.......

[mcfc_die_hard]

Is he the best that has ever lived?

Im only young so i havnt seen much of the maradonas and pele etc but from what i can gather messi is one of the best that has ever lived.

Imo he will never leave barca and they dont need to sell him. I wud cream my pants if we ever signed him.

Ultimate proffesional

 

[meldrew]

BEST EVER PLAYER!

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

As an allrounder he's quite good but he lacks the pace of Andy Morrison and he doesn't have the finesse of Gerry Gow

 

[levets]

Nowhere near the best ever...

maradonna
Best
Pele
Zico
Cruyff

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Nowhere near the best ever...

maradonna
Best
Pele
Zico
Cruyff

Pele was over-rated. Never scored outside the six yard box. Goal hanger. He was crap.

 

[mancity89]

Still prefer Zidane

But hes the best in the world at the moment no doubt

 

[The Pink Panther]

There have been so many truly great players over the years and because of this and the way football has changed, they can't be compared against each other.

For example, would Messi be able to take the beatings that Pele received?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIWjPGG8fDY[/youtube]

The best player I've ever seen was Marco Van Basten. It was such a pity his career was cut so short. He had everything, left foot, right foot, head a ball, pace and skill
He actually is someone who's youtube vid doesn't flatter because he was that good

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KysjEyRsZ_k[/youtube]

 

[Anonymous]

Nowhere near the best ever...

maradonna
Best
Pele
Zico
Cruyff

An impressive list ....

however why is the great West German striker , Gerd Muller , never included in lists like these?

This guy scored 489 goals in only 565 club games throughout his career ....... and he also bagged 68 goals in 62 internationals .....

Absolutely Phenomonal.

Upon checking , it would appear that only five other players have EVER bettered that strike rate ...... and from your list only the great Pele is amongst them ........ the other four being Puskas , Eusebio , Nazario and Di Stefano.

 

[The Pink Panther]

Nowhere near the best ever...

maradonna
Best
Pele
Zico
Cruyff

An impressive list ....

however why is the great West German striker , Gerd Muller , never included in lists like these?

This guy scored 489 goals in only 565 club games throughout his career ....... and he also bagged 68 goals in 62 internationals .....

has anyone , ever , equalled that?

Absolutely Phenomonal.

And Muller was always critisised for having no pace. If he played for us now, even with that record, the posters on here would have a field day.

 

[rushts]

To be fair the Van Basten goal at 4:50 was average at best, i have scored a few of these in my time, but didn't make a song and dance about it ;-)