Recent content by CrockedRain

That's your extremely subjective opinion. Ronaldo passes the eye test well enough for him to be the most admired player on the planet, The most influential attacker in the last 40 years and the one that most modern wingers modelled their game after. "Ronaldo not passing the eye test" was always...

Goalscoring Shooting power Shooting technique Off Ball Weak foot Overall athleticism Orchestrating counters What Maradona is better at expect dribbling and subsets of playmaking (Through-balls, Controlling the tempo, Vision and long balls)? Sorry but the are too many absurd takes here for me...

I'll reply to you only and ignore the other useless replies. "You're posting that on the back of team based achivements" I'm not, I'm posting on the back of relative domination, All things considered. Maradona wasn't as dominant as Cristiano was, In fact, There are serious arguments to be made...

What's the argument for Maradona being above Cristiano? He doesn't have a single thing over him except a better performance in the worldcup. Maradona was inferior to Cristiano in: European football Domestic football Prime Peak (Seven games isn't acceptable size for gauging peak performance)...

Ronaldo provided more through balls in 10/11 and 11/12 In LaLiga+CL alone than Mbappe did in his whole career including national tournaments (370 games). Ronaldo in his prime was possibly the second most prolific through-baller forward in the past 17 years, And he did that from the wing (It's...

Mbappe doesn't have the long range threat and set pieces C.Ronaldo had though. He also isn't that good penetrative passer nor good at the buildup (Ronaldo naturally was very good at it because he started as a midfielder, he had a unique magic to him, I don't think anybody replicated the feeling...

La Liga GPG was also inflated by 2 ATG playing at the same time and basically scoring at record breaking rate (by pre-Messi/Cristiano era standards) every single season, Since both Messi and Cristiano left La Liga GPG became the lowest in Europe, Failing to break 2.5. Equalizing+Leading goals...

-I don't think Messi was playing at ATG level in 2008. I remember vividly seeing noticeable leap in performance between 08/09 season to 09/10. -That's why i think Cristiano 2010-2014 was equal to Messi 2012-2016, As impressive collection of seasons. 15/16 Messi wasn't that great in Prime Messi...

24-28 Messi is 11/12 to 15-16 24-28 Cristiano is 09/10 to 13/14 I made the mistake of thinking Messi played the majority of the time being 24 at 12/13 season. But even then, I believe their 4 years run is about equal, And Messi won 2 Ballon D'ors, As much as Cristiano. Generally speaking...

One for each: 16-20 Pele 20-24 Messi 24-28 Cristiano/Cruyff 28-32 Di Stefano 32-36 Puskas No limit: 16-20 Pele 20-24 Pele/Messi 24-28 Cristiano/Cruyff 28-32 Messi/Di Stefano 32-36 Messi

The comparison between Cristiano and Messi/R9 (Or whatever all time great) in the WorldCup was always extremely unfair, Messi/R9 played in NTs that were among the favourites to win every single tournament, Very attacking oriented sides that could take a lot of load from Messi/R9. Regardless of...

I'm not sure what are your standards for "great dribbler" are because 2.5 dribbles completed across 5 seasons is literally elite, Only against Peak Messi/Neymar output this look rather low (But tbf, They attempted almost twice as much dribbles per game than Madrid Cristiano, Who proved in his...

Cristiano completed 487 dribbles between 2010-2014 in La Liga+Champions League, That's more than any other player playing in EPL/La Liga did in that same period other than peak Messi. Ronaldo was double guarded every single game, His success rate was higher than Kylian Mbappe in PSG career, Who...

I'm hesitant to include both Di Stefano and Puskas, Football pre 60s was very prone to high scoring games, Averaging around 3.5GPG (Compared to the 2.5-2.8 GPG in Premier League/La Liga of the 00-10s), But i guess they fit the requirement. Cruyff didn't replicate the same output he did in...

Cristiano completed in 3 separated seasons in Madrid as much or more dribbles than Haaland did between 2018-2023 *combined* (His whole professional career basically), He had additional 3 seasons that were 10% off Haaland total too, Cristiano was a *winger* that got double guarded at any time of...