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  • I’m referring more to people attributing dribbling and ball control to ‘natural talent’, whilst they often attribute the skills of a high level midfielder to ‘hard work’. This is however not true I think. I think therefore when choosing the best...
  • People equate ‘natural talent’ or ‘genetically determined talent’ too much with ball control and dribbling. So the majority of the answers here will be Ronaldinho, Maradona, Messi, Pele, Cruyff etc. I think natural football talent should be...
  • I always have some trouble with restitution in cases where it’s her word versus his. You want to be careful giving the alleged victim any financial incentive to make the accusation.
  • Only for Juve to lowball you even more and buy Vidal for a ridiculous 12M fee. Bayern then had to pay Juve 45M to buy him from them 4 years later, while also paying 40M for Javi Martinez in the years between as a partner for Schweinsteiger. On...
  • In my opinion he was very underrated, and genuinely world class. Among the best midfielders of his generation, and not often enough credited.
  • SilentStrike replied to the thread German football is turd.
    You guys have a weird obsession with the German league, bumping this thread every few months. It’s been discussed a million times. For every Kagawa or Sancho there is a Kroos, Gündogan, Haaland or Bellingham. Stop obsessing over it.
  • They reopened the votes after they were in and knew the results. How can you not see how messed up that is? The fact that you’re defending it and saying that because we don’t know the actual reason, so everything is fine is beyond stupid. Do you...
  • Regardless of who you think should have won in 2013, Ribéry was robbed for the single reason that they reopened the voting after it had been closed because they didn’t like who had won. Blatter was getting a lot of hate back then for his Messi...
  • Unfortunately this is said every time, but a couple of years later people forget how ridiculous or controversial an award was, and what people will just remember is who won it. just think back to 2013, regardless of who you think should win...
  • It’s so frustrating to see prizes which carry so much reputation to be popularity contests. Both Ronaldo and Messi could cut their amount of individual awards in half had they been awarded based on merit and not popularity. Messi winning this is...
  • Not at all, either you have a preference yourself or you haven’t followed these discussions Beckenbauer has always been part of the Goat player discussion basically until the time social media took over and it became a popularity contest. But...
  • He kind of explains it right? Pele and Maradona above Messi, as well as Beckenbauer and Cruyff for their influence on the game. Attacking him for his opinion because it doesn't align with your own makes you more obnoxious than his post was. My...
  • Hard to rival a team with Beckenbauer, Maradona and Pele, three names that will be in pretty much everyone’s GOAT XI. Add Gerd Muller, a top 2 or 3 striker of all time and it’s hard to argue against this being the best ‘deceased’ team.