Recent content by SilentStrike

You can erase the ‘one of the’ part. He was clearly the best striker for a period, and should have been rewarded with a Ballon d’Or. He’s almost 36 now, and clearly not a shadow of what he used to be.

All three of PSG, City and Man Utd over Bayern is a pretty hot take. If you go by history and significance, PSG and City (even Utd) have no place to be above Bayern. If you go by contemporary relevance, Utd above Bayern is wild, soI’m wondering what factors were used to get to that top 5...

I know PL arrogance and overrating is a thing, but this thread really takes the cake. How deluded must one be to even consider such a debate?

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 natural talent in football versatility is the...

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 defined much broader. Size and physical strength are...

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 top of that because Leverkusen preferred to sell him...

In my opinion he was very underrated, and genuinely world class. Among the best midfielders of his generation, and not often enough credited.

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 really think they would officially declare they...

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 good boy Ronaldo commander comment. And they...

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, FIFA actually REOPENED the voting because they did...

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 an absolute joke. And I think he’s the greatest...

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 even since then he’s been considered the greatest...

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 list: 1) Messi 2) Maradona 3) Pele 4) Cruyff 5)...