Ronaldo vs Messi

Discussion in 'BigSoccer Polls' started by shayanmufc, Nov 1, 2012.

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after seeing the description...do you think messi deserves to be the world player of the year?

Poll closed Nov 5, 2012.
  1. yes

    50.0%
  2. no

    50.0%
  1. shayanmufc

    shayanmufc New Member

    Nov 1, 2012
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Cristiano Ronaldo scored 60 goals, helped his team (Portugal) reach the semi finals of Euro cup and won the Spanish League with real madrid. He is the first player to score against every Spanish league team he has faced and holds many record including scoring in 6 consecutive matches against barcelona. do you still think messi would win the world player of the year award?
     
  2. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    This
    Um, yeah.
     
  3. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    How about Iniesta wins all?
     
  4. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    He wasn't consistent enough for Barca during the La Liga campaign. Just ask yourself out loud, "Was Iniesta the best player in the world this year?" As much as I love the Pale Rider, I couldn't seriously answer "yes" to that question. That's not to say he isn't great and world class regardless.
     
  5. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    I think he's been the best player in the world for a couple of years now! The reason Barca achieved what they did was because of Iniesta and Xavi... Messi is pretty replaceable on that team.

    I can't consider a replaceable part the best player in the world... You can't replace Michael Jordan, you can't replace Wayne Gretzky, you can't replace Barry Bonds... You can replace Messi... how is that the world's best player?
     
  6. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    I'm sorry, but that's sig worthy. Please tell me how 211 goals in the last 4 complete seasons are replaceable.
     
  7. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    you only need 1 goal above the competition to win games and championships...

    One more time.. remove Messi from Barcelona's team.. and you have the Spaniard National Team, they have done a lot of winning over the past 4 years. With a lot of 1 goal up scores.

    Somebody else scored those goals, they kept the ball away from the opposition.. and won, without Messi. So if they got a combined 105 goals from other players, they probably would have won around the same number of games.

    Messi has a lot of extra goal games, where the opposition gets crushed... those goals count for his stats, that's about it. It's not Messi's fault that he gets put in a position to score tons and tons of goals, plus he's an amazing striker and makes them count! But if you put Messi as the premier piece of your team.. you have Argentina

    Put this on your sig...

    Barca without Messi = Spaniard Team
    Messi without Barca = Argentinean Team

    One wins.. the other fails hard...
    Messi is not best player in the world if not for Iniesta and Xavi.

    Everytime he gets up there he should just take the trophy and hand it to those 2 and say thank you. If that's not enough proof for you... wait until Xavi can't play anymore and Iniesta gets older and can't run around the pitch.
     
  8. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Your argument is flawed because Spain don't need to compete with the likes of Real Madrid, Man United, Bayern Munich, etc. to win the Euros and World Cup. :cool:

    I don't know how people could follow football so closely (as you clearly do) yet not realize that Spain plays against a completely different set of opponents.

    That said, I'm not saying Messi wins things all by himself so don't twist my words in that direction. Thanks.
     
  9. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    spain played with a lot of teams stronger than those you have mentioned. Germany has a stronger side than bayer, italy much stronger than AC, england stronger than man u, brazil and argentina are also stronger than the club teams, you can even make the case for the dutch, portugal uruguay etc etc.

    seems pretty even to me. plus im sure ivoey coast japan ghana and other WC teams are better quality than 1/2 of the teams in the champions league

    Group stages in CL is almost laughable.

    take a closer look at the rosters of the teams you mentioned, then take a look at the rosters of the Nat Teams, you'll have a different opinion about the lvl of competition
     
  10. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    No way is England stronger than Man United. England doesn't have Vidic, RVP, Nani, Valencia, or Evra. Also, England doesn't play nearly as well as a team as Man United does.
     
  11. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nor does England have the coaching that Man United has, may I add.
     
  12. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    Agree so ...
    ManU > England (maybe = Tottenham)
    Germany NT = Bayern
    Italy NT > Juve
    Brazil NT >> any Santos, Sao Paolo ...
    Argentina NT > River, Boca
    Netherland NT >> Ajax
    USA NT > MLS winner
    France NT > PSG
    Spain NT >= Barca or Real (like 51/49)
    Portugal NT >> Benfica ..,
     
  13. Hendrixforpope

    Hendrixforpope Member+

    Barcelona
    Brazil
    Dec 15, 2007
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Really? Messi doesn't put Barca over the top? You could throw in Dani Alves too (healthy and in form). The only thing Spain really has over Barca is Casillas, but I don't think that makes up for not having Messi.
     
  14. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    Not only Cassilas but Sergio Ramos (not that worse tahn Dani Alves). On TOP of that in absence of Messi, Spain still got tons of choices in Silva, Fabregas, Carzola, Torres. In midfield Xabi Alonso also provided more thorough than a Busque who was mainly DM.

    Thats why I rated Spain 51 and Barca 49 (very close call) and in fact SPain won 3biggest consecutive prizes, while Barca had hard time to retain their Liga + UCL at same time!
     
  15. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    Which is why I consider Messi something of a replaceable piece. And once again, if you are replaceable you can't be the best in the world... Just saying...
     
  16. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    :laugh:
    Comparing Portugal with Benfica is completely missing the point. Benfica isn't a top 5-7 club team in the world. Portugal is (for NTs). Portugal have many gaping holes on their team, but they are top 5-7 in the world. That should tell you something about national teams.

    Real Madrid should be the one compared to Portugal since there is overlap of key players, but of course RM has so much more talent at pretty much every position outside those 2 key players that are on both teams.

    Barca > Spain (Spain might have more depth, but there is a good reason why they don't score much)
    RM > Portugal
    Bayern >= Germany (when Robben and Ribery are on, they outweigh Ozil and Khedira)
    Juve = Italy
    Man City > Argentina
    Chelsea > Brazil
    Man Utd >>>> England

    So clearly the world of club football is a lot more top heavy.
     
  17. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    No. PositionPlayer
    1​
    GK
    David de Gea
    2​
    DF
    Rafael
    3​
    DF
    Patrice Evra (vice-captain)
    4​
    DF
    Phil Jones
    5​
    DF
    Rio Ferdinand
    6​
    DF
    Jonny Evans
    7​
    MF
    Antonio Valencia
    8​
    MF
    Anderson
    10​
    FW
    Wayne Rooney
    11​
    MF
    Ryan Giggs
    12​
    DF
    Chris Smalling
    13​
    GK
    Anders Lindegaard
    14​
    FW
    Javier Hernández
    15​
    DF
    Nemanja Vidić (captain)
    16​
    MF
    Michael Carrick

    No. PositionPlayer
    17​
    MF
    Nani
    18​
    MF
    Ashley Young
    19​
    FW
    Danny Welbeck
    20​
    FW
    Robin van Persie
    21​
    FW
    Ángelo Henríquez
    22​
    MF
    Paul Scholes
    23​
    MF
    Tom Cleverley
    24​
    MF
    Darren Fletcher
    25​
    MF
    Nick Powell
    26​
    MF
    Shinji Kagawa
    27​
    FW
    Federico Macheda
    28​
    DF
    Alexander Büttner
    33​
    FW
    Bébé
    50​
    GK
    Sam Johnstone


    You can make that call... I say it's pretty close

    #Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
    GK
    Fraser Forster 17 March 1988 (age 24)
    0​
    0​
    Celtic
    GK
    Joe Hart 19 April 1987 (age 25)
    26​
    0​
    Manchester City
    GK
    John Ruddy 24 October 1986 (age 26)
    1​
    0​
    Norwich City

    DF
    Leighton Baines 11 December 1984 (age 27)
    12​
    1​
    Everton
    DF
    Ryan Bertrand 5 August 1989 (age 23)
    2​
    0​
    Chelsea
    DF
    Gary Cahill 19 December 1985 (age 26)
    11​
    2​
    Chelsea
    DF
    Steven Caulker 29 December 1991 (age 20)
    0​
    0​
    Tottenham Hotspur
    DF
    Phil Jagielka 17 August 1982 (age 30)
    16​
    1​
    Everton
    DF
    Glen Johnson 23 August 1984 (age 28)
    43​
    1​
    Liverpool
    DF
    Ryan Shawcross 4 October 1987 (age 25)
    0​
    0​
    Stoke City
    DF
    Kyle Walker 29 May 1990 (age 22)
    4​
    0​
    Tottenham Hotspur

    MF
    Tom Cleverley 12 August 1989 (age 23)
    5​
    0​
    Manchester United
    MF
    Steven Gerrard (c) 30 May 1980 (age 32)
    99​
    19​
    Liverpool
    MF
    Aaron Lennon 16 April 1987 (age 25)
    20​
    0​
    Tottenham Hotspur
    MF
    Leon Osman 17 May 1981 (age 31)
    0​
    0​
    Everton
    MF
    Jonjo Shelvey 27 February 1992 (age 20)
    1​
    0​
    Liverpool
    MF
    Raheem Sterling 8 December 1994 (age 17)
    0​
    0​
    Liverpool
    FW
    Theo Walcott 16 March 1989 (age 23)
    30​
    4​
    Arsenal
    MF
    Jack Wilshere 1 January 1992 (age 20)
    5​
    0​
    Arsenal
    MF
    Ashley Young 9 July 1985 (age 27)
    26​
    6​
    Manchester United

    FW
    Wayne Rooney (vc) 24 October 1985 (age 27)
    78​
    32​
    Manchester United
    FW
    Daniel Sturridge 1 September 1989 (age 23)
    3​
    0​
    Chelsea
    FW
    Danny Welbeck 26 November 1990 (age 21)
    13​
    4​
    Manchester United
     
  18. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    sorry for the long post.. looked a lot better when I had it ready... too bad I can't preview =(
     
  19. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    Real Madrid has 2 portuguese players, that's not a base for comparison. Benfica plays on the Champions League.. That's the base for comparison. Compare it to Porto if you would like... Portuguese NT is still stronger than Porto.

    You're looking at only 2 players (which are equally talented) on a team when it comes to Bayern... There are a lot of other players in the field that will outweight Bayern's roster.

    If Juve is not equal Italy, again best Juve Players are pretty much on the Italian NT... along with the other best Italian players from other teams!

    Chelsea is not even close to Brazil. Brazil mostly has better pieces all around, and some of the Brazil pieces are the best Chelsea pieces!

    Man Utd.. I just put the roster of both for comparison on my above post.
     
  20. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Needing the club to be from the same country as the NT in order to compare them is missing the point. I'm merely comparing the top few clubs in the world with the top NTs to show that club football is more top heavy.

    I chose clubs/NT's with some overlap just to make the comparison easier (since then some players can be cancelled out).

    And many of those are also on Germany's squad so they are "cancelled-out".

    Yeah, I couldn't see that post clearly. Anyway, no-way is England better than (or even equal to) Man Utd. So many more scoring options for Man Utd, while defensively it comes down to Cole v Evra (since Terry retired) which is pretty close.
     
  21. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    CL 2012 teams (32 teams)
    Bayern
    Napoli
    Man City
    Villareal
    Inter Milan
    CSKA
    Trabzonspor
    Lille
    Benfica
    Basel
    Man. U
    Otelul Galati
    Real Madrid
    Lyon
    Ajax
    Dinamo Zagreb
    Chelsea
    Bayer Leverkusen
    Valencia
    Genk
    Arsenal
    Marseille
    Olympiacos
    B. Dortmund
    Apoel
    Zenit
    Porto
    Shaktar
    Barca
    AC Milan
    Viktoria Plzen
    Baten Borisov

    7 teams considered to be top tier teams (Bolded)
    On a group stage you have 6 games to prove your superiority, a high % the best teams comes out on top.
    2 didn't qualify for the next stage (not as good as people think they are)

    First Stage of Knockout Phase you see a clear dominance of the top tier teams that made it, while some of the "top tier" had difficulty getting past their teams
    No difficulty - Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona.
    Difficulty - AC Milan, Chelsea

    Again on the following stage you see a clear dominance of the top tier teams, only Milan got left behind because the reality is... it's not on Barca's lvl.
    No Difficulty - Real Madrid, Barca, Chelsea, Bayern.
    Difficulty - AC Milan (lost to a much better team

    So here it's when competition actually starts!

    Technically you would have to compare the National Teams that Spain plays against vs 3 teams maybe 4 (Chelsea)

    Barcelona - Spain is getting compared to them.
    So if Spain is a weaker side they would have more difficulty winning Championships.
    Real Madrid - Great Combination of players, would challenge top Nat Teams
    But not sure if they would win 20% of their International Competitions
    if they were playing the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, Argentina, England,
    Dutch, Uruguay, Portugal, Italy.
    Bayern Munich - Germany Nat Team Roster is very close to it and likely better.
    7 Nat Teamers in their roster only 4 Starters
    Which means Germany has 7 other players which are better
    Ribery and Robben are toss up to the German replacement
    Chelsea - Squad is filled with NT players, but a lot of them wouldn't start on their NT
    Since you compared them to Brazil.
    GK - Chelsea
    LWB - Brazil (Marcelo)
    CD - Brazil (thiago silva)
    CD - tie (plays for both David Luiz but is fighting for his spot as a starter)
    RWB - Brazil (Dani Alves)
    MID - tie (plays for both but Ramires is fighting for his spot as a starter)
    MID - tie (plays for both but Oscar is fighting for his spot as a starter)
    MID - Mata vs (Lucas, Kaka) - Edge Brazil
    MID - Terry vs (Paulinho, Romulo) - Toss up but I would still edge Brazil because of Paulinho)
    ATT - Neymar...
    ATT - Hulk, Damiao, Fred Brazil....

    So out of the teams that actually had a chance in the last ECL I see only 4 being serious contenders, while in a World Cup you don't have such dominance over the teams because they are all National Teamers... and we can pretty much compare 3 of those Champions League teams to National Teams (Nat Team being better)

    While adding a bunch of other NTs that are more competitive than the rest of the Champions League.

    Your theory is just bad.
     
  22. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    Dare to compare!

    World Cup tournaments - you almost never have knockout stages where teams dominate the opposition. The sample size is smaller but still, difference of about 1 goal for the winner.

    Copa Libertadores - you make it past the group stage you have a chance to win, there are very little teams which are complete duds in the knockout stages. (once in a while they make it past)

    Champions League - Because of the 3 Super teams (Barca, Bayern, Real) which can be compared to National Teams, all real competition starts at the semi finals.

    With that said.. Spain has a harder time to win Championships
     
  23. JamesBH11

    JamesBH11 Member+

    Sep 17, 2004
    Totally distorted FACT ...
     
  24. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Money can distort parity in club football, but not so much in international football. So that's why club football has super teams. If you are a big club you can fill holes in your squad. If your NT has a hole in it, there is nothing that can be done.
     
  25. Guigs

    Guigs Member+

    Dec 9, 2011
    Club:
    Vasco da Gama Rio Janeiro
    How much would it cost to buy the Brazilian NT? Spaniard? Argentinean? German?

    Depth in certain countries makes up for the not being able to purchase players
     

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