World's Current Best Player

[LeslieSantosfan]

you boys dont give henry enough credit, you can argue over whether or not he is the best but you cant deny how skilled he is.

my dog is skilled at eating, is he the best dog in the world? .......owait, I don't have a dog...j/k

I agree with people here who say Henry is overrated, which he is. The guy couldn't score off a header from so many pretty crosses because he was "marked"; that in my opinion was just pathetic. It seems like he can't perform, when "Everything" is on the line. While he is still a good asset to any football club during a regular season, France shouldn't place all the hope on this guy; he is no Zidane.

Ronadinlo is to soccer what "the ROCK" is to WWE (no I don't watch that junk, but I know who he is). He is very entertainning to watch, he sums up what brazilian attacking soccer is all about. He would still be a world class player even if he don't improve any in the future; tho he is again, no Zidane.

Ronaldo is one scary cat forward; but he is either too busy eating cookies, or he is at home watching TV licking his wounds. This guy was the best at a time, but he is no longer THAT Ronaldo.

Zidane is not Zidane anymore, today. But he is up there on the 2nd tier all time great behind the only 2 1st tier stars-Pele and Madonna. Zidane's name will ring in the future like Eric Cantonna, Beckanbauer (can't spell).....

It seems to me we are going through a "transition" of kings. I dont' see any "BEST" right now.

~out :cool:

[JUVENTUS_21]

ronaldihno is the best because his got the speed and he can do everything else(tricks, perfect passes, goals, headers), zidane is second because he can do everything(tricks, 110% accurate on all his passes, goals, headers ) but lost speed, ronaldo is got talent but his shape has killed his game and thierry is shockingly overrated like every other player in the premiership the guy sucks in the air, i never see him do no "roulettes" or "flip flaps" he jus got speed. I have watched him since he was on monaco and i dont think his in or will ever be in the zidane ronnie level. And as for totti i would rank him 4th then ballack 5th pobably one of the most underrated players in football the guy brought bayern laverkusen in the 2001 CL finals and pretty much did everthign for germany in the wc and euro along with kahn

my list
1.ronaldihno
2 zidane
3 ronaldo
4 totti
5 ballack

[voyager]

I couldn't tell you if he is the best in the world but Denis Bergkamp is still one helluva player.

[Mancityfan81]

Thierry Henry. Unlike everybody else on this list, he can single-handely carry entire team.

[romagol10]

Thierry Henry. Unlike everybody else on this list, he can single-handely carry entire team.


So where was Henry in the 2002 World Cup when Zidane was injured? Didn't exactly carry France then. He didn't step it up against England in the group match of Euro 2004 either, Zidane was the only reason France won that game. And when has he ever had to carry his club team? Sure he's stepped it up in individual games and won it for Arsenal but he's never had to do it over a season, and he never has either and he surely hasn't done it for France. For comparison Ballack carried Germany to the World Cup final in 2002, and while not as spectacular as taking a team to the world cup final Totti was the only reason Roma was able to avoid relegation from the Serie A and finish 8th in the 02/03 season, after Totti returned from injury Roma moved up about 5 spots (to be fair Henry has never found himself in such a position playing for Arsenal, because he's always had great talent around him). To say Henry can carry a team and that nobody else mentioned in the poll or the thread can do it BS.

[tomo]

Zidane is not Zidane anymore, today. But he is up there on the 2nd tier all time great behind the only 2 1st tier stars-Pele and Madonna.



There will never be another Madonna! Like a virgin, ooh... :D

[Arsenal_fanUK]

zidane will show the fat argetine pie whos boss, zidane is higher than both them.
zidane is on the highest tier, while pele is on 3rd if that. maradona is on 2nd tier.

what has pele won and maradonna won that zidane hasnt? face it you people dont know what your talking about. zidane is much better than both them players, hes won more, although it doesnt always matter about what you won in international terms I.E giggs. And zidane, he plays in a time were football is much better than like in the 50's 60's and 70's. maradonna on the other hands is better than pele. he played in much more reasont terms.

some one please tell me what makes pele and maradona better than zidane, and what makes them both on the highest tier. personaly im more pissed off about pele being on the highest tier coz he aint, maradonna is more worthy though, coz hes played with players that have just retired in are day, and them players will eat the floor clean of the players from peles time.

someone tell me what make pele on the highest tier? its all chinese whispers, your grandad and co just say oh he was amazing, when he realy couldnt hack it if hes was playing today with the finest talent around.
football in his day was school/college football compared to today. im finishing it here, your lot get on my tits.you dont think about what your saying, just asume pele is the greatest coz he was much better than the piles of Sh1T that played in his time, things have improved every decade, players get fitter, they improve skill levels, and are just much better now days.

oh and by the way, henry is better than pele. henrys stats are better in every aspect compared to pele. pele has nothing on henry. pele has nothing on owen, nistelrooy, reyes, rooney, raul, ronaldo....... i could go on.
and how can you crazy sh1t faces think pele is better than ronaldo??? how??? ronaldo is the best brazilian striker of all time.

you lot dont have a clue.

[TruReds]

If Henry is on a different level why didnt he score a hat trick against Man Utd or Chelsea?

wow, u are so demanding. :)

[TruReds]

zidane will show the fat argetine pie whos boss, zidane is higher than both them.
zidane is on the highest tier, while pele is on 3rd if that. maradona is on 2nd tier.

what has pele won and maradonna won that zidane hasnt? face it you people dont know what your talking about. zidane is much better than both them players, hes won more, although it doesnt always matter about what you won in international terms I.E giggs. And zidane, he plays in a time were football is much better than like in the 50's 60's and 70's. maradonna on the other hands is better than pele. he played in much more reasont terms.

some one please tell me what makes pele and maradona better than zidane, and what makes them both on the highest tier. personaly im more pissed off about pele being on the highest tier coz he aint, maradonna is more worthy though, coz hes played with players that have just retired in are day, and them players will eat the floor clean of the players from peles time.

someone tell me what make pele on the highest tier? its all chinese whispers, your grandad and co just say oh he was amazing, when he realy couldnt hack it if hes was playing today with the finest talent around.
football in his day was school/college football compared to today. im finishing it here, your lot get on my tits.you dont think about what your saying, just asume pele is the greatest coz he was much better than the piles of Sh1T that played in his time, things have improved every decade, players get fitter, they improve skill levels, and are just much better now days.

oh and by the way, henry is better than pele. henrys stats are better in every aspect compared to pele. pele has nothing on henry. pele has nothing on owen, nistelrooy, reyes, rooney, raul, ronaldo....... i could go on.
and how can you crazy sh1t faces think pele is better than ronaldo??? how??? ronaldo is the best brazilian striker of all time.

you lot dont have a clue.

how can u not mention about Henry? must be tough trying to refrain from boasting having such great player in your team.

c'mon let it out, Gooner!! :D

[TruReds]

how can u not mention about Henry? must be tough trying to refrain from boasting having such great player in your team.

c'mon let it out, Gooner!! :D

ooops, how can i miss out the last part of ur message? ahhh, it's always like that, ur looong message did culminate in praising Henry o great. :rolleyes:

[ECMoney]

Zidane is no longer the world's best player, if he was still the world's best he would not have retired from international football. Same could be said about Figo also. They were both great players, but are both on the decline.

My current top 5:
1. Ronaldhino --> took over the #1 position
2. Totti --> had the best 2003/04 season in Europe
3. Henry --> runner up to Totti last year, #1 striker in my opinion
4. Nedved --> has been Top 5 material for 2 years now
5. Buffon --> world's #1 keeper, in his own league and deserves respect

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Zidane is over the hill. Henry is inconsistant at the highest level. Ronaldo is great but doesn't have a lot to his game.

Ronaldinho is the best player on the planet. Some of the stuff that he can do is just incredible. Anyone who didn't vote for him needs to get their head examined!

[DerMongerer]

zidane will show the fat argetine pie whos boss, zidane is higher than both them.
zidane is on the highest tier, while pele is on 3rd if that. maradona is on 2nd tier.

what has pele won and maradonna won that zidane hasnt? face it you people dont know what your talking about. zidane is much better than both them players, hes won more, although it doesnt always matter about what you won in international terms I.E giggs. And zidane, he plays in a time were football is much better than like in the 50's 60's and 70's. maradonna on the other hands is better than pele. he played in much more reasont terms.

some one please tell me what makes pele and maradona better than zidane, and what makes them both on the highest tier. personaly im more pissed off about pele being on the highest tier coz he aint, maradonna is more worthy though, coz hes played with players that have just retired in are day, and them players will eat the floor clean of the players from peles time.

someone tell me what make pele on the highest tier? its all chinese whispers, your grandad and co just say oh he was amazing, when he realy couldnt hack it if hes was playing today with the finest talent around.
football in his day was school/college football compared to today. im finishing it here, your lot get on my tits.you dont think about what your saying, just asume pele is the greatest coz he was much better than the piles of Sh1T that played in his time, things have improved every decade, players get fitter, they improve skill levels, and are just much better now days.

oh and by the way, henry is better than pele. henrys stats are better in every aspect compared to pele. pele has nothing on henry. pele has nothing on owen, nistelrooy, reyes, rooney, raul, ronaldo....... i could go on.
and how can you crazy sh1t faces think pele is better than ronaldo??? how??? ronaldo is the best brazilian striker of all time.

you lot dont have a clue.

ZZ over Maradona, over Pele?.....Henry over Pele? Now think again for a second......FREAKIN HENRY OVER PELE?

Over time in BigSoccer forums I've come to realize that some posts are not even worth wasting keystrokes to bother replying to. And this is one of them.

[PAUL SILVA]

World's best attacking midfielder or best striker or best defender or goalkeeper???
Henry??? :eek:

[Robert25]

Henry! This guy does not beat defenders as much as he humiliate some of them. When you talk of players and star players he is just so clearly in another category. He is just brilliant to watch.

But a great amount of applause has to go to Barca's Ronaldinho.

[X X I]

Ronaldinho.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Ronaldinho is the best. There is no argument! He is the most skilful, most influential, most consistant and the youngest!

[Pattrick]

How could anyone in their right mind vote for Zidane? He's probably the most overrated player in the Earth's history. Granted, he scored two goals in 98's final game, but that's it. Surely, he can dribble and can do nice tricks, but I can name twenty players better than him.


And I'm missing Nedved in the poll. He's the best active player imo.

[frotteman]

How could anyone in their right mind vote for Zidane? He's probably the most overrated player in the Earth's history. Granted, he scored two goals in 98's final game, but that's it. Surely, he can dribble and can do nice tricks, but I can name twenty players better than him.


And I'm missing Nedved in the poll. He's the best active player imo.

I'm sorry you missed the other 130 goals that Zidane has scored and I think you've over looked a few accolades:

FIFA pLayer of the year 1998, 2000, 2003
Voted best player Champion's League 2001-2002
Voted best european player EVER by the BBC
Voted best european player in the last 50 years by UEFA

appearantly I wasn't alone in voting for Zizou. His ball movement is sublime and his field vision is expansive. Les Blues won't be the same without him...

[GoodDead]

2. Totti --> had the best 2003/04 season in Europe

Must be Italian to believe that. Serie A meant next to nothing when it came to the 2003-2004 seson.