View Full Version : Best Striker in the World now
Teso Dos Bichos
24 Sep 2008, 09:43 PM
Manucho
Think the best pure striker in the world right now is Fernando Torres without a doubt.
How did you define 'pure'?
Yañez
26 Sep 2008, 06:16 PM
Manucho
How did you define 'pure'?
Someone who is a goalscorer and doesnt play in other positions. Like Messi, Robinho, Robben etc.
Id say the best is Fernando Torres.
Villa, Zlatan, Nistelrooy. And maybe Drogba.
Dan_Maw
26 Sep 2008, 06:32 PM
Messi is a class act. I would love to see him in the English Premier League. Best out and striker is Torres, already being spoke of in the same breath as Ian Rush by some Liverpool fans and that is about as high praise as it gets in Anfield.
Teso Dos Bichos
26 Sep 2008, 09:50 PM
Someone who is a goalscorer and doesnt play in other positions.
Surely if that is your definition then a superior goal scorer, like Van Nistelrooy, would rank higher?
Teso Dos Bichos
26 Sep 2008, 09:51 PM
Messi is a class act. I would love to see him in the English Premier League.
His body struggles to cope as it is without putting him into a league that is quicker and more physical.
jcvf90
26 Sep 2008, 10:31 PM
yeah right, messi would rip it in the epl.
Players with good ball control look like super heroes in EPL, imagine if a great ball controller were to go, Ronaldo's 45 would look like crap.
Teso Dos Bichos
26 Sep 2008, 10:41 PM
The point stands. You failed to comprehend it.
jcvf90
26 Sep 2008, 10:46 PM
He wouldnt be touched as much in the EPL because its so wide open compared to la liga, so physical contact would be much less, therefore his injuries would be much less. With the space players are given in the epl, messi would feel like they are letting him come through to score for free.
Teso Dos Bichos
26 Sep 2008, 11:07 PM
You clearly know little about the league in question.
Yañez
26 Sep 2008, 11:43 PM
Surely if that is your definition then a superior goal scorer, like Van Nistelrooy, would rank higher?
Hes upthere, but i think Torres is better.
Also, think Messi would do excellent in the EPL.
macaluca
27 Sep 2008, 04:44 AM
He wouldnt be touched as much in the EPL because its so wide open compared to la liga, so physical contact would be much less, therefore his injuries would be much less. With the space players are given in the epl, messi would feel like they are letting him come through to score for free.
Messi's injury/fitness problems have very little to do with 'contact' and much more to do with physical problems following on from his condition/treatment as a youngster.
There is no reason he couldn't do very well in the EPL but the question mark over the ability of his body to cope would be even bigger there than in La Liga.
HJKfan
27 Sep 2008, 06:06 AM
Is Patrick Helmes.
thebigman
27 Sep 2008, 10:40 AM
jcv, u think hte prem is slower and less physical?
rofl
jcvf90
27 Sep 2008, 04:30 PM
I said because is fast and open he would do good, the fact that is open, there are alot of spaces messi would be doing really well in the epl. regardless i hope he never gets to play there anyways, i want him were he is.
vilafria
27 Sep 2008, 08:31 PM
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5600/buonanottebg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Buonanotte
total90negro
28 Sep 2008, 12:45 PM
i vote drogba and henry both great speed and skill ronaldo is playing left center anyways now
Dr. Know
28 Sep 2008, 01:43 PM
Buonanotte
He's an attacking midfielder.
Zarate will be the breakout star this year.
Dr. Know
28 Sep 2008, 02:16 PM
As for best striker in the world right now I'd probably pick Villa.
Dr. Know
28 Sep 2008, 02:48 PM
Comparing the league scoring record over the past 5 seasons and what's been played of this season for some of the main strikers mentioned:
David Villa: 97 goals in 177 matches
Samuel Eto'o: 97 goals in 145 matches
Van Nistelrooy: 91 goals in 148 matches
Torres: 89 goals in 182 matches
Ibrahimovic: 73 goals in 151 matches
Luca Toni: 96 goals in 154 matches
Didier Drogba: 69 goals in 147
Nistelroi
28 Sep 2008, 03:27 PM
Torris is the next in line,
atm though is has to be Ruud van Nistelrooij.
This guy is something else, he has managed to score and broke records in both the premier leage and la Liga from the day he entered those leagues.
(not to forget the Dutch National team)
And most important, scoring the goals who win matches.
That is what makes a great player isn't? being important at the right time.
Already banged in 7 out of 7 matches for Real and a total of 60 goals allready in Spain.
Sure there are many great and exceptional strikers who match and excel Ruud maybe,
But his level of consistency is unmatched.