My how things can change in a week. All due respect to Chicharito, but right now you can certainly argue Altidore is the best striker in CONCACAF. No, he doesn't play for a huge club in Manchester United, but then again Chicharito doesn't really play for them either. I'd say Jozy scoring in Rio Tinto is likely, while I believe Chicharito hasn't scored so far in the Hex. You might argue that he hasn't gotten service, but that was Jozy's problem for awhile too.
In before someone goes on for 3 paragraphs about how good Chicharito is. Altidore playing like this I would take in heartbeat over Chicharito.
Chicharito seemed mostly interested in trying to convince Bryan Ruiz that he should take missiles to the temple.
Haha yeah I saw that. "Please go back over to the corner and get hit in the head by piss bags and batteries while getting blinded by laser pointers sir"
Chicharito is a poacher. Not much of anything else. He will always be a bench player at big clubs. Altidore is becoming a complete forward. He'll get a nice summer transfer I think. Vela doesn't play as a central forward. I wouldn't say he is the best player in the region out right either.
The best player in the region right now is Michael Bradley. Hands down. No contest, no argument. Edit: actually, feel free to argue. I'd like to see arguments for players that play consistently better for both club and country.
I agree. There more names than people think that are in contention. Just to say it's Vela outright is ignoring that.
Very true. Honestly, to me, Vela isn't even eligible for the conversation. He doesn't play in Concacaf. That would be like including Holliet because he can play for Canada or Jamaica. And the best player to come from the Concacaf region, without the restriction of having to actually play for a team in the region, is Subotic. So either way, under either set of criteria, Vela isn't even in the conversation.
I'm sorry if your expectation of Bigsoccer is that the threads always stay on topic. They almost never do. The thread is about the best striker. The specific quote I posted used the terminology "best outright player".
Well, I clarified that Vela isn't really a striker in my eyes and added that the calls as him as the best player in the region are premature.
Jozy is really making everyone he plays with better right now. His hold up and combination play has been superb. I don't see this from Hernandez at the moment. He's in the place where Jozy had been not long ago - starved for service and on an island.
If we're comparing apples to oranges: I'm going to vote for Jack McInerney, because... why the hell not?