Actually Ronaldinho was who made Barca a great team again.
Messi is obviously the greatest player of all time but Dinho's impact was larger for me.
Before he came in, barca was trophyless for a while.

Well, Etoo has been a great player, back then when we were kids,anytime I just see Barcelona's Jersey I will be so happy plus hearing the name Etoo and Thiery Honryyyy. oh gadhh those guys put smiles on my face as a young female footballer then, I no go sleep if I no watch those guys play, even watching the replay the next day look as if am watching fresh match.though I wasn't allowed to play further as a professional footballer but God knows best. Respect to you Etoo but Messi turned my life around... smiles... so am a cule ,Barça forever

shogsman:
Dude he's too full of himself, ronaldinho,Henry,deco contributed greater than he did,we don't see them whining like a lil bitch about it

Henry and Deco?? LMAO this must be a joke. Eto outshone Henry throughout their time in barca.
Only Dinho had a bigger impact than Eto during that period of time.

c'mon He is right now.... indomie generation will not know this impeccable striker of all time.... Eto'o indeed made Barcelona win games in his prime not Messi... He was king then but now Messi is King.... simple.

Etoo did not win the 2011 champions league with barca because he was already at inter Milan where he won the 2010 edition. Etoo was a great striker but this claim is atrocious.

Let it be clear to all Before Messi there was Etoo.

what's he saying?

Starboytwo:
All i know is "ororo I'd still the greatest of all time.....



Barca people,kill your selves

Deja

oluwatobi75:
c'mon He is right now.... indomie generation will not know this impeccable striker of all time.... Eto'o indeed made Barcelona win games in his prime not Messi... He was king then but now Messi is King.... simple.

you guys probably didn't even read the post. He said he was behind Guardiola's success of the first season. Pep took over in 2008/2009, and in that season Messi was a revelation for Barcelona.

How is Eto'o right? He contributed to Pep's success but he wasn't even Barca's best player.

He played his peak football before Pep became coach, and his peak football didn't stop Barca from going trophyless. It's not a coincidence that Barca became this formidable when Messi had his first injury-free season and started to peak.

[quote author=Shugargal post=77424347]Well, Etoo has been a great player, back then when we were kids,anytime I just see Barcelona's Jersey I will be so happy plus hearing the name Etoo and Thiery Honryyyy. oh gadhh those guys put smiles on my face as a young female footballer then, I no go sleep if I no watch those guys play, even watching the replay the next day look as if am watching fresh match.though I wasn't allowed to play further as a professional footballer but God knows best. Respect to you Etoo but Messi turned my life around... smiles... so am a cule ,Barça forever

konji na bastard

TonyeBarcanista:

Will you keep quiet?
Which Etoo? Even Thiery Henry contributed more to Barca than Samuel Etoo. Yimu

if I give u slap which thiery henry

Jealousy don enter

dunkem21:
Black man sha..

See, listen, Ronaldinho made you what you are, Mr. Man. He made you win Africa's best while he is winning the world's best.

Nonsense.

so Ronaldinho is now a white man abi

DanXplore:
Everybody just dey hate on Messi. Chai!!!!!!!

Sign that Messi is indeed the GOAT.

I have come to accept that guy is indeed special

tosyne2much:
I agree with him

He was a prolific striker for Barcelona during his days and I can still remember how he damaged Madrid that year

He is 100% wrong since he mentioned under pep even before pep came Ronaldioh was the best Barcelona player

oluwatobi75:
c'mon He is right now.... indomie generation will not know this impeccable striker of all time.... Eto'o indeed made Barcelona win games in his prime not Messi... He was king then but now Messi is King.... simple.

He is wrong when he mentioned during the time of pep even before pep eto was not the main driving force at barca

There is time for everything and everyone, Eto's glory was once given to Messi during one of PEP Guardiola's comments.

Just tell everyone (all footballers of this era) that Ronaldo is their father, whoever is against this should prove to Us in at least two different Team & European leagues as he did.

C R 7 ..... All De Way...

holuphisayor:
No wonder the GOAT cannot replicate his over hyped individual brilliance with argentina

But he does it against your beloved united repeatedly

dunkem21:
Black man sha..

See, listen, Ronaldinho made you what you are, Mr. Man. He made you win Africa's best while he is winning the world's best.

Nonsense.

Mr Man, In 2005, Etoo was the 3rd world best player while Ronaldinho was first, If Etoo wasn't good enough, if he wasn't worth it, he wouldn't be the third best in the world. Don't say what you dont know please. Etoo was/is a barcelona legend in his own right. He was red hot in his prime and was a worthy partner to Ronaldinho.

bencr7:
if I give u slap which thiery henry

You dey answer the mumu

oluwatobi75:
c'mon He is right now.... indomie generation will not know this impeccable striker of all time.... Eto'o indeed made Barcelona win games in his prime not Messi... He was king then but now Messi is King.... simple.

Oga, your claim was wrong. There was never a time Eto'o was a king in Barcelona. A king of a team is that player that's the most feared by opponent, most influential to the team, and he whose absence affected the team most and make opponent happy. The king of Barcelona and indeed the king of world football during Eto'o reign was Ronaldinho. After Dinho reign starts Messis'. Though Eto'o score significant number of goals but that doesn't make him the king. its like saying CR7 was the king of Real Madrid last season because he scored more goals than Modric, or saying Neyma/Suarez were the king when in Barcelona because they were also influential and scoring goals. So Eto'o lied cus he wasn't the king: Messi was and still is.

RTSC:

Eto was a prolific marksman. One of the top three greatest strikers in barcelona history.

Ronaldinho did not make him great.

Truly, he was a prolific goal poacher but not among the top 3 greatest strikers he's still below Messi, Cryuff and Rivaldo BTW those three won world best

Ucheosefoh:
From 2005 Messi has become a household name, at the age of 19 he scored Maradona type of goal against Getafe, scored had trick against Real Madrid.
In 2006 he won the best young player in the world.
In 2007 he was the third best player in the world behind kaka and Ronaldo.
In 2008 Messi came second to Ronaldo and 2009 when Eto left at the summer he won the ballon d'or. In those years Eto was at his prime so a man with these records you de call nobody?
Nwoke when did you start watching football?

Ask the mumu abeg

greypencils:
Mr Man, In 2005, Etoo was the 3rd world best player while Ronaldinho was first, If Etoo wasn't good enough, if he wasn't worth it, he wouldn't be the third best in the world. Don't say what you dont know please. Etoo was/is a barcelona legend in his own right. He was red hot in his prime and was a worthy partner to Ronaldinho.

Go and watch all the goals Etoo scored and see Ronaldinho's pass in 60% of them.

Etoo is good but he can't say he made Barça a winning team when his Oga Ronaldinho didn't say so.

shogsman:
Dude he's too full of himself, ronaldinho,Henry,deco contributed greater than he did,we don't see them whining like a lil bitch about it

Abeg weytin Henry do??

Why did we Africans always find it difficult to accept defeat? comparing Eto with Messi is just like comparing Nigeria with China in term of technology!!! Eto, gbafoga e! Messi is far better than Eto and the different between them is like from Nigeria to India!!!

He said all these because of Pep' s attitude

dunkem21:


Go and watch all the goals Etoo scored and see Ronaldinho's pass in 60% of them.

Etoo is good but he can't say he made Barça a winning team when his Oga Ronaldinho didn't say so.

Etoo wasn't comparing himself to Ronaldinho... The comparison is between himself and Messi during their time together at Barca. Barca was a winning team with Etoo before Messi came into the picture, end of quote.

babawella:

Oga, your claim was wrong. There was never a time Eto'o was a king in Barcelona. A king of a team is that player that's the most feared by opponent, most influential to the team, and he whose absence affected the team most and make opponent happy. The king of Barcelona and indeed the king of world football during Eto'o reign was Ronaldinho. After Dinho reign starts Messis'. Though Eto'o score significant number of goals but that doesn't make him the king. its like saying CR7 was the king of Real Madrid last season because he scored more goals than Modric, or saying Neyma/Suarez were the king when in Barcelona because they were also influential and scoring goals. So Eto'o lied cus he wasn't the king: Messi was and still is.

All through Ronaldo 's stay in Madrid, can you tell us any player than had more Influence on the team than him per season?? Thanks

TonyeBarcanista:

Will you keep quiet?
Which Etoo? Even Thiery Henry contributed more to Barca than Samuel Etoo. Yimu

Henry WTF

greypencils:
Etoo wasn't comparing himself to Ronaldinho... The comparison is between himself and Messi during their time together at Barca. Barca was a winning team with Etoo before Messi came into the picture, end of quote.

Lol.. How can a mere mortal compare himself with gods? When they start Ronaldinho and Messi comparison, please call me.

Etoo is one of the reasons I think Ronaldinho is better than Messi! He loves ASSISTS more than goals.

He overfed Samuel Etoo.