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BlueAngel444:
was Lampard the only English player, Gerard, Beckham, Rooney, Owen, Ferdinand, Terry, Cole n co


or u want to tell me Spain's success is down to mainly iniesta

Bwhahahaha so carrier lampard couldn't carry England. Didn't ibime say iniesta was carry along and lampard was the ronaldo\ messi of his team. so why he didn't do what he does best for England. Carry them to win a trophy . even a spoon

Segedinho:
u tend 2 mistake football for tennis. .....


Spain vs England. .wch was a better team??

Baba keep quiet. Very soon you will tell us England was filled with average players and lampard was carrying them lol.

Ibime:
Modric was not just Lampards junior, he was everyones junior including Gerrard, Fabregas and in his own team Van Der Vaart chased him away from AM position after he played AM for a year and couldn't produce any attacking returns.

The difference between Liverpool and Spurs could be boiled down to the difference between Gerrard and Modric. They often finish in not too dissimilar league positions, but Gerrard's incisiveness could take them deep into competitions while Modric was waiting for Carryalong.

Gareth Bale became World most expensive player playing for the same team because he was not waiting for any carryalong. Van Der Vaart pushed Modric out of AM position and immediately started hitting double figures for goals and assists where Modric was struggling to put even 5 together.

Modric simply followed the Iniesta route and tapped into carryalong blessings that Iniesta has been profiting from his whole career. Ronaldo has now taken those blessings to Italy, Modric cannot even carry himself anymore.

If Modric see Lampard, Gerrard, Fabregas or even Van Der Vaart today, he will still dobale for them cos shoe get size. I am happy he is greater than Iniesta today though. Much respect to him for out-Iniesta-ing Iniesta.

See joke. modric performed at the biggest competition in world football. Was the best player in his country going to the final shey it Was Ronaldo that carried him also. iniesta delivered his country in a world cup final . modric and iniesta has performed in the biggest football competition in the world. Carrier lampard only highlight in a world competition is his disallowed goal against Germany lol. Man flopped so bad

Ibime:
In other words, Iniesta was a carryalong while Lampard was a carrier.

Don't compare drummer boy who dance behind Masquerade to the Masquerade please.

Even as a left winger tasked with making the difference, he was still a drummer boy that couldn't provide the winning impetus.

And where did your lampard who is a carrier take England To. Man flopped in every major competition with England. sit down

let's not forget also that lampard only international highlight is his disallowed goal against Germany.

raumdeuter:
Development at 28. You mean arrested development

Development meaning finally playing for a top team.

raumdeuter:
Development at 28. You mean arrested development

Development meaning finally playing for a top team.

PietroRick:
forgerrit.. Man will be here playing yoruba league football this time next year.

Man u or bayern will be a step up for his development.

Hazard has to play for a big club before he retires.

How Bernardo Silva can play as a winger, a number 10, a ball winner and a deep lying midfielder, all in the space of 90 minutes against one of the best teams in the world, while running his heart out every second of the game, is completely beyond me.

Swissh:
Another England fraud team being exposed in the champions league. Are you surprised?

That's why i said man city will never win anything in Europe because their league form will make them think they are invincible untill they meet a quality team and shitt the bed. same will happen to Liverpool.

Kimbeast:
Juventus who are unbeaten in seria a have also lost twice in the champions league. So what's your point?

I don't see any body tagging chellini as the best centre back in the world for keeping clean sheets against empoli and chievo.

airmark:
Stop typing rubbish you dolt. Because someone opined that he was his best defender, you came up with that stupid line associated with dumbos, that his team conceded so so and so goals in ucl, so he is not. AC Milan conceded 7 goals in ucl group stage alone, that year Maldini was awarded 3rd best player in the world. Left to aparisports' dumbos like you, a defender whose team conceded the least goals in ucl group deserved it more. Cannavaro too conceded 5 goals in ucl group stage and 11 goals before his team crashed out to fuckkin Arsenal in the quarters, but he went ahead to collect world best player (not defender) award.

Dayo has refused to explain what is meant by individual brilliance, cos he couldn't wrap his head around it too. Unfortunately, some of you rely on his stupid criteria for conclusions or do copy and paste from drunkards on twitter and facebook.

my friend sit down.No correlation with my post at all.

Liverpool 18 games in epl =0 defeat
Liverpool 6 games in ucl = 3 defeats
Liverpool 7 goals conceded in 18 matches in epl
Liverpool 7 goals conceded in 6 matches in ucl

Why is Liverpool defense dominant in epl and useless in the champions league with the same so called best defender in the world?

eph12:
It just occurred to me that melvyn11 may not have experienced Fergie era, hence the question

Wow really and Fergie era was all smooth and fun. No scrappy wins, no trophyless seasons, no fall out with players and no disgrace in Europe lol.

I am just here waiting at the end of the season to say i told you so..' it was not Jose fault. chikina.

eph12:
What do you think is the United way?

How can you answer a question with a question?

odizeey:
Melvyn call your best defender as at now

As at now meaning? last 3games, last 10games, one month ago, beginning of the season or yesterday?

patrickmuf:
Let's get playing the United way again.

And what exactly is the United way?

BikeMan:
Wait, because VVD is good now no team should score against them? What kind of stiff hypocrisy is this? Was VVD not there when they needed to get a CS to progress in the UCL. Suddenly the Mertens and Insignes of this world disappeared that night. VVD and Allison, big game changers for Jurgen Klopp. That is why they are suddenly contending for the trophy. I can't pick a defender in the EPL dropping dope performances as that guy now. He's such a leader, a tall talented one IMO

He is good but restrict your hype to your league. Don't come and say he is the best defender in the world when his performance in the champions league has been average at best.

airmark:
Aparisports pundit spotted.

Shuut up and get the Fuucck out of my mention.

Neymar1095:
Keeping a clean sheet against the mighty wolves and dropping disasterclass upon disasterclass in the champions league makes one the best defender in the world lol.

7 goals conceded in 6 matches in the champions league including 3L's

7 goals conceded in 18 matches in Epl.

Best defender in the world right now.

No wonder man city will never win anything in Europe. Epl is the most overhyped and useless league in the world. Liverpool has conceded 7 goals in 18 games. while psg scored 4 in 2 matches against them. What a joke

Elnino4ladies:
VVD is arguably the best defender in the world right now

Epl hype at its finest.

Damn Mourinho said that Man U will be top 4 by Christmas and he didn't even make it to Christmas.

Kimbeast:
I can't imagine Xavi being able to replicate the same thing at Madrid or teams with different styles (other than Spain/Barca). Modric kind of has more in terms of ability. Just my opinion

If you had to choose between Xavi and Modric for a team not named Barcelona/ Spain the whole world would pick modric.Some players are made for specific systems while others thrives in every system. One of the big difference between modric and xavi.

Ibime:
Modric made 35 passes that match, Xavi made 105. How do you dominate someone who made 3 times as many passes as you, and had twice your key passes. Clap for yourself.

And this proves what exactly? I wish i can share the video here for everyone to see. Modric was destroying Spain midfield like it was nothing.

Ibime:
Modric failed as an Attacking midfielder and had Rafael Van Der Vaart drafted in to do his job. If Modric is so great, he should tell us why the mere absence of Ronaldo turned his team into Real Sociedad of LaLiga.

Don't gas yourself because Modric was lucky to be sneaking through common Denmark, Russia and England on penalties in World Cup before common Pogba put him in his place.

Xavi 7 goals and assists in Spain knockout matches including 3 assists in final.

2008 final vs Germany 1-0, Xavi assist,
2012 final vs Italy 4-0, 2 Xavi assists,
WC semi vs Germany 1-0, Xavi assist,
WC QF vs portugal 1-0 xavi assist.
Paraguay 2nd round, 1-0 xavi assist

This is how those tournaments were won, with Xavi the difference maker in all the difficult games as you see whilst controlling the possession machine.

Modric meanwhile was busy missing his kicks in penalty shootouts against minnows and being bailed out, before Pogba taught him a lesson in the final.

Possession control - Modric always averages 60 passes per game his whole career while Xavi is approaching 100 passes per game.

As a midfield controller, as a game decider, they have never been mates.

Don't ever open your vacuous brain to type this nonsense again. You no know ball.

Passing average has nothing to do with anything, it is just down to the style they used to play, the lack of risk taking, and their position on the pitch (Modric covers a wider range than Xavi, and plays a bit further), but we're comparing their ability here. and by the way kroos is the midfield controller for Madrid not modric.
modric is more complete. He can blast past people, he has the acceleration and speed to go with vision, positioning and passing.
The only thing Xavi is superior to modric is passing nothing more when talking about individual abilities.

The biggest advantage Xavi have over someone like Modric is their international career. Modric did not have a luxury of playing with Iniesta Busquets, Ramos, Villa, etc... To win all those international titles. Just go to YouTube and watch Euro2012 Spain vs Croatia and see how modric dominated the midfield of xavi,iniesta and busquet, it was amazing. Individually Modric is a superior player to xavi.

Ibime:
Shutup, you don't know football. Modric was chased out of AM position at Spurs by Rafael Van Der Vaart.

Xavi provided 50% of the assists in knockout stages for Spain's Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 victory, unlike others who dribbled through with zero end product and only got lucky in the final.

Lol Xavi that was riding bench behind Van Bommel and Deco . if not for deco reoccuring injuries Xavi would probably had stayed a few more seasons at the bench. Stop being clueless xavi was great yes but saying modric is not up to par or even better is sheer delusion. Modric has more in his locker then Xavi ever had.

Ibime:
With or without award, CL or World Cup, Ronaldo was greater than Henry and Nistelrooy. Your CL and WC criteria is even more porous than Award criteria.

Ronaldos awards were more than deserved, not fake award like Luka Modric who only won cos of Ronaldo rãpe case.




Award criteria can never place Modric over Xavi as Modric never placed above Xavi when they both played at the top.

If a rat decide to beat his chest after the cats have left, it will never make the rat greater than the cat.

There is serious overrating of Xavi individually on this forum. Both Xavi and Iniesta were very important parts of a machine-like system both in Barcelona & Spanish NT and that made them look like untouchable. That doesn't mean they were better individuals than Modric though. And the fact that both were not seen as world beaters until 2008 when Barcelona & Spain's domination began proves my point. I can somewhat understand Iniesta as he had some aspects to his game where he was better than Modric like better close control, better dribbling etc. but Modric is better than/or at least on par with Xavi in all aspects of the game.

Krasid:
Ah, missed the ballon d'or but doesn't matter as my boy surpassed 2 Barca legends combined.

Modric at 33 was winning balon dor and fifa best award while iniesta was playing for a club in Japan lol.......levels.

haymekus:
But he's Ronaldo heir

Dembele cost 140 million euros to the asensio cost 3 million euros. Asensio has 2 champions league dembele 0. Sit your stinking ads down.