₦airaland Forum

jelel6:
I'm not one to insult people's sensibilities but the Ronaldo and Messi argument is one that leave me speechless when people actually HAVE THE GUTS to compare them.

Like it's sooooooo cleeeaaaaar that MESSI IS above Every other player in the planet when considering every metric you may use to appreciate an attacking/forward player.

Vision, passing, dribbling, creativity, technical ability, ball retention, ball control, spatial awareness, Elegance.

Ronaldo's only comparable to Messi in the goalscoring department. But he still is NOT A BETTER GOALSCORER. And you'd agree with me when I say I can mention at least 5 players who are ABOVE Ronaldo at every SINGLE METRIC I've mentioned above. Meaning: there are 5 players better than Ronaldo at passing, at dribbling, creativity, vision, etc. But Messi is virtually the best at EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS. You can never say he's less than 2 best at most.

That's why Messi wins the best player on the pitch even when he didn't score a single goal in that particular match. Because he's more than putting balls int the net. He's the EXAMPLE of why we watch football for 90 minutes even though goals take only a second to go in and then the game (should) becomes boring again


I think Marco van bommel recently said that anybody who thinks Ronaldo is better than Messi knows NOTHING about football. I cannot help but agree with that.

Casillas, the legendary Real Madrid goal keeper who played many games with Ronaldo at Real Madrid recently said MESSI IS THE BEST EVER.

I've actually seen

Any honest person will see that the conversation about Messi is real about being the best EVER. NOT BETTER THAN Ronaldo.

I'll honestly say this, I'd like to be corrected if I'm wrong. No notable football personality has ever MAKE the assertion that Ronaldo is the Best ever. Nobody ever dares.

But the conversation about Messi is that he's the Best Ever. Never seen a football person said something like that about Ronaldo.

*I actually thought Ronaldo to be better earlier on. As a supporter of the EPL, I get to see Ronaldo almost every day. Then, 2009 my Barca brothers started beating the Messi drum to me. Banter won't let me drop my opinion about Ronaldo being better easily. Besides, I'd seen Little of Messi then.

Then, toward the end of the season. I saw Messi play my darling Chelsea at the semis and I observed him closely. He didn't light the world on fire, but I saw something I'd rarely seen teams do against a particular player.

He gets the ball and the whole blue shirt wants to mark him at the same time. His unique ability on the ball means two players can't take it away from him, so the whole team has to make together. That's the greatest RESPECT an opposing team can give to an attacking player in my opinion.

After the final of the 2009 CL which Barca won. I was supporting Man utd after the way Chelsea was knocked out. I simply told my brothers that I can see it now. Messi is very different from what I expected a football player to be able to do.

Watching him over the years, no player dictates the opposing team's tactics as Messi does. Pictures of more than 5 players trying to tackle Messi are abound on the net and that tells you something.

RONALDO CAN WIN YOU THE GAME BY SCORING. MESSI WINs IT ANYTIME HE TOUCHES THE BALL.

chiiraq802:
And what did PELE the great say??
I rest my case

pricklewane:
What as your governor shared ?

DanseMacabre:
Mad. I wouldn't be surprised if every state in Nigeria has infected people. The 5000+ people wey government dey find no be spirits na.

Plus I don't know how Kemi gets her gen, but more often than not it is legit.

Stay home, people.

Lleigh:
A lot of people don't believe those numbers. Plus 21 million people have dropped off the mobile network there. So that is a better indicator of the numbers who died

Righteousness89:
Wonderful!!

fishjam:
Several People are addicted to Nairaland.. They don't have meaningful comment to contribute but to bash men of God & ppl who didn't share their belief. Now is the time to learn valuable skills online. Photography, Videography, Programming, Video editing, e.t.c BUT all they do is read and watch panic inducing content. I pity all of una

temmytee2309:
Not wishing him death oo but these old cargos should just go jeje And let we the young generation take over

TOPCRUISE:
Trump was mocking China the other time. I want to hear him mock china again.

NwaNimo1:
shthole residence..

veeshock:
..they committed the offence on march 13, they are already in court by march 26. If it is the other way round not one of them would be arrested or prosecuted. All hail one nigeria.

Mckenzy1:
It will always end in "almost". They are simulated games to always favour the bookie. Run

Joshmodest:
Those of you who follow Ighalo closely would realise he loves giving back to the society... He has a foundation in Nigeria , he loves helping the street , and even though I haven't forgiven him since Russia 2018 , you just have to admit he's got a nice heart !!

Nbote:
Selfish and foolish set of leaders.. When will dey start disinfecting the airports, marketplaces and other public places used by d masses?