Dadehmola:


Gerard pique has always been a very mediocre defender. If not for Tiki taka, he would probably be putting on #34 jersey at a club like Tennerife or Sporting Gijon as we speak...

Apples & Oranges...

When Chelsea were in form, matic was still pulling his weight in the team. There were games in which he was easily the best player on the pitch - he wasn't hiding behind any high pressing /possession based tactics to show his quality.

Pique on the other hand has always thrived in a setup that made Yaya Toure fit in perfectly at CB in a UCL final. However, when the chips were down, the Spaniard showed why he couldn't make the grade at Man utd ..

-stergen?? Good??

The same stergen who had to be rotated with Bravo in a scenario reminiscent of the Howard - Carroll comedy show we had at United in 2003 thereabout??

Best save my left Yansh..

that period, the aging VDS & Cech were still the best goalies in The world. In 2010, Julio Cesar was arguably the best Goalie in the world (there's no need bringing up the glaring ojoro By FIFA in that particular year).

Even at that time, Neuer was becoming a force to reckon with but ofcourse, Spanish players had to dominate every list (wether they merited it or not)

larride:
Sergio Ramos is better than both Pique and Boateng.

larride:
Sergio Ramos is better than both Pique and Boateng combined.

AdeLaNa1:
Pique?? World Class?? I laugh in Swahili. . . . Pls dont make us laugh....

coogar:


nah, he's crap!
brazilians are the most overrated players in the world apart from wayne rooney. pique had cristiano in his pocket as far back as 2009......pique was only 22 then. abeg, make we no dey biased for here......

every united fan wished pique had stayed instead of tolerating intellectually sterile fools like jones, evans, oshea, brown, etc back then. smalling is the only potential we have since that time & there's still a lot for him to do before he gatecrashes the echelon of the elite defenders....



silva - crap
benatia - boateng's inferior
godin - flash in a pan
chiellini - decent but comes short when you need him the most.

pique led the spanish defence that didn't concede a single goal in the knock out stages of world cup 2010 & euro 2008. in that period, pique ate muller, klose, balotelli, robben, sneijder, RVP, etc like guguru.

AdeLaNa1:
Pique?? World Class?? I laugh in Swahili.

And now they say Ter Stegen is world class?? The same Ter Stegen dat isn't even as good as Bravo?? Ok. Lets forget Neuer, De Gea, Courtois and Cech. U didn't see better keepers like Buffon, Handanovic, Hart, Oblak, Sirigu to mention, u are mentioning Ter Stegen. Ter Stegen should be mentioned alongside keepers like Weidenfeller, Fraser Forster, Lindegaard etc. In fact the only kind of keepers Ter Stegen is better than are keepers like Almunia, Carrol. Ter Stegen world class? Pls dont make us laugh....

SIRcumalot:

Which led ?
Is it solely by his effort that spain achieved that feat or their brand of football ?
We've seen great defence carry their team and we've seen spain we know what part of the team deserve praise.

Spain is very short on quality CB
Ramos former RB I won't be surprised if Javi Martinez convert to CB full time.
pique is the overrated one here.

coogar:


the whole team deserve the credits. don't talk like teams don't get scoring chances against spain. do you know what it means to go through knock out stages of the biggest international football competitions without conceding? abeg, leave matter....

pique is super-elite. one of the best defenders of his generation. we would all miss him when he retires. lay down his medals and he has more meaningful accolades than clubs like chelsea & arsenal. are you kidding me?



they aren't short at all.....
they have pique, marchena, ramos. before then they had puyol, senna, raul albiol, etc how are they short on CBs? germany have more CB problems than spain.

SIRcumalot:

Senna was a midfielder, and ramos started as a RB.
Even if we wan nitpick Puyol used to be a rb too.
How many scoring chances do they get when one team average like 60% possesion per game.
Pique is lauded for his size,superior passing skill and technical ability and rightly so but when it comes to actual defence he is average at best.

homesteady:


Yea... the system! Some of your type even say the system is what makes Messi look good!

homesteady:


Barcelona played a more direct football last season, and yet Piqué was one of the best defenders in Europe!

homesteady:


Who has been the best defender in EPL for a while now? - Terry. I guess you remember how he fared when he played in a high line defense under AVB, and Piqué the 'mediocre' defender Excells in such a system!

homesteady:


Does a Defensive midfielder need thousands of lessons to play as a defender?

homesteady:


How old was Piqué when he was in Man U? I know things are bad now for you guys, but it has not always been like that! man u had a great squad then, you don't expect such a young Piqué to break into the team!
Besides, it was only pique that couldn't break in, Pogba also!

homesteady:


Haa! Hazard won PFA player of the year, but he is playing rubbish now, does that mean he has always been playing rubbish?

homesteady:


2 new keepers were bought at the same time, their duties were shared - Bravo for la liga and Ter Stegen for UCL!

homesteady:


After that save he made from Robben in the final, you still don't expect him to win it?

airmark:
I am enjoying this. Boatank better than sergio ramos coogar will never disappoint. Where is aareonakakanfo? Now, i am updating my list of sensible man utd fans and stvpid ones.

TheNonce:

See my guys honours abeg......
Club honours:
Manchester United
Premier League: 2007–08
FA Community Shield: 2007
UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
Barcelona
La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11,
2012–13, 2014–15
Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15
Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011,2013
UEFA Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15
UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011, 2015
FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011
His International honours with spain:
FIFA World Cup: 2010
UEFA European Championship:2008, 2012
UEFA U-19 European Championship:2006
His Individual honours:
La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year:2008-09
La Liga Best Defender: 2009-10
FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2010, 2011, 2012
UEFA Champions League Team of the Season:2014–15
UEFA Team of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2012
ESM Team of the Year: 2010-11,[60]
2013-14, 2014-15
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
La Liga Team of the Season: 2014–15!


But still he is "local government class" to some people? Abeg make una park well! You must be learners!

Aareonakakanfo:
I don't want to believe coogar actually said that. He was probably joking, we all crack jokes and people misconstrue our jokes

coogar:


pique + puyol = euro 2012
pique + mascherano = UCL 2015
pique + puyol = world cup 2010

the only common factor is pique.....and yet he's average? heaven knows what he would be like if he's not average....

coogar:


boateng is currently the best CB in the world. pique follows closely and ramos is rated 3rd. you have others that range from flash in a pan to one season wonders to the has beens and the overrated featherweighs!

coogar:


stop mentioning my name in your idiotic musings......



he's local govt class but wait for it......john terry & jamie carragher would be considered world class by them.

Dadehmola:


Bananas & Guava..

Messi makes a difference for barca - his influence on the team is the reason why jerks like pique don't have to defend all the time in the 1st place.

Bringing messi into the mix clearly shoes that you are outta points!!

want us to take a list that contains Ter-stegen a serious one?? Park well oga.

In addition to the possession game, barca also play the high line while ensuring that the forwards press high up the pitch. If you want to Compare this Barca side with a Team that soaks up pressure, that's your problem.

You are better than this, trust me..

Yaya Toure who is known to be a defensive liability slotted in at CB effortlessly in a UCL final & was largely untroubled by the likes of tevez, Ronaldo & Rooney, yet you want us to believe it's a normal procedure.

Hazard was taking games by the scruff of the neck for Chelsea - stop comparing his loss of form to someone who has always possession soccer to thank for limited defensive duties, hence his supposed "quality"!!

goalies are equally useless...

Which top club alternates goalies that way if it's not that one or both of them are problematic?? Stop trying to defend his inclusion in that list so as to justify pique's presence there - it's ridiculous to say the least!!

won it because the Spanish side became media darlings. Isn't this obvious??

SIRcumalot:

Is it the old john terry we have now you're referring to
Or the JT of old ?
Now who is biased.

barackohandso:
Pique is a world class defender anytime anyday. Critics can't continue to hide under Barca and spain's brand of play to discredit what he has achieved in football. He's won 3 UCL for crying out loud and he did it being an integral member not a bit-part player. Once can be termed luck but thrice? Nah it's special

Aareonakakanfo:

To start with, are we judging based on form or overall? i.e what they can do on a good day. Going by the emboldened, does it mean if chamakh is scoring 5 goals per match and messi hasn't scored in the past 10 games, we'll say chamakh is better since its current? Not to say boateng hasn't been consistent but him being the best CB? Hell NO!

coogar:





mention one defender better than boateng as we speak.

coogar:


the same fools consider terry, kompany and zouma world class defenders. i dunno why some people have eyes and yet cannot see......

Aareonakakanfo:


Pique and ramos are better than him

coogar:


there has never been a time john terry was better than pique. there has never been a time terry is better than ramos or even boateng. which yeye terry?



the same fools consider terry, kompany and zouma world class defenders. i dunno why some people have eyes and yet cannot see......



mention one defender better than boateng as we speak.