Funny, too, that video is full of Premier League players gushing over how incredible Messi is - Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney. Messi destroys Premier League teams routinely. We'll see how Man U fares against him.
Best in what? Team budgets? Number of white US fans? I'd gladly grant them #1 in both those categories.Louis botha said:Its pretty much universal knowledge that the Premier League is the best in the world has been for awhile.AGC said:
In the last 5 years la Liga has had at least once, 3 of 4 semi-finalists in the CL. Is that really not the best league that year? Also the run of Atltico, Real, and Barca In then CL championship has been impressive. When was the last time the PL did something similar?
deadbq03 said:Best in what? Team budgets? Number of white US fans? I'd gladly grant them #1 in both those categories.Louis botha said:Its pretty much universal knowledge that the Premier League is the best in the world has been for awhile.AGC said:
In the last 5 years la Liga has had at least once, 3 of 4 semi-finalists in the CL. Is that really not the best league that year? Also the run of Atltico, Real, and Barca In then CL championship has been impressive. When was the last time the PL did something similar?
The UEFA country coefficient has told a different story. The EPL is on the right track to get into first, but just two years ago, they were third, so to act like they've been dominant is a fiction.
La Liga has held number 1 for 6 years straight, and the past few years have been by very wide margins.
FWIW between the two leagues, I've got no dog in the fight. I'm an idiot who follows the Bundesliga.
aTmAg said:Such as when Portugal won the 2016 Euro final while Ronaldo cried on the sidelines? Portugal is good without Ronaldo. Argentina is crap without Messi. Messi has been carrying them for about a decade.Louis botha said:
Ronaldo has more hardware and performs when it counts lol you Messi fan boys .
You can tell who is better by the fact that when people talk about Ronaldo, they compare him to Messi. When they talk about Messi they compare him to Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, etc. Hell even Ronaldo himself banned the word "Messi" from his household and is fixated on chasing Messi's legacy.
The only reason you can pretend Ronaldo is as good as Messi is because his national team is 20 times better than Argentina. Swap places and Messi would probably have multiple WC trophies by now.AGC said:aTmAg said:Such as when Portugal won the 2016 Euro final while Ronaldo cried on the sidelines? Portugal is good without Ronaldo. Argentina is crap without Messi. Messi has been carrying them for about a decade.Louis botha said:
Ronaldo has more hardware and performs when it counts lol you Messi fan boys .
You can tell who is better by the fact that when people talk about Ronaldo, they compare him to Messi. When they talk about Messi they compare him to Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, etc. Hell even Ronaldo himself banned the word "Messi" from his household and is fixated on chasing Messi's legacy.
Heard the GOAT was playing tiny Venezuela today. Undoubtedly he had at least a hat trick today, right?
AGC said:aTmAg said:Such as when Portugal won the 2016 Euro final while Ronaldo cried on the sidelines? Portugal is good without Ronaldo. Argentina is crap without Messi. Messi has been carrying them for about a decade.Louis botha said:
Ronaldo has more hardware and performs when it counts lol you Messi fan boys .
You can tell who is better by the fact that when people talk about Ronaldo, they compare him to Messi. When they talk about Messi they compare him to Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, etc. Hell even Ronaldo himself banned the word "Messi" from his household and is fixated on chasing Messi's legacy.
Heard the GOAT was playing tiny Venezuela today. Undoubtedly he had at least a hat trick today, right?
aTmAg said:The only reason you can pretend Ronaldo is as good as Messi is because his national team is 20 times better than Argentina. Swap places and Messi would probably have multiple WC trophies by now.AGC said:aTmAg said:Such as when Portugal won the 2016 Euro final while Ronaldo cried on the sidelines? Portugal is good without Ronaldo. Argentina is crap without Messi. Messi has been carrying them for about a decade.Louis botha said:
Ronaldo has more hardware and performs when it counts lol you Messi fan boys .
You can tell who is better by the fact that when people talk about Ronaldo, they compare him to Messi. When they talk about Messi they compare him to Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, etc. Hell even Ronaldo himself banned the word "Messi" from his household and is fixated on chasing Messi's legacy.
Heard the GOAT was playing tiny Venezuela today. Undoubtedly he had at least a hat trick today, right?
No impartial person buys that Ronaldo is on Messi's level. Only girls (or gay dudes) who think Ronaldo is hot, Real Madrid fans, or morons like that. Just like no impartial person buys that Brady deflated his way to 6 Superbowl wins.
texagbeliever said:
Yes I know, he was one of the top 5 from both teams that has played past 5-7 years
There's no doubt in my mind that the EPL is the most prestigious league in the world... that doesn't necessarily make it the best. If you want to use big budgets and English media hype as your metric for best, by all means. I'd rather use the coefficient.Louis botha said:
Like i said goons on Texags opinions don't really carry much weight but you Messi fan boys are dead wrong .
And the EPL for sure carries more prestige than the other leagues .
I will add the championship is better and tougher to win than some first division European leagues.
HTH
jeffk said:
Its almost like trying to compare amazing players at different positions is sort of a fruitless endeavor.
snowdog90 said:
I'm a little disappointed in the goat. He had several chances for a hat trick but had to settle for 2 goals and a hockey assist. Oh well...
AGC said:snowdog90 said:
I'm a little disappointed in the goat. He had several chances for a hat trick but had to settle for 2 goals and a hockey assist. Oh well...
Goat? The goat doesn't disappear in the quarters regularly and he definitely doesn't miss chilenas. Hell even bale has one.