The goat thread - football

[Jimmi]

Beckham was a solid player.

I think he’s massively under appreciated.
But he’ll always be my favourite of all time.

That goal against Greece is up there with the best

Remember watching it as a kid.

A huge reprieve for him after what happened in 1998.

He was our only decent player on the pitch for most of that game

Don’t really remember the actual game at all but sounds about right for the early 00’s.

[tungsten tossers]

[Jimmi]

Legend

[Dfc180]

Beckham was a solid player.

I think he’s massively under appreciated.
But he’ll always be my favourite of all time.

That goal against Greece is up there with the best

I fractured my hand punching the ceiling when he scored that

[Rogg]

Dfc180 smashes the drywall ceiling.

[tungsten tossers]

Dfc180 smashes the drywall ceiling.

[Safc]

Cristiano Ronaldo is a better player than Messi in my opinion.

I seriously don't think you can say 1 player is the best ever as the era's are completely different plus you have 11 positions on the pitch in different positions.

[Dfc180]

Cristiano Ronaldo is a better player than Messi in my opinion.

I seriously don't think you can say 1 player is the best ever as the era's are completely different plus you have 11 positions on the pitch in different positions.

I thought this until the Qatar world cup. Messi changed my mind

[Rogg]

I seriously don't think you can say 1 player is the best ever as the era's are completely different plus you have 11 positions on the pitch in different positions.

True. Preventing goals is as important as scoring them so where are the defenders?

[The Thorn]

I seriously don't think you can say 1 player is the best ever as the era's are completely different plus you have 11 positions on the pitch in different positions.

True. Preventing goals is as important as scoring them so where are the defenders?

Provide them. Who has been on the top of their game for as long as Messi and Ronaldo have

I can think of a dozen defenders who were proclaimed the best in the world throughout the time where those 2 were the 2 best players

[Rogg]

I seriously don't think you can say 1 player is the best ever as the era's are completely different plus you have 11 positions on the pitch in different positions.

True. Preventing goals is as important as scoring them so where are the defenders?

Provide them. Who has been on the top of their game for as long as Messi and Ronaldo have

I can think of a dozen defenders who were proclaimed the best in the world throughout the time where those 2 were the 2 best players

I don't know enough about football. In theory there should be defenders who are as good at preventing goals as there are strikers who are good at scoring them.

[Randall]

Maldini and baresi spring to mind

[Randall]

And Bobby Moore and Beckenbauer

[TheMalteseDart]

Cannavaro won the Ballon D’or, I’d be lying if I knew whether he maintained that standard throughout his career though

[tungsten tossers]

And Bobby Moore and Beckenbauer

Cafu and Matthaeus would be up there too

[Ross, Bob]

Maldini and baresi spring to mind

Randall remembering something that is not Columbo-related, there.

[Safc]

Maldini and baresi spring to mind

+1 Maldini

"If I have to make a tackle I've already made a mistake"