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I'll leave [MENTION=19043]brightn'ove[/MENTION] to his self satisfying smugness.
Anyway thanks for telling me... this whole greatest footballer ever can seriously throw up a can of worms can it not? We could argue that Garrincha was the greatest player ever but we quite simply don't have a clue. We weren't fortunate enough to watch his every move, slow mo, super slow mo, fast mo... whatever. Perhaps DiStefano was? Again we have no idea. We saw precious little even of the 60's stars like Puskas, Best and even Pele. Glorious 1970's technicolour made Pele a superstar. But we never saw him play for Santos or NY Cosmos really. Even Maradona didn't get the airplay we are used to now. And why does the greatest player have to be the goal scorer? Perhaps Duncan Edwards was greater than all of them, but again, we will never know. Maradona was the difference between Argentina winning the World Cup and not winning it, please tell me you cannot deny that. And at least you knew it was fairly won as opposed to 1978. I just think that if we mark it on TV exposure it is unfair to rule out the past masters because all we see is Messi. I don't disagree that this lad is absolutely exquisite to watch and I can sit here and take in his skills for hours. But just to the honour of players gone, I'd prefer not to say he is the best, because again, I have never seen him perform for his country as he does his club. So if they win the World Cup, and having the current best player in the world helps, I would be the first to fall all over him and treat him like a footballing God.
I agree!!! When I think about it it is impossible to rank players from different years etc. For me Messi just seems to have some sort of magical control over the ball - but then again Maradonna, Pele, Best etc did also. With Messi it is his passing on top of the individual stuff - time will tell I suppose! Hey ho at least we can tell the kids of the future that we "saw" Messi in his prime!
Makes me think though - what are the odds that Messi will appear in a competitive match at the Amex one day?!!!What a thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!