[Football] World Class Players

[bluenitsuj]

What determines if a player is world class?

Many believe Messi is the best player in the world but is he World Class, seeing that he never performs for Argentina?

 

[Nixonator]

Sticker albums and Match attax ratings.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I would go by, if you were picking a team to play against say, Mars....would player X be in it?

 

[bluenitsuj]

Sticker albums and Match attax ratings.

Apart from that

 

[BBassic]

I've started to look at 'World Class' meaning they could go and play in the top domestic league in any nation on the planet and perform well.

 

[Nixonator]

Apart from that

Football manager stats? BG's two cents?

'World Class' is a term for the kids and media to cream themselves over, it means absolutely nothing.

 

[Icy Gull]

Sad to say, from my viewpoint, that Ronaldo is currently head and shoulders above any other player in the world. The only genuine World class player at the moment. Took him three world cups to get there though and I still can’t warm to him, even a little.

To be world class you absolutely have to perform on the world stage imo. Messi has not come close and we all thought he was nailed on to do well this time around.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

In my opinion it’s players who regularly perform well, and shape games, at the highest level. I therefore think you need to have played at the business end of major European club and/or international tournaments to demonstrate this.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Sad to say, from my viewpoint, that Ronaldo is currently head and shoulders above any other player in the world. The only genuine World class player at the moment. Took him three world cups to get there though and I still can’t warm to him, even a little.

To be world class you absolutely have to perform on the world stage imo. Messi has not come close and we all thought he was nailed on to do well this time around.

Totally agree. Ronaldo is the best player in the world by far

 

[Pantani]

What determines if a player is world class?

Many believe Messi is the best player in the world but is he World Class, seeing that he never performs for Argentina?

A World Cup Final, three Copa America Finals and he has won the Olympics and scored 64 international goals. Imagine if he had ever 'performed'. Messi is not Ronaldo in that he needs a team around him but he has been carrying a mediocre Argentina side for a long time.

 

[bluenitsuj]

A World Cup Final, three Copa America Finals and he has won the Olympics and scored 64 international goals. Imagine if he had ever 'performed'. Messi is not Ronaldo in that he needs a team around him but he has been carrying a mediocre Argentina side for a long time.

Yes but apart from that

 

[Marshy]

Sad to say, from my viewpoint, that Ronaldo is currently head and shoulders above any other player in the world. The only genuine World class player at the moment. Took him three world cups to get there though and I still can’t warm to him, even a little.

To be world class you absolutely have to perform on the world stage imo. Messi has not come close and we all thought he was nailed on to do well this time around.

HAs Ronaldo actually been that good so far... he was piss poor the last game. And De Gea threw one in for him.

Other than the free kick I don't think he has been all that... certainly nothing to get carried away by.

Clearly hes making the difference for that side but his perfomances in general have not been great for me

And I bloody love Ronaldo

 

[Icy Gull]

HAs Ronaldo actually been that good so far... he was piss poor the last game. And De Gea threw one in for him.

Other than the free kick I don't think he has been all that... certainly nothing to get carried away by.

Clearly hes making the difference for that side but his perfomances in general have not been great for me

And I bloody love Ronaldo

He’s been better than all the other overhyped “world class” players imo and I bloody want him to do badly

Maybe you need to be in a world class team to look world class and there don’t seem to be any teams that fulfil that criteria this worl cup.