re: If Messi and C. Ronaldo are considered to be the two best...

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this is laughable too..

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Your logic is laughable. All Hendo is saying is that he prefers center mids who hold the ball. Iniesta is a possession based player. So, if Hendo thinks Iniesta is the epitome of this style of play, then to learn to play like what he considers the best isn't laughable at all. Your opinion may differ. And that's fine. But don't critique how he learned to play. If possession is the name of the game...

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i feel gay saying that 2 liverpool players are among the top 5 in the world but whatevz

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i felt like a douche listing torres and gerard in mine.

Watching the recent arse kickings that Real Madrid and Barca put on the MLS/Mexican teams, I now have switched my La Liga alligience to Barca. Watching them pass/distribute the ball all over the field is truly a thing of beauty. They one-touch the ball all over the field until it gets to Henry...who basically stops the flow and wants to take on defenders.

Barca is going to skull frick RM and the rest of La Liga this year....again.

To be completely fair, Fabregas has had one great season (2007-08). His passing is his strongest skillset, but I think Xavi is better than him in that regard.

Gerard and Lampard are both more deadly goalscorers, and at least Gerard has a physical component to his game that Cesc lacks.

The guys who are closest to him are Iniesta and Lampard. I think Gerard and Xavi are in their own level in central midfield (unless we are also calling Kaka a central midfielder, which I would not).

Lampard is a better player offensively and Iniesta is more effective in connecting the game between defense and offense. That's probably his greatest value to a team. So I would pick Cesc after all of those guys because he does not have any trait that he truly dominates over everyone else.

its kinda like watching arsenal from around 2002-2005, i hate arsenal but you cant deny their football was truly beautiful.


crazy4LSU

Gerard and Lampard are really the same player...although I will give the nod to Gerard for being a little better. I think that is why England's national team does not do as well in international competition. They really lack a creative CM...they really miss Paul Scholes in this department.

I think Pirlo is the closest and best comparison to Xavi.

Fabregas is more molded along the lines of Xavi, although not nearly as good. But he is also a good deal younger than all those other players. In our new 4-3-3 system which is similar to Barcelona, I think he might come into his own and maybe have a season like he did two years ago.

messi
ronaldo
basian schweinsteiger
torres
eto'o

kaka OR Thierry henry
could probally replace the either of the final 2.

but schweinsteiger is the fricking man, in my opinion. I have friends who know nothing about soccer, hardly watch soccer, but they saw some highlites and i made one watch a germany game, and he was like "wow, apparently this dude is the real deal"

not enough credit given to him IMO.

just my humble opinion.

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but schweinsteiger is the fricking man

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He will be in the discussion after this year and the World Cup. The guy plays like superman when he puts on the German uniform.

i already called him being the best player at the next world cup, just fyi