Messi or Ronaldo - Who's best

[JimStynes]

Serious Maradona nostalgia! He didn't play anywhere near as long as Messi, his stats are nowhere near as impressive as Messi or Ronaldo, was caught on drugs and all sorts and played for some seriously crap teams. Although his peak was something else and he is the loveable rogue type character but for me he's 3rd after Messi and Ronaldo. Messi's actually shown a bit of a nasty streak in him during this tournament which is great to see!

Zidane is the level below along with the likes of the Real Ronaldo.

[imtommygunn]

He was coked up to the eyeballs half the time though 

I imagine he was as gifted but you watch that documentary and he had such a mad life I doubt he could consistently be the best player in the world.

[illdecide]

For the record i couldn't care less but i reckon CR7's antics the last while back will almost certainly drop him down people's pecking order.

[03,05,08]

In the 2006 World Cup Zidane was on a different level, went and fucked it up with a moment of madness in the final then

[Milltown Row2]

For the record i couldn't care less but i reckon CR7's antics the last while back will almost certainly drop him down people's pecking order.

But Messi's antics are ok?

[Wildweasel74]

Depends the age of posters on here. I notice the majority don't seem to remember the outlawing of tackling from behind which changed the sport from the defender to forwards advantage. I still have Maradona over either. Both played for strong club teams with alot great players round them. Maradona hadn't much with him at Napoli but done rightly. I have messi slightly ahead of Ronaldo but not by a lot.

[Wildweasel74]

We go for superman over Ironman too as discussed earlier. lol.

[JimStynes]

Depends the age of posters on here. I notice the majority don't seem to remember the outlawing of tackling from behind which changed the sport from the defender to forwards advantage. I still have Maradona over either. Both played for strong club teams with alot great players round them. Maradona hadn't much with him at Napoli but done rightly. I have messi slightly ahead of Ronaldo but not by a lot.

He only scored about 100 goals for Napoli.  And his career was down the pan after that. The nostalgia of Maradona definitely sways people. If it was a favourite player then I'd maybe have the likes of him  and Ronaldinho but for best it has to be Messi and Ronaldo. The goals they've scored in the best competitions in the world is ridiculous. Ronaldo's is even more impressive considering he started as a winger and scored in all leagues. It'll be 10 and 20 years after they are retired that people will really appreciate them!

[gawa316]

Is Haaland going to blow these boys' numbers out of the water? Remember reading a stat about the number of goals he has until now compared to what Messi and Ronaldo have, and it was ridiculous

[quit yo jibbajabba]

couple reasons why i always find these "who was better" debates pointless

- back in the day there was far less footie on tv so how much of maradona, cryuff and the likes did people really see whereas nowadays its near every week
- flip side is likes of messi, ronaldos teams so much stronger in depth in comparison to barca/real teams back in the day so their stats imo are skewed. Impressive nonetheless.

Similar as to why city/pool teams are breaking points records steady now, and haalamd gonna break scorin records. The strong are v much stronger

Having said that its deffo Messi >>>> Ronaldo 😉😉
The wee mans definitely the best ive ever seen with the caveat that in comparison i havent watched as much of maradona pele etc etc

[Itchy]

People are entitled to disagree of course but I personally find it bizarre there is even a debate on it as Messi is just the most incredible player of this generation and as brilliant a player as Ronaldo is, no one is better than Messi and way coaching and football is going in general I don't think there will ever be a better player than him.

[Armagh18]

Is Haaland going to blow these boys' numbers out of the water? Remember reading a stat about the number of goals he has until now compared to what Messi and Ronaldo have, and it was ridiculous

Remember seeing that he could score 35 a year for 15 years and still not get close. One big thing Messi and Ronaldo had is that they were very rarely injured, Haaland looks fairly injury prone

[seafoid]

Between them they have won 12 ballons d'or

Zidane and Cruyff combined won 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or

[snoopdog]

Just 2 unbelievable talents. Best not to compare but just enjoy. Ronaldo probably at the end of a great career  messi in the twilight. 

[David McKeown]

I don't even think either are the best footballer of the past 20 years. It's all subjective mind and will never be settled.