1, Di Stéfano
2, Ronaldo (Brazilian)
3, Van Basten
4, Messi
5, Maradonna
im not denying they're great players, it's just that they werent strikers.
Whilst this list and article in general is littered with errors ranging from ridiculous suggestions of players who have never been strikers to suggestions of players whom you state won't be included (C.Ronaldo), I do like the concept and am interested in seeing who comes out on top.
For me it is unquestionably Ronaldo. I reckon if he'd not been ravaged by injury and latterly weight issues, he could have been seen as one of the greatest players ever.
im not denying they're great players, it's just that they werent strikers.
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I always felt they played as second strikers. Its always a grey area this one, Zidanes another who i classed as a second striker / attacking midfielder.
comment by The Galloping Major Of Liverpool (U7010) posted 19 minutes ago
URM,
I assume you sant Denis Law up there pronto?
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Indeed
Depends what you want in a striker, if it's purely to score as many goals as possible then it has to be Der Bomber, Gerd Muller. 68 goals in 62 games for Germany, 487 goals in 555 games in club football, insane record.
For me it is unquestionably Ronaldo. I reckon if he'd not been ravaged by injury and latterly weight issues, he could have been seen as one of the greatest players ever.
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Ronaldo Luiz Nazaro De Lima is still regarded as one of the finest players to have played the game.
yeah Muller was the guvenor!
well it's your article bud
maradona's the best player i've seen anyway
Johnny Haynes deserves a mention too
First footballer to earn 100 quid a week
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maradona's the best player i've seen anyway
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Zidane for me, the guy just oozed class,
The red con
I am aware of this but I mean truly appreciated and revered the way Pele, Maradona, Cruyf and now Messi are.
URM,
He very nearly could've played for us when Shankly left Huddersfield... The rest is history.
Add Rummenigge to that list as well. Probably the best forward in Europe in his day. Bizarre how he often gets overlooked.
Of the forwards I've seen, I'd actually compose different lists of the best based on club and international performances, as there have been many that have excelled in the international arena but not at club level and vice versa.
International-
1. Ronaldo (Brazilian)
2. Miroslav Klose
3. David Villa
Club-
1. Thierry Henry
2. Samuel Eto'o
3. Didier Drogba
Zidanes another who i classed as a second striker / attacking midfielder
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Attacking playmaker imo - the role of a striker is simply too different to bunch them together, but as someone else said, your article, your rules.
ZZ's one of my personal 4-5 greats, and it's hard to split them, but Maradona still stands out as the greatest footballing genius I've seen in my lifetime.
Rummenigge
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I remember I used to think he was god when i was a kid.
2 thinks i couldnt get my head round as a kid was ron greenwood not being england manager and rummenigge missing a sitter.
i think i must have just thought it was the laws of physics or something that greenwood was england manager and rummenigge never missed
Attacking playmaker imo - the role of a striker is simply too different to bunch them together, but as someone else said, your article, your rules.
ZZ's one of my personal 4-5 greats, and it's hard to split them, but Maradona still stands out as the greatest footballing genius I've seen in my lifetime
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People have different opinions i guess, maybe im wrong!
Nevertheless i think he is definently in the same breath as some of those players.
Who was better than do you think Maradona or Pele?
Torres should be on the list, even more so if Michael Owen is
there have been many that have excelled in the international arena but not at club level and vice versa
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Bloscar, I understand you might put others at club level above him, but just fyg until he broke his leg last season, David Villa had gone 10 consecutive seasons scoring at least 20 goals at club level, and that includes not only his days at Barça and Valencia, but also at Zaragoza and Spoting Gijon. Can't think of any current striker that could match that.
Just clarifying, 'cause I imagine you didn't mean to imply he hasn't excelled at club level, but it sort of came across that way.
That list sure does bring back some memorys ! Rivaldo was one of my favourite strikers ever, guy was pure class. Van Nistelrooy was another old favourite even though he played for man u still had to admire the guy, same with Henry, pure legends
Alan Clarke
Archie Gemmil
Malcolm McDonald
Jackie Milburn
Nevertheless i think he is definently in the same breath as some of those players.
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Vastly superior than most of them, just not as a striker.
Who was better than do you think Maradona or Pele?
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I never pass judgement on Pelé because I never saw him play.
What I can tell you is that when I was a kid, my dad's generation would talk non-stop about Pele and Di Stefano, and I used to think it was impossible they could've been remotely as good as Maradona. I only understand it now, when I see how some younger people who never saw Maradona struggle to come to terms with the idea that us oldies could consider him better than ZZ, Messi, etc.
What I can tell you is that when I was a kid, my dad's generation would talk non-stop about Pele and Di Stefano, and I used to think it was impossible they could've been remotely as good as Maradona. I only understand it now, when I see how some younger people who never saw Maradona struggle to come to terms with the idea that us oldies could consider him better than ZZ, Messi, etc.
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My uncles who followed football during that era always rated Baggio and Maradona as 2 of the best players they have ever seen play.
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posted on 5/9/12
1, Di Stéfano
2, Ronaldo (Brazilian)
3, Van Basten
4, Messi
5, Maradonna
posted on 5/9/12
im not denying they're great players, it's just that they werent strikers.
posted on 5/9/12
Whilst this list and article in general is littered with errors ranging from ridiculous suggestions of players who have never been strikers to suggestions of players whom you state won't be included (C.Ronaldo), I do like the concept and am interested in seeing who comes out on top.
For me it is unquestionably Ronaldo. I reckon if he'd not been ravaged by injury and latterly weight issues, he could have been seen as one of the greatest players ever.
posted on 5/9/12
im not denying they're great players, it's just that they werent strikers.
------------------------
I always felt they played as second strikers. Its always a grey area this one, Zidanes another who i classed as a second striker / attacking midfielder.
posted on 5/9/12
comment by The Galloping Major Of Liverpool (U7010) posted 19 minutes ago
URM,
I assume you sant Denis Law up there pronto?
--------------
Indeed
posted on 5/9/12
Depends what you want in a striker, if it's purely to score as many goals as possible then it has to be Der Bomber, Gerd Muller. 68 goals in 62 games for Germany, 487 goals in 555 games in club football, insane record.
posted on 5/9/12
Nat Lofthouse
posted on 5/9/12
For me it is unquestionably Ronaldo. I reckon if he'd not been ravaged by injury and latterly weight issues, he could have been seen as one of the greatest players ever.
========================================
Ronaldo Luiz Nazaro De Lima is still regarded as one of the finest players to have played the game.
posted on 5/9/12
yeah Muller was the guvenor!
posted on 5/9/12
well it's your article bud
maradona's the best player i've seen anyway
posted on 5/9/12
Johnny Haynes deserves a mention too
First footballer to earn 100 quid a week
posted on 5/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 5/9/12
maradona's the best player i've seen anyway
-------------------
Zidane for me, the guy just oozed class,
posted on 5/9/12
The red con
I am aware of this but I mean truly appreciated and revered the way Pele, Maradona, Cruyf and now Messi are.
posted on 5/9/12
URM,
He very nearly could've played for us when Shankly left Huddersfield... The rest is history.
Add Rummenigge to that list as well. Probably the best forward in Europe in his day. Bizarre how he often gets overlooked.
posted on 5/9/12
Of the forwards I've seen, I'd actually compose different lists of the best based on club and international performances, as there have been many that have excelled in the international arena but not at club level and vice versa.
International-
1. Ronaldo (Brazilian)
2. Miroslav Klose
3. David Villa
Club-
1. Thierry Henry
2. Samuel Eto'o
3. Didier Drogba
posted on 5/9/12
Zidanes another who i classed as a second striker / attacking midfielder
---
Attacking playmaker imo - the role of a striker is simply too different to bunch them together, but as someone else said, your article, your rules.
ZZ's one of my personal 4-5 greats, and it's hard to split them, but Maradona still stands out as the greatest footballing genius I've seen in my lifetime.
posted on 5/9/12
Rummenigge
============
I remember I used to think he was god when i was a kid.
2 thinks i couldnt get my head round as a kid was ron greenwood not being england manager and rummenigge missing a sitter.
i think i must have just thought it was the laws of physics or something that greenwood was england manager and rummenigge never missed
posted on 5/9/12
Attacking playmaker imo - the role of a striker is simply too different to bunch them together, but as someone else said, your article, your rules.
ZZ's one of my personal 4-5 greats, and it's hard to split them, but Maradona still stands out as the greatest footballing genius I've seen in my lifetime
------------------
People have different opinions i guess, maybe im wrong!
Nevertheless i think he is definently in the same breath as some of those players.
Who was better than do you think Maradona or Pele?
posted on 5/9/12
Torres should be on the list, even more so if Michael Owen is
posted on 5/9/12
there have been many that have excelled in the international arena but not at club level and vice versa
---
Bloscar, I understand you might put others at club level above him, but just fyg until he broke his leg last season, David Villa had gone 10 consecutive seasons scoring at least 20 goals at club level, and that includes not only his days at Barça and Valencia, but also at Zaragoza and Spoting Gijon. Can't think of any current striker that could match that.
Just clarifying, 'cause I imagine you didn't mean to imply he hasn't excelled at club level, but it sort of came across that way.
posted on 5/9/12
That list sure does bring back some memorys ! Rivaldo was one of my favourite strikers ever, guy was pure class. Van Nistelrooy was another old favourite even though he played for man u still had to admire the guy, same with Henry, pure legends
posted on 5/9/12
Alan Clarke
Archie Gemmil
Malcolm McDonald
Jackie Milburn
posted on 5/9/12
Nevertheless i think he is definently in the same breath as some of those players.
---
Vastly superior than most of them, just not as a striker.
Who was better than do you think Maradona or Pele?
---
I never pass judgement on Pelé because I never saw him play.
What I can tell you is that when I was a kid, my dad's generation would talk non-stop about Pele and Di Stefano, and I used to think it was impossible they could've been remotely as good as Maradona. I only understand it now, when I see how some younger people who never saw Maradona struggle to come to terms with the idea that us oldies could consider him better than ZZ, Messi, etc.
posted on 5/9/12
What I can tell you is that when I was a kid, my dad's generation would talk non-stop about Pele and Di Stefano, and I used to think it was impossible they could've been remotely as good as Maradona. I only understand it now, when I see how some younger people who never saw Maradona struggle to come to terms with the idea that us oldies could consider him better than ZZ, Messi, etc.
---------------------------
My uncles who followed football during that era always rated Baggio and Maradona as 2 of the best players they have ever seen play.
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