mayor1814:



Lolzz. See as u dey ginger to defend ur idol, Eto. What a pity. See all d nonsense epistles u have been spilling. No football player is my idol. I'm not an emotional and crazy Stan like u to d point of using ur idol name in ur name. Being a neutral football fan makes me enjoy football better. I see and know players performing better than one another. Ur sense of good judgment has been blocked, u can't see things clearly.



Now lemme ask u a simple question. Is Eto the best player of all time to u? Anoda simple question, list your top 15 or 10 best players of all time. Thank u

No I won't answer, I rather leave u in ur illusion. U're a neutral in football u say... I think u ended the discussion but u didn't notice it. U can't be neutral, that's the truth and everybody can tell you. I don't defend anybody, I'm just giving facts, while u're blablating on ur feelings. I give numbers, stats, trophies, accomplishments etc... What do u give me ? Ur feelings and sport journals ...

Simple ! In 2005, Henry won the european golden boot with 25 goals, right ? How many League goals did Eto'o score the same season ? 25 goals too. Conclusion ?? U're just blablating cuz Henry doesn't have anything for himself in that comparison that's the reality. And the AFCON is every 2 years in the middle of the season, that's the other reality.

Eto'o said : " Henry isn't on my level. The bad luck or the luck I had is I didn't play in France. Because those who played in France had +80% not because they were strong, because France sells much more, they sold and put them on our level "

There is nothing more true than it and that's the reason they have advantage on the individual awards, their medias, sponsors, federation give them a huge aura undepending of their talent.

mayor1814:



Ogbeni U are d delusional folk right here. Reasoning like a woman masturbating and fantasizing over Eto and u are still saying Eto is right calling anelka the better striker btw Henry and anelka... U need help. Single golden boot, ur eto no win. Wo keep living in fool paradise. To u Eto is the best player and the best thing to ever happen to football. Good for u.

When I'll say u're not normal u'll believe I'm pushing it far. Do u understand how stupid are ur arguments to defend Henry ? Does a european golden boot make you a better striker than others striker ? Especially when the other striker has better records in termes of goals ? How many goals did the serial choker score while he won his golden boot ? 25 and 30 goals ? Is it superior to Eto'o's stats ?? Ur idol is was just lucky nobody scored more those seasons + Eto'o had to play AFCON each 2 years in january that doesn't help.

Go and check how many league goals Eto'o scored in 2005, the year Henry and Forlan won the golden boot : 25 goals, the same number as them. But guess why he didn't win the golden boot, thanks to Marca who considered he just scored 24 then ESM (European Sports Media) considered that fake and polimical number. Otherwise, with bigger mediatic machine and powerful federations on his side... U won't be speaking about the european golden boot today.

And I can also say Henry didn't win the UEFA forward of the year. And once again u ran away : Ronaldinho is a better player for Milan than Inzaghi right ? So, since you consider R9 and Romario are the greatest striker of Barca, it means Ronaldinho is superior to Gattuso, Pirlo, Kaka, Seedorf etc when it's about AC Milan abi ?

mayor1814:


U and ur fave Eto are living in d illusion of fantasizing on fiction. Ur fave said Anelka is better than Henry. Rubbish talk of d century. U also follow suit in imitation of ur fave saying things that are shocking just like ur fave.

Everytime I read ur posts I have that impression that I'm talking with a woman who doesn't watch games but talk about those players she knows because they're mediatic and everything. In terms of pure talent Anelka was far far better than Henry, even in France their common country everybody knows it. So it isn't strange to listen Eto'o saying he thinks Anelka was better but just bleeped his carreer up because of bad mentality. That's the reason Eto'o didn't answer when they asked him : on his carreer ? Because he knows Henry was better with a better carreer. Eto'o is talking like somebody who knows both and knows Anelka just bleeped up and he's right... Don't talk about Anelka if u don't know him, he was signed very young for Madrid.

And about your Eto'o vs Henry comparison, carry on dreaming in how Eto'o isn't in top 20, 30 or anything but personally I don't compare an Arsenal player to a Madrid, Barcelona, Inter and Chelsea's player, Big difference in terms of class. And once again, the trophies, the stats, the accomplishments and the big moments talk for Eto'o.

U're a delusional man who believes Ronaldinho is the greatest player of PSG history ahead Mbappe, Neymar, Ibrahimovic etc, Ronaldo Nazario is the greatest striker of Madrid ahead Benzema, Raùl, and as if it wasn't enough u dare telling Romario and Nazario are the best 9 of Barça history ahead Eto'o and his 130 goals + 2 UCL with 2 goals in 2 finals + 3 La Liga titles... Go and watch yourself in the glass.

mayor1814:
I still repeat. 20 or 30 greatest players of all time, Eto will never be in such a discussion. Who dash am sef.

Keep on dreaming. I think we can't help u.

mayor1814:



U are d one that is dysfunctional. Coz how will a normal person say eto is the best 9 in Barca history? Ur fave Eto sef no normal coz How will a normal person say anelka is better than Henry? How will a normal person say Eto is better than Henry? U need to check urself.

It seems u're not reading you're the only one in your illusion even on this forum it's sad.

mayor1814:



Exactly. U are a Barca fan and u are a eto'o fan. U are d one that brought out d issue of socio and all dat. And that is y I reminded u of the fact that eto can never be regarded as one of the top 50 greatest players of all time. I know u go don search tire u no go see.


So back to d issue. U are d one yarning bullshit saying eto is better than Ronaldo de Lima, Henry, weah, better than this and that. The 2006 u are talking about, we will name Ronaldinho, deco and puyol as the main men for barca before naming eto.

Honnestly I don't think you're normal.

mayor1814:



Clearly u are a kid. U didn't watch George weah play. U relied on stats and YouTube highlights. U were fully aware wen eto came to d scene. Good for u. Those of us who watched prime George weah know better. I don't even remember the season eto was the number 1 man for barca. The top men had always been Ronaldo de Lima , Ronaldinho and later messi.

For once you're honest. You really can't remember a season Eto'o was the number 1 man for Barça because you weren't a Barça fan, you're not a La Liga's fan too. You just rely on what the medias, sport journals, advertisments and video games show. Otherwise you'd know Eto'o has always been the main man for goals season after season and he delivered in big games too. He was for a lot of seasons Barça's main man in terms of goals + assists too, but u can't know it.

In 2006, the REAL BARÇA FANS and football lovers know he was the main man of FC Barcelona. Something even the president, the coach, the supporters and the players agreed on back then but since in your world you don't have those informations you tell bullshits. A real football fan can see when a player is underrated because he watches games and check informations and results. A footix will ask you to go and read sports journals.

mayor1814:



Ogbeni show list. At least all sport journals list cannot be biased. If u are a soccer pundits in the midst of like 30 or 40 pundits or soccer analysts, they will push u out if u are bent on d eto agenda. In fact your defence of eto will not even have any weight. Even top 50 greatest footballers list sef, who dash am.



George Weah wasn't fortunate to have a star studded team like Cameroon. But his individual display shone brightly and we all saw it clearly. Weah won world best, European best, and African best. Where is eto Europe best? Where is eto world best?



Are u even joking or what. U can't be serious with this defense lawyer work u are doing for eto. Don't deceive urself by saying R9 and eto are in d same tier. Coz Henry and George Weah will always be greater than ur beloved eto. Nawaoh, nothing we no go see for nairaland sha

Show list ? Abeg u no sabi ball. Don't need to waste my time with a kid who doesn't know sport Journals follow an editorial line.

George Weah wasn't fortunate to have a star dudded team like Cameroon u say... He was also unfortunate to play in Europe with club like PSG, Milan, OM and Chelsea that's why he never reached a champions league final abi ? 3 champions league medals for Mr Samuel Eto'o. Weah won world best, european best and african best but he never reached 15 league goals throughout his carreer, never scored in the highest stage, never won a major trophy like AFCON or champions league, never played a World cup, we don't even know what he won the year he was ballon d'or. Don't compare him to Mr Samuel Eto'o it isn't his level. It just looks like he should thank Berlusconi and France for giving him a ballon d'or, thanks to the context because he won it the 1st year they opened it to other nationalities. Eto'o gave trophies to his teams, not Weah. That's the difference because one needed elections to get trophies while the other scored and won trophies which didn't need election.

mayor1814:




U just disturbing urself with jargons ogbeni. U are a fanatical eto stan. I understand. So all these ur defence of eto is expected. But it's a pity that u have lost touch with reality. Result of being a fanatical fan of a player.


I repeat. Ronaldo de Lima, George weah, romario and Thierry Henry will always be better and greater than eto. U claim ur beloved eto will be rated as top 20 best players of all time. Pls share d list here.

What is he talking about ? I showed like 1+1=2 that Eto'o is ahead Henry and Weah, no time for repeating myself and I don't need any european sport Journals (even there Eto'o is always ranked ahead Weah ) to know it since I watch football for a longtime now. Did Weah ever manage to score 15+ goals in a european league ? Did Weah score goals in the highest stage as Eto'o did ? What about his longevity ? No AFCON, no champions league, no World cup participation, scored poor amount of goals in Europe, there is nothing he does Eto'o couldn't. So stop embarassing yourself because nobody would have this debate if in 1995 they didn't allow africans to win ballon d'or. He isn't on Etoo's level.

And I say, yes Eto'o is top 20 all times because he's Mr Cameroon, Mr Barcelona and Mr Inter Milan. Bring concrete arguments to deny it, otherwise just go shamefully.

mayor1814:



U are d one embarrassing urself. Saying eto is the best 9 in Barca history... Continue... The same socios u referring to will not even put ur beloved eto in the top 50 greatest and best players of all time... Just dey disgrace urself for public space...


Meanwhile Ronaldo de Lima is easily put in top 8 or 7 greatest ever. They will even rate romario before talking of eto.

Is this guy reading himself ? Who are you to say what will the socios think ? Eto'o is the best 9 of Barça history far in front Romario and Romario, full stop. And you didn't answer the question about Raul, Benzema and R9 concerning Madrid cuz you realised how sad your answers are.
In PSG who is the better player : Ronaldinho or Ibrahimovic ?? Answer Ronaldinho just to make everybody notice you don't know football . Who are you to debate about something the socios, the president, the legends of FC Barcelona agree on ? Did you watch better FC Barcelona or do you know better that clubs history than them ? You just imagine illusions, those who watched Eto'o put him amongst the best of the best : top 20 all times.

And once again I don't care about european sports journals, I'll take in count when Africa will get their own influent journals because that's the way this business works. Ask the opinion of those who played with Eto'o, those who coached him or his presidents.

If somebody says R9 and Romario arebetter than Eto'o, I can understand because they are on the same tier, not Henry.

mayor1814:



I hope u now remember wen u said eto is d best 9 in Barca history. A team that has legends like Ronaldo de Lima, romario etc in their history... Just dey play

And I repeat, Eto'o is the best 9 in Barca history. I don't know if you're joking or something but it looks like you just want to humiliate yourself on internet.
Who is the best 9 of Real Madrid between R9 and Benzema or Raùl ?? Will you answer R9 ? That's the way we find out somebody who didn't watch football but just grew up with superstars.

mayor1814:




U don't even know what u are saying, u once said eto is better than R9 that was wen I know emotions have blocked u from seeing facts. U talking of eto impressive goal record as against Henry, Does Pele and maradona have the same impressive goal record as cristiano, does that make cristiano greater than Pele and maradona? Ogbeni just agree u are 100 percent for eto. U can't see things from other realistic angle.

Just quote the post I said Eto'o is better than R9 just to laugh a little bit. I gave clear arguments, you're the one looking for solutions to defend Henry, not me since my arguments can be check by anybody.
And about your comparison of Maradona, Pelé and Cristiano, sorry to bring you back on earth but Pelé has better goals records than both Cristiano and Maradona. And Maradona can be considered better than CR7 because he played in a different era of football with different stats standards, won major trophies in difficult contexts and was extremely talented but it doesn't change the fact Cristiano also has his arguments.

On the debate Henry vs Eto'o, the frenchman only has hype for himself.

mayor1814:



So Pele , Romario, Ronaldo de Lima speak English or played in English league? Baba this ur eto agenda is not gending... Like I told u earlier, u are 100 per cent in body n soul for eto. To u eto can do no wrong. U can even say eto is the best player of all time or he's better than messi. That is the way u portray urself already and u are not even seeing it.



Learn to root out emotion wen watching football. It will only block u from seeing and saying the fact. If u remove emotion or too much attachment to a particular player or team in football, I bet u, u will enjoy watching football better. U will see things from a general and realistic angle not just your own sentimental angle.

And you, if you begin by stopping giving lessons to others when you don't know what you're talking about. Eto'o said something and he's 100% right. He said Henry isn't on his level but they sell him better because he played for France and also in the french league, which is true. Henry was a bigger superstar than Eto'o, his sponsors and medias worked very well because we could see him everywhere. But when it came to what happens to the stadium Eto'o was his dad as I told you no matter what you or your sport Journals need to sell :
- who has better stats ? Like who scored more and the goals per game ?
- who has better stats in their respective prime ? Like who has the better goals per game between Arsenal's Henry vs Barcelona's Eto'o ?
- who was the better big games player ? I'm talking about the clutcher striker.
- who played in the best league in the world in his prime according to the UEFA coefficient ?
- who showed the better level of adaptation in different teams and leagues ?
- who became the main man for goals in the best team in the world surrounded by stars ?
- who benched Henry then threw him on the side with Barcelona despite 2 different coaches ?
- who said in 2008 : " Eto'o is really better than me " ?

On the other hand what does Henry have to offer against those arguments out of emotions ? And Weah ? Now do you realise how superior Eto'o is when we take in count those arguments ? Do you realise why Henry isn't on his level ? Do you realise Eto'o with hype would be agreed with NO DISCUSSION on R9 tiers ?
Don't tell nonsense again because I'll post old Barça's games here to open your eyes because it looks like you don't even know his game and qualities, and it's on that point that the medias own you because they can make you think Eto'o was a Haaland while his game was full of speed, mobilty to bring solutions, technique, tiki taka, killer instinct, amazing workrate, versatility and clutch. He shared passion and dream but you compare him to Thierry Henry, serious ? Do you imagine how good Eto'o would be in that Arsenal team with him as the king the way Henry was ? Now you can rest.

mayor1814:



I see things clearly. Unbiased lovers of football see things clearly. I will never, I repeat, I will never rate Beckham ahead of eto as the better footballer. Eto no doubt is one of the best strikers we have ever seen but there are at least 8/9 strikers better than him in the history of football. The likes of Pele, Romario, Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, George Weah etc will always be greater than him. Simple.



Clearly u are biased starting from your name so you may not see that clearly.

Don't amuse me with George Weah and Thierry Henry, they aren't on his level. Unbiased football fans know Eto'o is better, even in France the country of Thierry Henry ppl know Eto'o is and was always better than Henry. Make a difference between a hyped player and an amazing player. Eto'o was on Romario and Ronaldo's tiers, with the hype less. How dare you compare Henry to him ? I don't want to disrespect Henry but he wasn't as impactful as Eto'o was. Only PL merchant fans all over the world can tell something like that, it would be different in countries ppl don't speak english coz they weren't full of PL.

Henry had his face on PlayStation games, in advertisments, his actions were decrypted, had a big mediactic machine behind him. That's the reason ppl compare him to Eto'o Mr Cameroon, Mr Barcelona, Mr Inter Milan.

mayor1814:




If someone had told me this discussion would come up, I will swear that it can never happen. Imagine u saying it confidently that Eto is in d league of Ronaldo de Lima and Romario, nawa. Top 10 ten best strikers of all time composed by all pundits and recognized sport journals all over the world, U WILL NEVER FIND ETO. Rest.



If u had watched prime Henry in arsenal and France, u will know he's miles ahead of Eto. Even if u had watched George Weah in the mid and late 90s, u will know he's also miles ahead of Eto.

Everytime I read your comments, I just want to laugh until never end. I watched them, something even if we don't know ourselves,I'm sure you didn't. And there is not a world they're on Eto'o's level and I gave enough arguments about it. Eto'o is in the league of Ronaldo and Romario according to a lot of Barça's legends and even of their president Joan Laporte . Something we can't say about Henry. Your pundits and recognised sport Journals all over the World aren't objective, that's the fact about their job. They rank players just about their celebrity, business and the country they came from. That's the reason you can see people believing Beckham or Henry are better players than Eto'o.

They were sold better, but Eto'o was better. The day you'll give me the criterias behind all those EUROPEAN sport Journals rankings, we'll talk. But in terms of : statistics, clutch goals, level of adaptation, trophies, talent, courage and difficulties they faced, Eto'o is his dad.

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Henry bawo? The flop who always choke in major European finals. Uefa cup final 2000. He's the reason Arsenal lost to lowly rated Galatasaray. UCL 2006, one on one twice against freaking Valdes, and he couldn't lift Arsenal. In fact, he's the reason Arsenal hasn't won an European trophy when they dominated EPL. If you doubt, check YouTube for highlights.

France kor? Even a dog knew that Zidane was the soul of that team. When he got injured in 2002 WC, Henry lost to a debutant Senegal and crashed from group stage as world champion. France had to drag old man Zidane to play the next WC because they knew Henry flopped in major tournaments. They said Henry scored against Brazil in 2006,abeg who created that pass that skipped all Brazil players to find Henry's leg? Zidane! Euro 2000 was a Zidane vs Figo show. Henry was a passenger.

Eto played in an era where Valencia, Deportivo, Sevilla were dragging league title with Barca and Madrid. Eto dragged less fancied Mallorca to a major trophy in Spain. Henry bossed an EPL that was inferior to La Liga and Serie A. He had only Man Utd to drag epl with and when Chelsea and Abramovich came in, he couldn't win epl title anymore.

Spot on. The only reason ppl compare Henry to Eto'o is because they grew up with Henry and the premier league while they just watched Eto'o times to times, they watched him more in AFCON. Of course cuz you follow football you knew he was a beast since each week you had the information he scored and you saw goals actions, ppl also notice him in the big games but cuz he wasn't as mediatic as Henry, his actions and goals weren't as mediatic and decrypted as Henry's, u have those ppl who are putting Henry on his level. That's the power medias have, they can make a player look better than they're supposed to be and that's the reason Eto'o said if he played in France meaning La Ligue 1, he would get more hype and win all the individual awards. You just have to notice the hype Drogba benefited cuz he played in France.

Henry was a great, nobody can deny the beast he was. But Eto'o scored consistently when La Liga was the best league in the world, had huge talent allowing him to do everything on the attack line, he was a real big games player, he adapted in many systems and was the best in the world at a time. They even gave him the greatest salary back then, it wasn't for nothing. If Eto'o was european he would have poweful medias and sport journals, big sponsors behind him and there would be no comparison.

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No chance, he isn't even a contender. Eto'o is in the top 5 with R9, Romario, Van Basten and Eusebio. Henry can't challenge those names and I can assure you I know Henry since Claire fontaine in France so you don't teach me anything about him. He's a PL legend so we tend to overrate him just like we overrate Drogba for the comparison to Eto'o but he can't be compared to those names, their technical skills are too important for Henry who was just a poor Mbappe and played on his speed to pass his opponents. Ronaldo shined in the old Serie And in La Liga which were clearly more competitive than Premier League back then, he shined when it mattered too, Henry no. And 2005-2011 Eto'o is better than Henry, it's like comparing Arsenal to FC Barcelona. Let me remind you that Larsson, Henry, Saviola, Gudjhonsen, Ibrahimovic, David Villa all came to Barcelona but the best of them was just average there and didn't bang as many goals as they used to do. How do you explain that ? On the other hand with Arsenal any striker shined, even Adebayor showed a demoniac level when Henry leaved scoring 24 league goals let's be serious and you want to compare him to Eto'o ??


Continue making distractions. World best is an award influenced by sponsors, powerful federations, european medias just for business. Ballon d'or is given by journalists, at that time it was only UEFA journalists who could vote and we all know any journalist has an editorial line he has to respect. So Eto'o who came for Cameroon which means a poor federation in FIFA, no powerful medias to make his promotion, playing for an african nation no attractive for sponsors, how do you want him to surpass Henry ? Should I recall you ballon d'or na elections and elections na politics ?? Can you win an election without campaign ? For ballon d'or the campaign is done by sport Journals, medias, sponsors etc... Eto'o doesn't benefit of it.
And yes Eto'o 2005-06 was better than Dinho, when you don't know ask and we'll tell you why. There was a year we know in Africa that Eto'o could really win the World best and that year is 2006. If you become a little bit humble, maybe I'll give you sources.
Rated by all global sports tabloïd lists ? You're really a kid. When you want to compare players you're supposed to have seen your arguments are tabloïd lists . Grow up then we'll speak seriously. Is Weah that you consider very great on your tabloïd lists ?? They sell their best names and put them on top, but there are professionals and players who know the truth, same for great football lovers. Did u see the fight Fury vs Nganou ? Fury is the official winner, Nganou was the stronger. There are decisions and there are reality.

Henry scored more beautiful goals who judged it ?

Knock out . I would even put Eto'o in my top 3 since Eusebio played an old era. Ronaldo Romario and Eto'o are the greatest centre forwards ever.

JayJayShow:


I knew I can't discuss with you when you brought the fact " Henry was a magician "... That's the craziest thing I've heard as a football fan. Henry couldn't match Barcelona's tehnical excellence and he knows it, he learned back how to play football at Barça and found Eto'o was a démon. Then he said in 2008 : " Eto'o is REALLY better than me ".

And I read a brother already killed the discussion with facts. Since the stats and trophies don't speak for Henry, you want to dance on the " technical aspect of the game " making look like Eto'o was a poacher like Haaland or Lewandowski who touched few balls and wasn't very good on the ball when it came to dribbling, pace or tiki taka ?

Go and sleep kid.

Na kids be this ooo brother don't mind them, they no have TV when Eto'o ppl called Eto'o pichichi.

JayJayShow:


What the hell ? Henry better technically than Samuel Eto'o ? Eto'os class is Drogba, Torres, Raùl, Van Nistelrooy ? I want you to remove it very fast because you can put Lewandowski and Haaland on the same class than those players but Eto'o was just on R9 and Romario level in terms of style of play. You can't compare his dribbling abilities to Henry because Henry needed space while Eto'o could kill u in very tight spaces. They were similar in terms of pace but when it came to dribbling, link up and combinations, Eto'o was his dad don't be ridiculous there is a reason Henry didn't fit with Barça : he wasn't on the technical level of Eto'o, Messi and Iniesta. And yes Eto'o scored a more beautiful solo goal than the one Henry banged against Madrid.

And I notice except 1997/98 with Monaco, Henry never reached 7 CL goals, his max was 5 and I don't need to remind you the UCL changed in 2003/04, before that Season it wasn't the same format because there was 2 group stages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siVz6jHnxUg?feature=shared


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXD66Cua280?feature=shared

It's simple. Lewandowski better than Eto'o ? What a joke. And the ballon d'or Suarez wasn't a striker, he was a midfielder. The reality is when it comes to FC Barcelona, Eto'o is the best 9 ever, Ronaldo Romario and Luis Suarez are below. There isn't even a debate about it.

My friend u sabi ball ooo. Eto'o is without the shadow of a doubt the best one.

And to end this debate once and for all, let's talk about Eto'o's 2005/06 season :
Spanish supercup winner
La Liga winner
UCL winner
2006 AFCON golden boot
La Liga top scorer
Top assists provider in UCL + 3rd goalscorer
Goalscorer and MVP in the UCL final

But they didn't give him the ballon d'or nor the FIFA POTY because those awards are full of business, marketing, politics, hype and segragation. The hype was for Zidane who didn't win anything, and they gave it to Cannavaro just to award an italian, forgetting there wasn't a top star carrying Italy but just a team work.

That's just how good Eto'o was.

mayor1814:




I just noticed ur name now, u are an Eto fan. Reflecting in ur name. A die hard Eto fan. Life is more fun than being a diehard stan of any player. U will never see any wrong with Eto. In fact u can even say Samuel Eto is the best striker in history for u to dey yarn mumu talk sey Eto is best 9 in barca history. That means u are saying he's better than Ronaldo de Lima, Romario etc.



See apart from being successful and highly decorated with stats, record n awards, I look at reality. E.g. players like Mikel, Alves etc are more decorated than many players greater than them. I look at players that give me joy on the field of play. Their skills, creativity, ball control, leadership qualities, dribbles etc and in that regard Eto is not and will never be in my top 5/6 greatest strikers in football history.

When you lack arguments, you start attacking me and my undername. I gave arguments to all my points but as you don't have any answer to that, you start saying bullshits. When I say Eto'o is the best 9 in Barça history, it's because he's been elected by Barça socios that way just like I could say Drogba is the best player of Chelsea history ! Now it looks more clearly like you don't really know nothing but the Premier League. If you didn't watch Eto'o's dribbles, pace, link up and combinations play, ball control etc in his carreer, I can't do anything for you.

Ronaldo is maybe a better striker than Eto'o but in Barça history Eto'o was better just like Raùl is better than Ronaldo for Madrid !! Trophies, stats, longevity, clutch goals suggest it. Same for Romario.

I don't know if the reactions I read here comparing Eto'o to Henry, Suarez and Lewandowski (ok why not them) or more pathetic comparing him to Rooney, Aguero, Forlàn, David Villa are done because he's a cameroonian so we don't want him to be on top but we have to change some behaviours. We should learn to give the credit the other africans deserve, not humiliating them to keep some ego.

Samuel Eto'o is a player coming from another dimension for african football, you just have to watch his achievements, his statistics and the prides he receives from the greatest of the sport and from his clubs supporters. Winning 4 african player of the year award, 3 UCL medals, 2 AFCON, 1 olympics gold medal, 2 FIFA clubs World cup, 4 FIFA world cup participations, all time leading top scorer of AFCON, only player to achieve back to back trebbles, 2 × La Liga top scorer (when La Liga was the best league), a beast in the big games like the finals he scored as 2 UCL finals, FIFA clubs WC final, AFCON and olympics final, cup finals both in Spain and Italy, 426 goals + 136 assists in 880 games, best player of Mallorca history, FC Barcelona best 9 ever in history, hall of famer at Inter Milan.

Of course he's better than Henry and deserved a ballon d'or.

And before you bring any comparison with Suarez I'll cut you down very fast. Suarez didn't have Eto'o's goals contribution to the team and wasn't the main man for goals during his Barça days despite he was the focal point of the front line. He didn't win 2 Champions league, he didn't have the technical level and the pace Eto'o had, he didn't score as important goals as Eto'o did.

That's the reason Eto'o is Barça's best 9 ever : stats (the only 9 with better stats in Barça history is Luis Suarez), goals contribution to the team (scored like 30% of Barça's goals back then), all round game (had more mobility up front and played more balls + great technique and mad Pace), clutch goals, trophies.

mayor1814:



Immediately u said Eto is the best 9 ever in barca history I know your delusion is not only low key but premium max. I'm not an arsenal fan and I will never be but I watch football objectively without sentiment. I see reality.


Someone like u will rate Yekini better than Ronaldo de Lima in history because of ur sentiment n loyalty for Nigeria. Keep it up.

OMG what is he saying ? I'm giving you an information, not a feeling. Eto'o is the best 9 ever in Barça history ELECTED BY THE SOCIOS if you didn't know and approved by Barça legends as Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves, Ronaldinho, Piqué, Guardiola etc... You should be completely damaged to deny that reality because he has no opponent in Barça modern era, his only opponent being Kubala who played in a different era of football.

Eto'o with Barça :
199 games
130 goals
2 × La Liga golden boots
Bronze award in FIFA World Best player
1 × UEFA forward of the year
2 UEFA team of the year
2 FIFA/FIFPRO World XI
3 La Liga trophies
2 UCL trophies
2 goals in 2 UCL finals

During his Barça days, he was the main man when it came to goals, nobody came close to his goals contribution to the team although he shared the attack line 1st with Ronaldinho and Giuly (or Larsson), then with Henry and Messi.

mayor1814:



For your information THIERRY HENRY is the greatest premier league player of all time. No matter the pundit, the analysis, the sentiment, the sport journal, they will always rate HENRY as the face of English premier league.



Now come to Laliga, Eto will never make top Top 5 in their La Liga best or greatest players of all time. Even top 10 sef. Who dash am. Even seria A top 5 in history, Eto no go ever enter.


Now let's come to Cameroon. Patrick Mboma was more feared than him in the attack in their playing days. Mboma was stronger, fitter and deadlier than him. Nigeria vs Cameroon, 2000 nations cup comes to mind. And overall, Roger Milla is considered a greater legend than Eto.

Now you're derailing because you don't have any argument anymore. If you think Mboma was the main man of Cameroon, it's your opinion and I respect it, do you want to make me believe Henry was the main man for France ?? Was Henry even a top 3 for France back then in that generation with Zidane, Thuram, Djorkaeff, Vieira, Makelele, Dessailly etc ? No he wasn't, he simply wasn't.

And let me recall you for that 2000 AFCON, Eto'o scored 4 goals + 1 assist in 5 games : goal vs Ivory Coast in group stage, goal in quarter final vs Algeria, goal in semi final vs Tunisia then a goal + assist in the final against Nigeria. You want to reduce his impact by comparing him to Mboma but you're delusional my friend, Eto'o was just 19, wasn't even a starter at the begining of the competition, had less playing time than Mboma but was as decisive than him + an mvp performance in that final against Nigeria !! Eto'o was the mvp of that game sorry for you but even the goal Mboma scored Eto'o did all the job ! He was in the team of the tournament too, not Mboma because he had more technique and mobility on the pitch.
Roger Milla vs Eto'o is a generation's debate, Eto'o overall has more records, Milla has the 1990 world cup history.

I don't know if you're all Arsenal's fans but even Henry knows who is Eto'o. Don't tell bullshits anymore. Eto'o scored more goals overall than Henry with a better goals per game too, Barcelona's Eto'o also has a better goals per game than Arsenal's Henry, Henry never showed up in finals compared to Eto'o, Henry failed in Italy with Juventus and in Spain with FC Barcelona while Eto'o had an amazing level of adaptation, Eto'o also beat him on trophies. Even on their qualities I still take Eto'o anyday.

Now you're talking about Henry being the best in EPL and I agree but are you comparing EPL to La Liga in history ? When Henry was the face of EPL, it was the 3rd league ! How many ballon d'ors did play in EPL compared to La Liga ? How many legendary names ? And Eto'o is a La Liga ambassador, the best La Liga striker of the 2000s and the greatest 9 ever of FC Barcelona history, we're talking about FC Barcelona who had number 9 like Ronaldo, Romario, Kluivert, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Lewandowski, David Villa etc... If you compare EPL legends to La Liga legends you'll see it isn't the same level. However Eto'o is still highly rated but he can't be too high because he didn't play there his entire carreer compared to other big names like Raùl, Xavi, Iniesta, Casillas etc...

OJEEMAH:
Eto’o was never and has never been a match for Henry.

If you truly watch both players, you will not come up with something like this except Ofcos you are writing based on sentiment.

If you compare their prime Eto’o stand no chance.
European golden boot(0)
Eto’o (0)
Henry(2)

UCL top scorer
Eto’o (0)
Henry (0)

EPL/La liga top scorer
Eto (2)
Henry (4)

FIFA/Balon D’or nomination
Eto(1)
Henry (2)

List Eto’o record. Let me drop Henry’s

Henry was top scorer for France in 1998 World Cup and Euro2000

Or you want us to discuss how Henry led Arsenal invincibles?

By instrumental to trophies, Eto scoring in UCL final makes him a better player?

Is Di Maria better than Messi cos he scored in finals?

Cos other than that, I don’t understand what you mean by instrumental cos Henry still remain the only player in EPL to deliver 24goals and 20assists. A feat Eto can only dream. If this is not being instrumental, then I wonder what instrumental means to you.

For every Eto’s achievement, Ronaldinho was the man behind their success

2006 UCL victory, Ronaldinho was their Best player not Eto.

2009, Messi was Barcelona and UEFA best player

2010 with inter Milan, Milito topped goal chart and was also voted inter Milan and UEFA Best

If you did watch Henry the way you claim to have watched Eto, you go know say technically na only De Lima beat Henry. Henry that had speed, can make good use of his head, can also dribble defenders, free kick and all

Infact, Eto’o score free kick during him playing days? Henry scored 12.

Winning golden boot with 25-30goals makes Henry better cos of his consistency in doing it. Is winning 4 EPL top scorer a joke to you?

The golden boots Eto won in Spain, how many goals did he score? 25 & 26 respectively.

If Henry had that Barcelona team during his prime, we would not be having this conversation.

Despite playing with better players and for a better team, Eto no fit win one UCL top scorer or European Golden boot. You de compare am with Henry that

Even Suarez that played in Ronaldo and Messi’s era manage to win 2

I don't know why you guys refuse to be objective or to give the credit an african brother deserves. I'm pretty sure reading you that you didn't watch Eto'o at his peak. Sure you heard about him, times to times you watched highlights and noticed he was a goal machine but you didn't really watch his games in La Liga with Barça or in Serie A with Inter Milan, you're a big EPL fanboy that's it. Henry had more hyped and his actions were more decrypted because he had powerful medias on his back, they sold him better.

But on that comparison against Eto'o, let's be honest he isn't on Etoo's level no matter what the english hype machine want to sell because Eto'o has better goals stats both on carreer and on their prime, by far clutcher, a better level of adaptation to différent teams and football because we're talking about a player who led a small team like Mallorca, a big club like FC Barcelona and another big club like Inter and they all played different football, the technical quality and dribbling skills, the trophies especially major trophies like the UCL and clubs world cup.

Talking about how many golden boots he got is irrelevant because he still scored more and his league goals records aren't less impressive than Henry's :
2004-05 Henry = 25 league goals
2003-2004 Henry = 30 league goals

2004-2005 Eto'o = 25 league goals
2008-2009 Eto'o = 30 league goals

So you can't say Henry was better because he won european golden boot while he didn't beat Etoo's top stats, it was all about concurrence because Forlan scored 32 goals in 2009, but also about luck because each 2 years Eto'o played AFCON in the middle of the season.

About the ballon d'ors FIFA rankings, it's all about hype, sponsors, powerful federation because they're political and marketing awards. How could Eto'o who came from Cameroon could get the ballon d'or when competing against french, brasilians etc ? All the powerful medias, big federations, influent sponsors aren't from the african continent. A football player is also a marketing product and that's the reason he never won a ballon d'or he fully deserved especially in 2006.

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Of course because Eto'o was better than Henry himself who recognises it. If your football knowledge makes you juge 2 strikers by european shoe, that isn't mine, I think I'm smarter than that. Eto'o and Henry are 2 players of the same generation practically :
- who scored more goals overall in their carreer ?
- who has the better carreer goal per game ratio ?
- who was more prolific and efficient in his prime ? I'm talking about the goals ratio of Arsenal's Henry vs Barcelona's Eto'o.
- who was the better Big games player ? Yes because we see big players in the Big games if you didn't know.
- who fitted better in different teams and systems ?
- who benched Henry at Barcelona then threw him on the side ?

The FIFA or ballon d'or is just about business and hype. The european golden boot isn't an argument in a comparison against a player who scored more than you overall and even in your prime vs his prime. It's also about luck because winning the golden boot with 25 and 30 goals doesn't make you better than a striker like Eto'o who also scored 30 league goals in 08/09 with Barcelona but lost the european golden shoe to Forlan. Not to mention that each 2 years there is AFCON in january and Eto'o had to leave FC Barcelona while his opponents were still scoring, otherwise he would win it in 2006 !!

Being back to back La Liga top scorer was amazing because there was R9, Raul, Owen, David Villa, Diego Forlan, Oliveira, Fernando Torres, Luis Fabiano, Kanoute etc... And if you didn't know back then La Liga was the best League in the world while the EPL was 3rd according to UEFA coefficient! Eto'o was a very consistent goalscorer who scored 20+ league goals in Spain and Italy.

Henry couldn't do anything with that Barça team and we have seen it because there was many stars. He couldn't do better than Larsson, Ibrahimovic or David Villa who were all average with Barça because they had to play for the team.

Eto'o and Ronaldinho was on the same level, in 2005 Dinho was better but in 2006 it's Samuel the main man if you didn't know. How to recognise an EPL merchant fan ? When he says Ronaldinho was the 2005/06 Barça's main man. It was the year of Samuel Eto'o and every real Barça fan knows it. Who beat Arsenal in the final ? Who beat Benfica in the round of 8 ? Who beat Chelsea in Stamford Bridge ? Just answer those questions. At the end we had
Ronaldinho : 7 goals (3 penalties) + 4 assists in 12 CL games
Eto'o : 6 goals (0 penalty) + 4 assists in 11 games
Eto'o being clutcher in the knockout phase.

In 2009 he always was influential, being behind Messi doesn't mean you're not amazing.

And for 2010, yes Milito took the light but Eto'o was very important.

Now do you see how ridiculous your arguments are ? Laughable.

mayor1814:




It will be pointless trying to convince u that Henry is not only better than Eto but miles better than him. Hold on to your views. I will hold on to my views.


How will someone even compare Henry to Eto in the first instance is still baffling me. Nothing we no go see. Even George Weah is far better than Eto. Make Eto go Sidon. Him pride too much.

Yes just hold on to your views of PL merchant, it won't change the reality. You can go on YouTube and watch Barça games back then.

mayor1814:
Apart from stats and records, there are some undeniable facts that our naked eyes see everytime. How will someone even compare Eto to prime Thierry Henry not to even talk of comparing Henry aand Anelka. That is total disrespect to Henry.



Henry is one of the top 5 greatest strikers of all time. After Pele, Ronaldo de lima, George Weah, Romario the next is Thierry Henry. I don't know why ppl are not objective. Is it because of sentiment? Is it because u a man UTD fan, or real Madrid fan, u felt Henry tormented u while in his prime? I don't just understand.


Henry is greater and better than Eto. Simple.

No you can't say Henry was better because it isn't true. I think it's the effect of biased PL merchant. Ppl didn't really watch Eto'o the way they watched Henry because prime Eto'o played in La Liga. Otherwhise there would be no debate since Eto'o is on a level of his own. When I rank the greastest 9 ever, it's Ronaldo Nazario, Romario, Eto'o, Van Basten and Luis Suarez. Just ask me some of his Barcelona's games and I'll be proud to guide you on YouTube. His technical level was superior to Henry and I think when he says Henry not on his level or Anelka's he's talking about it.

OJEEMAH:
I am asking again, on what basis is Eto better than Henry

Trophies
Golden Boots &
Awards

Eto'o was better based on overall stats in their carreer, big games, stats in their prime, records, trophies being instrumental and of course technical abilities. Henry can have golden boots but he didn't score more than Eto'o, winning the golden boot with 25 and 30 goals doesn't make you a better striker than Eto'o.

I'm so embarrassed while reading the comments here. How can we objectively deny what Samuel Eto'o said ? As good as Henry was in his prime, it's true Eto'o was even better ! Those who compared Forlàn, David Villa, Aguero and Rooney are on drugs. We're talking about the greatest african striker ever. Once and for all I'll say why obviously Eto'o was better than Henry :

1- Statistics : • Henry scored 411 goals in 917 games overall, Eto'o scored 426 goals in 880 games. That means in their carreer stats, Eto'o gets the point.
• In their prime, which means Henry with Arsenal and Eto'o with FC Barcelona, Eto'o still has the better goal per game ratio since he banged 130 goals in 199 games compared to Henry's 227 goals in 367 games for Arsenal.

2- Clutch goals : We often use that argument for Drogba but Big Sam was even clutcher than the ivorian. Indeed, Eto'o scored in 2 UCL finals (2006 and 2009), 2010 clubs WC final against TP Mazembe, 2000 AFCON final vs Nigeria, 2000 olympics final vs Spain, also in Italy's and Spain's cup, and he won those finals ! On the other hand Henry scored in only one final : the confederations cup against Cameroon. Not to mention Eto'o shined in the classicos etc... By far and without a shadow of a doubt a better big games player than TH14.

• Records : Eto'o is a 4 × African player of the year, all Time top scorer in AFCON, back to back trebbles, all Time Cameroon's top scorer too.
About their goals tally in a league season both topped on 30 goals no matter one won a golden boot or not, in UCL Eto'o topped 8 goals in 10/11 while Henry's greatest Tally is 5 goals.

• Trophies : Eto'o won 3 UCL, 2 AFCON and an Olympic gold medal as a starter and Key payer. Henry only won 1 UCL joining Barcelona, he won the WC being on the bench from the quarter finals to the final (where he didn't play).

• Legacy : Eto'o is known as the best african player of all times (no time for jealousy), greatest 9 ever for FC Barcelona, best footballer in the History of RCD Mallorca, hall of famer in Inter Milan, was the most paid footballer on the planet.
Henry is the greatest player of Arsenal and of the PL history.

• Adaptation : Eto'o was amazing with Mallorca, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Cameroon while Henry played amazing with Arsenal only... Struggled with Juventus and Barcelona.

• Style of play : Eto'o was better on the ball, more effective in tight spaces, better dribbler and Tiki taka player. More mobile on the pitch.

Not to mention both played together for 2 seasons and we know the story. And even Henry recognised Eto'o was better. Eto'o was the best striker of his generation and people tend to forget that from 1998 to 2007, La Liga was the best league in the World followed by Serie A, PL was just the 3rd which makes Etoo's performances even more impressive.