Amotolongbo:
When did Ballon D’or start being the major yardstick to evaluating the greatest of all times?

The argument for the greatest footballer before Messi and Ronaldo had always been between Pele and Maradona, none of them ever won the Ballon d’or.
Johan Cruyff, Marco Van Basten and Mitchell Platini won the most ballon d’ors, 3 each, before Ronaldo and Messi came in, none of them comes up when debating the five greatest footballers.

Domestic trophies, Messi may have more than Ronaldo, but Major (international) trophies Messi is behind.

Apart from football stats, Ronaldo has shown adaptability to be part of the game. You have to prove your self elsewhere before being taken serious in the debate.

paulolee:

messi is behind in international trophies?? like seriously?? messi wey win u-17 n Olympic gold n copa is behind cr7 dt won only euros?? na wah o..
ballon d or isnt a yeardstick to jugde messi n cr7 bt ur man de tro tantrums wen he stopped winning it n even said he wished to win more than messi before he retires....abi na u know pass cr7?
u jus de wyne urself...

fergie001:
Perfectly balanced

fergie001:
Perfectly balanced

Nice one Champ. Well deserved.

He literally shut me up completely today.

First I said he wasn't getting on the score sheet only for him to score two first half goals.

Then due to his poor record at free kicks lately, I said he was going to hit the wall after his unnecessary long pre freekick prep. You sure know the rest.

I was like "Shey this one dey hear me ni"

paulolee:

congrats to him....av said it countless times dt this cr7 is a gaol machine...
I pity Liverpool n its defense thia Tuesday...
cr7 go score 5 n dey would regret dt first leg 5-0 disgrace dt cr7 ghosted..
baba is back on form.....Liverpool go collect

fergie001:
Perfectly balanced

paulolee:

cr7 started 2 years before messi started n messi is on 55 while ur man is on 60
messi have more ballon d or than ur man n still have more trophies than ur man but u still de drag messi into cr7 threads..
when dey both retires....ur man would simply be the best goal scorer ever but messi would be the GOAT bcoz he achieved more than cr7..
time would tell bro...

internationalman:

The only EPL top 6 he has scored is Tottenham unless there's another one I'm not remembering..

paulolee:

messi wey win u-17 n Olympic gold n copa is behind cr7 dt won only euros?? na wah o..

obembet:
Cristiano Ronaldo seals the 50th hat-trick of his club career with a brilliant free-kick.



Source: https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1515353515002060811?t=Kp4IX1nhzSJojHTGewENoQ&s=19

internationalman:


The only EPL top 6 he has scored is Tottenham unless there's another one I'm not remembering..

And which Salah are you talking about. Is it the one that scored Man Utd hattrick and that wonderful goal against City?

paulolee:

cr7 started 2 years before messi started n messi is on 55 while ur man is on 60
messi have more ballon d or than ur man n still have more trophies than ur man but u still de drag messi into cr7 threads..
when dey both retires....ur man would simply be the best goal scorer ever but messi would be the GOAT bcoz he achieved more than cr7..
time would tell bro...

paulolee:

cr7 started 2 years before messi started n messi is on 55 while ur man is on 60
messi have more ballon d or than ur man n still have more trophies than ur man but u still de drag messi into cr7 threads..
when dey both retires....ur man would simply be the best goal scorer ever but messi would be the GOAT bcoz he achieved more than cr7..
time would tell bro...

internationalman:


Funny you.. The same Man Utd that finished second last season.. See the way you are sounding like Man Utd is some sort of team like Southampton that needs to be bragging about top four..

So Ronaldo helping Man Utd to finish top 4 should be added to his achievements..

paulolee:

cr7 started 2 years before messi started n messi is on 55 while ur man is on 60
messi have more ballon d or than ur man n still have more trophies than ur man but u still de drag messi into cr7 threads..
when dey both retires....ur man would simply be the best goal scorer ever but messi would be the GOAT bcoz he achieved more than cr7..
time would tell bro...

paulolee:
congrats on his 50th career hatrick, united are soo bad dt a lowly norwich is scoring them 2 goals n almost won if not for dt de gea save..
arsenal self fall hands n did their 3rd back to back losses in 3 games..
seeing the next sets of fixtures in d remaining 7 games...I think it's Tottenham n maybe westham have d best chances of making dt top4

Amotolongbo:
When did Ballon D’or start being the major yardstick to evaluating the greatest of all times?

The argument for the greatest footballer before Messi and Ronaldo had always been between Pele and Maradona, none of them ever won the Ballon d’or.
Johan Cruyff, Marco Van Basten and Mitchell Platini won the most ballon d’ors, 3 each, before Ronaldo and Messi came in, none of them comes up when debating the five greatest footballers.

Domestic trophies, Messi may have more than Ronaldo, but Major (international) trophies Messi is behind.

Apart from football stats, Ronaldo has shown adaptability to be part of the game. You have to prove your self elsewhere before being taken serious in the debate.

jaxxy:
The problem in ManU isn't Ronaldo the Goat, it's,the coaches. Ole even did better than rangnick cos of his elemantry tactical approach.