naturalwaves:

There are no golden rules to this sir. On the flip side, Suarez left the same Liverpool for Barcelonia and so far so good, he has been far far more decorated than he would have been if he had remained at Liverpool.
Countinho leaving Liverpool for Barcelonia is just a normal career progression and career progressions should be encouraged.

DanXplore:


I try to avoid detailed analysis on both players especially on nairaland because i know alot of people do not play football in real life and as such will not understand why Messi is being referred to most as the GOAT. It is so funny of you say that Ronaldo will not put himself in position of danger. Incase you do not know, more than half of the time spent by teams practising to play against Barcelona is on how to stop Messi. You could easily confirm that. This is b3caue he is unpredictable. You can never tell whether he will give a dangerours through ball, dribble or score and so a huge chunk of the defence resource is allocated to stop these posibilities.

First of all we all know that Messi and Ronaldo play different roles. They are both great footballers but then there is a reason why Messi is being compared with Pelle, Maradona and co and Ronaldo is not. I am not trying to win any arguement as to who is better cause i doubt if you would be objective in your analysis. Here are some facts i will leave you with to judge.

[quote author=DanXplore post=78212766]1. Messi plays CF, SS, LWF, RWF, AMF, CMF and free roles. On the other hand, ronaldo plays CF and rarely plays LMF and RWF. This speaks much about versality.

DanXplore:
2. Ronaldo is a better CF and attacking LWF than Messi.

DanXplore:
3. Messi is by far a better playmaker than Ronaldo. It has been proven severally.

DanXplore:

4. Messi is a more acurate long and short range pass maker than Ronaldo.

DanXplore:
5. Messi is a better dribbler than Ronaldo

DanXplore:
6. Ronaldo supercedes Messi in jump power, making him a great header. Ronaldo is a better striker.

DanXplore:
7. Messi plays the false 9 position. A position that requires only very skillful players. On the other hand, Ronaldo sometimes play the false winger which does not necessarily translate to uncommon skill, but means even though his crosses are good, he is best a striker.

DanXplore:
8. Messi is a better free kick taker than Ronaldo.

DanXplore:


I try to avoid detailed analysis on both players especially on nairaland because i know alot of people do not play football in real life and as such will not understand why Messi is being referred by most to be the GOAT. It is so funny of you say that Ronaldo will not put himself in position of danger. Incase you do not know, more than half of the time spent by teams practising to play against Barcelona is on how to stop Messi. You could easily confirm that from Arsene Wanger's interview on youtube. This is b3caue he is unpredictable. You can never tell whether he will give a lethal long/short through ball, dribble or score and so a huge chunk of the defence resources is allocated to stop these posibilities.

First of all, we all know that Messi and Ronaldo play different roles. They are both great footballers but then there is a reason why Messi is being compared with Pelle, Maradona and other well known legends while Ronaldo is not. This alone silently speaks volumes. I am not trying to win any arguement as to who is better because i doubt you would be objective in your analysis but here are some facts i will leave you with to judge.

1. Messi plays CF, SS, LWF, RWF, AMF, CMF and free roles. On the other hand, ronaldo plays CF and rarely plays LMF and RWF. This speaks much about versality.

2. Ronaldo is a better CF and attacking LWF than Messi.

3. Messi is by far a better playmaker than Ronaldo. It has been proven severally.
4. Messi is a more acurate long and short range pass maker than Ronaldo.
5. Messi is a better dribbler than Ronaldo.
6. Ronaldo supercedes Messi in jump power, making him a great header. Ronaldo is a better striker.
7. Messi plays the false 9 position. A position that requires only very skillful players. On the other hand, Ronaldo sometimes play the false winger which does not necessarily translate to uncommon skill, but means even though his crosses are good, he is best a striker.
8. Messi is a better free kick taker than Ronaldo.

Jayhazard:

Well, that's why I used Coutinho as a case study, not Suarez. Besides the season that Gerrard slipped against Chelsea and consequently cost them the EPL title, Liverpool hasn't come close to winning a major title than the not-too-distant previous seasons when Coutinho was still present. Coutinho's decision to leave the reds was understandable, but if he had been patient a little bit (with the knowledge of the great potentials embedded in the Liverpool team), he would be much happier right now.

ClintonNzedimma:

Regardless of what you say, Messi remains the player of the tournament

Sanchez01:
The lesson I learnt:

Messi has a way of being useless in super important matches. Ronaldo can never be in the Barca team and allow such a historic comeback. They might have lost but he would score!

IamD18:
7. FOOTBALL is just unpredictable.

8. god of soccer is bigger than Messi.

9. Learn from your mistakes, just like Barca failed to do after loosing in this manner last season to Roma.

10. Arnold is better than Ashely Young.

Injiggerwolf:
Don't build a team on an individual

cr7lomo:


U just typed trash...the question here is when last did messi play in the CL final with all those attributes u mentioned and how come ronaldo with the attributes u mentioned has won 4 CL titles in 5 yrs?? Answer...don't tell me teams cos Barca are equally good...la liga champions 4times in 5yrs... So answer my question

DanXplore:


Your logic shows poor judgement. It is not any less ridiculous as saying Benzema is a better player than Ronaldo because he has won World Cup.

cr7lomo:


So is modric a better player than Ronaldo cos he got to the WC final??

dannypaul:
my own lesson.

last week messi was GOAT, today he is Mercy Aigbe.

indeed the world will switch up on you when things aren't going for you any longer without even considering ur past successes.

Akuruoulo:
Is barca or messi the previous champion ?


JUST shut up UR MOUTH IF U DONT KNOW TO CONSOLE YOURSELF

DanXplore:


Based on your logic, yes. But based on reality, Ronaldo is better.

naturalwaves:

...

Threemg:


Seems you forgot what you said last week.

naturalwaves:

There are no golden rules to this sir. On the flip side, Suarez left the same Liverpool for Barcelonia and so far so good, he has been far far more decorated than he would have been if he had remained at Liverpool.
Countinho leaving Liverpool for Barcelonia is just a normal career progression and career progressions should be encouraged.

fidalgo19:
Barca really stupid for giving looserpool hope like this
very very stupppid club
nonsense
atleast no hope for them for epl and hopefully they wont win ucl

OGHENAOGIE:
which world cup year 2010 when Messi won it was it not a world cup year...even wen Schneider and xavi had done enough to win...a Messi who did not score won..it's individual award...last award Ronaldo ought to have won...so to balance equation pple like dijk shd win it...

internationalman:

But you know it will be very hard for Liverpool players to win it considering the season Messi has'd so far..

OGHENAOGIE:
which season...he won LA liga same as Ronaldo won seria A mpabbe won ligue one...sterling might win premiership...or even Liverpool with van dirk who had been outstanding...so man Messi is not a favorite between Euro nations league,copa America and nations cup dee dee...so u see anything can happen to tilt d advantage for anyone

sssoulw:
U dy very stupid...
2015 when they all their necessary cup na wetin

henrixx:
I disagree. Wasn't he there v Ajax? If not Messi who can do it for Barcelona?

At Madrid there was marcelo, there was RAMOS, there was carvajal, there was BALE. these players could stand up when Madrid were down. Ronaldo mostly did it when there was no pressure. 2 finals v atletico where was Ronaldo, v Liverpool where was Ronaldo. The players around you matter. At juve now they don't have such players who can stand up and that's why juve lost. There was no Costa, no chiellini, no mandzukic. These are the spirited players that can do it in such times. If Ronaldo and Messi aren't surrounded with spirited players there's nothing they can do

DanXplore:


I try to avoid detailed analysis on both players especially on nairaland because i know alot of people do not play football in real life and as such will not understand why Messi is being referred by most to be the GOAT. It is so funny of you say that Ronaldo will not put himself in position of danger. Incase you do not know, more than half of the time spent by teams practising to play against Barcelona is on how to stop Messi. You could easily confirm that from Arsene Wanger's interview on youtube. This is b3caue he is unpredictable. You can never tell whether he will give a lethal long/short through ball, dribble or score and so a huge chunk of the defence resource is allocated to stop these posibilities.

First of all, we all know that Messi and Ronaldo play different roles. They are both great footballers but then there is a reason why Messi is being compared with Pelle, Maradona and other well known legends while Ronaldo is not. This alone silently speaks volumes. I am not trying to win any arguement as to who is better because i doubt you would be objective in your analysis but here are some facts i will leave you with to judge.

1. Messi plays CF, SS, LWF, RWF, AMF, CMF and free roles. On the other hand, ronaldo plays CF and rarely plays LMF and RWF. This speaks much about versality.

2. Ronaldo is a better CF and attacking LWF than Messi.

3. Messi is by far a better playmaker than Ronaldo. It has been proven severally.
4. Messi is a more acurate long and short range pass maker than Ronaldo.
5. Messi is a better dribbler than Ronaldo.
6. Ronaldo supercedes Messi in jump power, making him a great header. Ronaldo is a better striker.
7. Messi plays the false 9 position. A position that requires only very skillful players. On the other hand, Ronaldo sometimes play the false winger which does not necessarily translate to uncommon skill, but means even though his crosses are good, he is best a striker.
8. Messi is a better free kick taker than Ronaldo.

romeorailss:


You guys are always quick to forget .

Real Madrid vs Wolfsburg. 2-0 deficit was upturned by Ronaldo . Singlehandedly , scoring 3 goals

Same this year Juventus vs Atletico. 2-0 was upturned by Ronaldo. Scoring 3 goals as well

. The same situ that befell Barca almost happened to Madrid against juventus last 2 seasons .


Madrid needed just one goal in the hit of the moment to qualify . Ronaldo scored and did it .


Messi played Roma last season with a 4-1 advantage. But still lost qualification to Roma . They needed just one goal to qualify .


Same thing yesterday, they needed just one goal to qualify. What did Messi do ?

Akuruoulo:


man shut ur thrash up .

U are very bais , and this exactly why I won't argue with u on this , and if u wish I will still prove u wrong and my only two proves will shatter ur bais mind .