A40:
You can win an award and still not be the same player. Because I know you can't tell me with a straight face that Ronaldo of 96/98 is comparable to what we saw afterwards.

The individual awards Ronaldo won was all in one season. He had a great World Cup but if it were now we both know he might not have even won the Balon D'or

5 years at Real. 1 La Liga title, 1 Pichichi, and Intercontinental Cup. How is that one continuation of greatness?

Roland17:


Bar the Serie A you said? How about individual records playing for Italy? You only want to mention goals abi? How about assist records between both players where Del Piero’s numbers dwarf Totti’s despite Del Piero having more appearances and minutes played? You want to avoid that one abi? How about Italian player of the year which Totti won 5 times in comparison to Del Piero’s 2. so what is Del Piero’s excuse this time?

chic2pimp:


Alex certainly had a higher peak but I still contend His body of work is not enough to say He is handily the better player of the two. All your other points are simply "ifs" and "buts"

A40:

You can dispute the length of his peak but Totti never sniffed that 3 season peak.

Roland17:


Bar the Serie A you said? How about individual records playing for Italy? You only want to mention goals abi? How about assist records between both players where Del Piero’s numbers dwarf Totti’s despite Del Piero having more appearances and minutes played? You want to avoid that one abi? How about Italian player of the year which Totti won 5 times in comparison to Del Piero’s 2. so what is Del Piero’s excuse this time?

A40:
Well since Del Piero is ahead on goals and Totti ahead on assists. Ojoro don cancel

Player of the Year is your normal polling booth award and you know how I feel about polling booth awards.

The koko is when they both faced the big boys of Europe

Del Piero 90 apps 42 goals, a CL title and a CL Golden Boot. Tell me what Totti achieved

Roland17:


A lot of if's and but's. Totti suffered several injuries during his career, he even played world cup games injured and still performed. El Phenomenon suffered an injury that could have ended his career but guess what? He went ahead to become a bigger demon ost injury, racking up numerous individual and team achievements. Abeg make una no dey use another person weakness hold pesin down.

Roland17:


Did you say 1 La Liga? Wrong! Ronald won 2 La Liga titles 02/03, 06/07. I expect you belittle that among the others I mentioned before this post. 05/06, he finished as the highest goal scorer in the South American qualification table and we all know how tough that zone is. I listed more at least 6 individual records/ titles Ronaldo won post-injury. I can imagine a world where every player made excuses for their injury. I have debunked all your questions but you keep shifting the goal post.

I am waiting for a response to these questions.

Ibime:


You might be of slightly younger generation Sir.

Nobody who saw Ronaldo pre-1998 would compare him to 2000s Ronaldo.

He was a shadow of himself by then.

Roland17:


OOOOOO LORD!!!!!!!!! Baba, I give up! As if using the injury excuses is not enough, you want to use your subjective interpretation of individual awards to discredit Totti's achievements? Kaii. I give up Baba!!! lol.

Ibime:


You might be of slightly younger generation Sir.

Nobody who saw Ronaldo pre-1998 would compare him to 2000s Ronaldo.

He was a shadow of himself by then.

Roland17:


Sir, don't make hasty conclusions because while I may be younger than you, I saw pre-injury Ronaldo very much and while my first world cup was USA 94, I followed and caught up with pre 94 football games and this including Italia 90, Mexico 86 and Espana 82, UCL champions league games and club football before. Shout out to "Best of Football Show" which I never missed on Sundays.

Ibime:


Did you watch Serie A on weekly basis in from 1996 to 1998? There is catching up, and there is living it live.

My guy, DelPiero and Ronaldo were like Messi and Ororo of those days. Everything Ronaldo does, DelPiero would answer him. Who can forget the title decider when Collina declined to give Ronaldo a penalty for a foul, only for DelPiero to break and score the winning goal that took the title away from Inter.

There is what you watch live and what you catch up historically. They resonate differently. This is why I told chic2pimp he was still in primary school during DelPieros heyday. Real life experience will give you a different feel from hindsight review. DelPiero at peak vs Totti at peak is not comparable.

A40:
Well since Del Piero is ahead on goals and Totti ahead on assists. Ojoro don cancel

Player of the Year is your normal polling booth award and you know how I feel about polling booth awards.

The koko is when they both faced the big boys of Europe

Del Piero 90 apps 42 goals, a CL title and a CL Golden Boot. Tell me what Totti achieved

A40:
His goals and all-round performances against elite Europe opposition does not agree with this claim.

No credible source has found or indicted Del Piero for any type of dope use so it's better you return that claim to where you found it because it's completely disrespectful to allege a man cheated without verifiable evidence. I'm sure if you were an athlete you will not take kindly to such claims

FBS:

my man Skimple. Always in the spirit. How business these days?

donjazet:
Jesus!!! Una no sleep at all because of argument.

SkimpleD:

Only Dayo can do this. We underestimate that egbon too much

Kimbeast:

Totti From 2000-2004 was as good as any other player on the planet. Madrid went for him twice but he refused. Del Piero at his best was nearly as good as Ronaldo. Totti was right up there with Zidane and Dinho during those period. Del Piero was simply not as gifted

Then he carried a relatively poor Roma side to another title challenge in 2004. This was around the time when Serie A was arguably the best league in the world.

sod09:

Chic2pimp was still wearing pampers and reading A for apple, B for ball.....
I didn't even bother to interfere in the argument cos I started watching football in 96(Atlanta)
Thanks to YouTube, Google and pes2002 I was able to know montella,devacchio,panucchi,Ortega et al

SkimpleD:

Balogun, greetings o.

‘Business’ dey go well baba, na just consistent tithes we no dey see na why I wan come Jand come meet you. How you see am?

Add elrony for the travel plans boss make person no pray bad prayer for me

Ibime:


What is this one saying? Ronaldo 1990s form was above any height Zidane and Ronaldinho reached. Good grief.

BTW, Totti never competed on Ronaldinho level. When Totti was in his prime, he was never in contention on World level. Ronaldinho and co saw competition in Sheva, Lampard, Gerrard,.Kaka et al who ran the 2000s, not no Totti. God forbid, I would be the no10 in a World Cup winning side and they totally overlook me and crown a bloody centre back like Cannavaro with no mention of my name.

Totti was a local champion during the decline of Serie.A. The height of SerieA was late 80s to late 90s. Serie A were whipping boys in 2000s with the exception of Milan.

We can smell your inexperience,.and know that you missed the 1990s from this post. Being close to Ronaldo in the late 90s is the closest thing to God level.

This is not dem say, dem say. DelPiero played with Zidane throughout late 90s and Zidane was 2nd fiddle to DelPiero throughout.


Young niggas/ God keep me from.these young niggas/
Not the smart ones Lord, just the. . . .



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Melvyn11:
The rate at which people over elevate De Lima Ronaldo is laughable.

Amoto94:
When elders are having a discussion you just sit and watch. My contribution is the little I watch of Totti he's better than Del Piero his records in Serie A speaks for him.

spillo1:

De Lima is the real Ronaldo. Any other Ronaldo na counterfeit.

Kimbeast:

Then explain how he went from a young baggio heir to Prime Rooney in just one summer?

Melvyn11:

Don't be naive. Ororo has had a better career and is arguably the better player between them.