The players you have listed are amazing, but I'm talking about general work rate and performance. Valencia is just too good at it.
Valencia and Lassana Diarra are two very underrated players, and for the last couple of seasons Diarra has been the backbone of Real Madrid. Valencia has only been here for a couple of months, but he's a first team player, consistent and is fantastic. Just like Essien and Lampard were for Chelsea, backbone of the midfield and both consistent peformers. Messi is also consistent, although I wouldn't call him the best compared to Xavi and Iniesta or Zlatan. For me it'd have to go like this:
1. Valencia (Best player in the world. Great all round midfielder, powerful on the wing, not the speediest, plays great balls in, perfect shot accuracy, perfect shot power).
2. Ibrahimovic (Best striker in the world. He is complete magic. Say no more).
3. Puyol (Best centre back in the world. Knows how to defend, can lead a team, has a great attitude, knows what he's doing).
4. Fabregas (Amazing midfielder, scores goals (arsenals top scorer I think), makes the greatest passes, best player on arsenal).
5. Iniesta (Superb passes, makes excellent 1 2's, great teamwork).
6. Ronaldo (Free kick taker, shoots with his weaker foot, his feet move like lightning, dribbles quick and is a complete trickster, ball hog, terrible team work).
7. Messi (Scores goals, dribbles are accurate plays well with his team and has superb attitude, although he has only mastered a dribble and tap in).
8. Torres (Great goal scorer although I wouldn't say he's on top form at the moment. Leaves strikers gazing and the goal keeper can do nothing but watch the man dribble the ball and end leave the team in pieces).
9. Evra (Best left back in the world, helps the back four, plays in excellent balls, quick player).
10. Xavi (Best assister in the world).
as for whatever you want to say about my list go and say it.
but just to point out, I know how to play football. I have eyes.
oh and another thing, of course Ronaldo is better than Messi...
Can Messi score more than half of his goals with his weaker foot. Has he scored a free kick before? (not sure on this one but not as many as ronaldo).
(Jan. 12, 2010 8:19 PM)♥ Wrote: I think you have overrated and underrated mixed up dude; overrated means people saying something is better than it is, while underrated means something doesn't get the praise it deserves.
Bosingwa is a pretty comprehensive Right Back, but he still hasn't cut all the mistakes out yet. Park Ji-Sung is technically quite capable, and has a great work rate; but I wouldn't say he's world class at all. I'm still not totally convinced by Valencia right now even though I know the quality's there, but he has scored a few peaches haha.
Casillas divides opinion. Some will say he is an awesome keeper who saves Madrid time and time again, but others will say he's extremely error-prone. I'd definitely agree with the latter; I'd never feel fully confident with him in goal, and on the other hand, would definitely be confident of a team being able to score against him if need be.
Edit : I can't seem to merge this with the other Football thread to make a "General Football (Soccer) Thread" ...
as you like..
and also lol I said overrated instead of underrated, anyway I think most people could figure park was underrated.
I wasn't exactly comparing them, just work rate in general.
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But overall Ronaldo is much much better.
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