Re: Tendulakar
by rkbmurthy on Apr 07, 2010 01:30 PM
U ARE NO DOUBT STUPID BUT HERE IS A CONSOLATION!!
Time Magazine's quote on Sachin: " When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.”
He is much greater than Ronaldo or Kaka at this moment.
Last night he scored with both left & right legs with equal ease. And he has a powerful header too (as was evident by his goal against ManU in last year's final).
He is a gifted player who loves his football at his beloved club. If this continues Barca will retain the Champions league title this year without any doubt.
Messi is good player and not overrated like brazilian ronaldo and others but still he is nowhere comparable to legendary Pele who played 4 world cups in total class but what maradona played in single 1986 world cup that is matchless with any footballer in the world. Messi can be compared to john cruff.
Re: MESSI
by hussain bakhtiyar on Apr 07, 2010 12:42 PM
has he won the world cup for Argentina....ronaldo has won..........if he wins then we will accept him as legend.
Messi is without a shred of doubt the best talent unearthed after Maradona. I watched in awe yesterday when he scored the 4 goals against Arsenal. This man produces magic and let us celebrate the arrival of the third great after Pele and Maradona! Messi, the world is at your feet!
Re: Messi is sheer Magic. Clearly another Maradona in the making
by pankaj butalia on Apr 07, 2010 11:43 AM
We are all stuck in the past ... this man is, on current form, the greatest of all time. He proves this not in one match, one event, but day after day. He needs to show something at the world cup also for him to finally get the status of greatest footballer of all time.
Re: Messi is sheer Magic. Clearly another Maradona in the making
by md shahelal on Apr 07, 2010 12:00 PM
Messi is good player and not overrated like brazilian ronaldo and others but still he is nowhere comparable to legendary Pele who played 4 world cups in total class but what maradona played in single 1986 world cup that is matchless with any footballer in the world. Messi can be compared to john cruff.
Re: Re: Messi is sheer Magic. Clearly another Maradona in the mak
by NashikMarathi on Apr 07, 2010 12:54 PM
Cryuff reached two WC finals including a 2-0 win over Brasil in a semi-final. He invented total football with the Dutch.
Now Messi cannot be compared to Cryuff as Messi has done NOTHING in wc football and was certainly very very ordinary in the qualifying rounds.
Playing for Barca is not WC football.
We will see in South Africa if Messi accomplishes anything....
Re: Re: Re: Messi is sheer Magic. Clearly another Maradona in the
by joel dsouza on Apr 07, 2010 02:48 PM
Cryuff did not invent total football.It was Rinus Michels who did it. No one is saying that Messi is going to SA and come back with the World Cup. It also depends on what team the Argies will in SA.
A good player in a good team can produce results...whereas a good player in a weak finds very difficult to find success....Take for eg,Sachin Tendulkar during the 90s,As an opener he does the job well...gives a good start to the team and maintains d run rate...but inspite of scoring a century,after he gets out,the whole team falls like a pack of cards..as an opener,he'had done d job by givin a start..The middle order needs to finish d game..
Similarly,Barca have a strong midfield,an intelligent passer in the form of xavi,dribbling like Iniesta and verstality shown by Alves...he receives the ball and calmly finishes the goal,but in argentina, riquelme is not in national squad,a broken old horse called Juan Veron leads d midfield which has idiotic players like maschareno,sorin etc...
Individual brilliances are best shown in a good team and Messi is lucky to have a good team to support him....
Re: STOP THIS WORLD CUP DEBATE!!!
by Raj on Apr 07, 2010 11:20 AM
LOL@Tendulkar!
Haha...who knows Tendulkar outside India? Messi is known worldwide. Cricket is a joke of a sport. We Indians are lazy, so our choice of sport too is lazy.
Re: Re: STOP THIS WORLD CUP DEBATE!!!
by santanu das on Apr 07, 2010 11:31 AM
rightly said , and we lie a lowly 150 in football , and down in hockey too , and shower all our sports funds on that ex-ticket collector from Ranchi , MSD !!!
Re: Re: STOP THIS WORLD CUP DEBATE!!!
by rkbmurthy on Apr 07, 2010 01:26 PM
USA & russia super powers of the world too low down in soccer! and what is brazil, urugway,peru ? third world country like us ? so what? a sport is a sport and excellence in any sport is welcome...u keep ur prejudice to urslef and let the debate rage!
Re: STOP THIS WORLD CUP DEBATE!!!
by Shakeel on Apr 07, 2010 11:58 AM
Sachin as an opener in the first batting might have done his job but what has he done while chasing a total. Has he won a match while chasing, exceptions are always there. Mind you he is a very good batsman but not a match winner. Comparing Messi with Sachin is ridiculous. For some people the discussion never completes untill you talk about cricket. Please please when you talk about football talk about football and its players only!!!
Re: Re: STOP THIS WORLD CUP DEBATE!!!
by sejal_soni on Apr 07, 2010 12:16 PM
Seems like you have forgotten ki 2003 World cup me pakistan ki kaisi faadi thi usne... Theek hai. You can consider that as an exception. We call it as match winner.
Re: Re: Re: STOP THIS WORLD CUP DEBATE!!!
by Niranjan Banodkar on Apr 07, 2010 12:50 PM
Is this a messi debate or tendulkar debate? Rightly pointed out. Messi is brilliant individual and his team allows him to showcase his brilliance. Only wish is that he is allowed to do so for Argentina.
