What am I doing? Oh, just watching a genius
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJTsfcmesR4

The greatest who ever lived....don't believe me? Ask this collection of some of the greatest players, past and present, commentators, coaches, and Kobe Bryant for some reason.

maradonna

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Nope.

Even maradonna kind of said it in that quote lol

Sorta like hey hea good and yeah hes the next up

But come on.

And then i picture him pointing at him self with 2 thumbs and doing
The kanye west shrug.

Soccer?

i wish i knew what made him genius

SIKE THO i don't really wish that. I WISH I HAD THE FEET OF AN OX AND THE WINGS OF CONDOR

Maradonna was incredible too and it is VERY close, and I try to be impartial always, especially as I am not Argentinian and do not support Barcelona so I don't have any bias in that regard, but bro, I watch Messi and I am 100% sure there has never been a better player.

Like the last quote says, just WATCH him, look at his fucking feet lmao his legs move like one of those cartoons where they run super fast and the legs are a blur, and even at that speed he has COMPLETE control over the ball, it does whatever he wants it to do...he actually might be an alien.

He's also the most consistent player of all time, he has been doing this week in, week out, for over a decade now, and aged just 28 he has already broken pretty much every record available to him.

Yes :)

Why the feet of an Ox? :/

Lol soccer.

HOW THIS NIGGA UH OH GHOST IN HERE POSTING

THAT NIGGA DEAD

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But all that you just said. Was said first about maradonna
So to me it likes saying lebron is better than jordan nah.

He is the original. I like messi hes dope as fuck yo. But maradonna was IT
Also maradonna won 2 world cups im sorry but that shit holds wait in my book
And back then im sure it was harder to do that. Messi is wait 0-1 in world cups?
Has he even made it the worlx cup?

He played in the world cup final last year, lost tho lol

I don't agree the world cup is the be all and end all, the champions league is MUCH higher quality and Messi has 4 to Maradonna's 1.

He has also already scored more goals than Maradona did in his career, and he's only 28 lol

He beats Maradonna from any angle you care to look at, but Maradona was also a genius so I can understand why you would say he's the greatest of all time, it's definitely very very close.

Wouldn't the feet weigh you down tho?

That would be an awesome combo tho, i must admit.

Messi is the GOAT. His goal against Bayern this year was ridiculous.

Messi been my favorite player for forever


wish he had carried Argentina to victory in the World Cup :/

Pele

Gtfo how has Noone mentioned the wizard

Dyde. Watch vids on Pele

He may not be as quick or as powerful

But boy was he crafty

Srsly

Noone mentioned Pele itt?

Yeah u should all stfu


It's like watching a improv genius

N that's comin from someone who barely watches football

His skill is undeniable. N Ive seen all the ronaldis, messis n Maradona

Ronaldo is just a thoroughbred. Machine

Messi is a genius on the pitch

Maradona sold his soul to Satan or something

Pele is a lunatic/rain man

Huge compliment

Pele was not on the same level as any of these people.

He played in an era when there was no offside rule ffs.

If we're talking players left out of the convo, let's talk about Zidane, and the Brazilian Ronaldo, plus Ronaldinho and Romario too.

All of them were better than Pele.

Not to mention Makelele who is THE most underrated player in history imo.

He's @Certain's type of player.

Pretty much invented the CDM role, as it is utilized today.

Ronaldinho has the best skills I've ever seen.

Pele is overrated.

Maradona's the man.

Messi's the GOAT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7mXG...M3WX7-&index=1

the greatest >

He made the game beautiful.

He was an artist as well as a player.

Incredible talent.

Also, his first touch was the best i've ever seen.

Instant control from any sort of pass.

Also....George Best was up there with Maradona, Zidane and Messi.

Too bad he had the curse of the Irish....aka alcoholism :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6FMev3I6NY

best ripped apart shitty teams. zizou made Brazil look like a pub-team in his last tournament - at 34. all respect for best, self-destruction aside, he was a gifted dribbler, but not on the same tier. if you want criminally underrated, two names come to mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLdRu...M3WX7-&index=5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVEcb...3WX7-&index=14

that messi compilation was beautiful, btw. i'll fallen out of love with football in the modern era and will probably only concede lionel's the objective goat in a decade when i can ruminate on his career, but zidane will endure as my personal favourite. i enjoy cruyff, too.

Best ripped apart the best European football had to offer at the time, he was European Footballer of the year (the predecessor to the Ballon D'or)...what more could he have done? Just because he didn't play in an era that was more competitive, doesn't mean he couldn't have. He had everything it takes as far as i can tell.

Also, I do rate Beardsley highly, but Le Tissier was incredible, and as you say very underrated.

Also, King Kenny?

best did nothing wrong except probably drink a good deal of his potential away. in another era he may have thrived and been comparable to all-time greats but i think he is a touch overrated. he was definitely a player - but one of the greatest? not for me.

my eldest brother's a liverpool fan so i'm too familiar with all the anfield legends. fowler was a beast in his day. le tissier was a joy to watch, and beardsley was all class -- all three had flair to their games, too, something generally lacking in english players (with a few exceptions).

I can't say greatest because as you said he threw it all away....but one of the most naturally gifted of all time? Absolutely imo.

Ah Fowler, the man they called God.

If only we had a player like him last season :(

lol. we have to strike a balance between god-given potential, accolades and overall performance though, otherwise we'd consider the recobas, denilsons, aimars, ortegas and cassanos of football's history, or careers like van basten's and ivan de la pena's plagued by injuries -- adriano had a wand for a left foot, for a season and a half. zlatan can pretty much do it all as a centre forward.

you're irish, i fully forgive your bias, just don't expect me to share it. i see best on a tier below the absolute top, but not miles off.

It's coz Pele black

The op Messi vid an engs Zidane vid gave me the chills

Dope

Ok u guys r right

Some of that shit Zidane wss doing was incredible

His timing...

Iono if his ball skills were the greatest but his game was cerebral. I can see that

Excuse my ignorance. His ball skills are amazing

What I mEan is he looks as if he's just mind fucking everybody

dope