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[Dynamite Kid]

Even if we were to agree with the ****** points he is making, they would still have no relevancy whatsoever as Ronaldo was all about pace and power. Easily had more pace in his prime that Ronaldo has now.

Exactly.

I think we will use this post, recently made in another thread, to judge this boys knowledge of football pre-2000...


I genuinely LOL'ed.

Someone needs to remind him, we had 3 leagues up and running before anyone else knew what was going on. A few of the teams in Spain were founded by British rail way workers.

[SirTomJones]

"I know more about about football than anyone" brigade can go suck a big fat ****,

[AssasinKing]

No he would not, his pace and technique would make him a wide forward, liek Ronaldo, Robben or Messi in previous seasons with Barca.

You dont understand the tactical aspects of footy anyway so why am i even talking to you...

Shut up, I study sports science and coaching studies.....I look at this **** everyday.... I dont need some twat telling me ****...

Your the 1 who claimed C Ronaldo owns Fat Ronaldo

You need to get your facts right.....Your excuse to an argument is people dont understand the tactical aspect of football

Who the ***, Would put Fat Ronaldo on the wing, When he can get the ball on the edge of the box, run past multiple players and finish the ball...or get on the end of crosses from the wingers.....

Just because he had the Ability to run past people and had pace, that doesnt mean he should be a winger

Why is Rooney better up front than he is on the wing? Why is Eto'o a striker and not a winger? Technically these guys are great...they have pace, they can beat a man....what is your point?

[AssasinKing]

Scholes and Giggs, id love to see both of them play against Barca. Id love to see them get *****ted on even worse than they did in 2008.

Xavi? your talking as if this guy is some old school player? Xavi and Iniesta run so much its ridiculous.

Zidane was not the best player of the World Cup, Cannavaro was. Zidane won it because of nostalgia and the fact that he was an attacking player. Anyway 2006 is a long time ago, 5 years ffs, alot has happened since then. for example, no top team in the world plays a 4-4-2 anymore, because it isnt effective.

2009 u twat, 2008 was the year scholes ****d them

[Nuckin Figga]

But this is the same debate people are having when they compare boxers from the old days to todays boxers

Today we have 10 times the knowledge they had before regarding fitness, strength and conditioning training.....etc.... Machines to measure specific things to help you perform at your best

Yet people are still damn certain the older era fighters would still dominate todays fighters

Boxing is different. why? because boxing is a dying sport while football is getting bigger every year.

Honestly just watch a game from the 98 world cup and compare it to one of todays games. the difference in tempo is enormous. Real experienced this when they got absolutely dominated by Liverpool 3-4 seasons ago. Real was the best team in Spain and dominated Barca that very season, but still the tempo of Liverpool was just too high for them.

[AssasinKing]

Boxing is different. why? because boxing is a dying sport while football is getting bigger every year.

Honestly just watch a game from the 98 world cup and compare it to one of todays games. the difference in tempo is enormous. Real experienced this when they got absolutely dominated by Liverpool 3-4 seasons ago. Real was the best team in Spain and dominated Barca that very season, but still the tempo of Liverpool was just too high for them.

Boxing might not be as big as it once was, but the technology has still developed...so either way technically athletes should be improving in every sport

the fact your trying 2 **** on players like ronaldo and zidane, is whats making you even more of a fool

if they were in their primes again, they would still dominate todays football, along with the likes of messi and c ronaldo

[El Fenomeno]

Zidane was not the best player of the World Cup, Cannavaro was. Zidane won it because of nostalgia and the fact that he was an attacking player. Anyway 2006 is a long time ago, 5 years ffs, alot has happened since then. for example, no top team in the world plays a 4-4-2 anymore, because it isnt effective.

Another shit point there. United, one of the 2 teams contesting the Champions League final, play 4-4-2.

Just give up, honestly. You're getting desperate.

[Dynamite Kid]

2011 Barcelona would absoluetly dominate every team from the 90's and early 2000's

Based on what, cause some media pundit said Barca are the greatest club side in history, and a load of morons jumped on the bandwagon and its snowballed from there? if that gets said by a fan, and not by a major news outlet, its not even mentioned about them being the greatest club side ever, fact!

Why am i even discussing it with you, a person who just watches games and dont study the tactical aspects of it.

Why are you discussing players, comparing them to others that you haven't seen play, equally ******ed no? I dont dismiss the point that the game has changed, I just dont agree that the players of yester year wouldn't be able to compete, that is idiotic.

Guardiola? you mean the same guy who retired because the game didnt need him anymore(his own words). Footy is played at a higher tempo as in everything is faster, you get closed down quicker players move alot more off the balls, players run more. Which is part of the reason why Barca are so good. Its because they run so much of the ball when in possesion, and press so effectively when the lose it.

Scholes, Giggs, Raul, dont seem to be doing too bad.

They do, but it doesn't translate to teams/players of yester year not being able to compete. IMO there is no other team on the level of an Arsenal of 2004, a Yanied of 99, a Chelsea of 2004 etc, so its easier for a team like Barca to look so dominant.

the energy levels of todays players are way higher than 10 years ago, which is why any team from 10 years ago would get dominated by one of todays top teams.

Conjecture

[Nuckin Figga]

Shut up, I study sports science and coaching studies.....I look at this **** everyday.... I dont need some twat telling me ****...

Your the 1 who claimed C Ronaldo owns Fat Ronaldo

You need to get your facts right.....Your excuse to an argument is people dont understand the tactical aspect of football

Who the ***, Would put Fat Ronaldo on the wing, When he can get the ball on the edge of the box, run past multiple players and finish the ball...or get on the end of crosses from the wingers.....

Just because he had the Ability to run past people and had pace, that doesnt mean he should be a winger

Why is Rooney better up front than he is on the wing? Why is Eto'o a striker and not a winger? Technically these guys are great...they have pace, they can beat a man....what is your point?

Thanks for owning yourself, so i dont have to. Eto'o is a winger. He always plays on the left hand side for Inter. (and is having his best season ever).

C. Ronaldo would have been a striker if he was playing in Ronaldo's era.

My point is that the game has evolved. and that it isnt just about better or worse, but also about differnce. the game is worse now, its different.

Serie A is more skilled than the Premier League, but Premier League teams own Italian teams all the time. Imagine what a modern day team like Barca would do to a 10 year old team, from a time where they played even slower than they do in Serie A now.

I dont care what you study, i know you havent studied how football has evolved. because you know nuttin about the subject. You even thought Eto'o was a striker

[Nuckin Figga]

2009 u twat, 2008 was the year scholes ****d them

Real ****d them worse.

4-1

United fot 1 lucky shot over 2 games.. in a season Barca absolutely ****** and finished 3rd in the league, behind the great Villarreal.