>Messi - 29
>Ronaldo - 31
>Iniesta - 32
>Torres - 32
>Ibrahimovic - 35
>Lahm - 32
>Robben - 32
>Ribery - 33
>Buffon -38
>Giroud - 30
>Rooney - 31
>Modric - 31
>Neuer - 30
>tfw most the players you grew up watching have 1 maybe 2 more world cups in them before they're gone
good, maybe now you can go back to mexico seeing as you won't need to leech off mcdonald's wifi for your 240p streams anymore.
Fuck off you underage piece of shit
Only guy I really care about on your autistic list is lcim.
Wait for Pulisic
>tfw when the next goat is going to be portuguese again
...
> exposing yourself as underage
SHIGGY DIGGY
No one of that caliber up and coming except the Croat Pûlîšîč.
>Again
>Giroud
>>Giroud - 30
>Buffonis 38
>One of the best keepers in the world
>Handsome af
>Classy with dem sharp suits
>Pure Wisdom
Truly the GOAT keeper
>mesut ozil is 28
>tfw no more "ozil
its not that bad
sure some of them will inevitably burn out in the next couple years but some won't and others yet will keep going for a long while still
>mikael forssell is 35 and can barely run
JUST
>Peyton is gone
>Favre is gone
>Brees is almost done
>Rodgers is in decline
>Eli, BIg Ben, and Palmer only have a few good years left
>Brady is still going strong
No wonder the NFL is dying. Just put football out of its misery already
>Again
Typical africans, playing with the u-7s when he's clearly 15.
>Gheorghe Hagi
>Henrik Larsson
>Pavel Nedved
>Andreas Herzog
>Hakan Mild
>Taffarel
>tfw all of the players you grew up watching already retired
>Giroud
You wot
>>Rooney - 31
bullocks, he's 39. Look at him.
>tfw we're now entering the era of Hazard vs Neymar
Hello millenial
>tfw most the best players you grew up watching are now managers
Kind of disappointing
All the players I grew up watching are retired, except for Totti and Buffon
Eusebio was never the best, since Pele was playing during the same era.
Ronaldo is not the best, since Messi is playing in the same era.
For some reason poortuguese players always get cucked out of the title of 'world's best player' by South Americans.
Quite historically ironic if you think about it....
Who the fuck grew up watching Giroud?
more like Bale v Neymar, either way its underwhelming, but atleast lel liga will finally become a competitive league again once tsunaldo and messi are gone
Rugby's already had its big changing of the guard in the past couple of years. There are only a handful of players from the 2003 WC still around, and not that many from 2007 and the Lions tour to SA
>montella is on the bench
>but now he can't come up a a late sub to score
where did all that time go by
you're forgetting dybala, belotti, verratti, berardi, maybe locatelli, and a bunch of other that i can't be bothered writing down
I only starting following european soccer back in 2012, from a MLS perspective all the iconic players are already gone and dusted
Non scordiamoci di Pellissier e Big Mac
>>Messi - 29
>>Ronaldo - 31
>>Iniesta - 32
>>Torres - 32
>>Ibrahimovic - 35
>>Lahm - 32
>>Robben - 32
>>Ribery - 33
>>Buffon -38
>>Giroud - 30
>>Rooney - 31
>>Modric - 31
>>Neuer - 30
>user - nearly there too
And to think I was supposed to have a promising football future...
>chiesa jr, simeone jr, hagi jr, di francesco jr are all playing in serie a already
Reminder that in less than 20 years they will be remembered like this:
>Messi
weak league babby who played great in a great team
>Ronaldo
weak league babby but at least proven in 2 leagues.also his media team and the fact that he was a superstar at the 2 most bandwagoned teams will keep him relevant. plus the fact that most today recognize messi as the better player will make the next gen consider him simply out of spite
>Iniesta
forgotten by everyone outside spain and only mentioned as the fedora choice a la laudrup/garrincha
>Torres
just another striker, forgotten faster than Shevchenko or Villa
>Ibrahimovic
retards will keep him alive as the #cool manly man swag man like Cantona/Bo Jackson
>Lahm
forgotten faster than Xavi
>Robben
remembered as a guy who couldve been goat but injuries cucked him
>Ribery
remembered for being hideous
>Buffon
remembered as the proto-donnarumma
>Giroud
forgotten the moment he retires
>Rooney
adidas will push him as the goat english player so pretty well known in anglosphere
>Modric
forgotten utility man, will only be mentioned when he dies
>Neuer
forgotten like all defensive players
how can someone's opinion be so completely worthless?
Thank you based cut inside man.
sorry pasta nigger, im the gypsy here so only i can tell the future
How does a player so good become so overrated so quickly and retire even quicker? Even Gerrard stayed around much longer than ozshit.
My biggest surprise is modric being 31 already. Halal madrid will tank once he retires
this tbqh nfl is dying because there are no good players anymore
Why do you take gypsies seriously?
>F1 is complete shit
>based Schumi is a potato
It kind of sucks that the next generation is made up of mercenaries who all grew up playing in europe and have no sense of loyalty to country or club.
>yfw italy becomes the next la liga
He's still good if he got an actual chance to play
How?
Milan/juve has solid young players, but the money is elsewhere, and they will get the fuck as soon as one of the big clubs comes around. And you still have the dumbass premier league clubs buying all the fucking memes for billions
Barca won't be the same without Iniesta, Hala wouldnt be the same without modric.
And if I remember, Italian teams are being bought up by big money chinese owners.
>Baggio
>Romario
>Ronaldo (proper)
>Rivaldo
>Bergkamp
>Davids
>Gullit
>Hagi
>Stoichkov
>Cantona
>Juninho
>Le Tiss
Way ahead of you there kiddo. Prepare to enjoy football less.
>giroud
I lol'd
>not growing up with roberto carlos, jan koller, marcelinho, ailton, zecke, kobiaschwili, deco, lampard, ballack, del piero, henry, casillas, ze roberto, buffon, elber, mintal
are you like 16
>Robben
remembered as a guy who couldve been goat but injuries cucked him
only true thing there.
>Modric
forgotten utility man, will only be mentioned when he dies
he will be remembered as a slave player, something like makelele in Chelsea
Who do you think will be players that are considered to be preforming on a goat level in their 35+ years. Like Zidane is.
The only one i can truly think off on top of my head is Pirlo?
>Pirlo
He's stopped playing on goat level long ago
>Pirlo
>performing as goat at 35+
he wasn't performing on a goat level even in his prime. He needed a babysitter around him to be able to play at all. Marchisio is much better than him, more complete.
the only italian goat players in the last 25+ years were baggio totti and buffon
>not taking ronaldos dick out of your mouth to type this
>Totti
>no Maldini
Is that Lara Croft.
do you wish to see more?
Nei
correct.
Defenders by definition can't ossibly be goats.
It's football, the most important thing is how well you can use your feet on the ball. And those with the best quality in that end up as forwards or midfielders.
He could be a goat defender, but being a defender means that his ball footling skills aren't as good as attacking or midfielder goats.
>an italian not ranking defense
wew
Why you included Buffon, then?
Once Messi is out of form (since Ronaldo already is), which is in like 4 years max, Dybala, Neymar, Hazard, etc. will be fighting for Ballon
>hazard will be 29 in 4 years
His career is already over
t. every football ever since ever
I rank defense, but objectively defenders don't have as good ball control skill as midfielders and forwards. If they had they'd play in midfield.Some defenders have better skill than most but not as good as the best forward players.
well it's a completely different role with a completely different set of skills.
1970s: Cryuff
1980s: Maradona
1990s: Laudrup
1st half of 2000s: Zidane
2nd half of 2000s: Ronaldinho
2010s: Messi
2020s: ???
me
>grew up watching these players
millenials need to leave
>ecuador
gib assange his kiddy porn back pls
I have no idea who is replacing the greats right now. It actually reels like there's no overlap with the new wonders coming through.
Henderson
Martial
Sterling
Vardy
loads of others senpai
I'm not sure I completely agree, I feel like you are downplaying defensive skills. Sure, foot-on-the-ball skills are the most important but aren't tackles these type of skills as well? How about marking or aerial defending skills? defensive positioning? These are all very important in the game and I'm sure a player who can dribble past a number of players and score is as necessary as one that can actually take the ball off him.
Chosen GOATS (ballon d'or) are almost never defenders because of the voting systems but I think that from a manager's point of view, a defender GOAT is more probable than what you are saying.
you should start a thread about this, btw
I agree that those are important sskills in a football player, but I think that the game being football the foot-ball skills are the most important of all.
And as for what you say, a great forward or attacking midfielders can win a game by himself even if the rest of the team is shit.
A defender, no matter how good on 1vs1 can't defend by himself.
And it's not just defenders a good defense needs good midfielders to protect the defense as well.
tactical organization is more important, or at least as important, as individual skill for defense. If you have limited amount of money you're better served buying a great forward than an equally good defender.
this tbqh
Henderson to real madrid when?
>uncomfertble & slightly nervous doggo
Are you born before 1980?