I think Lloris is better than both Neuer and de Gea.
Toby makes the grade too.
Is McGinn world class?
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I think Lloris is better than both Neuer and de Gea.
Toby makes the grade too.
Whether you think he's world class or not is irrelevant, cause there can be no doubt he's as A list as fuck...Is McGinn world class?
I cant for the world understand why nobody has seen what you did in defence (higlighted it) , WORLD CLASS ? Were you drunk when you wrote that lolPersonally I would define world class as a player that can walk into any football team on planet earth (or at least two per position), so no we don't IMO. So for example:
GK: Neuer, De Gea
Full Backs: Alba, Lahm, Marcelo, Alaba
Centre Backs: Ramos, Pique, Boateng, Hummels
Centre Mids: Modric, Iniesta, Busquets, Pogba (despite his shaky start)
Wingers: Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Bale
Strikers: Suarez, Aguero
I always thought Boateng being world class was one of the least controversial opinions out there.I cant for the world understand why nobody has seen what you did in defence (higlighted it) , WORLD CLASS ? Were you drunk when you wrote that lol
I would also kill Pogba from that list, way too early to be considered world class as he isnt even (yet) the best player on the pitch for France or Man U most of the time, but he can become WC in the future. Boateng however ...
Is a world class player better or worse than a 'top, top player'?
He's had a few high profile fantastic games but overall his positioning, interceptions, passing, first touch and concentration levels are not world class at all, not in the league of Nesta, Cannavaro, Hummels, Toby, Baresi, De Boer, Koeman, King and so on.I always thought Boateng being world class was one of the least controversial opinions out there.
Whenever people on here state that one of our players is "World Class", they suddenly turn into walking turds.
I think Lloris is better than both Neuer and de Gea.
Toby makes the grade too.
Ronaldo is probably the only world class player who wouldn't thrive in Pochettino's system. All of Ronaldo's other managers have adapted their systems to fit the fact that Ronaldo simply doesn't defend. I can't imagine Pochettino allowing that.I honestly believe that a few months with Poch even Ronaldo would look average
I honestly believe that a few months with Poch even Ronaldo would look average
Ok mate. Nice shit carWell your wrong, because he isn't
Good for him
My son had one of them cars?
Oh DOOOOOO stop it! we get it...I honestly believe that a few months with Poch even Ronaldo would look average
Agree...Ahhhh the "world class" player debate. Don't you just love it.
A ridiculous term that has become the staple for fans attempting to justify a team's credentials.
My own two pence is that if you wish to use it as a (completely unquantifiable) term for classifying an elite level of player. Then there are probably only 10 maybe 15 players max in the world that fall into that bracket.
AS a term it has no bearing on form or the team that the player is operating within.
So as an extreme example - Messi is a "world class" player who plays with a number of other "world class" players around him and also has off games from time to time (as he does for Argentina fairly regularly).
Equally a player like Vardy, or Kane could be labelled "World Class" in the right team with the right manager and the right tactics for a period of time.
Ronaldo is probably the only world class player who wouldn't thrive in Pochettino's system. All of Ronaldo's other managers have adapted their systems to fit the fact that Ronaldo simply doesn't defend. I can't imagine Pochettino allowing that.