Who’s the GOAT?

[TheBigIguana]

Ronaldinho?

The thing with Ronaldinho is his peak at Barca rivals anyone's peak but it didn't last nearly as long as the players in this poll.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

It is the Diego. The GOAT should come from a time when the sport was at its zenith, that stands to reason.

There are probably jazz musicians out there now who are objectively better, more skilled than the legends of the 50s and 60s, but no one considers them to be even in the conversation for GOAT, do they? So Messi or Ronaldo scoring 1000 goals in modern football just doesn't carry a lot of weight.

 

[BlueAmigo]

There are lies, damn lies and statistics. I don't count about the scoring records of CR7 and Messi. Diego Maradona single handedly dragged a backwater team to cups and titles, and a poor national squad to world champions. While being kicked off the park.

 

[Deco]

Diego was a horrible cheating brilliant player.

A great but a few drugged up performances don’t get near beloved Lionel.

 

[magicjuan]

Pele. Way ahead of his time and made football a proper global sport.
If you pick anyone else it's because you don't know.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

C. Ronaldo for me. Always has been.

 

[TheBigIguana]

It is the Diego. The GOAT should come from a time when the sport was at its zenith, that stands to reason.

There are probably jazz musicians out there now who are objectively better, more skilled than the legends of the 50s and 60s, but no one considers them to be even in the conversation for GOAT, do they? So Messi or Ronaldo scoring 1000 goals in modern football just doesn't carry a lot of weight.

The level of play in sports is notorious for getting worse over time. No one could stand up to 1888 Preston North End today.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The level of play in sports is notorious for getting worse over time. No one could stand up to 1888 Preston North End today.

I'd love to see Messi do one of his dribbles when the ball was like a medicine ball and the pitch was like the Somme on a bad day. Blokes these days don't know they're born.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I'd love to see Messi do one of his dribbles when the ball was like a medicine ball and the pitch was like the Somme on a bad day. Blokes these days don't know they're born.

And I'd like to see 1920s guys go 90 minutes at the speed they play today

 

[Sharpies volley]

Seen them all play. Admittedly not live but Pele all day long for me. He got kicked from pillar to post as did Maradona but Maradona was a cheat and a drug cheat. Pele did stuff that was way ahead of his time. Some was only seen on grainy black and white footage.

 

[Sharpies volley]

There's loads more you could mention. Our very own Dixie for one. Cruyff, Di Stefano, Puskas, Mathew's, Best. Probably a few more.

 

[Sharpies volley]

Messi let me down big time at the pit.

 

[Guru888]

Messi
Maradona
Ronaldo
C.Ronaldo

 

[TheBigIguana]

Messi let me down big time at the pit.

They lose that 6-0 on aggregate instead of 4-3 without Messi. People seem to be unaware of how bad that team has been aside from him and Suarez the last 4 or 5 years now.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

The level of play in sports is notorious for getting worse over time. No one could stand up to 1888 Preston North End today.

Where do you place Mike Tyson all time?
To anyone with eyeballs he has GoaT skills. But to anyone who knows boxing he's barely cracks the top 20 alltime heavies, let alone pound for pound.

All depends on the era.