is Xavi better than Maradona, Pele, Ronaldo Lima?

by Ausi90 Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:01 am

my friends say Xavi is pretty much better than these guys, since he has won more trophies club+national level.

would u agree?

by Tomwin Lannister Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:15 am

It's far too difficult to compare a player like Xavi to somebody like Ronaldo and Co.

I mean, there's not exactly a set criteria to decide who's better than who in such different positions. As for the trophy argument, that's also a poor one.

Look at a world-class player such as Totti, he's a one club man, Loyal to Roma yet he's won 1 serie A title, a couple of cups and supercups. For a player of his class that's not alot at club level. Then you take a player from a different position like Milan Baros who's won the granddaddy of them all, the Champions league. Is Baros better than Totti? God no.

by billy_gr Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:26 am

by Doc Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:41 am

Your "friend" being you I presume...

by AltoZ Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:51 am

Nope.

Never done it against a strong british team.

by Onyx Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:27 pm

Winning trophies doesn't determine how good an individual player is.

by Albiceleste Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:36 pm

Yohan Modric wrote:Winning trophies doesn't determine how good an individual player is.

Trophy haul is obviously not everything when talking about greats but contributing to winning a trophy, especially as a main component of the trophy winning team, definitely ups your stock.

by LeBéninois Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:04 pm

AbraKebabra Alacalamb wrote:It's far too difficult to compare a player like Xavi to somebody like Ronaldo and Co.

I mean, there's not exactly a set criteria to decide who's better than who in such different positions. As for the trophy argument, that's also a poor one.

Look at a world-class player such as Totti, he's a one club man, Loyal to Roma yet he's won 1 serie A title, a couple of cups and supercups. For a player of his class that's not alot at club level. Then you take a player from a different position like Milan Baros who's won the granddaddy of them all, the Champions league. Is Baros better than Totti? God no.

This.

You could ask who is [b]greater[/b] though imo.

by The Franchise Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:53 pm

Doc wrote:Your "friend" being you I presume...

by The Franchise Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:53 pm

AltoZ wrote:Nope.

Never done it against a strong british team.

And you stop your trollery.

by The Nature Boy Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:03 pm

AltoZ wrote:Nope.

Never done it against a strong british team.

Man U CL final?

is Xavi better than Maradona, Pele, Ronaldo Lima? Messi+score+header+vs+man+utd

IIRC Xavi passed him that ball.

by justin77 Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:35 pm

Xavi better than Maradona and Pele? No way. And Ronaldo is a striker, not a center mid, so it's hard to compare the two.

by Kick Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:36 am

No, no he is not.

by Swanhends Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:26 pm

Hard to pick a player not directly associated with scoring goals as the GOAT

By this point Xavi has to be a pretty sure shot for best midfielder of all time though