My apologies if the above is meant as some kind of joke...but if not...its ridiculous. Messi is the most talented forward player on the planet. That poncy twat ronaldo is close to him, but let down by his face and general ponciness, and then there is Rooney. I think any team playing against Rooney, Ronaldo, or Messi, has to be incredibly focused on their marking. As for any team double marking efficiently, they only have a chance of scoring goals if the rest of the team is flimsy and can be cut through like butter on a swift counter attack. Not even in the top ten???? Have you seen little lionel in action??? the guy is a fucking genius, one of those footballers who comes along once in a generation. Perhaps the best purely offensive player in the final third we have seen since Maradona. Zidane had god given talent, huge amounts...as did Ronaldo, I mean the proper Ronaldo, not poncy pug faced one of Real Madrid which the cool kids call cr7. not even in the top 10!!!! lunacy...he would be in ANY top ten forwards to play against ANY type of defence, for he is that special. Its like a christian saying I wouldn't put Jesus in the top ten, or a muslim saying he wouldn;t put mohammed in the top ten prophets...some creatures are simply always in the top then of their area of expertise.