++ [ originally posted by m_elayyan ] ++
For those who say dp is better ,tell me what is the one thing that makes dp better?
did he scored more goals answer is NO
did he win the golden ball answer is NO
is his form make him a starter in Juve and NT answer is NO
enough is said
I will be very surprised if you do not fall down more if your comments are anything to go by
So michael Owen who has won the golden ball is better than Adriano and Henry or Rooney?
As a Juve player, Dp is superior, as he has clearly done more and i am not just talking about the amount of scudetti he has won
As a Juventus player he has more than adequately filled Baggio's shoes and surpassed it , the simple reason you have to look towards is apart from die hards, do Juve fans miss Baggio?
Do they still sing his name on the stands?
But for the national team, Dp has not come close, hence ppl are still talking about Baggio
I am reading that in Juve success, others contributed like Zidane, Nedved and Buffon , yes this is true, but I am also reading that Baggio toook Juve to second completeltly discounting the sacrifices of players like Casiraghi, Ravanelli, Vialli whom Trapatoni completely sacrificed their talents in other to promote Baggio's just like he did with Totti later
Baggio did not play that long with Zavarov , Alenikov and Barros and yes at the time he was king of Turin and I do agree with the notion without him we were quite terrible .
Who is to say Baggio would have been as influential if he had better players around him, after all at Milan and Inter he was dropped and how would he have co existed with the likes of Zz and Nedved?
Baggio was a fantastic player, one of the best of his generation of Italian players if not the best but I do not think he had a season quite like Dp had in 97/98 and no matter what Dp does later , I will always remember him for that as he was on a par with Ronaldo , when Ronaldo was at his best, was more influential than Zidane in the same team and thats why i get disgusted when he is being dissed by Johnny come latelies.
As a Juventus player, he has few peers