[GER] Bundesliga 2015/2016 (26 Viewers)

[DAiDEViL]

As for Xavi passing only, that's a silly thing to say I'm sorry. That's like saying Tevez only runs, or Vidal only tackles. The guy was a key and defining player in a Barcelona side that won multiple CL's and a Spanish NT that dominated International football for six years. Xavi and Iniesta in their prime played teams off the park in a way nobody else has in the past decade. He is levels above Gerrard, even Gerrard would probably tell you that.

what else was great about xavi?
you can not compare him to iniesta though. come on...

...i wont say something bout the rest. it does not help your case...

 

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[Fred]

what else was great about xavi?
you can not compare him to iniesta though. come on...

Xavi was much more consistent if not as spectacular in highlights as Iniesta was. Xavi controlled the tempo like no other midfielder, his first touch was excellent, his vision was exemplary, he was very good at keeping the ball, at times it looks impossible taking it off him. Above all that, and what really sets him apart, is that he was incredibly consistent. His teammates, his opponents, his coaches, opposing managers all praise him and consider him one of the best midfielders in the past decade.

 

[DAiDEViL]

you love xavi. i got it.

 

[Osman]

Its not love, Xavi is an all time great level of midfield maestro who had a wholeera of a club and NTs historic acheivements built around the core brilliant capabilities he possessed in making a team tick and operate, completely influential and insanely vital to the dominating era with club and country. Gerrard was particularly high level great for a few years, just around the CL dominating years, to a bit earlier when he was it his most decisive. Rest of the time he was a very good/excellent box to box mid that didnt reach such levels again. Especially the further down he went in midfield, defenitely didnt have the technical capabilities and brains for CM role. His hollywood level of high action goals and crosses were at their best in younger years when he was mainly playing AM or right winger. That brief prime aside, no bussiness whatsoever being uttered together with the few players in the level of Xavi really (Pirlo, Iniesta).


Kinda typical to read you rate Iniesta as somehow in his own level above Xavi. Its allways says telling some football fans when they took notice of one but not the other, probably due to the brilliant dribbling of Iniesta, but not Xavi, who was as vital, if not more vital then Iniesta in alot of these years (Iniesta tended to dissapear in a season here or there).

 

[DAiDEViL]

twisting words is a great thing isn’t it?

i won’t deny anything you said above. expect for that dig on
the "football fans"...
here we are again: iniesta is more complete than xavi.

and btw. i am not the one who came up with the gerrard vs. xavi discussion.
two players who are simply not comparable.

 

[Osman]

Gerrard and him arent comparable because Xavi is the superior player, no question or doubts. And I said that about football fans bit because I noticed for long time how Iniesta is put on a piedastal instantly while Xavi is kinda sidestepped, like you did in your post, saying how he cant be compared to Xavi. Really odd, they played almost their entire career together, and Xavi was the one who started the domination in the midfield that started the era, the brains, while Iniesta took a while to become consistent before becoming the player we know him as.

 

[DAiDEViL]

Gerrard and him arent comparable because Xavi is the superior player, no question or doubts. And I said that about football fans because I noticed for long time how Iniesta is put on a piedastal while Xavi is kinda sidestepped, like you did in your post, saying how he cant be compared to Xavi. Really odd, they played almost their entire career together, and Xavi was the one who started the domination in the midfield that started the era, while Iniesta took a while to become consistent.

No.

its simply not the same type of player. like comparing pirlo to pogba...

but whatever.

and i didnt say you cant compare iniesta to xavi because i thought iniesta is the better one, but again because they are a different type of player.

 

[Osman]

They are both midfielders, you still can easily see and say who the better player is, how is this hard? Pirlo and Gerrard, who is better?



You can compare Pirlo and Pogba, different styles, but Pirlo better till Pogba's career shows him equal or if he is crazy or lucky enough, better.

 

[DAiDEViL]

They are both midfielders, you still can easily see and say who the better player is, how is this hard? Pirlo and Gerrard, who is better?

not sure if serious.
so you think you can compare all midfielders to all midfielders?

 

[Osman]

Wtf is the confusion? You can tell the quality difference of players even if they dont have the same style, especially players who play in the same areas despite different approaches. They are both central midfielders most of their careers, Gerrard attacking all action box to box CM, Xavi playmaking dictating CM. You seriously must not like the little cule if you being this stubborn about avoiding to state the obvious.

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[DAiDEViL]

according to your logic i can aswell go compare strikers to midfielders right?

a box to box does not need to have the same qualities of an regista and vice versa.
thats why you cant compare them.



...and i am the stubborn one LMAO.

 

[Osman]

Are you for real? Who said same qualities? Talking about who the better footballer is, its not complicated. We have eyes, we watch a game of football and see who the better player is at what they do, regardless of style, especially more so when they operate in the same damn exact zones of the field.

I linked that clip for fun, the very fact you would need to seriously reply about the clip like it was an argument needed to be addressed, when its two players I, and you too depending on age, have seen their ENTIRE careers of. Its clear as frigging day Xavi is the better player, who needs to seriously nitpick or analyse a clip? (didnt even watch it all due to the music lol, but Gerrard bound to look his best in em since he was the highlight reel specalist at his best, insane cannon shots and hollywood quarterback passes hehe).


FINAL QUESTION and post. Since you are clearly allergic to giving Xavi any props whatsoever, who is better player, Gerrard or Pirlo?

 

[lgorTudor]

Davids wasn't half the player that is Pirlo

 

[DAiDEViL]

FINAL QUESTION and post. Since you are clearly allergic to giving Xavi any props whatsoever, who is better player, Gerrard or Pirlo?

Spoiler

NOT COMPARABLE. thank you
Gerrard = better box to box
pirlo = better regista.

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Davids wasn't half the player that is Pirlo

got it

 

[Fred]

you love xavi. i got it.

and you're talking about twisting words.

I don't respond to cheap cop outs like this, you either want to have the discussion or you don't. Either way is fine for me.

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not sure if serious.
so you think you can compare all midfielders to all midfielders?

Well that's ironic; weren't you the one that compared Xavi to Iniesta?

 

[R.A.B.]

I did not know you cant compare different players Look, Messi plays on the right side, Ronaldo on the left, why people compare them both? They are different players

 

[LiquidPLP]

Isco over Oscar anyday.

Easily but I'd still take Oscar without thinking twice. Not many AMs on the market these days.

 

[Black+White]

They believe in that kid named Ducksch

Most likely they'll use a system similar to 4-2-3-1 where 1 striker is required only. Obama, Ramos, Duksch

They certainly do not believe in Ducksch.
They loaned him last season and he didn't do all that much.

I think Aubameyang, Ramos(when back healthy) and even Reus are their options up front while they're also being linked to some younger guys.

Also, this is the German Bundesliga thread and for the past three or so pages all that was debated are guys that don't play in this league.

To talk some Bundesliga.
Bayern surely knows how to sell.
They supposedly got €20M for a 31 year old with bad ankles and one year left on his contract in Schweinsteiger.
He's done great things for Germany but Schweinsteiger hasn't played a full season within the last five years and I doubt that will change as he gets older and plays in England.

As for Bayern.
They still got Alonso, Martinez, Thiago, Alaba, Rode, Kimmich, Hojbjerg, Gaudino and Lahm, who Pep always wants to play in CM because of whatever reason.

On another note.
Today will be the first pre-season test with the Telekom Cup being held in Monchengladbach. The semifinals will be Gladbach vs HSV and Bayern vs Augsburg with the 3rd place and Final following after those semifinals.
Most teams won't have their national team players but it's still a nice start to another season.

 

[DAiDEViL]

Well that's ironic; weren't you the one that compared Xavi to Iniesta?

no.

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I did not know you cant compare different players Look, Messi plays on the right side, Ronaldo on the left, why people compare them both? They are different players

as winger, so what?

 

[mondo1]

Germany is introducing the goal line technology, what are you guys thinking about it? I am not quite sure if that is needed... I mean there are way more wrong offside calls or fake/nongiven pk, that are far more important to a game. Even every little bad call can have it's influence on the game... Would be fucked up to not get a clear pk but you concede cause of the technology