Today we have powerful AND technical players (cause I don't think anyone thinks Messi is not technical). Today players are more professional, behaving more like athletes. However, when everyone is powerful, that's not really an advantage for any player.
Now, sheer beauty, that's subjective. That's a view. I liked Zizou a lot as well. I preferred his style. Simple and elegant. But that shouldn't interfere with my judgement for someone as an overall player. Numbers don't lie. That's an objective metric. And Messi/Ronaldo break record after record.
Regarding distribution, there is always a couple of teams slightly better than others. Real, Barca, Bayern, Juve, United with Fergie, etc.. but none talked about Robben or Nedved, Bale or Aguero being the best player ever. There is a reason (a well justified by numbers one) that those 2 are considered the best..
Now the rest is just speculation. I don't accept that we have less talents in football nowadays. The other way actually. The academies have been more active than ever. More talents are given a chance. And the internet has made scouting easier than ever. We re in the golden era of idea propagation.
Let's not let nostalgia blind us. Football is shoved up our asses as a product and a lot of people are full of it, rejecting it and idealising the past. But if you look at it objectively and isolate yourself from the ads, dabs and LV wallets, you can see that we re living in the best football era ever (coverage and talent wise).
Aloha..
Now, sheer beauty, that's subjective. That's a view. I liked Zizou a lot as well. I preferred his style. Simple and elegant. But that shouldn't interfere with my judgement for someone as an overall player. Numbers don't lie. That's an objective metric. And Messi/Ronaldo break record after record.
Regarding distribution, there is always a couple of teams slightly better than others. Real, Barca, Bayern, Juve, United with Fergie, etc.. but none talked about Robben or Nedved, Bale or Aguero being the best player ever. There is a reason (a well justified by numbers one) that those 2 are considered the best..
Now the rest is just speculation. I don't accept that we have less talents in football nowadays. The other way actually. The academies have been more active than ever. More talents are given a chance. And the internet has made scouting easier than ever. We re in the golden era of idea propagation.
Let's not let nostalgia blind us. Football is shoved up our asses as a product and a lot of people are full of it, rejecting it and idealising the past. But if you look at it objectively and isolate yourself from the ads, dabs and LV wallets, you can see that we re living in the best football era ever (coverage and talent wise).
Aloha..
