water ur seeds;4691159 said:usmarin3;4691126 said:water ur seeds;4691043 said:usmarin3;4690987 said:water ur seeds;4690930 said:usmarin3;4690897 said:water ur seeds;4690831 said:man pele is fckn overrated!!!!!!!!!! dude never left brazil, how can you judge a player that scores loads of goal in brazil and never played in europe in the best leagues in the world??? he didnt even hardly play in one of the world cups he won... hes is amazing know doubt, but hes not the best ever... maradonna for me, dude ran europe and also done it on the world stage ... pele thinks hes better then he is to...
lol at this Eurocentric nonsense, why would Pele need to leave Brasil when the Brasilian league was world class back then, South American players weren't running to Europe back then. South American national teams got most of the world cup titles (Brasil,Argentina, Uraguay,etc), if Europe is so great why did they get dusted in the world cup so much. During Pele's era, the only European team to win shit was Germany, if Spain, England,etc were so good why did not win world cups?
Yall need to get off this white man/europe fucking nonsense, do you know how many great south american players never sold out and go to europe back then.
lol @ you brining race into this...
europe invented football, its always been the best league in the world! brasilian league has never been world class... the only south americans that never left where zico, pele and garrincha
back in them days italy ran football, all the best players went their and applied their trade, you dont know what the fck your about...
Then why hasn't Italy won the amount of world cups as Brasil, why did they not run shit in Pele's era? I don't give a fuck if Europe invented shit, the most skilled players have come from South America and the two greatest players both came from there (Pele, Maradonna).
Lets not act as if money isn't the major issue with it comes to Euro football verses these other leagues, not skill or ability. Pump the same money, advertisement, and hype into any league that UEFA has and nuture young talent with the money europe has and i guarantee you South American leagues would be on the same level. Also for South American players like Messi, Sergio Aquero, etc to stay in their home country.
Take away all the So. American players from Europe and the game of soccer would look completely different. Money is the only reason why these players leave So. America, not because European leagues are better.
i didnt even read past the first couple lines...
pele had great players around him... winning the world cup dosent mean shit to what im saying... you havnt even watched the old football archives...
pele wasnt even the best player in the brasilian side, the european leagues had the best players in the world in them, spain, italy, germany, brasil, argentine, hence making it the toughest leagues in the world...
you ever had the pleasure of watching cruyff, di stefano, meazza, best, charlton, law, beckenbauer, moore??? god knows how many ive missed...
every football expert will tell you maradona better than pele... im not saying pele is shit, im saying hes not the best ever, hes one of them, know one will know how good he was against the the best teams in the world...
you read about pele and think hes the best player in the world, go do your homework
LOL at winning a world cup doesn't mean shit, and isn't Messi playing with the most great players around him. Isn't this nigga playing with Iniesta, Xavi,etc, oh wait you only use that excuse when it comes to Pele. Isn't Iniesta more accomplished, La Liga, Euro Cup, and World Cup titles?
Lets call the Euro leagues for what they are, they feed and leech off smaller leagues talent which all goes back to the money issue. It's all a money issue, nothing fucking else.
messi is also playing in the champions league and against the best teams in the world... unlike pele what pele did...
i said world cups dont mean shit to my point, not that they dont mean shit in general... players like george best played for northern ireland, never won or even played in world cup to my knowledge, but is still regarded as one of the goats...
im not saying pele isnt great, or one of the best ever... im saying hes not the best ever, look on the net, no experts or poles have him as the best ever... maradona was alot better... like i said, pele wasnt even the best player on his team... hes top 5 though...
go watch some espn best players ever docs on american tv and see what you think...
Messi is playing in the European champions league, against the BEST TEAMS IN EUROPE. Pele could only play his competition, the world was much different than back then. STILL when Pele played on the worlds stage in the World Cup, he excelled at it and won numerous world cup.
WORLD CUP > EUROCUP> LEAGUE TITLES = no matter which fucking way you cut it, especially when La Liga is pretty much a two horse race.
Stop your George Best excuse, Maradona damn near won a World Cup by himself. Plus what's Messi's excuse, he plays with world class players with Argentina and flames out in World Cup, Confederation Cup and Copa America play.
LOL at look at the net, no expert. Oh you mean the same experts who dickride niggas like Messi and C. Ronaldo and caught up in the present moment. Maradona may have been better skill with the ball, but that's like saying Ronaldinho is better than Ronaldo (Brasil). Pele combined power, speed, and ball handling. Maradona is just flashier, same shit for George Best. I'll take niggas like Pele, Ronaldo,etc anyday.