Re: Has football ever been better?
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qccfc
If the older players played today they would have the same advancements in diet, lifestyle and medical science. It cannot be a way to compare generations.
It is a level playing field for both.
Switching sports to one I know you like, there's no way you can just make the bald statement that modern day batsman in cricket are better than their predecessors because they can hit the ball further and higher. Give the likes of Ian Botham, Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards modern day bats when they were at their peak and they would be hitting it at least as far - it's the same with driving distances in golf.
Re: Has football ever been better?
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Originally Posted by
qccfc
If the older players played today they would have the same advancements in diet, lifestyle and medical science. It cannot be a way to compare generations.
It is a level playing field for both.
Fair point but no one has ever come close to the ridiculous numbers Messi and Ronaldo is.
Im not saying Maradona isn’t close, but those two are just unbelievably good.
Re: Has football ever been better?
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Croesy Blue
Fair point but no one has ever come close to the ridiculous numbers Messi and Ronaldo is.
Im not saying Maradona isn’t close, but those two are just unbelievably good.
but its folly to just look at the numbers, there are more games, more chances to play in Europe, less chance of having a career ending injury, if you get an injury recovery time is less.
The argument isn't that they are not great players simply that everything that happens today is not the greatest of all time. Its simply the greatest thing that is happening now.