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#1 ·
I seen ones for wrestling, so why not one for sports?

Football (Soccer)

- Messi isn't and won't ever be the GOAT until he signle handidly wins the world cup with Argentina.

- Iniesta is better than Ronaldo

- Ramires is the most under-rated player in world football

- David Luiz is good.

- Garry Cahill is Englands best centre back

- Phil Jones is over-rated

- Even though i'm English, i have never supported the English national side.

- The goal that never stood in the 2010 England vs Germany match is justice for 1966. Hirst's goal never went over the line. People just want to believe it did

- The English Premier League is over-rated

- English fans are amongst the worst in Europe. They get shown up by other fans when ever a team comes over here to play an english club

- Van Persie is over-rated. pretty much, Everytime i have seen him play he's been poor.

MMA

- Michael Bisping was robbed against Chael Sonnen

- Renan Barao is the best 135lbser in the world

- Brock Lesnar was under-rated towards the end of his career

- Fedor is not the GOAT
 
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#42 ·
Football:

John Terry is a brave but mediocre talent who was only ever world class when paired with world class defenders.

England never had a golden generation. They had 3-4 world class players and a ton of overrated ones alongside them.

Messi can score 1,000, goals for Barcelona but must shine with Argentina at a world cup to become the GOAT. Maradona did so with an Argentina team that had nowhere near the depth of talent as the current squad.

Gerd Muller was a far superior striker to Pele. Loads of Pele's goals were scored in bullshit leagues whereas Muller scored more goals than games at freaking international level, won the world cup and European championships scoring tons of important goals in both triumphs and was part of one of the greatest club teams in the history of football.


Tennis:

Henman was not a choker, he simply got outclassed by everyone (Grosjean, Hewitt, Sampras) except from Ivanisevic who then took his game to another level in the wimbledon final against Pat Rafter. Why everyone thinks Henman could have comfortably defeated a two grand slam champion in the final is strange to say the least.

Hewitt was a fantastic talent with a great arsenal of weapons who only started to slip down the rankings when he was constantly drawn to play Federer in grand slams and appeared to lose his previously indestructible spirit.

Justine Henin would now be chasing Graf's Open era Grand Slam record if she hadn't oddly retired at a young age. She had begun to own Serena Williams on all surfaces and was only a slam or two behind her rival before she initially called it quits in 2008.
 
#110 ·
Football:



Justine Henin would now be chasing Graf's Open era Grand Slam record if she hadn't oddly retired at a young age. /QUOTE]

It's not like she retired at her peak or anything her quality dipped big time in 08 and she had gotten routed by Serena and Maria,lost to Schiavone and Safina and needed 3 hours to beat Srebotnik in Dubai. Like Bjorg she saw she was on the decline and decided to get the f out.
 
#137 · (Edited)
Here's a couple more...

Tennis:

- Tsonga can win a slam when he's playing right. He just doesn't play right often enough

- The Womens game is Under-Rated, and can often produce better matches than the mens game

- Sara Errani is a one court player, and shouldn't be in the top 10

- Roddick should have won a slam

- Djokovic's attacking game is over-rated

- In terms of ability, Shvedova is top 10. She just doesn't have it mentally to win close matches, and injury's have held back her singles career.

- Many people claim that Sampras dominated a weak era, but prime Sampras would be #1 today imo.

- There should be a carpet grand slam instead of hone of the hard court ones.

- I prefer 3 sets over 5 sets

- Nadal won't win another slam off Clay

- Watching Serena destroy people is entertaining

- Kirilenko and Sharapova are over-rated in looks. They are very good looking, but not as hot as people make out

F1:

- Formula 1 was better in the 90's

- The races would be more exciting if they halfed the ammount of laps

- The Brazilian grand prix is the best on the calender
 
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#141 · (Edited)
Here's a couple more...

Tennis:

- Tsonga can win a slam when he's playing right. He just doesn't play right often enough

- The Womens game is Under-Rated, and can often produce better matches than the mens game

- Sara Errani is a one court player, and shouldn't be in the top 10

- Roddick should have won a slam

- Djokovic's attacking game is over-rated

- In terms of ability, Shvedova is top 10. She just doesn't have it mentally to win close matches, and injury's have held back her singles career.

- Many people claim that Sampras dominated a weak era, but prime Sampras would be #1 today imo.

- There should be a carpet grand slam instead of hone of the hard court ones.

- I prefer 3 sets over 5 sets

- Nadal won't win another slam off Clay

- Watching Serena destroy people is entertaining

- Kirilenko and Sharapova are over-rated in looks. They are very good looking, but not as hot as people make out
You are just jealous that Shvedova is not as hot as Sharapova. :torres
Btw Roddick won a slam.

I disagree with some points. I can't see how does Women tennis produce better matches than Men tennis. I think Errani has done enough to be in the top 10.
Edit: I also think Nadal will win another slam in grass or hard.
 
#160 ·
It was a dire tournament. Summed up by the fact that the eventual winners won all of their games 1-0 in the knockout stages. Says it all really.
 
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As awesome as the achievements of Michael Phelps (and Mark Spitz & Ian Thorpe before him) are, I think it's a bit weird to have so many different types of swimming events over the same distance.
If they added events like the 100m hop I'm pretty sure Usain Bolt would have a good chance of winning them too. But they don't because running's faster.
 
#161 ·
Boxing - Manny Pacquiao is overrated. His pre De La Hoya career was great, but it was with "The Dream Match" he began to get hugely popular and pick up titles at all kinds of weights. Let's see...... De La Hoya was on his way out, Hatton was shot, Cotto was still reeling from plastergate, Clottey was a fucking joke, Margacheato was a challenge he overcame (can't really take that or Cotto fights away from him), Mosley was a joke and then Marquez clearly beat him but the judges (or rather, their wallets) thought otherwise. And then he felt the other end of the corruption argument against Bradley. But still, it's fucking Bradley. Dude could barely put away Devon Alexander and ducked Amir Khan for fear of losing and missing higher paydays. Smart? Yes. Mark of a warrior? No.

tl;dr fuck Pacquiao.
 
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- Carles Puyol is the best defender of the past decade and the greatest captain of all time in football. Barcelona have a better chance of developing another Xavi or Iniesta than they do of another Puyol, in fact I don't think we will ever see another Puyol. Puyol's defending skills coupled with drive, desire, work ethic and winning mentality is almost impossible to match. If there is anything I criticize about him, is that he works too hard, but of course it isn't a valid criticism.
 
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Chelsea fan eh?

I've never cared for England, not since I was a kid anyway. Last time I gave a fuck would probably be the '98 World Cup. That's pretty common amongst most people I know. If it came down to England winning a tournament or Liverpool winning a throw in I'd opt for the throw in.

And the Premier League is over-rated.

My own personal ideas?

Golf isn't a fucking sport.
 
#3 ·
okay i've got a lot. But i wont list them all.

Football- John Terry is way past it, not even that old but he's past it. Has been for a while, he's decent but wouldn't start for England if I got to pick the team. I'm surprised he still starts for Chelsea.

Joe Hart is a very good keeper but of no fault of his own, massively overrated by everyone. He's made a good few errors for England that a keeper like Rob Green would be slaughtered for. He's actually made more mistakes for England than Rob Green. His kicking can be flat and terrible but he always gets away w/it and commentators tend to go silent when he does it. The media and pundits love him, give him a much easier time than they do the likes of De Gea.

Reina is a terrible goalkeeper, he's riding on his reputation of some clean sheet streak from years ago and he has his defence to thank for that. Decent shot stopper but not fantastic, dodgy w/crosses and just generally not that great.
 
#5 ·
Football;

1) Even if Lampard's goal against Germany at the WC 2010 stood, it would have not changed the game and made a whit of difference. England still would have been comprehensively beaten.
2) Wayne Rooney is overrated and overhyped. Good player but not God's gift to English football as some fans and the media claim/think.
3) The invincibles Arsenal side were the best team in the world that season hands down, even if they didn't win the C/L.
4) Barca's tiki-taka style of football is boring.
5) I always thought that Ricardo Quaresma had as much potential as Ronaldo but failed to fulfill it.
6) Even if Beckham had stayed on the field v Argentina in 1998, Argentina would have still gone through.
7) Ibrahimovic is overrated.
8) Even though they are both legends, Bergkamp was slightly better than Henry.
9) Fernando Morientes was better than Raul.
10) I have not supported the English national side in a major tournament since the 2002 World Cup.
11) I actually enjoyed the Greeks win the Euro Championships in 2004 because it reinforced the belief that football is still unpredictable and anything can happen and every now and again, an underdog can still pull off a massive shock.
12) Manuel Neuer is the best GK in the world, even more so than Casillas and Cech.

Cricket

1) India are a shit test side.
2) Australia's whitewash of England in the 2006/7 Ashes was not because they were unbeatable. It was because England were piss poor.
3) Muralitharan was a better bowler than Shane Warne.
4) Kevin Pieterson is overrated.
5) M.S Dhoni is not a great captain.
6) Brett Lee was a better bowler than Glenn McGrath.

Rugby;

1) Even though the final was won in suspect circumstances, South Africa's world cup win in 1995 was one of the most incredible stories in sports history;
2) Apart from good kicking ability, Johnny Wilkinson could not do a fuck lot else;
3) Matt Dawson was fucking shite. Almost as bad as Andy Farrell and Mike Tindall.
 
#6 ·
Re: some points

On the Messi bit, don't worry. He is Mr. Destiny and 2014 is his destiny.

Damn, Cricket... I completely stopped watching Cricket after Lara retired. Watched the WCs here and there but find it so boring these days. 20-20 is so shitty.
 
#7 ·
I think everyone agrees with me now, but before I used to say:

Andrei Arshavin is massively overrated.

I also used to say Clint Dempsey was criminally underrated, but now that he's had a great season he is getting his praises.

And also I agree with whoever said Pepe Reina is a terrible keeper (especially for a team who is trying to compete at a high level). His laughable errors keep increasing year by year.
 
#10 ·
I seen ones for wrestling, so why not one for sports?

Football (Soccer)

- Messi isn't and won't ever be the GOAT until he signle handidly wins the world cup with Argentina.

- Iniesta is better than Ronaldo

- Ramires is the most under-rated player in world football

- David Luiz is good.

- Garry Cahill is Englands best centre back

- Phil Jones is over-rated

- Even though i'm English, i have never supported the English national side.

- The goal that never stood in the 2010 England vs Germany match is justice for 1966. Hirst's goal never went over the line. People just want to believe it did

- The English Premier League is over-rated

- English fans are amongst the worst in Europe. They get shown up by other fans when ever a team comes over here to play an english club

- Van Persie is over-rated. pretty much, Everytime i have seen him play he's been poor.

MMA

- Michael Bisping was robbed against Chael Sonnen

- Renan Barao is the best 135lbser in the world

- Brock Lesnar was under-rated towards the end of his career

- Fedor is not the GOAT
Spot on
 
#14 ·
I seen ones for wrestling, so why not one for sports?

Football (Soccer)

- Messi isn't and won't ever be the GOAT until he signle handidly wins the world cup with Argentina.
I see you're drawing comparisons between Messi and Maradona and the widely stated opinion that Maradona carried Argentina to World Cup glory. The thing is, that was a different era. The modern game is by far a more intricate game with there being an abundance of phenomenal players. That being said it's impossible for any player in the modern era to carry their team through a major tournament because the opposition is so fierce.
 
#20 ·
The point is, is that Messi has never stepped up in an International tournament like Pele, maradona etc have. He has got plenty of time to do this of course, but until he does, he is not the GOAT.
 
#21 ·
- Scotland have the best international fans. (Oh, and it was announced today Scotland are playing England at Wembley in 2013, to mark the FA's 150th anniversary.)
- Rangers have the best club fans and are a better club than Celtic in other ways than form.
- Supporting Rangers in general... No one likes us we don't care.. (Which I don't think is true, but that's part of one of our songs.
But I thin neutral football fans that don't support Rangers or Celtic would maybe choose Rangers..).
 
#23 · (Edited)
Murray is not at the top level. It will be a suprise if he wins a grand slam. He can't get past the top 3 atm
What a pointless post.

You didn't comprehend what I said whatsoever, unless you're trying to say Safin and Hewitt would be winning slams in this era? Murray is a top level player being dwarfed by the 2 best ever, and Djokovic who has been even above those two in the past 18 months.

The point is, is that Messi has never stepped up in an International tournament like Pele, maradona etc have. He has got plenty of time to do this of course, but until he does, he is not the GOAT.
Maradona fair enough, but Pele did nothing significant in his domestic career, i.e. 90% of the football he played, because he wasted it playing in Brazil.
 
#24 ·
Maradona fair enough, but Pele did nothing significant in his domestic career, i.e. 90% of the football he played, because he wasted it playing in Brazil.
I see your point with Pele, but he did step up in the big stage (world cup). I would say that him and Messi are perhaps on a par atm, because of Messi's amazing club record. But to over-take Pele, Messi needs to step up in an international tournament imo.
 
#38 ·
Messi not performing for Argentina is a myth. He does 95% of the time. The problem is that managers don't know how to use him and the managers Argentina hires are usually very naive. Messi is most of the time, if not always the best player on the pitch for Argentina.

Finally Sabella is getting it right with the front three of Aguero-Messi-Higuain. He is using Messi in an advanced role--constantly switching roles with Higuain.

A front-three of them, with Lavezzi and Tevez as back-ups and midfield trio of Pastore-Banega-Macherano, Argentina can be unbeatable if the defense is sorted out.
 
#39 ·
I never said that he didn't. I was pointing out, that he hasn't done it in a major tournament with them. I have seen him perform at the international stage (against Brazil)
 
#40 ·
Here's my popular opinion. The OP knows fuck all about football :troll
 
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