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The GOAT Debate: Part 2

Started by mistycrane7 · · 👁 3 views · 9 replies

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Participants mistycrane7Mark Green6Noah Roberts46Jessica Gonzalezdarkrider55analogorca6loneskipper3Anthony Jackson2
mistycrane7 mistycrane7 NewcomerOP
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joined Nov 2019
#1 ·
Hey everyone, welcome. I know this has been chewed over before and the debate dragged on forever, but let's kick off another one of the greatest discussions in sports. Looking at that old thread, the whole Pele vs. Messi thing ended in a mess because the voting was a disaster. My original plan was to pick the top 20 players ever and then spend weeks voting them out one by one—starting with the "worst" of the elite until we were left with just Messi and Maradona. But honestly, that would have taken months. Too much work. So, I figured it’d be easier to just pick 15. I went with 15 because picking only ten might be
a bit too stingy. Let's aim for 15 legends who actually changed the game, so we don't end up with names like Dejan Savicevic, Mlinaric, or van der vaart—huge respect to them, obviously, but they aren't quite in this tier. Here’s how it works: first place gets 15 points, second gets 14, and so on. Keeping it simple. I'll post the updated point totals at the end of each day. We'll see how long this lasts depending on how many people jump in.

My personal GOAT list.

1.Ronaldo(Bra) (15).

2.Messi (14).

3.Maradona (13).

4.Ronaldo (12).

5.Ronaldinho (11)

6.Zidane (10)

7.Pele (9)

8.Crujff (8)

9.Maldini (7)

10.Di stefano (6)

11.Euzebio (5)

12.Beckenbauer (4)

13.Romario (3)

14.Puskas(2)

15.Ibrahimovic(1)
Mark Green6 Mark Green6 Newcomer
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joined Apr 2019
#2 ·
There can only be three GOATs... calling Ronaldo one is a stretch when you consider guys like Ibrahimović or even Ronaldinho...
Noah Roberts46 Noah Roberts46 Regular
407 messages
joined Jun 2021
#3 ·
I'm getting bored with these topics. I'm just going to make fun of Ibrahimović and Ronaldinho being in the top 15. 🤣🤣
Jessica Gonzalez Jessica Gonzalez Regular
769 messages
joined Mar 2012
#4 ·
It feels a bit early to start a new poll or thread since we've already crowned Pele and Messi as our winners. Maybe we could try something else instead, like picking an all-time best XI, the greatest national team, or even the best coach? I guess we haven't really covered those topics yet.
darkrider55 darkrider55 Active Member
69 messages
joined Nov 2010
#5 ·
Noah Roberts46 said:I'm getting bored with these topics. I'm just going to make fun of Ibrahimović and Ronaldinho being in the top 15. 🤣🤣

Hey, look—I'm with you on Ibra, sure, but Ronaldinho? No way... 🕺
mistycrane7 mistycrane7 NewcomerOP
6 messages
joined Nov 2019
#6 ·
People always get into these endless debates about whether Ronaldinho belongs in the top 10 all-time. It’s always the same split: half the crowd looks at his actual career stats, while the other half is just obsessed with how insane his peak was.
analogorca6 analogorca6 Member
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joined Jan 2011
#7 ·
1. Boško Balaban
2. Veldin Karić
3. Srebrenko Posavec
4. Davor Bajsić
5. Zoran Zekić
6. Mario Dodik
7. Hrvoje Štrok
8. Edin Mujčin
9. Stanko Bubalo
10. Borimir Perković
11. Krunoslav Lovrek
12. Miljenko Mumlek
13. Marin Lalić
14. Bernard Brnjić
15. Mladen Bartolović
mistycrane7 mistycrane7 NewcomerOP
6 messages
joined Nov 2019
#8 ·
Jessica Gonzalez said:It feels a bit early to start a new poll or thread since we've already crowned Pele and Messi as our winners. Maybe we could try something else instead, like picking an all-time best XI, the greatest national team, or even the best coach? I guess we haven't really covered those topics yet.

The results ended up being a wash, which is exactly why I started this. It would be cool to do an all-time best lineup, but there's a catch. You might pick Roberto Carlos as your left back, sure, but most people here didn't actually watch the defenders from the 70s or 80s. They just scroll through YouTube or catch highlights of Pele and Maradona and think they're experts.
loneskipper3 loneskipper3 Member
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joined Feb 2023
#9 ·
Before the World Cup even kicked off, folks back in Argentina were making quite the demand—they basically said if Messi wants to be considered a legend in their eyes, he’d have to lead the national team to a championship right there in the shadow of Maradona. It implies that for Messi to truly earn that GOAT status, he has to achieve it away from home. 😁
Anthony Jackson2 Anthony Jackson2 Regular
605 messages
joined Jul 2009
#10 ·
I might put a veto on this—maybe over the summer during pickle season—but right now, I really don't see the point of these kinds of threads.

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