Ronaldo is primarily the reason I fell in love with football. Watching him lead that Brazil team to glory in 2002 with his goals was spell-binding. If he hadn't had that horrific knee injury in his time at Inter, the records he would have would be innumerable.
Shearer in the top two? You are mad. Typical English nonsense. All the great strikers like van Basten, Papin, Romario, Batistuta, etc.. He wasn't even better than Stoichkov. I won't even mention Vialli, Vieri, Rivaldo, Kluivert etc.. You people are hilarious.
@@Al-ji4gd if Messi was English you say he was rubbish. Bias. Shearer is the top goal scorer of the best league in the world and was runner up to the Ballon d'or in 1996... runner up to Ronaldo!
@@Al-ji4gd 1.Van Basten, Papin, Romario, Stoichkov. Their primes all came pre mid 90's. 2. Rivaldo wasn't a striker. 3. Compare any of the others best goalscoring seasons against mid 90's Shearer and they come up short. However, all amazing players no doubt.
@@providename Ok, we agree on some things, like them all being great players, but.. 1. We can argue about mid-90s, early-90s, whatever. All I know is that Stoichkov won the Ballon d'Or in 1994. Is that not mid-1990s? Romario was still banging 30 goals in 33 games for Barca in 1994 and then carried on scoring for fun for another 10 years almost. That's not mid-1990s? Papin and van Basten, sure, but that's because van Basten had retired and Papin was already past his prime. 2. Rivaldo wasn't a striker? What would you call him, then? I don't know what other position he could possibly be. We can nitpick about types for forward, centre-forward, etc, but anyone responsible for goalscoring is a striker in my eyes, and Rivaldo fits that bill. 3. They mostly come up short because they played in competitive leagues. The Premiership circa 1995 was not even the 3rd best league in Europe, realistically. Very few of the world's best players were playing there at that point, and leagues such as La Liga and Serie A, maybe even the Bundesliga, were light-years ahead as far as quality. You think Shearer is hitting those numbers in those other countries? Doubtful. I recommend watching some football from England the 90s and you'd see how poor the quality of it actually is.
Alan Shearer on Barcelona back then would have been a sight to behold. Him playing with Rivaldo behind him he would have been less likely to get those knee injuries too Im the Spanish league.
Ronaldo is the greatest Brazilian striker of all time, above Pele in my opinion, he didn’t have the cross over celebrity status and notoriety of pele but skill for skill he was unplayable in his prime.
@@internationalrtg5602 PELE AND ROMARIO ARE GOATS. RONALDO IS JUST A FRAGILE MEGA TALENTED DRIBBLER. PPL SHOULD CHECK PERCENTAGE OF ROMARIO GOALS VS RONALDO. I THINK ROMARIO IS ALMOST 80% WHILE R9 NOT EVEN NEAR 35% . NOT TO MENTION DURABILITY ETC. U CAN HAVE ALL TALENT BUT IF U CANT PLAY...
@@PIP...33 Mate I agree Romario is best scorer I have seen. Sadly I never saw Pele but what I learn from old ppl and from archives he is possible best player ever. Dont forget Ronaldo need to be sedated in 1998 finals he never could handle the pressure like Pele or Romario. ppl also forget how Zico was great, give me Zico in any game infront Ronaldo because those legendary players played with some difficult environment way less money and too many bully fouls and players in their era.
Cristiano Ronaldo played in a joke of a league where Madrid won every game 5-0. R9 played in 90s Serie A, the toughest and most competitive league of all time.
Plus CR7 plays at a time where the striker is favoured and protected by the ref. R9 still played at a time where the defender just jacked the attacker down. CR7 not same league as prime R9
R9 played against some of the best defenders ever at a time when men played hard and could foul without getting red carded for doing so. Different era....different class of player...Sorry. But I am sure CR7 would agree if he was to be honest.
Y’all be tripping when it comes to r9. Wonderfully gifted yes I agree. In his prime with the ball he was unstoppable but did he ever score pass 50 in a season? Or year. In terms of goal scoring Micah saying r9 would get 50 goals this season. While cristianl in his prime was getting 60 consecutively. Y’all be forgetting the first 4 years in madrid of cristianl. He was the most complete foward
90s La Liga and Serie A were no joke. The chances of somehow even getting 40 were slim to none, let alone 50. It's not La Liga circa 2013 where Madrid and Barca were winning every bloody game 4-0 and 6-1. R9 would score 10-20 more goals now than he did back then because the pitches are better, the refs are more strict and defenders these days pale in comparison to those from 20-30 years ago.
R9 averaged a goal a game between the ages of 16-21. He would have kept that up without injuries. So yes 50 a season. And today there are more goals per game scored.
50 goals minimum a season? Lol football is more tactical today, he is a 30 goal a season max player, doesn’t have the goalscoring talents of Messi or Ronaldo
Has more world cup goals than both of them combined. Goalscoring is up in general since his time. Plus in 1998 they removed slide tackles from behind with the serious foul play rule.
Scoring talent ?? Well Cristiano and Messi combined scoring of 1 Romario or 1 Pele. Don't make me laugh. You may speak here When Messi or Cristian learn to score. Because Romario have 1100 goals. Pele 1300 goals in career.
@@Celtics6-0vsMonkeyJordan LOL I CANT STOP LAUGHING TOO. WHAT SCORING TALENT MESSI HAVE DUDE NEVER SCORE HEAD OR FREE KICK 1 FROM BILLION TIMES. PELE IS GOD. ROMARIO BEST SCORER EVER CONSIDERING HIS PERCENTAGE. I DUNNO WHO MESSI IS. PERFECT XAMPLE HOW WEAK THIS ERA IS ONLY THEM 2 WON BALLON LAST 13 YEARS. NO COMPETITION AND SOFT DEFENDERS.
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Ronaldo is primarily the reason I fell in love with football. Watching him lead that Brazil team to glory in 2002 with his goals was spell-binding. If he hadn't had that horrific knee injury in his time at Inter, the records he would have would be innumerable.
R9 was football Jesus.
Watching him was a Divine. We were enchanted.
Ronaldo was different gravy, but don’t sleep on mid 90s Shearer. Top two strikers in the world at the time. Bobby knew game..
Shearer in the top two? You are mad. Typical English nonsense. All the great strikers like van Basten, Papin, Romario, Batistuta, etc.. He wasn't even better than Stoichkov. I won't even mention Vialli, Vieri, Rivaldo, Kluivert etc.. You people are hilarious.
@@Al-ji4gd if Messi was English you say he was rubbish. Bias. Shearer is the top goal scorer of the best league in the world and was runner up to the Ballon d'or in 1996... runner up to Ronaldo!
@@Al-ji4gd 1.Van Basten, Papin, Romario, Stoichkov. Their primes all came pre mid 90's.
2. Rivaldo wasn't a striker.
3. Compare any of the others best goalscoring seasons against mid 90's Shearer and they come up short.
However, all amazing players no doubt.
@@providename Ok, we agree on some things, like them all being great players, but..
1. We can argue about mid-90s, early-90s, whatever. All I know is that Stoichkov won the Ballon d'Or in 1994. Is that not mid-1990s? Romario was still banging 30 goals in 33 games for Barca in 1994 and then carried on scoring for fun for another 10 years almost. That's not mid-1990s? Papin and van Basten, sure, but that's because van Basten had retired and Papin was already past his prime.
2. Rivaldo wasn't a striker? What would you call him, then? I don't know what other position he could possibly be. We can nitpick about types for forward, centre-forward, etc, but anyone responsible for goalscoring is a striker in my eyes, and Rivaldo fits that bill.
3. They mostly come up short because they played in competitive leagues. The Premiership circa 1995 was not even the 3rd best league in Europe, realistically. Very few of the world's best players were playing there at that point, and leagues such as La Liga and Serie A, maybe even the Bundesliga, were light-years ahead as far as quality. You think Shearer is hitting those numbers in those other countries? Doubtful. I recommend watching some football from England the 90s and you'd see how poor the quality of it actually is.
@@providename Romário’s prime was arguably in the mid-2000s.
He was fantastic all the way through his career.
R9 IS the GOAT even with injury (in 2002wc he had a thigh injury) he won the the WC
Alan Shearer on Barcelona back then would have been a sight to behold.
Him playing with Rivaldo behind him he would have been less likely to get those knee injuries too Im the Spanish league.
This is the season before Rivaldo was there.
When R9 left they got Rivaldo.
R9 Figo and Shearer would’ve been absolutely busted
Ronaldo is the greatest Brazilian striker of all time, above Pele in my opinion, he didn’t have the cross over celebrity status and notoriety of pele but skill for skill he was unplayable in his prime.
Of course Ronaldo was a better player, but Pele was out of this world for his era.
@@internationalrtg5602 PELE AND ROMARIO ARE GOATS. RONALDO IS JUST A FRAGILE MEGA TALENTED DRIBBLER. PPL SHOULD CHECK PERCENTAGE OF ROMARIO GOALS VS RONALDO. I THINK ROMARIO IS ALMOST 80% WHILE R9 NOT EVEN NEAR 35% . NOT TO MENTION DURABILITY ETC. U CAN HAVE ALL TALENT BUT IF U CANT PLAY...
@@PIP...33 Mate I agree Romario is best scorer I have seen. Sadly I never saw Pele but what I learn from old ppl and from archives he is possible best player ever. Dont forget Ronaldo need to be sedated in 1998 finals he never could handle the pressure like Pele or Romario. ppl also forget how Zico was great, give me Zico in any game infront Ronaldo because those legendary players played with some difficult environment way less money and too many bully fouls and players in their era.
Romario and R9 just below Pele
Bro R9 has more fans on relative to messi + CR7 combined in that era that was without social medial he was way bigger star than pele at the begining.
Sir Alan is the man, but Ronaldo is the best centre forward to ever live
As a Newcastle fan, I've always been hugely grateful that Shearer played 10 years for us.....but now that I learn we could have had Ronaldo.... 😉🤣😂
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I think you're confused, pal.
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your head@@nicksillver
Nah, you’re definitely confused pal, this is football
Didn’t Bobby Robson sign him twice, PSV and Barca ?
No, just once for Barca
When Blackburn Rovers were mentioned in the same sentence as Barcelona....
Cristiano Ronaldo scored more goals per season than the Brazilian Ronaldo per season in their best seasons
This is worded horribly.
Cristiano Ronaldo played in a joke of a league where Madrid won every game 5-0. R9 played in 90s Serie A, the toughest and most competitive league of all time.
Plus CR7 plays at a time where the striker is favoured and protected by the ref. R9 still played at a time where the defender just jacked the attacker down. CR7 not same league as prime R9
R9 played against some of the best defenders ever at a time when men played hard and could foul without getting red carded for doing so. Different era....different class of player...Sorry. But I am sure CR7 would agree if he was to be honest.
@markrey9297 true in that sense. Defenders were more rough.
Gary Linekar and his never ending desire to sneak in a potential insult for CR7. These Messi fanboys are so petty all the time.
What perceived insult?
Y’all be tripping when it comes to r9. Wonderfully gifted yes I agree. In his prime with the ball he was unstoppable but did he ever score pass 50 in a season? Or year. In terms of goal scoring Micah saying r9 would get 50 goals this season. While cristianl in his prime was getting 60 consecutively. Y’all be forgetting the first 4 years in madrid of cristianl. He was the most complete foward
R9 was better
Born in 2006 right?
90s La Liga and Serie A were no joke. The chances of somehow even getting 40 were slim to none, let alone 50. It's not La Liga circa 2013 where Madrid and Barca were winning every bloody game 4-0 and 6-1. R9 would score 10-20 more goals now than he did back then because the pitches are better, the refs are more strict and defenders these days pale in comparison to those from 20-30 years ago.
R9 averaged a goal a game between the ages of 16-21.
He would have kept that up without injuries. So yes 50 a season.
And today there are more goals per game scored.
At Madrid cr7 had Marcelo and the others working their socks off to provide him the chances.
R9 in that situation would have scored even more I’d say.
50 goals minimum a season? Lol football is more tactical today, he is a 30 goal a season max player, doesn’t have the goalscoring talents of Messi or Ronaldo
Has more world cup goals than both of them combined.
Goalscoring is up in general since his time. Plus in 1998 they removed slide tackles from behind with the serious foul play rule.
1996 he scored 47 goals for Barcelona that season. Facts
Mrfab is either very young or very dumb lol, “doesn’t have the goal scoring talents”….I almost fell off my chair laughing at that 😂
Scoring talent ?? Well Cristiano and Messi combined scoring of 1 Romario or 1 Pele. Don't make me laugh. You may speak here When Messi or Cristian learn to score. Because Romario have 1100 goals. Pele 1300 goals in career.
@@Celtics6-0vsMonkeyJordan LOL I CANT STOP LAUGHING TOO. WHAT SCORING TALENT MESSI HAVE DUDE NEVER SCORE HEAD OR FREE KICK 1 FROM BILLION TIMES. PELE IS GOD. ROMARIO BEST SCORER EVER CONSIDERING HIS PERCENTAGE. I DUNNO WHO MESSI IS. PERFECT XAMPLE HOW WEAK THIS ERA IS ONLY THEM 2 WON BALLON LAST 13 YEARS. NO COMPETITION AND SOFT DEFENDERS.