Timbo wrote:
Messi is the best I've ever seen, and he's got to be right up there as one of the best of all time already. It's also true however, that there have been one or two other 'greats' over the years who are in Messi's ballpark when it comes to the raw stats-Di Stefano, Gerd Muller, Pele (obviously) etc.
It's always hard to compare different players from different eras Tim, I've never seen those ones you mention live, but I have seen comparable ones- Maradona (perhaps pass his best) Zidane Ronaldo and Messi, and he certainly is in that sort of company.
