Cristiano Ronaldo...still top 2?

Shady

The decline is there. Has reinvented his game to just become a poacher. He's lost a lot of his flair and magic. I also don't think he'll rack up the number as much anymore. He's got 6 league goals this season, 5 of which came in one game. When I watch him play, he just doesn't look interested in anything other than shooting.

I think Neymar is the better player now. He's stepped up his game since Messi got injured. He finishes moves, he creates for himself, he creates for others.

Klaus

I think over the past 3-4 years there have been several better forwards at various points (Messi, Ribery and Ibrahimovic have all had higher peaks off the top of my head) but Ronaldo has remained one of the two best goalscorers at least. But yeah, Neymar is on another level this season.

Ray

11 goals in 10 this season. He seems to have been around for ages and he's still only 30.

Timbob

As long as he's scoring goals at an incredible rate then yes, he is. Hardest thing in the game is putting the ball in the back of the net.

Gazza M

his best days are behind him but he'll keep stuffing the stat sheet regardless. i do think come seasons end neymar will have greatly reduced the status gap between him and ronaldo. neymar has been incredible in 2015 and is getting better

MistaT

To think I once doubted Neymar would hit 20 (goal and/or assists) in a season....smh

jones

Neymar is ridiculously good, talent was always obvious but you'd be forgiven for thinking he'd become another Robinho what with his showboating shitty hair tattoos and all, credit to him for becoming a more serious player. Incredible composure too, Brazil 14 were dogshit but he dragged them to the semis pretty much by himself despite the huge pressure, also the first ever player to score in each of the CL quarter and semis legs and the final, don't think that record will be equaled anytime soon plus he's on around 50 goals in 60 something games for Brazil - all this by a kid younger than Jack Wilshere.

lorddulaarsenal

Not seen much of him this year but Ronaldo relies a lot on physical attributes which are probably now staring to decline

Tactics

Shady wrote:
The decline is there. Has reinvented his game to just become a poacher. He's lost a lot of his flair and magic. I also don't think he'll rack up the number as much anymore. He's got 6 league goals this season, 5 of which came in one game. When I watch him play, he just doesn't look interested in anything other than shooting.

I think Neymar is the better player now. He's stepped up his game since Messi got injured. He finishes moves, he creates for himself, he creates for others.

Think so too, Ronaldo is mainly a poacher these days.

Mirth

Neymar's great - it's been so long since we've had a top player with real flair:

lorddulaarsenal

Yeah he's the kind of player that makes young kids starting out dream

Klaus

I'll always prefer guys like him and Ronaldinho to guys like Ronaldo. It was about time Brazil produced another one, because European football is not going to do it anytime soon. Hopefully Neymar will inspire a new generation so we can move away from the sorry state that football's currenty in.

lorddulaarsenal

Yeah. The signs of a shift are there though.

A lot of good Argies and Portugeezers coming through

Claudius

Klaus wrote:
I'll always prefer guys like him and Ronaldinho to guys like Ronaldo. It was about time Brazil produced another one, because European football is not going to do it anytime soon. Hopefully Neymar will inspire a new generation so we can move away from the sorry state that football's currenty in.

I love them all. Neymar is turning into something special though. Completely unreasonable that the financially doped Catalans have Neymar, Messi and Suarez on their books.

The beautiful thing about Neymar is his skill at speed, and his absolute mastery of his foot - inside, outside, on the laces - he will punish you every which way.

jones

The way he murdered the last defender is some Bergkamp level shit right there.

lorddulaarsenal

Brazil should be unstoppable with him upfront alongside Douglas Costa who is just insane right now. Top five in the world that guy is too

Art

If Ronaldo can be dismissed as 'just a poacher', then what is Neymar?

Clrnc

jones wrote:

The way he murdered the last defender is some Bergkamp level shit right there.

One of my favourite goals scored by him too. I love that finish.

QuincyAbeyie

Art wrote:
If Ronaldo can be dismissed as 'just a poacher', then what is Neymar?

I don't even see your point. Neymar scores lots of different goals in ways that Ronaldo hasn't done in a long time.

JazzG

If C.Ronaldo bangs another 60 goals in this season Neymar will have to be extraordinary to surpass that!