I feel like alot of noobs try to look up Ronaldinho and Zidanes stats and then argue that they werent that good. They dont realize that in the 2000s teams would have like 60 goals a season with like 70 something points to win leagues. Back then games were more defensive because a win used to be 2 points in the early 90s, and teams were slowly adjusting out of the mindset that draws and wins arent that distinguishable. In the 2010s the top teams were scoring 80-100 goals and getting 90 points in the league. Even in serie a the second place teams were getting 80+ goals. I definetly could see a young Ronaldinho lighting it up in the modern era, or a young Zidane doing even better than he was.
If Shearer was playing for Newcastle right now, he would be banging them in at a crazy rate. People forget how good he was
George Best
Before knee injury R9.
Baggio, Ronaldo Phenomenon and Maradona would be my guesses. The latter used to have people hurting him 90 minutes… now that could not happen anymore.
Gerd Müller.
Ronaldo, the real one, could really have been the greatest of all time. When he first came out it was like a spaceship landed, he was just unbeatable.
Too many people in this sub confusing ‘bang average’ with ‘unexpected.’
If you are naming a spectacular goal that a defender/squad player scored in a world cup/euros for a top team (e.g France, Netherlands, Brazil etc) then they are not an average player. They are a good player who just plays with even better players. Yes, a center back scoring from 30 yards when they have never done so before is unexpected, but that player is not necessarily bang average
Nodern tactics would take all the magic out of r9, Ronaldinho, Zidane. Pep the genius as he is has made the spectacle of football a lot more boring. Ronaldinho would be just another cog in a well oiled machine instead of circa 2005 which was basically “just give the ball to ronaldinho and watch him do something magical”
RVN in that city team would also put up ridiculous numbers.
Van Basten would be like a scary mixture of Lewandowski and Haaland
Ryan Giggs as a wide forward instead of an old fashioned winger. He would have scored buckets in a Klopps Liverpool
Michael Laudrup would have insane stats in the modern era
Does was a really really quick defender.
Ronaldo Nazario, Maradona, Kaká, Van Basten for sure.
I think Luis Figo would suit todays game perfectly.