Who is the best football striker of all time?

This post has been edited by hiroshi: Nov 20 2006, 08:14 PM

E.Cantona ...........

ronaldo.............

Mokhtar dahari

err.. wan to vote for 2 players can or nto =.='''' henry and batitstuta la haha... they 2 r greatest lah in my mind hehe

my vote go to Thierry Henry

RauL has my vote !! lol. nvr tot of raul til i saw his name here

my vote goes to Cruyff the dutch master!

While I never see how Pele and Cruyff playing, my vote go to Van Basten for best striker and Maradona as best soccer player.

This post has been edited by netcrawler: Sep 15 2006, 10:25 PM

mana RVN? =.= ..no rvn then i go for raul

maradona more like a playmaker

Batistuta 1st....hmmm.....din xpect tat...
voted for d King Eric Cantona!!!!

Henry FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

during from when i started watching football,
i voted for cantona

Pele and maradona probably are good last time coz the other players are not up to their standards, compared to the epl nowadays, mostly are equally matched.

voted for batistuta since my fav player didnt show on the list

my second vote goes to henry

matlan marjan vote for cantona

This post has been edited by valeron009: Sep 16 2006, 07:06 PM

how come van nistelrooy not inthe list?

Hard to compare the players tht played during the 60's n now leh.
the style of playing totally different!!!the Rulez hav slightly differences
even the balls,boots used last time also different.

erm batistuta isnt the one in WWE? batista the footbal lwan right?

wwe punya is batista not batistuta la

Henry most imbalance ever

Paolo Rossi

Reyes, Wiltord, Kezman, mutu

i vote others
Bergkamp deserves his name there!

i vote for others...
David Beckham...

ronaldo , top scorer in wc even when he fat & unfit

if striker is one who blast the ball into the goal - it's gotta be batistuta (as my vote goes)... cantona comes a close second, henry is good but is a different kind of striker...

bati 'GOAL!!!'

Becks isn't a striker

can remove the pele and maradona?boring see them again... ....because they are the great...the third nearest should be cantona, batigol...

The best strikers during my time are Batistuta and Van Basten without a doubt. They have been consistent throughout their careers. Those that I have watched videos of? Cruyff, Pele of course and let's not forget Gerd "Da Bomber" Muller!

Looks like an anti MU thread, no RVN and no GB

Cantona, Oh Ah Cantona. I still have a jersey with his signature? guess how much i could get from it?

henry,cantona,bergkamp

well i dont like Arsenal....but i have to say Henry is the best

Henry for all his talent is not a natural striker if you ask me. He's got bags of ability and skill but I think strikers should be more direct. Remember that Henry started off as a left winger and was converted only upon arriving at Arsenal. Strikers to me are players that are the focal point up front and spend most of their time in the opposition box. Forwards are players who get well... forward a lot from deep positions and make runs into the opposition box.

agreed..
my vote goes to Van Basten..
i think he's the best out-and-out stiker in the world..
every scoring technique, you name it, he's done it..

Gerd Muller is also one of the best..
he maybe a bit short and stocky, just like Mokhtar Dahari..
he maybe lazy to get the ball, but when the ball gets to him, he scores..

You can't argue with a goal ratio like his

http://www.planetworldcup.com/LEGENDS/gmuller.html

Maradona is always the best of all the best...

eric cantona. learned from him "stop when you are on prime". cruyff deserved with his fancy footwork and diego what can i say. "hand of god". anyway RVN deserve a spot there. a natural goal-machine. "the forgotten no.10"

the curse of leaving MU.
they become has-been's overnight

I would vote for Maradona but the thread says Greatest Striker of Your Time.
I vote Ronaldo.Sure the current fatnaldo is crap.But during his early days he was majestic.

Hmm.....why no Kempes.Valencia CF's greatest player of all time.1977 and 1978 pichichi for Valencia CF.He leads Argentina to their first World Cup in 1978.No Hugo Sanchez either.5 times pichichi for Real Madrid in the 80's.

Maradonna wasn't a striker per say, right?

I wan drogba

NO DOUBT, RONALDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for me..Batistuta man.. when he was in Fiorentina .. he has one thunderous kick ... really inspiring striker

R. baggio not much as a striker.. more like a playmaker to me..

maradona ... eventhough he play more as AM & playmaker. But he still d best

True but the thread title says "Greatest Striker of Your Time". Maradona was as you say, a playmaker. When comparing strikers we look at not just how many goals they've scored, but in how many games as well. In short, goal ratios. It's pretty unfair to Maradona to have him in this category as his main job wasn't to score goals but to create opportunites. If you were to include Maradona, you would also have to include Platini, Di Stefano, Puskas and all the other legendary midfielders. Just a thought.

I would go for Maradona too..

But wonder why so many ppl vote CANTONA & HENRY geh?
maybe they didnt really really see how Maradona play b4 ...

da*n da*n marvellous!! haha!!!
but still i respect all the players above too.
coz they're my favorite players lah...

abang TONA....

Depending on whether its for club or for country.

For club, my vote grudgingly goes to: Kenny Dalglish..

For country, it has to be: PELE

Ideally==>BIG AL(Alan Shearer)

Greatest Striker shud be award to Ronaldo during his early days

The one and only... Soh Chin Aun

1) Juergen Klinsmann
2)Alan Shearer

.... u missed sumbody....Eto'o.....torres
dont u think they r also a great finisher?

And u missed Ole Gunnar Solksjaer too...
The best striker, the best finisher, the best super-sub in the world

ole???

where is nistelrooy?

for me nistelrooy also a good striker.. but not as good as Ole....
Nistelrooy always clever in the penalty box.. but ole got both talent.. outside and inside the box.. come deep to get the ball and his run quiet fast too..

This post has been edited by maxizanc: Oct 5 2006, 03:28 PM

no offence but if he was as good as u make him out to be he wouldn't have been a super-sub

no disrespect either but you are comparing him to the likes of van basten and batistuta. i don't doubt his quality but we are talking about the 'greatest striker' here.

I vote for Henry ^^

Van Basten probably the best! You cant put maradona in the list becoz he is GOD!

maradona wasnt my time, or most people time here. alot of people including me very seldom watch how maradona play.


great finisher? yes
greates striker? no

best striker? no
best finisher? no
best super-sub? agree

Care to explain what is the different. I thought ppl rate striker on how efficient he is in front of the goal.

erm excuse me.. The thread title is "Greatest Striker of Your Time".. So i can put the name of who is the Greatest Striker of My Time.. so i choose Ole coz i've seen a lot he played for United but rarely seen the likes of van basten and batistuta as u said because i started to watch football right in the Ole era.. So not wrong if i choose Ole wheter u all like it or not.. Thanks

Thierry Henry FTW!!!

IMO ronaldo was superb when he was playing for inter skillfull

But RVN has a better scoring record than him. Just wondering why you didn't pick him then.

IMO.. i rate player's greatness by his loyalty(ole stick with united as he injured for 2 season, but still can perform and score when he's comeback).. his overall contribution to the club.. his capability.. work rate, team work rate, and also if he is the favourite in his club..

Not by the amount of goals he scored.. not by the way he scored.. not by the how nice goal he scored or not

He made his last goal look really simple. Just ask your teammate to shoot the ball at you and let it deflect into goal. That's what I call a natural goalscorer

haha.. should give the goalscorer to vidic.. .. but i really rate his capability.. yes he's a supersub.. but his overall contribution to the club..

He has been a great servant to your club, pity about the injuries. Even as your arch-rival, I have to admit it is good to see him back (as long as he doesn't score this coming 22nd ) after being in and out with injury.

Maradona, Cruijff, are not strikers, they play mostly as a scoring attacking midfielder. While Baggio and Raul operated mostly as a deep lying forward with the tendencies to create more than scoring solely.
Van Basten is very good striker but can also being considered overrated due to his early retirement when he's on his peak.
Ronaldo was a legend during his short spell with Barcelona, a phenomenon who doesn't rely on his finishing alone to make his mark, his dribbling skill, the way his bombard opponent's defend was a breathtaking stuff, unfortunately he doesn't sustain his form to this very day. A shame.
Pele never proven himselves in other club, which can easily considered as lacking in ambition and rather playing in the comfort zone. Besides Garrincha was the instigator in Pele's revolution. But skill wise, Pele is beyond any striker in his era.
Henry and Shevchenko are still lagging behind, and they can't yet established themselves as a true footballing legend (perhaps for the club, but overall i i still think they need to have a sustained solid performance for their countries and perhaps play abroad in La Liga or other league to prove they able to cope even outside their comfort zone, Sheva has yet to convince me with Chelsea, Henry was a mess in his Juve day)
My vote goes to Romario, the goal scoring god, succeeded in almost all league that he played for, clubs like PSV, Barcelona, Vasco Da Gama, Flamengo are few of the clubs he has joined and each of them can be considered lucky to have him around, his composure, positioning, strength is unbelievable, he can score goals from every angle, even with 3-4 players surrounding him, he still able to sneak a goal in. And now he's chasing this 1000th career goals which only will prove himselves as one of the best if not the best striker of all time.

This post has been edited by Dookie: Oct 6 2006, 04:16 PM

Torres a great finisher? You're joking right? How about the most overrated player in Primera Division history. A one trick pony who has absolutely zero composure in front of goals. 2 seasons of mediocrity except for the 2003/04, one good WC and suddenly we have all sorts of people jumping to his bandwagon, and calling him as one of the best strikers right now.

David Villa is a great finisher, Torres is not.

Sorry dude but why does his early retirement make him overrated?


And we also have to take into consideration he hardly trains! Most of the time, he goes AWOL when asked to report for training, preferring instead to go on holiday when his teammates are sweating it out.

If it's a current good finisher that you're looking for, I'm surprise Morientes hasn't been mentioned. With exception for his spell at Liverpool, he's be banging them in his whole career.

His ego and arrogance is possibly the main flaw of Romario, but no one can argue his technique and on the pitch performance, we are looking for the greatest striker not the greatest off pitch player. And Romario has that very attributes, putting his name on the same line with the likes of Henry or Klinsmann is a total joke in my view.

And yes, Van Basten is slightly overrated, he was on top of his game, and everybody knows him hailing him when suddenly injury struck and he was forced to retire, and we all remember him as the great striker because we've not seen his downfall possibly in his latter career if he continues playing til 40. Romario is still playing even as we speak, and his peak was over years ago, making him forgetteable in terms of popularity wise.

And lets not forget, Van Basten surrounded by world class star of the new revolution Ajax 1983-1985 squad and then playing with the likes of Baresi, Rijkaard, Gullit at Milan who makes things easier while Romario on the other hand surrounded by a very mediocre players when he was at PSV, Vasco and Fluminense.

This post has been edited by Dookie: Oct 6 2006, 04:44 PM

By that definition, we'd have to take someone like Luca Toni into consideration seeing as he has never been surrounded by an array of stars. Batistuta was never surrounded by great talent during his time at Fiorentina. They even got relegated with him in the team. Alan Shearer almost singled handedly won the premiership for Blackburn and since then he's not played for any top side (not that Blackburn are a top side, even back then).

I'm not refuting that Romario is a class act but you have to understand that people can only vote for players they've actually seen play with their own eyes. It's also no secret we don't get extensive coverage of the Dutch or Brazilian leagues. True not many players play into their 40's but we aren't looking at the duration of their careers or we would have to include Roger Milla.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Oct 6 2006, 04:56 PM

Perhaps, but lets not forget Luca Toni only hitting his true form (similar to Klose) when he was 27 at Palermo and currently with Fiorentina. He was a very average player at Brescia. And he never proven himselves away from his comfort zone possibly abroad or for his country while Romario has achieved both feat remarkably well.
And Milla was no legend (maybe an African or Cameroon legend), he was always shadowed by injury and below average performance during his early career at the French Ligue (with Bastia and Monaco), only then at St. Etienne (IIRC), he hit a big time but again, it was a very mediocre side and he just excelled in a very normal fashion at a very medicore league.

And for Blackburn 1994-95 season, I won;t call Shearer 'single-handedly' won the title perhaps we forgetting Sutton contribution who was immense in that very season.

Alan Shearer is just shear class. he should be hailed as one of the true legends of english football... i bet there is or will be any other english striker that is better than him... and he can score all type of goals... and he player for top side in newcastle... just that he had two serius injured that made him lose so much of his pace and yet manage to score 206 goals for newcastle... if he didnt get injured we might have put some really good challenge on the title...

Besides, I'm only judging players listed in the poll, but if i have to span the scope wider, then names like Eusebio, Alcantara, Sivori, Puskas, Muller, Sanchez, Batistuta, Fontaine etc. etc. should be in the list especially Gerd Muller.

Maybe we could list the greatest striker of their era for example:

50s: Puskas
60s: Pele
70s: Muller
80s: Rossi / Van Basten
90s: Romario
2000s (early): Ronaldo
2000s (now): Henry / Shevchenko

Where's RVN? He can score in any league, any part of the world, any team. God.

yeah, where is RVN?

mabe goal poacher not considered the best striker

anyway my vote goes 2 pele

Where is Alfredo di Stefano?

Brother, we are talking about the best football striker of all time.

lol
ill definitely go for cantona.
second maybe klinsmann.

Henry is the best current i think, but compared to pELE??

Think we should select a particular time frame as Dookie has suggested. It's pretty obvious from here that there are many posters in their early 20's and have probably never seen Van Basten play much less Gerd Muller. I myself only started watching football in the late 80's and have never seen many of the legends play with my own eyes. All I have are highlights and statistics to base my judgement on.

fiorentina relegated because their financial problem. not the poor league result. but due to its brilliant record, Italian FA decide to let them start over again from serie B.

u got it wrong. Fiorentina was relegated in 1993 when Batigol was there.

the time Viola bankrupt was in 2001.

ruud van nisterooy!
banana man gets nothing!

i vote for Raul.......... when his young...... he really is the best striker that i ever seen....

of your time , and that definitely rules pele maradona out.. coz theyre old skool players i wasnt even born that time to watch them play.

Cruyff !!!!!!!!!

From the pool, I can see only two notable names:

PELE and MARADONA.

But my vote is MARADONA.

The only world cup even ever named to a player is during Mexico 86' where he dictates the whole tournament. Currently I've never seen any player who entrusted by the coach to change formation and game approach during a game to a player. He's the REAL thinker on the field during that World Cup.

Pele might score a lot of goals, but Maradona excell on both area, creates and scores.

Another point is no player have the influence of changing economics situation (Napoli) Napoli blossomed when he was there...

But..this is only my opinion.

ALAN SHEARER-9.. nuff said..

should be ronaldo la...he is really good when in his top form...when he is in barca,he is really superb...

i assume you mean christiano ronaldo? he's not a striker ler. in any case, you really should have a look at a couple of the players mentioned above first. ronaldo is still young and has not achieved anything near the legends mentioned. his time will come, but i think it's a little premature now, no offence.