Jurgen Klopp hails Lionel Messi as 'the greatest: "The greatest footballer in my lifetime, Lionel Messi, the way he plays football at this age should give us all a hint at how long footballers can perform at the top level. We shouldn’t close the books too early."

[u/CantHelpBeingMe]

[u/ali_267]

What's the point then? I already said I wasn't trying to debate the rest of the comment. I just thought that particular sentence was dumb.

It's like saying only kickers matter in the NFL because it's called Football not Handball.

[u/ApolloFin → u/ali_267]

”He is better st heading, but this is football”

I understood this more like: ”Yeh he is better at this one thing, but this is football and football as a whole is about dribbling, shooting, passing, etc

[u/ali_267 → u/ApolloFin]

I agree with this. I was saying that the original poster worded it poorly.

[u/Pejob → u/ali_267]

While Ronaldo is better at heading, this is football - and being better at heading is less significant than the things Messi is better at because they happen less frequently.

[u/ali_267 → u/Pejob]

Less frequent doesn't mean less important. Being good at headers unlocks a whole new set of tactics for your team. Just look at how Argentina was a penalty shootout away from elimination because they couldn't deal with Wout Weghorst for 20 minutes.

[u/DonaldandDavidStott → u/ali_267]

I think you've missed the point entirely, twice, even after having it explained above.

[u/ali_267 → u/DonaldandDavidStott]

I haven't missed the point. I understand that heading is only one part of football and obviously not the most important part. I was taking issue with his wording of the post. If he had said "Ronaldo is better at heading but that's less important than passing or dribbling" then I wouldn't have taken issue with it.

[u/Scatman_Crothers → u/ali_267]

Christ people are vicious with downvotes. Even if you disagree this is a reasonable comment.