Has there ever been another team in major team sports with, literally, the three current best players in the world on the same team? Even the famed 1927 Yankees had only Ruth and Gehrig; Rogers Hornsby was the third best player in baseball that year.
Penaldo fans pls go masturbate to men as Penaldo does.
>>64553959
Real Madrid (Ronaldo, Zidane, Figo)
TSUUUU is usually the second best, this year he was clearly behind messi and neymar
That trio is a meme
Ozil sanchez and giroud are better
The 90s Lakers maybe.
tfw Barcelona had the three best players in the world in their team...twice
Ozil is better than Neymar though
And probably just as good as Suarez
>>64553977
>Ozil is better than Neymar though
"no"
https://streamable.com/ip7z
>>64553998
Please be irony, not even America could say this
>>64554007
wat ?
>>64553977
>>64554017
meant to quote the americasual >>64553998
1958 Brazil - Pelé, Garrincha, Didi, arguably only aging DiStéfano was on this level
1962 Brazil for sure, same 3 players, if only for a single game
1997 Brazil, Romário and Ronaldo
But those were other times.
>>64553977
>30+ years old Figo
>30+ years old Zidane
>Post 2002 Ronaldo
"No"
>>64554007
>>>/reddit/
>>64553959
Van Basten's Milan
who /100% JESUS here
>>64554053
u wot? I'll agree that none of them were in their primes anymore but
Ronaldo was great in 2003. Arguably still the best striker in the world even if he was clearly no longer the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPIUSG-vcg
Figo was still amazing in 2003 as well. Most underrated galáctico.
>>64554057
Fucking retard. That webm is from here:
http://thefalse9.com/2015/11/neymars-passingplaymaking-201415.html
Would love to see any of these match Ronaldo's goal tally playing for Real Madrid.
Easy to score lots when you have 2 other GOATs with you.
>>64553977
In 2002 the best three players in the world were probably Ronaldo, Zidane and Henry. Figo had already dropped off from that top 3 in the world level by the time Ronaldo came back from injury in 2002.
>>64554070
Are you crazy?
OP said "three current best players in the world".
All 3 in your pic were great players, but none of those were even better than Maradona. Or even 88-93 PSV Romário. And Matthaus was up there too.
>>64554070
Nah Maradona was around then, they only got top 3 in the ballon dor because Diego wasn't eligible
>>64554102
Ballon D'or was a meme award until 1996, and after the FIFA merge with thr WPOTY award.
irrelevant to even mention it tbqh
>>64553959
Why do people seriously rate Neymar as one of the "best current players"? I'm not saying he isn't good, and won't get better, but he's really rather underwhelming when you consider how much was spent on him and the hype surrounding him.
Messi is totally better than Ronaldo i dunno why he gets pushed on everyone so much.
>>64554098
well Ronaldo is better than anyone of those three, so what?
>>64554007
That were some nice flicks against Rayo Vallecano, BATE, Getafe and the like. I'm quite sure you can also make these kind of compilations for players like Rakitic and Özil. Not saying they're better, but that doesn't prove he is a top 5 player in the world. Because he really isn't.
>>64554067
They weren't the best 3 players in the world by the time. Henry and Nedved were by far better
>>64554127
That's just your lack of football knowledge talking.
He's been Barcelona's best and most influential player since the Messi injury. Most dangerous player in most games, most chances created and assists against Real, involved in all 6 goals against Roma, always getting cheeky assists.
http://www.whoscored.com/Players/50835
>>64553959
>>64554165
>rivaldo
>>64554132
m8, that's a compilation of a 2 month period, which only includes playmaking and not even any goals or anything before that.
Most players would be glad to have a compilation as impressive as that for their entire careers.
Including Le No End Product Man.
>>64554177
>implying he didn't carry Brazil in 2002
>>64554177
>talking shit about the best player of the 2002 World Cup, literally involved in more goals than anyone else
>>64554195
>implying he didn't fail miserably at Milan and thus invalidating all his career.
He's much like Van der Saar, only good in memeleagues
>>64553977
but they're all already at the end of their careers when they join madrid like some kind of retirement club for them
>people STILL think Neymar is just a talented kid rather than a legit top 3 player
casuals pls go
>>64554098
Not him. Check the voting in 88 and 89: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or_%281956%E2%80%932009%29
Note: >>64554070 was probably half incorrect as Baresi was probably better and more important than Rijkaard.
daglish rush hansen
>>64554284
Ballon d'Or was European players only until mid 90s.
Croatia 98': Šuker, Boban, Prosinečki
>>64554127
You should really, you know, actually fucking watch him play for Barca more often. He's an absolute nightmare for opposing right backs for 90 minutes these days. Remember that feeling you used to get, back when Messi had his peak speed and acceleration, when every time Messi got the ball you sat at the edge of your seat just expecting him to accelerate around and past his defender and score? Neymar's like that right now. Every time he takes on a defender 1v1 on the left now you just expect him to make one of those long, cutting inside runs he does that completely destabilize the defense these days.
>>64554335
>Prosinečki
He was so fucking good.
Wildly inconsistent, but so good.
>>64554326
Who was better in that era from South America?
>>64554364
Maradona maybe?
>>64554352
He smoked a pack of cigs daily while breaking defenders anckles
>>64554364
Romario was a legit GOAT in between the Maradona and Ronaldo era
>>64554338
>Every time he takes on a defender 1v1
yes but the fault it's really on the defense line the if a situation like that occurs constantly.
>only forwards can be BPITW
When will this meme end?
>>64554364
Maradona & PSV Romário
France Football (the magazine which awarded the Ballon D'or) revised their previous awards last month, including SA players:
http://buzz.eurosport.es/viral/france-football-otorga-siete-balones-de-oro-a-pele-y-dos-a-maradona-7468/
Mahrez
Vardy
Kante
>>64553959
>only strikers can be great players
what a meme sport
Barca circa 93 when they had Romario, Stoichkov and Laudrup. Maradona had dropped off by then, MVB had retired and the only other player I can think of who rivalled them for BPITW is Baggio
>>64554445
Thanks for that link. I was under the impression Maradona had already peaked by 88-90 but looks like I was wrong, as I was just a wee lad back then.
>>64554419
It's easier said than done to always keep two dudes on Neymar when the D-line also has to watch for Suarez and Messi, as well as Rakitic, Iniesta, Alves and Alba all making runs into the box at various times.
>>64554445
>Pele with 7 ballon dors
Lol what a joke
>>64554534
stay jelly
>>64554445
>Zico not getting any
Into the trash
>>64554445
>1960 – Luis Suárez
I guess vampires ARE immortal.
>>64554541
Stay 7-1
>>64554450
This tbqph
>>64554555
He deserved 81-82 desu.
>>64554450
this to be honest family
>>64554061
whats wrong with messis haircut
![s-l1600[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/o5BpkUD.jpg "s-l1600[1].jpg")
>>64554693
He was going for the raccoon hat look.
>>64554095
>Henry
>Better than Rivaldo
Don't ever post again m8
On paper this team was unstoppable and so was 2014 Argentina national team. Big names mean fuck all if they can't work together or if all decide to choke at the same time.
MSN is GOAT cause when Nerman dives Suarez picks up the ball or when Messi relapses to Coke there is Neymar babysitting him.
>>64554450
>no ohkizaki
disregarded
>>64554995
In 2002? Absolutely. The WC was Rivaldo's swan-song. He'd been poor for Barca leading up to it and was poor at Milan after it.
>>64555727
He was still GOAT for Brazil in 2001-2002. We wouldn't even have qualified to that WC without him, and we barely did it with him.
Van Gaal and post-Van Gaal Barça, filled with meme dutch players, was fucking trash, it's not that he was subpar, it's that the whole team was shit.
The biggest joke, and Rivaldo's ultimate middle finger to Van Gaal, is that he played the whole 2002 WC in the position he always INSISTED on playing for Barça (second-striker/inside forward), which was the cause of his feud with Van Gaal (which played him as left-winger).
>>64553984
> 4-1
You want to get owned again mate?
>>64553959
1998 IFK with Tim Thomas, Olli Jokinen and Brian Rafalski
>>64555012
>On paper this team was unstoppable
>past his best Zidane
>past his best Figo
>post injury Ronaldo
>out of position Beckham
>past his best Roberto Carlos
>no DM
>Helguara-Bravo/Pavon at CB
>03-06 Madrid
>unstoppable
My sides
Why is everyone so pathetically obsessed with Ronaldo?
Are you all closet cases or something?
>>64554165
They literally look like mongs
>>64554489
Cantona, klinsman, haghi
Jordan, Pippen, Kukoč, Rodman
Modric
Bale
Van der Vaart
>>64553959
there were alot of teams stacked with incredible player and with probably 3 best at the time but there was never a team with 3 attacking players of such talent and class.
>>64556856
Agreed. Only things to come close i can think of are are messi henry eto or rooney ronaldo tevez
Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain
>>64557051
Whoey Lewis and The Whos
>>64553977
And they won shit
John Bonham, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant would be my guess
>nobody will stop them from taking another treble
feels /blessed/, man
>>64557207
What part of Catalonia are you from m9?
>>64556692
That extra "football genius" chromosome
>>64556894
Henry was barely a top 5 player on that Barca team, let alone in the world.
Rooney and Tevez were great but they kind of lacked in the scoring department. In their best season together (07/08) they combined for 37 goals in all comps, Neymar alone scored 39 in 14/15
>>64557227
Anoia
currently studying in munich
ask me anything
>>64557233
>thinking their greatness was limited to scoring
You don't deserve to watch this sport.
>>64557179
>Bohnam better than Moon
>Jimmy "riff stealer" Paige
>>64557321
>scoring should be disregarded when comparing strikers
*tips fedora*
Gento - Di Stefano - Puskás
Burruchaga - Maradona - Valdano
Özil - Sanchez - Giroud
the list goes on and on
>>64557329
Moon is better than Bohnam for sure and without a doubt but Bonham isn't that far behind him
but on the other hand townshed isn't anywhere near Page
>>64555012
>le "on paper" maymay
Literally means fuck all if they didn't perform. Stop saying this
If Perez wasn't a idiot and build an actual functioneing galacticos team, TSUUU Madrid could have had it.
But he'd rather make profit from shirt sales than trophies
Finland has Puljujärvi-Aho-Laine in hockey :D
The seven best players in the world all play for Dublin. McCaffrey, McMahon, Fenton, Kilkenny, O'Sullivan, Brogan and MDM.
Bogtrotters will argue against this fact.
>>64556781
Give over
>not a single goalkeeper in that picture
>best players in the world
>messi
Best player in the world right now
>Suarez
Very good striker, world class
>Neymar
Passenger. I could play there and look good.
Neymar was found out repeatedly in the World Cup and looks nothing like a competent player, never mind a world class one. Hues will disagree.
>>64553959
The original Galacticos in Ronaldo 9, Figo , and Zidane
Inter 2009-2010 First year Milito, Eto'o, Sneidler
Not to mention Beckham and Raúl with the Real Mad... as well as Inters Zanetti , Lúcio, Julio Cesar (when he was at his top format imo) and the underrated Goran Pandev! ...
I know this is about a 3 man strike force compared to MSN.. but to NOT add in other factors as I had above would be like "iniesta, Rakitic, Biscuits, etc didn't help.
The
>>64558665
Names doesn't make a team, Galacticos has been no where near MSN
>>64553977
Woops didn't read the thread before I posted mine (_8^)
The Dream Team, and its not even close.
>>64554011
This. I sure hope so.
>>64554165
Ronaldinho was the ultimate meme player, I don't get why people rate him amongst the GOATs
>>64558855
>won everything while doing orgies on a daily basis
He was quite based
>>64558640
Why do Munir/Sandro continue to struggle when asked to fill that 3rd forward slot?
And why did Neymar score 14 goals and gave 7 assists in 9 games when Messi was out?
>>64553959
>nerman
>good
>>64558640
Sorry you missed the Betis match today and the Champions league last season.
>>64558950
He played most of his career in shit leagues, his prime was too short to rate him as one of the best players ever
Of course he was good and really talented, but he also was a lazy cunt with no work ethic
yes and a white man put them in their place
>>64559024
Still, Dinho was world-class from 2002 at PSG/02WC to 2009 in his best season at Milan when he was the best player of the team. He just wasn't the GOAT the was from 04-06 anymore.
If you want a true meme player
>Riquelme
>>64558701
True, but the inter team winning Serie A, Coppa Italia and CL under Mou ... the 3 Milito, Sneijder, Eto'o was their first season there, and their chemistry was like that of MSNs.. but i was wrong when I didn't read CURRENT attacking trios. Only that can come close besides Bale Donaldo Benzema would be Hazard And Costa (2014 -2015 title winning year) added in with Willian in this year's form.
I KNOW Chelsea have been shite but they're turning turning he corner,, Watford costa scored twice and oscar slipped on a PK in turning hehe 80 something minute to make irm 3-2, and the United game both keepers kept them in clean sheets but chelsea ran circles around them second half and Matic shoulda slotted that ball past DE gay but that game could a easily been 3-3 or 4-5.. sorry I'm rambling.
>>64558640
>Nerman not good
>>64558927
>>64558688
>>64559101
No one would say Riquelme is GOAT material
He's one of the best players in our domestic football but not even close to world level
>>64558749
This a million times, no other team will gather this much talent at the same time.
>>64553959
"Yes."
>>64559195
I don't know why but I hate Richie McCuck, I don't even follow rugby
>>64559280
Stop hating. You'll live longer.
>>64558957
Good point. Think about Hazard Messi Neymar Suarez ... keep neymar on the left and hazard on the right? Or vice versa? Inb4 hazard is shit he's got amazing acceleration and vision but wish he'd shoot more.. or atleast give him some practice as a true number 10 or even a no. 9 position .. like Hiddink did against United with Pedro..
>>64553959
>0 world cups between these 3 losers
>goats
lelll
>>64553959
yes
>>64559101
>Chilavert too
>>64559187
David Robinson's genetics fuck
>>64559047
Find Nash.
>>64559444
Only a casual will think the WC is relevant
>>64559420
The attacking formation would be based but you'd upset the balance of the team too much by moving away from a 3 man midfield and benching one of Iniesta/Rakitic
>>64553959
"Yes."
>>64554693
Autism haircut
>>64559526
mein neger
>>64555012
>Helguera
>>64559624
those were good memories
what about A.C. Milan during the 2004-2005 era?
I know they lost the CL final in the GOATest match ever, but just look at this line-up.
You can make a good argument tbhf
>>64553959
>Playing for the Qatar Airways
>Playing poverty ball
>Being a Europoor
>>64554059
I second this
>>64553959
Messi, Suarez, Neymar are the best trio in the same team I've watched since Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento.
>>64559889
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Intercontinental_Cup
>>64559971
>I've watched
>Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento.
bad gimmick
>>64559975
>implying yuropeans give a fuck about intercontinental cups/mundial de clubes
>>64559975
Them not winning is one thing, but OP is asking if there was ever a team that had the best 3 players.
>>64560037
They sent their best players and they lost against some literally whos, are you unironically suggesting they lost on purpose?
>>64560051
There is no way Neymar, Suárez and Messi can lose against a South American club
>>64557073
Basketball players, All hall of famers, internationally renown in basketball community.
>>64560064
you argument is that they wouldn't lose vs X team
my argument is that the question is pointing to another thing (team having the 3 best players in the world)
There's nothing to discuss here, we are not even arguing about the same
>>64559526
i love how everyone always posts this picture that has it cropped out that jordan is standing on a huge platform and is actually only up to bird's shoulder. wasn't jordan like 6'6'' as well?
>>64559532
Those stats are insane.
I'm so lucky to have been a fan of Barca from all the way back to the Ronaldinho era. I sat through the dark years and now we have the greatest trio ever assembled. Lesson kids: Patience pays off.
>>64553979
And way behind Suarez, who was at Messi's level and above Reyman
>>64560237
>dark years
kek
>>64553959
literally yes
>>64560237
glad your hard work paid off m8
>>64559526
92 Dream team had the best ten players in the world
>>64560462
Literally no.
Olajuwon > Ewing and Robinson
Shaq > Laettner
Larry Bird in a wheelchair and Magic with HIV
>American "sports"
Stop posting this. Nobody plays it so they aren't the best in the WORLD.
>>64560378
>Aikman
>top 3 player in the league
kek
>There are people on /sp/ too young to remember Rivaldo, Adriano, Ronaldo
>>64559024
>his prime was too short
Yeah if being prime for 3 years is too short then sure.
Dumbass.
>>64560602
Says the guy from the island where they play cricket.
>>64560746
well those cowboys teams ran alot. aikman is one of the most accurate qbs of all time. he wouldve put up crazy stats in this era
>>64554562
funny that except it wasn't
>>64560378
They also had Sanders
>>64561201
man i miss when there wasn't a salary cap. the cowboys would be goat always
>>64559454
rooney and tevez didnt do enough goalscoring wise, look at the numbers of MSN and let it sink in
Desailly, Barsei and Maldini.
>>64561064
UK invented literally every ball game in the world still played, bar basketball and netball.
Get #rekt.
LeBron, Wade, bosh
For all these Amerifats, the only trio worth mentioning is Duncan, Ginobili and Parker
>>64554444
You now remember dieter eilts, euro96 mvp.
>>64561701
Hahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahqahhahqhhahahahahahhahahhahaahhhhhhhhaahhahzahaha frodo would never say that hahahhahahahhahahahahahah
>>64556809
>forgetting based kerr
Poor showing Zlatko
>>64558640
>this flag
>this topic
Stick with cricket abdul nasr
>>64561794
>>64556809
>newfags
Where is based Zvonimir Boban? Amazing Winger for Milan.
>>64561831
>literally nobody knows the name of the literally who slav league of literally who.
just mad jelly we invented football and all the major ball sports bar basketball and netball.
git gud, lazy slav.
>>64558855
Because us born before 2005 witnessed the magic that was Ronaldinho. Not even 2011 Messi was close to him. Gotta have been there to see it I guess.
>>64561889
>wins MVP's
>ends up losing it to Can-fucking-varo.
Joke meme player.
>le I can play CAM/AMC or Left Wing or ST
>le tricky dicky
>le freekick xD
And then he sucked and nobody remembers where he went after Barca.
>>64560237
>dark years
Yeah m8, 2007 was really rough
>>64553959 ..
>>64561930
Your >le memes aside pajeet there would be no Barca as you know it if it werent for Dinho. Would mabe win 1 CL on a fluke but it wouldnt be the powerhouse that it is today.
>mfw only place you watched Dinho was on Youtube clips
>>64561889
>Not even 2011 Messi was close to him
Stop having opinions Davor
Yep
Pugh - Wilson - Ritchie
>>64558749
You're dead wrong.
>>64562198
Pelel and the literally whos: in an era when only Brazilians cared about football
>>64562198
>1970
Those niggers almost got beat by our shitty murderballers in the semifinal.
Even the 1982 choker Brazil was better.
>>64562024
Actually, no. As for "memes", you're using the "le paki xD le indian xD le cuck" meme as well. I know the idea of hypocricy might not have reached the dark lands of Slavia, but in cultured and sophisticated lands, it's been around and something to mock for centuries.
But let me blow you the fuck away. You're literally going "Ronaldihno made Barca".
So, Eto, Larsson, Xavi, Iniesta, mother-fucking Deco, Puyol had NOTHING to do with their success? That it was soley down to "le tricky dicky" meme man?
The guy is overrated, he disappeared after winning MVP two or three times in a row, when a fucking defender wins MVP, you know something has gone wrong. Ronaldinho had a 0.45 goal to game ratio. In comparison, Messi is 0.90, double the amount of goals scored. Dunno bout assists, but I wouldn't be surprised if Messi was superior to Ronaldinho in that area too.
The guy was a meme who couldn't replicate his form in fucking France, where all quality is less than Spain. Then he went to some literally who club in Brazil I think.
I'm not saying he was bad, but the guy is overrated and that's what makes him a meme player. A meme player, if you don't know, is a player who is constantly praised for being GOAT when they didn't really do anything special. Sanchez is a meme player because his stats prove what Arselel fans think of him wrong. He runs less than Ozil, a fan favourite to attack due to being "lazy". But because he runs a lot in the final 3rd, people think he's active, but he rarely tracks back and before his injury his form was atrocious.
Ronaldinho did not single handedly win titles for Barca. You could put Barca B out with Messi and win games.
Messi is better, his stats prove it, his wage proves it, his awards prove it.
>>64558411
I'm with you senpai
>>64560237
>dark years
Holy shit my eyes are bleeding
Try sitting through your team getting disbanded and reformed in the fucking third division with a different name you cocksucker
>>64560378
Steve Young was considerably better than Aikman. The real stars of that Dallas team were the dominant O-line.
>>64563240
Oh, yeah. Barry Sanders was better than Smith and Jerry Rice was obviously better than Irvin.
>in b4 stickum
