Best Midfielder of the Noughties?

[Hamzah]

meta, how the fuck is iniesta as good as zidane?

sorry but the only player who comes close to zidane is xavi, and zidane is better than xavi (but not a lot better, just better)

zidane is the best mid of the modern generation, and on of the greatest to play the game.

 

[Petrinha]

Zizou

 

[yusuf]

zidane showed up in the big games but was totally inconsistant as jammo said, i use to see him do amaizing things in big games but when it came to week in week out he was just an average player. xavi dominates every single game and in the big games also dominates, for me xavi is greater than zindane in the noughties as zidane's greatest hour was in the last decade while xavis is in this one

 

[silky_soccer]

meta, how the fuck is iniesta as good as zidane?

sorry but the only player who comes close to zidane is xavi, and zidane is better than xavi (but not a lot better, just better)

zidane is the best mid of the modern generation, and on of the greatest to play the game.

Hee isnt saying Iniesta is better or as good as than Zidane, he is saying that they are basically the same player, which they are.

They only player that plays anything like Iniesta is Zidane, and Visa Versa.

 

[Abaddon]

zidane showed up in the big games but was totally inconsistant as jammo said, i use to see him do amaizing things in big games but when it came to week in week out he was just an average player.

lol are you serious Yusuf? C'mon now.

 

[Metaphysical]

----------------Makalele

-------Zidane------------Xavi

Best midfield of the noughthies.

in a word: yes.

meta, how the fuck is iniesta as good as zidane?

sorry but the only player who comes close to zidane is xavi, and zidane is better than xavi (but not a lot better, just better)

zidane is the best mid of the modern generation, and on of the greatest to play the game.

in a word: no.

 

[Abaddon]

in a word: no.

delusional.

 

[El Guadiana]

The greatest pair of legs to ever caress a football on the greenest turf = ZIDANE's! All you infidels would pay for your blasphemous comments! All this comparisons are like a candle next to the sun..... it just dont compare.

 

[Hamzah]

sorry but iniesta can only dream of being as good as zidane.

 

[Metaphysical]

the deification of zidane is truly embarrassing.

did he have more skill than iniesta? no. both men have absurd skills and grace in moving across the pitch.

was he more consistent than iniesta? not even close. zidane was as capricious as footballer's come.

has he had more marquee moments than iniesta? yes, one. the CL final goal. iniesta's won a world cup final (in a much much MUCH more clutch scenario than zidane) but has yet to get that CL final goal. although his goal at the bridge was majestic and, again, much more clutch than zizou's final goal.

the argument for zidane isn't based on anything except a sort of accepted dogma that he is one of the greatest ever and surely no one can come close to him. which, sorry, is horseshit. zidane wasn't even the greatest player of his generation (that'd be fat ronaldo).

xavi is obviously superior, but I'd put zizou and iniesta on the same level just below him.

 

[Abaddon]

the deification of zidane is truly embarrassing.

did he have more skill than iniesta? no.

stopped reading.

your mental state has regressed badly of late, Meta.

xavi is obviously superior, but I'd put zizou and iniesta on the same level just below him.

 

[10Rivaldo]

Xavi>Zidane>Iniesta.

IMO.

 

[Metaphysical]

you resort to the ol' ad hominem way too frequently. it's like you have nothing of your own to say.

stick to basketball dude, it's clearly your thing.

 

[Hamzah]

zidane carried france to the 2006 final, when he was past his peak, and when france shouldn't have got even close to the final, could iniesta do that? no. could xavi? maybe.

xavi is the only midfielder who comes close.

 

[El Guadiana]

the deification of zidane is truly embarrassing.

did he have more skill than iniesta? no. both men have absurd skills and grace in moving across the pitch.

was he more consistent than iniesta? not even close. zidane was as capricious as footballer's come.

has he had more marquee moments than iniesta? yes, one. the CL final goal. iniesta's won a world cup final (in a much much MUCH more clutch scenario than zidane) but has yet to get that CL final goal. although his goal at the bridge was majestic and, again, much more clutch than zizou's final goal.

the argument for zidane isn't based on anything except a sort of accepted dogma that he is one of the greatest ever and surely no one can come close to him. which, sorry, is horseshit. zidane wasn't even the greatest player of his generation (that'd be fat ronaldo).

xavi is obviously superior, but I'd put zizou and iniesta on the same level just below him.

Xavi is 5 steps below Steven Gerald .....Messi shits on Iniesta and Xavi, I had like to see your beloved Xavib try and play in a different league or team and lets see if anyone wld be calling his name after two seasons.

My advice
Get off your armchair and go play some footy, video games and excessive football broadcasting is ruininng the perception of football.