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Gred Muller, the german striker from 70s is widely regarded the best ever striker was know for his exceptional goal scoring in every competition. A short person for a footballer he was a good dribbler, not so fast but had amazing short distance accelration, outstanding in air for a short guy like him, had the ability to create goals for himself out of nothing given his amazing turns, one of the most intelligent footballer ever born and ofcourse a deadly finisher. Being a part of world cup, euro cup and European club winning squad being the top scorer he acheived everything there is to acheive in football and in style. Being the top scorer for his club and country and winning every big tournament with performing excellently he has a strong case to be called the best ever striker.

Romario was an amazingly skilled striker who was called a genuis of the penalty box. He was known for his ability to adapt with time. As a young player he was a pacy, highly skilled and dangerous striker who used to capitalised on every mistake a defender would make. When he lost his pace, he became more a poacher but a very effective one having one of longest and effective career. His longetivity is a plus for him being able to maintain himself for a long time. He also won pretty much every thing their was to win.

Both of the strikers are hyped to scored over 1000 including all competetive and friendlies.


Both also have dozen of personal awards. Both won player of the year awards, top scorer of the league.

So whats your pick?
 
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When you score 68 international goals in 62 matches you automatically become the greatest goal scorer. 14 goals in 2 world cups, 1 world cup and 1 Euro championship helps. He did not have a lousy club career either. Muller it is.
 
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Indeed there are several other great strikers aside these 2. For me though Muller is probably the best.
 
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sorcerer said:
When you score 68 international goals in 62 matches you automatically become the greatest goal scorer. 14 goals in 2 world cups, 1 world cup and 1 Euro championship helps. He did not have a lousy club career either. Muller it is.
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What about when someone scores 84 international goals in 85 matches
or when someone scores 75 goals in 68 international match went to the finals and lost in an upset to GERMANY and won the olympics and the only reason they didn't win a euro was b/c it wasn't founded at that time?....What does that make them... one possibly has the greatest left footer shot of all time while the other is possibly the best header of all time
 
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romario had better ball control, was faster, skilful and had more class to finish. muller was better in the air and had a killer instinct as good as romário´s or even better. well, for me, romario. the most effective striker I´ve ever seen, most fun to watch and , IMO, he didn´t depend too much to his teammates to score, he could create his own goals. that´s why he leaded brazil to the glory in WC94, even with midfielders like mazinho and zinho.
 
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Romario was definitely not faster, or at least not for most of his career he wasnt..maybe early on.One of the things i was surprised about Muller when i started checking out more and more of him was his pace.He could explode from 25-30 yards out to the goalline very quickly.

imo muller was better, though i'd rather watch Romario because he had more finesse in his shots.Its a bit like a Signori vs Suker comparison for me in that respect.
 
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sorcerer said:
When you score 68 international goals in 62 matches you automatically become the greatest goal scorer. 14 goals in 2 world cups, 1 world cup and 1 Euro championship helps. He did not have a lousy club career either. Muller it is.
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This. Mueller was less elegant than Romario, but for two players with extremely similar roles (both super goal-oriented) he performed at 26% higher goalscoring efficiency over his whole career, with similar levels of team around them in their prime years, and the Bundesliga in the 70s was probably a shade better than La Liga & the Eredivisie in the early 90s and the Brazillian league in the early 00s.

Eusebio is the greatest striker ever to me, however, and I have Romario where Dearman has him (#5) and Mueller #2.
 
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Abedi said:
Romario was definitely not faster, or at least not for most of his career he wasnt..maybe early on.One of the things i was surprised about Muller when i started checking out more and more of him was his pace.He could explode from 25-30 yards out to the goalline very quickly.

imo muller was better, though i'd rather watch Romario because he had more finesse in his shots.Its a bit like a Signori vs Suker comparison for me in that respect.
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Man, romario was really fast from 25-30 yards out to the goalline, faster than muller. he became slow only after his 32 years old.
 
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Ze da Fiel said:
as a footballer gerd muller can only dream of having romario's ball control, dribble, leadership, speed, longevity. as goalscorers i would say they are equal
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gerd müller won 3 europeanchampioncups in 6 attemts....this is 50 % rate.....in this 6 attemsts he was 4 times topscorer (record in eurochampionscup history )....1976 jupp heynckes was topscorer with 6 goals in 6 games...gerd müller was behind him with 5 goals in 6 games..however gerd müller was recalled against st.eitiene in this final wrongfully a potentional gamewinning goal in minute 2 of the game where has cost him more fame and where has cost him 5 topscorer titles in row eurochampionscup, bayern won 1:0...he scored 2 goals in final 1974 and hit with a header the post same game, he has assistet with a pass a hoeness goalchance , hoeness missing with a shot the open goal ..... he scored 1 goal in final 1975 where has sealed the win playing in midfield (yes in midfield and not striker) and he indirectly as contributed with a 20 yard pass the first goal too, bayern munich won 2:0.......gerd müller won the intercontinetal cup 1976 scoring the 1:0 at home and with a dummy (tricky movement) indirectly has contributed for the 2:0, scored from kapelmann...the game in brasil against cruzeiro has ended 0:0..so müllers goal and actions was crucial as well..1974 and 1975 bayern munich didnt play intercontinentalcup games (club desicion)wasting possible more club fame......

romaro has scored 20 goals in 32 games, twice topscorer in 6 attemts, not winning the cup once,not scoring a goal in his only final, in a season he has scored in 10 games only 2 goals.......

gerd müller has scored 35 goals in 35 games and he is the only player with a 1:00 goal per game in ec games......

romario only can dream of müllers titles,impact if matters most , consistency and records in international clubfootball.......

here his 2 goals final 1974.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR7WdA0Ozak

romario was equal in goalscoring.....very intresting...
 
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Ze da Fiel said:
as a footballer gerd muller can only dream of having romario's ball control, dribble, leadership, speed, longevity. as goalscorers i would say they are equal
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Cam


what is your fixation with me?

add something to the thread please, or jstfu :thumbsup::drunk:
 
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Zico 10 said:
So .. you changed your mind again? Seeing as that thread is older than the one I linked.
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nah the prospect of both thread were different.

Dearman was talking about overall ranking of strikers so I do rank Romario above Van Basten, since Romario had a longer career being impressive even at the age of 40 so I voted for consistency.

andy's was about who was better player in prime and I said Van Basten. So for me Van Basten's videos shows he might not have been a skillful player like Romario but he was a better player with better play overall.

And my thread is about who is better among these absolute beast goal scorers.
 
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Ze da Fiel said:
as a footballer gerd muller can only dream of having romario's ball control, dribble, leadership, speed, longevity. as goalscorers i would say they are equal
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agreed. romario is a different class.

people are just obsessed with the past. The same fans who didnt vote romario might probably rate a dinosaur from the 1930s above muller
 
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Moe said:
agreed. romario is a different class.

people are just obsessed with the past. The same fans who didnt vote romario might probably rate a dinosaur from the 1930s above muller
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gerd müller is retired 1982...van basten joined the scene 1982 in year müller is retired...romario joined the scene 1985..van basten allready is a half dinosaur....retired 1994...romario join the group in 15years....all this players we talk about today becomes dinosaurs soon or later.....
 
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