Watching Wilshere against Westbrom last week and watching Tom Cleverely yesterday afternoon made me wonder why people who start debates about who the better player is between the 2 even bother.There is nothing to compare.They are 2 different players.
The best compliment I can pay Tom Cleverely is he has a great engine and decent at pressing .He has a great shot in him aswell and reminds me of Darren Fletcher.Outside that he doesnt even have half the technical abilities Wilshere has and the general comfort on the ball.The more I watch Wilshere even after his long injury layoff Arsenal will struggle to hold on to him.
It made me think of some of the biggest comparisons which actually turned out to be premature and misguided.
The biggest one I can think of is Henry vs Ruud van Nistelroy.At that time the comparisons sounded logical but even united fans will tell you those players are not in the same league.
I remember Cesc vs Anderson, Lampard vs Gerrard,Ashley vs Evra.
Some are hard to seperate as they are genuine comparisons like Keano vs Viera or Zola vs Bergkemp.
Which player comparisons can you think of that turned out to be nonsense?
P.S Luiz in midfield might have the kind of effect that moving Henry from the wing had.It will be interesting.
De gea for al the flak he gets is astoundingly agile between the sticks.His agility is almost unreal.
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posted on 16/12/12
Wilshere is just another overhyped Arsenal player with little ambition. A Bentley? More like an Alfa Romeo, looks good spends most of it's time broken
posted on 16/12/12
How was RVN a better scorer than Henry when Titi won the golden boot a lot more times??
posted on 16/12/12
Of course a utd fan would say that! Cleverly is 23? Wilshere nearly 21, and he's light years ahead if him. Best English player with Rooney by a mile.
As for rvn vs Henry comparisons they make sense but its like Ronaldo vs Messi. You know one player is in another league but the other one is his only competitor.
posted on 16/12/12
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posted 8 minutes ago
How was RVN a better scorer than Henry when Titi won the golden boot a lot more times??
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Because Henry only scored 70 more goals at Arsenal in almost twice as many games as Van Nistelrooy played?
posted on 16/12/12
I'm talking the duration of time they were both in the league Ruud only beat Henry to the golden boot once!
posted on 16/12/12
Henry is twice the player of Ruud anyway, if Ruud's main use was scoring goals yet Henry still proved to be better than him and that and could do an awful lot more than Ruud then it says it all!
Henry >> Ruud no comparison!
posted on 16/12/12
Why would you only go by goals scored in the league and discount other competitions? Ah it's because you're an Arsenal fan
posted on 16/12/12
RVN was a pure goal scorer, nothing more and nothing else.
Henry was the ultimate striker. He contributed to more goals than RVN, and gave more value to the team. Henry racked up so many assists it was unbelievable for a striker who could also score so many. Messi is the only one who's done that since, and he's the GOAT.
posted on 16/12/12
Thunderkiss
Was RVN better than Henry???
posted on 16/12/12
At scoring goals he was, which is why he scored more in his career in a lot less games