Paul Scholes(in prime) vs. Xavi

Blatter

I think the two of these guys could be compared, play very similar roles in their respective teams. Masters of passing and link up the play as good as I've seen any player do. Both won pretty much everything there is to win at club level. So, who do you think is/was better?

karma_

Ridiculous proposition. There should be no debate about this whatsoever and will be ruined by partisan voting.

Le King

karma_ wrote: »

Ridiculous proposition. There should be no debate about this whatsoever and will be ruined by partisan voting.

Yet you hate Manchester United and say that. Clap, Clap...

flahavaj

Voted Xavi as I think he's peerless. Its almost a sin to have to choose between two such unbelieveable footbllers tbh.

Scholes: Best English footballer of his generation.

Xavi: Best midfielder of his generation.

onemorechance

karma_ wrote: »

Ridiculous proposition. There should be no debate about this whatsoever and will be ruined by partisan voting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2sWSVRrmo

shano_88

Its been done to death, both world class players.

Xavi6

Poll should've been public

Le King

A vote won't prove anything tho.

Anybody who is saying there is a huge gulf between the two is incredibly deluded. There is little between them.

Degag

Scholes in his prime was a vastly different player than Xavi and his current self.

#15

shano_88 wrote: »

Its been done to death, both world class players.

+1

cson

This 'vs' shite is way overdone at this stage.

Peyton Manning

cson wrote: »

This 'vs' shite is way overdone at this stage.

Infractions for "vs" and "are x and y done" threads should be given out imo.

Paul Tergat

Degag wrote: »

Scholes in his prime was a vastly different player than Xavi and his current self.

This

edit: also, doing this kind of thing now just isnt going to get an accurate result. Its pretty much impossible to isolate the view people have of Scholes now as someone who cant play every game and isnt anywhere near as good as he was. Add to this the performance Barca just had and you wont get a proper reflection.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Extremely hard to pick between the two, both excellent footballers and both underrated.
Xavi probably shades it on reflection, but I voted for Scholes. Lucky also that Xavi will still be around for a few years, whereas Scholes will only play for one more season at the most.

fillmore jive

Should be public, it'd be interesting to see how many utd fans would vote for Xavi

Blatter

Quick question. If Scholes was playing alongside the likes of Messi and Iniesta, how much better would he look?

Le King

fillmore jive wrote: »

Should be public, it'd be interesting to see how many utd fans would vote for Xavi

I'd love to find out why everybody is obsessed with Man United. Look at the West Ham thread. Funny stuff.

RasTa

I haven't seen enough of Xavi to vote for him tbh. What age is he anyway?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Quick question. If Scholes was playing alongside the likes of Messi and Iniesta, how much better would he look?

Messi and Iniesta are the reasons that Xavi not thought of as highly as he should be by the people that matter.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

RasTa wrote: »

I haven't seen enough of Xavi to vote for him tbh. What age is he anyway?

30.

karma_

RasTa wrote: »

I haven't seen enough of Xavi to vote for him tbh. What age is he anyway?

30

Bodhisopha

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Quick question. If Scholes was playing alongside the likes of Messi and Iniesta, how much better would he look?

Arghh!!

The most annoying argument in football today; if (insert player) played alongside (insert Barcelona players), how much better would they be.

You're right, Scholes is better than Xavi, Ronaldo is better than Messi and Marlon Hayward is better than Villa.

Corholio

Such polls can never be fair because people's minds will be turned by the fact is Xavi is playing some incredible football now whle Scholes is in his probably last season for United. If both at similiar stage of their careers fair enough, otherwise it's pointless.

racso1975

Dear santa,
I have been a really good boy this year. Please make these threads stop!
Love
racso
ps please stop the "is x manager/team done" threads also

Le King

Acordding to this Daily Mail article Xavi isn't that good at all. But Sky Sports tell me that Scholes is still a top, top player. So I voted Scholes.

Blatter

Bodhisopha wrote: »

Arghh!!

The most annoying argument in football today; if (insert player) played alongside (insert Barcelona players), how much better would they be.

You're right, Scholes is better than Xavi, Ronaldo is better than Messi and Marlon Hayward is better than Villa.

Never said how much better he would be, said how much better he would look. There is a difference.

Bodhisopha

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Never said how much better he would be, said how much better he would look. There is a difference.

How much better did Hleb, Gudjohnsen and Ibrahimovic look?

Blatter

Xavi6 wrote: »

Poll should've been public

True, would have showed how many non utd fans voted for Xavi...

flahavaj

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

Never said how much better he would be, said how much better he would look. There is a difference.

I think the Barca jersey would clash quite horribly with his ginger locks tbh.

Blatter

Bodhisopha wrote: »

How much better did Hleb, Gudjohnsen and Ibrahimovic look?

I'm not talking about those players, I asked how much better you think Scholes would look...

#15

baz2009 wrote: »

Messi and Iniesta are the reasons that Xavi not thought of as highly as he should be by the people that matter.

With good reason. Messi is the best player out there.

edit: I think all the ''people that matter'' know how good Xavi is.