ardee wrote:cgf wrote:MaliBrah wrote:last I checked messi wears #10 and played deeper than he usually does and has ballon d'or locked up already
Fair enough if you're counting Messi as a 10, I wouldn't since that front three was too fluid and versatile to label any of them as a classic 10, but if you do then sure Messi's the best.
But of the 10s other than Messi de Bruyne was the top of the class this past season; Mata/Ozil/Santi/Oscar/Gotze/Isco/Firmino/Raffael/Pastore/Hamsik/whoever-else-i'm-fortgetting, de Bruyne trumped them all.
James? Absolutely don't think KDB was better than him.
Yeah James is the one I was thinking about the longest and couldn't come to a definitive decision on. Both of them were extraordinary this season. I still lean towards KdB between them because of the supporting casts, but with how well hamez played even after Modric was hurt...I won't argue against vehemently with anyone putting James over KdB, but he's the only one that I struggled to pick KdB over, and I still lean KdB. He just carried such a massive burden all season long for them as the guy; and as the guy he lead them to a clear second place, the domestic cup, and FC VW's strongest european showings in a long while...though their CBs/GK/ST issues cost them in the end. James was great this year, but he wasn't given that much responsibility for as long, and he had a lot more talented players around him.
It still doesn't make sense to me that KdB made Bas **** Dost look like a prime Yilmaz for a month or two.
