Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
World class - a stupid and misleading term. Apparently some kid called James Wilson(?) is now world class after one game. Media whores and their stupid shit.

Top tier is probably better, the top level of players that we all know stand above the rest. Pele, Maradona, Messi, van Basten, Zidane, Henry, Bergkamp, fat Ronaldo, queer Ronaldo, Ronaldinho etc, etc. We know who they are.

Toure? Drogba - Don't be clowns please, these guys aren't anywhere near that level. They are/ were very effective as the blunt trauma instruments in billionaire teams and they are good players in their own right as they could probably replicate some of that effectiveness wherever they went. But let's keep them on the level where they belong, along with Wilson and all the other media chip wrapping sensationalism. I've even heard people say Rooney is at the top level. That's how ludicrous it has become.
You're getting football legends mixed up with World Class. There is world class and then there is the upper echelon talent. It's debatable whether Henry and Bergkamp should be in that list because they've never won Ballon d'or and World Player of the Year awards when everyone else in that list has. But that's another debate.

If Yaya and Drogba aren't World Class, what's Ozil, Cesc and RVP?