DiegoDiego Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 What about that Brazilian sailor boy who had a media manufactured rivalry with that English chap in the Olympics for a while? Was he any good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 For Belgium... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Ceulemans Five times more world titles than Stephen Hendry! Imagine how much better at sport than Andy Murray he must be! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 23 hours ago, Marshmallo said: Anderson Silva would be the best non-footballing Brazilian I'd say. Consensus top 4 or 5 of all time in MMA. Ayrton Senna 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Looking forward to Ukraine Shevchenko v Klitschko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Is world’s strongest man a sport? Looking at the former soviet countries I could see an argument for Pudzianowski (Poland) and Savickas (Lithuania) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Drunk snooker is a sport. Sober snooker is not. Bill had the body or a cyclist. And a tennis player. And a snooker player. And a rugby team.He ate them all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Don't discount Armenia's excellent tank biathlon team.If we are counting chess as a sport then Tigran Petrosian should be Armenia's nominee as a world champion in a sport with very few world champions. Petrosian was probably one of the greatest defensive chess players ever - reckoned by many to be one of the hardest players to beat - ultraconservative and patient, waiting for his more aggressive opponent to make a mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 23/07/2021 at 01:43, pandarilla said: Just catching up with this thread and these horrific takes. I love Hendry but ffs Murray is clearly ahead of him for this category. The type of sport has to be taken in as a factor. Nah mate that's pish, Murray isn't even top 20 of all time in his sport. His sport is not a big sport. Hendry is top 2 ever at worst in his sport, which is a bigger sport than you seem to think. Check the viewing records for snooker WC final and Wimbledon you'll see what I mean. Its laughable to claim a run of the mill half decent player is better than one of the very best of all time just caue you think his sport is slightly bigger. Utter shite. Hendry wipes the floor with Murray in this, and I'm a big Murray fan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Just now, HalfCutNinja said: Nah mate that's pish, Murray isn't even top 20 of all time in his sport. His sport is not a big sport. Hendry is top 2 ever at worst in his sport, which is a bigger sport than you seem to think. Check the viewing records for snooker WC final and Wimbledon you'll see what I mean. Its laughable to claim a run of the mill half decent player is better than one of the very best of all time just caue you think his sport is slightly bigger. Utter shite. Hendry wipes the floor with Murray in this, and I'm a big Murray fan. Tennis is a global sport 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Binos said: Tennis is a global sport So is snooker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Bradman is Australia's best sportsman by an absolute mile, I'd say. His average is so good compared to everyone else it's like as if Usain Bolt had ran the 100 metres three seconds fasted than the silver medalist. He also did it on generally uncovered pitches which were much more difficult to bat on than those of today. He ranks as the greatest cricketer ever and that's their biggest sport, so makes sense. I'd lean towards Cahill as the best footballer. Schwarzer was a perfectly reasonable but unspectacular goalkeeper. Cahill was a brilliant player for a while, and talismanic for Australia, too. I always hated playing against him (not me, literally, I mean my team) which is usually a sign that he's annoyingly good. Still, non-football landslide for Australia.Aussie rules probably has a few as well - Gary Ablett Senior, Lance Franklin, Wayne Carey, Ted Whitten and Leigh Matthews are the players that stand out the most. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 58 minutes ago, Donathan said: Looking forward to Ukraine Shevchenko v Klitschko The only argument there is Vitali or Wladimir (Wlad wins that btw). Lomachenko and Usyk would be a fairer question against Shevchenko. 51 minutes ago, Donathan said: Is world’s strongest man a sport? Looking at the former soviet countries I could see an argument for Pudzianowski (Poland) and Savickas (Lithuania) Pudzi is a two sport athlete too. Arvydas Sabonis would be the standout for Lithuania I'd say. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Anderson Silva would be the best non-footballing Brazilian I'd say. Consensus top 4 or 5 of all time in MMA.Disagree.Ayrton Senna by a country mile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 So is snooker. It's not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 minute ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Disagree. Ayrton Senna by a country mile. Thats that settled then -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Looking forward to Ukraine Shevchenko v Klitschko Sergey Bubka beats them both. Bubka broke the world record for men's pole vault 35 times during his career. He broke the outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor world record 18 times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 22 minutes ago, HalfCutNinja said: So is snooker. Countries of top 20 tennis players 1 (SRB) 2 (RUS) 3 (ESP) 4 (GRE) 5 (GER) 6 (AUT) 7 (RUS) 8 (ITA) 9 (SUI) 10 (CAN) 11 (POL) 12 (ARG) 13 (ESP) 14 (ESP) 15 (CAN) 16 (NOR) 17 (AUS) 18 (CHI) 19 (FRA) 20 (BEL) Countries of top 20 snooker players 1. England 2. England 3. England 4. Australia 5. England 6. England 7. Scotland 8. China 9. Scotland 10. China 11. Wales 12. Northern Ireland 13. England 14. England 15. England 16. Scotland 17. China 18. Scotland 19. Thailand 20. England 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 17 minutes ago, Binos said: Countries of top 20 tennis players 1 (SRB) 2 (RUS) 3 (ESP) 4 (GRE) 5 (GER) 6 (AUT) 7 (RUS) 8 (ITA) 9 (SUI) 10 (CAN) 11 (POL) 12 (ARG) 13 (ESP) 14 (ESP) 15 (CAN) 16 (NOR) 17 (AUS) 18 (CHI) 19 (FRA) 20 (BEL) Countries of top 20 snooker players 1. England 2. England 3. England 4. Australia 5. England 6. England 7. Scotland 8. China 9. Scotland 10. China 11. Wales 12. Northern Ireland 13. England 14. England 15. England 16. Scotland 17. China 18. Scotland 19. Thailand 20. England You make no point weasel-face 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, HalfCutNinja said: You make no point weasel-face Nice patter Only responding as you're a Scotland fan Murray is probably Uk's greatest ever sportsman How he won anything against 3 of the greatest sportsman of all time in their prime is unbelievable Breaking 75 year Wimbledon and Davis cup hoodoo And has crippled himself in process such was the level of effort put in to do so Massive snooker fan and chuffed Hendry still ahead of osullivan, revolutionised game etc but it's silly to claim it's global Edited July 24, 2021 by Binos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Binos said: Nice patter Only responding as you're a Scotland fan Murray is probably Uk's greatest ever sportsman How he won anything against 3 of the greatest sportsman of all time in their prime is unbelievable Breaking 75 year Wimbledon and Davis cup hoodoo And has crippled himself in process such was the level of effort put in to do so Massive snooker fan and chuffed Hendry still ahead of osullivan, revolutionised game etc but it's silly to claim it's global Absolute shite. Nick Faldo shits all over Murray. Murray isn't that good mate. Dalglish has a much better claim too. He was better at his sport than Murray is at his. He was best in the world, Murray wasn't. His sport is bigger. Do you think anyone will be talking about Murray in 40 or 50 years? Will they f**k, nobody will even have heard of him. But everyone knows Dalglish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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