DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 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 There's at least 6 Scottish sportsmen I'd have above Hendry.Chris Hoy Andy MurrayJim ClarkKenny Dalglish Denis LawKen Buchanan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Disagree. Ayrton Senna by a country mile. Correct. 1 hour ago, Marshmallo said: Thats that settled then Correct. Anyway… Benin: Laurent D’Jaffo Finland: Jari Litmannen Mexico: Hugo Sanchez Sweden: Zlatan Edited July 24, 2021 by 8MileBU -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 12 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: There's at least 6 Scottish sportsmen I'd have above Hendry. Chris Hoy Andy Murray Jim Clark Kenny Dalglish Denis Law Ken Buchanan Why on earth would Andy Murray be ranked above Hendry? There is literally not one measure at all on which he is above Hendry, not one. Not even close. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) Please stop making the same point over and over again, it's tedious as f**k. As is your refusal to even consider any opinion which differs from your own. Anyway, we haven't got to Scotland yet. Edited July 24, 2021 by Bully Wee Villa 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Please stop making the same point over and over again, it's tedious as f**k. As is your refusal to even consider any opinion which differs from your own. Anyway, we haven't got to Scotland yet. Why would you just consider pure nonsense that is patently wrong for the sake of being polite? If you rank Murray above Hendry you are simplywrong. I didn't decide that, reality did. I just observed it. Its not a controversial statement, they aren't even close. If people would just accept a simple obvious reality I wouldn't have to keep repeating it would I? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Russia is out of the running as undoubtedly theirs is Gary Kasparov -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, HalfCutNinja said: Why would you just consider pure nonsense This is the sort of having no respect for others' opinions I was on about. You can pack it in, or you can find a different forum to post on. Pretty much every post you make on here is made in a rage so I don't think being on here can be good for you. Edited July 24, 2021 by Bully Wee Villa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 22/07/2021 at 14:41, Miguel Sanchez said: Belgium are currently in the most successful period of their existence. I think Eden Hazard - Wikipedia is an easy shout for their best player. Historically people like Bernard Voorhoof - Wikipedia, Jan Ceulemans - Wikipedia and Michel Preud'homme - Wikipedia look decent shouts but similar to Austria, I think Hazard's modern-day top level career is more impressive. In spite of this, I think the non-footballer is going to win. Eddy Merckx - Wikipedia is the most successful cyclist of all time with 11 grand tour wins. Gaston Roelants - Wikipedia was Olympic champion in the 3000m steeplechase (and looked fucking spectacular) . Jacky Ickx - Wikipedia won the 24 Hours of Le Mans 6 times, and was runner-up in the F1 World Championship twice. Merckx and Ickx both have a shout for a win here if you ask me but it's hard to see past Merckx as the absolute best in his sport and better than the footballers as a result. first name that came to mind for a best ever Belgian player was Kompany tbh, dunno how him and Hazard compare for trophies/caps but he was brilliant (a bit injury prone iirc, but I think Hazard is the same in that regard). Bit of a moot point seeing as he still wouldn't shade Merckx for best ever, but want to throw his name in there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Correct. Finland: Jari LitmannenThe footballer definitely isn't winning this one.Paavo Nurmi would be the answer of 90% of Finns. Someone like Teemu Selanne would be a better shout than Litmanen too, and that's before getting into their spear chuckers and car drivers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I think De Bruyne is better than Hazard. No statistical backup for that, it just feels right. Kompany was brilliant, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 13 minutes ago, HalfCutNinja said: Why would you just consider pure nonsense that is patently wrong for the sake of being polite? If you rank Murray above Hendry you are simplywrong. I didn't decide that, reality did. I just observed it. Its not a controversial statement, they aren't even close. If people would just accept a simple obvious reality I wouldn't have to keep repeating it would I? Pepp, ffs stop arguing with Mods. You of all people know that never ends well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 42 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: There's at least 6 Scottish sportsmen I'd have above Hendry. Chris Hoy Andy Murray Jim Clark Kenny Dalglish Denis Law Ken Buchanan Jocky Wilson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: The footballer definitely isn't winning this one. Paavo Nurmi would be the answer of 90% of Finns. Someone like Teemu Selanne would be a better shout than Litmanen too, and that's before getting into their spear chuckers and car drivers. The first two weren’t posted with much seriousness m9. I think the Finn’s would likely vote for Tommi Makinen or Kimi Räikkönen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 45 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: There's at least 6 Scottish sportsmen I'd have above Hendry. Chris Hoy Andy Murray Jim Clark Kenny Dalglish Denis Law Ken Buchanan It's tough to compare those from very different sports. Jackie Stewart would also have. to be considered with Jim Clark. David Wilkie deserves a mention too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 It's Brunei next lads, the Scotland chat can wait for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 The first two weren’t posted with much seriousness m9. I think the Finn’s would likely vote for Tommi Makinen or Kimi Räikkönen.Having lived in Finland I'd very confidently say they'd go for Nurmi, and rightly so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, 8MileBU said: The first two weren’t posted with much seriousness m9. I think the Finn’s would likely vote for Tommi Makinen or Kimi Räikkönen. There's also Juha Kankkunen and Mika Hakkinen as well. France will be interesting with Loeb, Ogier and Prost amongst their other sportsmen. Edited July 24, 2021 by Mr. Brightside 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 40 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 48 minutes ago, 8MileBU said: The first two weren’t posted with much seriousness m9. I think the Finn’s would likely vote for Tommi Makinen or Kimi Räikkönen. Having lived in Finland I'd very confidently say they'd go for Nurmi, and rightly so. Had to Google who that even was but immediately recognised the nickname of “The Flying Finn”. 37 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said: There's also Juha Kankkunen and Mika Hakkinen as well. France will be interesting with Loeb, Ogier and Prost amongst their other sportsmen. Forgot about Hakkinen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeefc1783 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 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.What a lot of absolute tosh. Just about every person in this country who has a basic knowledge of sports knew that prior to Murray, Fred Perry was the last British man to win Wimbledon and that was 85 years ago. Given that Murray is likely going to be the last Brit to win Wimbledon for a very long time people will Of course still talk about him and know who he is and rightly so.Hendry has had a great career but he is not unique in Britain where as Murray is unique because he is the first man in our lifetime to achieve what he has and achieved it in what is without doubt the most competive era of Tennis in history.Personally Murray winning Wimbledon is one of the greatest sporting moments I have witnessed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeefc1783 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 There's at least 6 Scottish sportsmen I'd have above Hendry.Chris Hoy Andy MurrayJim ClarkKenny Dalglish Denis LawKen BuchananAgree with this and would also consider Graeme Souness in there as well.Also think if Josh Taylor continues at the rate he is now there will be a good argument in a few years for him being up there as well. What he has achieved in 18 fights is nothing short of spectacular. He is an Absolute Rolls Royce of a boxer/fighter regardless of what he does out the ring 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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