Comments on: Neymar: Calm the hype – is he really as good as we think?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:53:13 +0000

My biggest problem with Neymar is that he gets way more hype than Mario Gotze even though Gotze is without QUESTION the better player. Gotze was arguably the best midfield playmaker in the entire Champions League this season with 3 goals and 6 assists AND Gotze led his team to the Champions League Final while Name-mar isn’t even playing in Europe and in fact Neymar didn’t even win the Brazil league or anything else this season. Gotze has won 2 Bundesliga titles, 1 German Cup, 1 U-20 Euro, The Golden Boy award for best young player in Europe AND now made a Champions League Final. If Gotze wins the Champions League, it will not even be debatable.

By: Giacomo Fracassi

Giacomo Fracassi — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:53:16 +0000

I think Neymar may suffer the speed of European football.
I saw many times in the Brazilian league how he basically stops to run to face a defender, like it is a western duel.
I think that he won’t be able to do something like this in any European league, let alone in the Champion’s League.

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By: Richard B

Richard B — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:02:32 +0000

Nice post Josh! Completely agree with you about Neymar, don’t see how anyone can compare him to Messi when he hasn’t constantly played against physical and tough defences. Personally, i think your link to Robinho will be quite accurate. Both of them were/ are successes in Brazil, but Robinho has never really set the world on light when he’s played in Europe. I think Neymar might struggle with the more physical nature of European football (even though the Brazillian league has a reputation of being quite physical), its nothing compared to European football.

On his move to Europe, guillem balague has constantly been stating that a move to Barcelona is on the cards for this summer or next. I will wait for that with great anticipation.

By: TomRobbo89

TomRobbo89 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:33:20 +0000

Firstly, Neymar has over 100 goals for Santos.
Also, I wouldn’t put Brazil’s Copa America failure down to a 19-year-old Neymar and he has also won the Copa Libertadores (in which he was joint top scorer) – a highly testing tournament that involves games as high as 4,000m and travelling equivalent of London to Mumbai.

I totally agree that he can’t be compared with Messi and Ronaldo yet and i think he needs a move to Europe to deal with defences that afford him less space. But having said that i don’t think he is that far off & with all due respect, anyone basing him on a couple of international games & youtube clips isn’t best placed to judge him.

While Messi & Ronaldo play football better than anyone else, Neymar does completely new things you’ve never seen before & i think this holds a certain merit. A comparison with Georgie Best is more apt in my opinion