www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Same old same old - who is the world's best soccer player? There was a time not very long ago when Tiger Woods and Roger Federer were unstoppable. Rudy Hartono and Carl Lewis too. Invincible. They had a good run and there was an aura about them.  Pele said that unless Messi won the World Cup with Argentina Messi cannot be considered one of the greats? Do you agree? Pele also said he scored 1289 goals which is hard to equal. In this case was George Best a great legend since he not only did not win the World Cup, he has never been there? Cruyff remains one of the greats but he too never won the World Cup with the Netherlands. So what now? The Game and Pele Is is always hard to compare unless you compare apple with apple. During Pele's time the ball was not the same nor were the jerseys and the pitches. While these were true, Pele had advantage of more open play compared to today's very strategic play. However, Pele was less protected against hatchet men but the mo...

Frank Lampard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-yAUTtRWBg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ut8o- 1X96U&feature=PlayList&p=4D7786C7F2CFB5A9&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=43 Would you agree with me that Frank Lampard is actually one of the world's top soccer players? It will probably be his last chance to prove it in this coming World Cup. In the recently concluded EPL season, Lampard not only scored some 27 goals - this is more than even what many top strikers could do. In the Actim Index which is used to monitor and gauge what each player rated throughout the season for things like completion of passes, successful tackles, goal assists and goals scored, etc. Lampard aced 8 out of 10 categories! Moreover, he is one of the world's best penalty takers if not the best. To top that all, he got through an entire season without a caution or red card. Amazing! He goes about the business the same way every season and outscored many strikers o...

There are golf fans and soccer fans out there. The truth is out there like the X files. I knew of quite many who are both - soccer and golf fans, those who are passionate and played the both sports and gradually over time gravitating towards the smaller balls. There have been reader requests to do soccer. The following posers were given to me as if my day job is not stressful enough: Who Is The Most Skilful of Them All Regardless of Era? Maradona (my answer) or George Best? Mirror, mirror on the ball, Who's The Best Soccer Player of them all? Everyone of us finds certain players more endearing than others. Then it depends on whether we are just talking about the World Cup or regardless of it or a combo of both. Some players just shine at club level. If we are talking World Cup, do remember it is an event that occurs during an entire month from June to July while domestic and European Champions League takes place for a whole season. World Cup winners were: 1930-Uruguay, 34-Italy...