Who is the best Striker in the world NOW?

[El Coconuto]

When running at you, Thierry Henry is the best striker in the world. When hangin around the box, you can almost be assured that Van Nistelrooy will clean it up.

I absolutely hate Arsenal with Manchester United trailing a close second, but without a doubt the best two strikers in the world are based at these clubs. On a higher stage, Henry has struggled, which suggests that RVN is the better of the two, but in saying that I'm sure that if you ask defenders which of the two strikers they dread more, than the majority of them will say Thierry Henry (for the most part because the number of defenders that haven't been embarrased by Henry's pace/talent is getting shorter by the week).

In any case, regardless of which is the better of the two, it takes one John Terry to keep either or both Thierry Henry and Ruud Van Nistelrooy from puttin it into the net :roll: ;-)

Noteworthy mentions to Raul and Ronaldo also.

 

[Mad Dogg]

I just found the up to date stats on Ruud's CL scoring rate. His 2 goals against Rangers take him up to 27 goals in 29 games. Those same goals also bring to a close his longest run of games without a goal since joining Man Utd, 4 games.

As I said before, give me his consistency over Thierry's on-and-off brilliance anyday.

 

[The Greatest Brain]

Ronaldo has scored 78 goals in 98 la liga outtings.
this year he has netted 8 times already in la liga.
On his day, he is the man.
However Raul adds more to a team, such as his all round game.

 

[half]

vieri has scored 80 goals in 100 serie a games. last season he scored 24 in 23 games. especially great when you consider he would be getting less service from his team than any other player on that list

if it wasn't for injuries, he would be widely regarded as the best