Well, there's a similar GOAT thread on Tieba. There is a poor guy or gal by the handle "I mean what I said" who basically got ganged up by the ML fanboys or fangirls. To give you an idea of his stance...
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6119434132
80% of his No. 1 record is accentuated by peers, and his No.1 strength is benefited from the development of table tennis techniques.
Waldner 65's opponents: Gruba 58, Cai Zhenhua 61, Appelgren 61, Linde 61, Jiang Jialiang 64, Teng Yi 64, Chen Longcan 65, Persson 66, Wang Tao 67, Ma Wenge 68, Yoo Namkyu 68, Gatien 69, Saive 69, Primorac 69, Rosskopf 69, Kim Taeksoo 70, Ding Song 71, Schlager 72, Kreanga 72, Kong Linghui 75, Liu Guoliang 76, Samsonov 76, Wang Liqin 78 , Ma Lin 80, Boll 81, Ryu Seungmin 82.
Ma Long 88's opponents: Samsonov 76, Oh Sangeun 77, Wang Liqin 78, Ma Lin 80, Joo Sehyuk 80, Chuang Chih-Yuan 81, Boll 81, Ryu Seungmin 82, Wang Hao 83, Chen Qi 83, Hao Shuai 83, Zhang Jike 88, Ovtcharov 88, Mizutani 89, Xu Xin 89, Lee Sangsu 90, Fang Bo 92, Falck 92, Jeoung Youngsik 92, Lin Gaoyuan 95, Liang Jingkun 96, Fan Zhendong 97, Harimoto 03.
Whether by quality or quantity, Waldner's opponents were far better than Ma Long's opponents, and most of Ma Long's opponents were not in their prime.
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I mean what I said: Reply Wendi 0805: Ma Long is 31 already...has so many injuries...his body has declined so much...don't you see...Xu Xin, Ovtcharov, Mizutani have fallen sharply, Zhang Jike is on the brink of retiring...more than half of the in-prime-my-ass Ma Long's opponents are at least 5 years older than him. Only Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Ovtcharov, Mizutani are the same age, 84 to 87, 90 to 96 are all small potatoes, 97 Chubby and 03 Harimoto are too tender, and not of the same era as Ma Long
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I mean what I said: Reply to the cherry family D Yimi: The quantity of course means the world's top players, it's not because the current low quality ones are getting steamrolled by Ma Long, but among the 4 major threats for CNT, Harimoto, the greatest one, is not even 16 years old...Boll is already 38...Ovtcharov and Mizutani are over 30 like Ma Long. Those from 90 to 96 are waste material
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I mean what I said: Reply to the post user _5ED7CyN: Suppress my butt, those before 03 are old af, only those after 03 are tender...other than Zhang Jike who's over 30, Xu Xin, Ovtcharov, Mizutani and a still young Fan Zhendong, those between 84 and 02 don't cut it
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I mean what I said: Reply to Waiter serve: When did I say Waldner is stronger than Ma Long...Gatien, Persson and others were better than the likes of Lee Sangsu, Jeoung Youngsik et al.
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I mean what I said: Reply to Waiter serve: Waldner faced the decades younger Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui...Ma Long playing Falck is like apples and oranges.
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I mean what I said: Reply to the grandfather of the grandfather: Even Xu Xin at this level can cream all those from 84 to 96 except Ma Long and Zhang Jike...Does that mean Xu Xin is grand slam holder level...Xu Xin is at most comparable to Rosskopf, Kim Taeksoo, Boll, but Rosskopf, Kim Taeksoo were barely in the top 10 in their generation, and Boll was barely in the top 5. Yet Xu Xin is stable in 3rd place...After the cream, it's obvious how severe table tennis has deteriorated.
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I mean what I said: Reply to Yurien _ Lahm: Somehow I think Boll is half a gear stronger than Rosskopf, Kim Taeksoo, Xu Xin and the likes...Boll’s 7 European Championships might not be that high in gold content, but if it were those 3, they definitely couldn't get 5