Messi 07:39 - Oct 11 with 19547 views | chicoazul | No arguments now surely? The GOAT. A genius. | |
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Messi on 08:20 - Oct 11 with 6433 views | itfcjoe | Big players come up in big situations. If England don't win the WC, I'd like to see the Argies do it just to cement Messi's legacy | |
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Messi on 08:31 - Oct 11 with 6408 views | Herbivore | Sensational player, certainly the best of his generation and very probably the GOAT. | |
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Messi on 08:35 - Oct 11 with 6391 views | JakeITFC | It's not even close. Idiots who think Cristiano Ronaldo is better actually make my soul hurt. | | | |
Messi on 08:36 - Oct 11 with 6388 views | Ftnfwest |
Slovakia were/are 19th when we beat them twice and all we've done is slag England off (deservedly against slovenia) | | | |
Messi on 08:37 - Oct 11 with 6384 views | Herbivore |
Ronaldo scored a hattrick 4 years ago, good for him. I do feel for Ronaldo a little bit, in almost any other generation he'd be the best player by a distance and it must be gutting for him to have Messi around. It's pushed him on to be an even better player than he might otherwise have been probably but he's still not as good as Messi and that must grind his gears. | |
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Messi on 08:38 - Oct 11 with 6376 views | Herbivore |
Messi on 08:35 - Oct 11 by JakeITFC | It's not even close. Idiots who think Cristiano Ronaldo is better actually make my soul hurt. |
This. As a goalscorer Messi is as good as Ronalo but Messi has so much more to his game than just goals, Ronaldo doesn't really. | |
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Messi on 08:40 - Oct 11 with 6374 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Messi on 08:37 - Oct 11 by Herbivore | Ronaldo scored a hattrick 4 years ago, good for him. I do feel for Ronaldo a little bit, in almost any other generation he'd be the best player by a distance and it must be gutting for him to have Messi around. It's pushed him on to be an even better player than he might otherwise have been probably but he's still not as good as Messi and that must grind his gears. |
He’s probably fairly chuffed with his multiple Ballon d’Or’s, Champions League winners medals, league titles and European Championship winners medal, I reckon | |
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Messi on 08:44 - Oct 11 with 6355 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Messi on 08:35 - Oct 11 by JakeITFC | It's not even close. Idiots who think Cristiano Ronaldo is better actually make my soul hurt. |
I tend to agree, although clearly any team would be pretty happy to have either, even if one is a bit c*nty Not sure it’s as straightforward as you’ve made out though, and I certainly don’t think scoring a hat trick against Ecuador is the moment that seals Messi’s legacy | |
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Messi on 08:48 - Oct 11 with 6344 views | Herbivore |
Messi on 08:40 - Oct 11 by C_HealyIsAPleasure | He’s probably fairly chuffed with his multiple Ballon d’Or’s, Champions League winners medals, league titles and European Championship winners medal, I reckon |
Whilst I'm sure he's dead chuffed with what he's achieved the type of character Ronaldo is it will kill a little bit of him that he's not as good as Messi and that history will remember him as such. | |
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Messi on 08:52 - Oct 11 with 6319 views | vapour_trail |
Messi on 08:40 - Oct 11 by C_HealyIsAPleasure | He’s probably fairly chuffed with his multiple Ballon d’Or’s, Champions League winners medals, league titles and European Championship winners medal, I reckon |
No doubt. But I suspect the point about Messi grinding his gears is on point. Take the museum he's opened about himself and what is the very last exhibit before you leave (presumably via the gift shop)? Scroll right to the end if you can't be arsed to read: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comme | |
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Messi on 08:54 - Oct 11 with 6308 views | iamipswich | It’s basically just United fans and Madridistas who fuel the counter argument. Or the odd person with an irrational dislike for Barca/ Messi [Post edited 11 Oct 2017 8:54]
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Messi on 08:57 - Oct 11 with 6291 views | HarryWright |
Messi on 08:37 - Oct 11 by Herbivore | Ronaldo scored a hattrick 4 years ago, good for him. I do feel for Ronaldo a little bit, in almost any other generation he'd be the best player by a distance and it must be gutting for him to have Messi around. It's pushed him on to be an even better player than he might otherwise have been probably but he's still not as good as Messi and that must grind his gears. |
But the OP called messi the GOAT for scoring a hattrick against a terrible team - Ronaldo done the same thing four years ago against a much better team. People's dislike of Ronaldo cloud their judgement on him, the OP is an example of both of them doing the same thing but somehow Messi's is seen as better? Consider the fact Messi has a much better team around him also. | | | |
Messi on 08:58 - Oct 11 with 6290 views | JakeITFC |
Messi on 08:44 - Oct 11 by C_HealyIsAPleasure | I tend to agree, although clearly any team would be pretty happy to have either, even if one is a bit c*nty Not sure it’s as straightforward as you’ve made out though, and I certainly don’t think scoring a hat trick against Ecuador is the moment that seals Messi’s legacy |
Don't disagree with your Ecuador point. Think it's one of those you just see with your eyes rather than looking at stats. | | | |
Messi on 08:58 - Oct 11 with 6288 views | bluewein |
Nauseating. The other (lesser) reason people will remember Messi as the greatest. The fact that if Messi was made of chocolate, he wouldn't eat himself... | |
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Messi on 08:59 - Oct 11 with 6283 views | PJH | Never been any argument from me, Messi has clearly the been the best player in the World for years in my eyes. | | | |
Messi on 09:00 - Oct 11 with 6282 views | Herbivore |
Messi on 08:57 - Oct 11 by HarryWright | But the OP called messi the GOAT for scoring a hattrick against a terrible team - Ronaldo done the same thing four years ago against a much better team. People's dislike of Ronaldo cloud their judgement on him, the OP is an example of both of them doing the same thing but somehow Messi's is seen as better? Consider the fact Messi has a much better team around him also. |
I was going to respond to each or your points but they're all just nonsense so I can't be arsed. | |
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Messi on 09:03 - Oct 11 with 6267 views | StokieBlue | Obviously an amazing player but hard to compare across generations. Go watch some Maradona on YouTube for instance. He basically dragged a very average Argentina to world cup winners and did the same for Napoli. It was a different time though. SB | |
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Messi on 09:06 - Oct 11 with 6256 views | PJH |
Messi on 09:03 - Oct 11 by StokieBlue | Obviously an amazing player but hard to compare across generations. Go watch some Maradona on YouTube for instance. He basically dragged a very average Argentina to world cup winners and did the same for Napoli. It was a different time though. SB |
Napoli did not win the World Cup. | | | |
Messi on 09:09 - Oct 11 with 6236 views | solemio | To be fair Ronaldo is the best ever player from Madeira. | | | |
Messi on 09:11 - Oct 11 with 6225 views | HarryWright |
Messi on 09:00 - Oct 11 by Herbivore | I was going to respond to each or your points but they're all just nonsense so I can't be arsed. |
Good argument well done mate. | | | |
Messi on 09:13 - Oct 11 with 6215 views | HarryWright |
Messi on 08:58 - Oct 11 by bluewein | Nauseating. The other (lesser) reason people will remember Messi as the greatest. The fact that if Messi was made of chocolate, he wouldn't eat himself... |
You do realise you're talking about a guy who had a sulk when his team didn't win the copa America and retired. | | | |
Messi on 09:19 - Oct 11 with 6192 views | PJH |
Messi on 09:07 - Oct 11 by StokieBlue | Not my best sentence but you know what I mean. SB [Post edited 11 Oct 2017 9:07]
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Please don't edit it though because that would spoil my post. | | | |
Messi on 09:29 - Oct 11 with 6163 views | brazil1982 |
His statue is the best. | | | |
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