Using your strange logic here..
De Bruyne for example has 5 assists in 2022: 3 in the FA Cup, 1 in the CL and 1 in the Premier League.
Tbf you have greatly contributed to that logic as well!
Nah. The truth is he hardly made them better or worse. They're the same old team which is pretty unpredictable.
Yeah, 2022 is nearly over. 4 assists? Great tally and sample space indeed!! ESPN must be trolling at this point.
Well being a forward he's supposed to score. Such astronomical wages are only paid to players who score a lot.
How would you rate their chances??
Football isn't played on paper. A very good team for FIFA but dysfunctional in real life. 3 primadonnas upfront who'll not track back or press. The midfield is all about Veratti. One injury away from being bang average. Good CBs but Ramos is finished.
At his age, Ronaldo already had way more goal contributions adapting in a new and a tougher league in a weaker team in Italy.
He has been amazing till the end of Copa, no question about that.
Of course. But he's not as finished as some would like to believe
At his age, Ronaldo continued playing as a tap-in expert taking all penalties and free-kicks at Juve, there is a reason why he was never seen as a serious Ballon D'or contender at Juve, a team that has been winning Serie A 7 times in a row before his arrival. At no time in Serie A history, there has been such dominance by a team. Tougher league arguments also do not make much sense, as the best team Juve in this tougher Serie A lost to 10-man Porto, Lyon, and Ajax in the CL, teams from supposedly inferior leagues. Ronaldo lacks creativity, playmaking, dribbling, passing skills to be used in the same position as Messi so direct comparisons using goal numbers are meaningless.
Of course he is. He isn’t setting out not to score and PSG 2nd tier stars regularly got a lot of assists playing behind Neymar and Mbappe.
No problem. I would quote you by the end of the season
Winning the league doesn’t mean they were better than last season when the champions lay in 11th place.
Why? What’s that got to do with my point right now? Seems like you’re waiting to see if it turns around for him which backs up my point anyway?
We reached the cl final in 2011 without RVP. We didnt in 2013 with him.
It relates to your point. Most of you obviously don't watch the matches and just look at the stats if you think he's finished and can't pick up form again. He's been playing well he's just not been stat padding which is also his fault as he's missed some good chances. But he's getting back now this year and if he keeps going the narrative of him being finished would be put to bed. Which is why i said give it till end of the season. A bit premature to write off a player that just won the Balon dor and then moved to whole new environment for the first in his career
When? I count 18 max.
Messi had a pretty good 2021 until he got injured in the Copa semi and joined PSG.
The same old tired and lame excuses. Those same players looked far more formidable and defensively sound under the previous manager.
serie a allows the most goals or second most of the top 5 leagues. French league is definitely more physicalTbf you have greatly contributed to that logic as well!
Nah. The truth is he hardly made them better or worse. They're the same old team which is pretty unpredictable.
Yeah, 2022 is nearly over. 4 assists? Great tally and sample space indeed!! ESPN must be trolling at this point.
Well being a forward he's supposed to score. Such astronomical wages are only paid to players who score a lot.
And no, he isn't a midfielder. Midfielders actually have defensive duty and have to do off the ball work. Even attacking ones like KDB and Bruno.
How would you rate their chances??
Football isn't played on paper. A very good team for FIFA but dysfunctional in real life. 3 primadonnas upfront who'll not track back or press. The midfield is all about Veratti. One injury away from being bang average. Good CBs but Ramos is finished.
Its a very good squad, sure. Top 5. Not the best in the world.
But hey, Poch was always going to be the convenient scapegoat since it's never a certain guy's fault.
At his age, Ronaldo already had way more goal contributions adapting in a new and a tougher league in a weaker team in Italy.
Filled with irrational hatred
The moment a person compares roles of Messi's and Cristiano in terms of goals, they don't deserve a reply. Learn it
Is it true? 27 assists in the league is insane figure.
Its not real
The most assists Di Maria ever had was 18 assists in league, where as Messi has 21. Di Maria is great creator but he is not Messi.
and what about Barcelona without Messi? Fail to pass group stage. Haters are funny though.
The only reason we have a prayer of top 4 is because of how awful la liga is this year. I’m grateful, but still.
I think you are right. Messi is probably nearly done but even so he is declining at reasonable age too. Notable decline at around 34 is nothing to be ashamed of, when we are talking about average expectation of any GOAT in the past.
How convenient that La Liga became awful just as Messi left.
Not convenient at all, denying how poor la liga is is a joke.
Tbf the contrast in Messi's and some other La Liga players' UCL and La Liga form would point towards La Liga being poor for quite a few years recently.......
Don't you know! Messi was carrying the entire league on his shoulders with his countless dribbles, key passes and a very high ultra-xG, xCG, chain xLA and stuff....
Barcelona certainly look like Brighton without Messi, they are now fighting to get a CL spot, instead of fighting for the title.Don't you know! Messi was carrying the entire league on his shoulders with his countless dribbles, key passes and a very high ultra-xG, xCG, chain xLA and stuff....
And Barcelona are basically Brighton without Messi.
Belittling these metrics is so, so stupid. You are at war with statistics. Good luck on that front.Don't you know! Messi was carrying the entire league on his shoulders with his countless dribbles, key passes and a very high ultra-xG, xCG, chain xLA and stuff....
And Barcelona are basically Brighton without Messi.
The topic isn't his entire career though. No one will/can argue against that.
At the end of the day, Barcelona finished top 4 last season and will finish top 4 this season. In the grand scheme of things it's hardly a massive downfall.
Not looking at the obvious loopholes of these metrics is also stupid. These metrics can't be treated as gospel.
Barcelona looked like Arsenal without Xavi and Iniesta - unable to win the top things..
Bruno after last night : "thanks for holding my beer"
