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Messi v Ronaldo | Contains double your daily salt allowance
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Ten games doing shite and a hattrick against the worst Team in England. That's the Goat?. No thanks.
He scored in one game what Messi has scored in the whole league season.
Nah, he already cemented himself as the GOAT a long time ago. Scoring hat tricks at the age of 37 in the best league in the world is just the icing on the cake.
But Messi is playing a much different role. It would be like comparing his goal tally to Modric
right, because it 's the only thing he can do, while Messi brings a lot more and can still be MOTM without scoring. The difference between the GOAT and a great goalscorer. Easy.
He’s only playing that role because he hasn’t been able to play in the front line for years now.
if he could, he would.Why would PSG not want him to score goals? In an average league as well?
You say all this like it's still in the present tense when it's increasingly clear that, with Messi, we should be talking past tense. But I guess '13 ASSISTS OMG GOAT' even when it's in a weak league for the most dominant team, right?!
He is The Best of all times because of what he has done repeatedly since he was 18. Of course he is not that player anymore. Ronaldo is one of the best goalscorers of the game not for this season but for what he done till he was 33.
for years?. Funny
At one club, in his comfort zone. Or do we class his PSG time so far as a success? Messi is top three/four, definitely, but those three/four are pretty interchangeable. Good to see Maradona and Ronnie do it in different contexts...a shame that when Messi did he...fails?
That’s like asking why United wouldn’t want Ronaldo to press, create chances, hold the ball up and do everything else a modern 9 does outside of scoring goals? Both players obviously aren’t at their peak but Cr9 hasn’t had a better season, Messi is weighted to being a playmaker like we always thought he would be and Ronaldo is more of a poacher.
Yea, because Ronaldo isn’t capable of that anymore? What I’m saying is Messi hasn’t been capable of that for a long time now. Your post doesn’t really address that.
Doing nothing but making nothing passes for Mbappe to run onto is a piss poor season. Di Maria made a PSG career from doing that exact same thing. Messi has less league goals than Fred which tells the story imo. Then Greenwood hasn’t played since Christmas odd and has almost twice as many league goals as Messi.
It’s Messi. Playing in France.
I know this is half joking but this is how many Messi fans try to discredit Ronaldo, so good job this made me laugh.
Exactly. They used to make points like this during his spell at Juve when they failed to win the leagueI know this is half joking but this is how many Messi fans try to discredit Ronaldo, so good job this made me laugh.
No it wouldn’t. Modric plays as a proper CM and does so much more in the defensive phase. Messi maybe plays deeper than his past iterations (to accommodate his decline) but he is involved in attacks/plays advanced enough to score more than 3 league goals for the season. I mean even Fred has 3 league goals.
33?
Didn’t he score 36 league goals last year or was I dreaming?
I’m not even putting into play club and country stats.
Well Messi can’t even do that.
In an easier league.
With a better team.
And being 3 years younger.
When someone says that comparing Messi to a number 9 is unfair, they would be right, but some also takes it too far, by saying he is essentially a midfielder, no he isn't.
He is a number 10 with zero defensive responsibilities, he does NOT play a role like Modric, come on! When will this stuff ever get old?
He is a number 10 with zero defensive responsibilities, he does NOT play a role like Modric, come on! When will this stuff ever get old?
well his Team will play CL next year and will win the league. What about CR? Maybe Conference League.
He is an AMF that feeds Mbappe and Neymar
Messi without Xavi, Iniesta, Neymar between 2019-2022:
2 Ballon D’ors
1 Golden Shoe
1 CL Top Goal scorer
3 Pichichis
1 IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker & 2 times World’s 2nd Best Playmaker
2 times La Liga Most Assists
Ronaldo without Modric, Benzema, Ramos between 2019-2022
0 Ballon D’or (the last one in 2017)
0 Golden Shoe (the last one in 2015)
1 Serie A Top Scorer in a league where 37 year old Quagliarella and Immobile also won with inferior teams.. (his one & only top goal scorer award in the past 7 years)
Destroyed 8 times in a row Serie A winner Juve, lost to CL minnows Ajax, 10-man Porto, Lyon in the 2nd round, lost Serie A the first time in 10 years, had to escape last minute after the season began before his contract end like a true hero looking for a new challenge..
Destroyed United that finished PL 2nd last year, the team that had 3 top 3 finishes in the last 4 years in PL, lost to Middlesbrough missing a penalty in the FA Cup, thrashed by Liverpool 0-5 etc. etc.
But but he scored a hat-trick against relegation zone team Norwich, so none of these matter))
Case closed..
Kin ell, how bitter can a person be?
Imagine joining the forum of a club you don’t support for the sole purpose of slagging off one player that you have decided “destroyed” your club.
not as bitter as the guy saying " So Messi destroyed PSG and Argentina, he also destroyed Barcelona sin Xavi and Iniesta left and he took Barcelona to bankruptcy. "Kin ell, how bitter can a person be?
Imagine joining the forum of a club you don’t support for the sole purpose of slagging off one player that you have decided “destroyed” your club.
Imagine not checking the post I am responding to and getting alarmed the moment you detect my posts, so sensitive..
Total nonsense.
Modric is playing as CM as part of 3 men midfield in Real, who focus mainly on midfield play. His shot per game is 1, ranked 9th in his team.
Messi is playing as forward as part of 3 men attack in PSG, apart from playing as a support role for Mbappe, he also constantly burst into box and take a shot himself. His shot per game in league+CL is 3.3, ranked 2nd in his team and only behind Mbappe (3.9), and far higher than Neymar (2.2).
Just give you another example. Liverpool Mane has 2nd highest shot per game in his team, which is 2.6, and even less than Messi. Even though he has 18 goals this season. Is he comparable to Modric too?
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He has taken far more shots per game than Neymar though. He is by far 2nd highest shooter in PSG, with 3.2 in league, 3.7 in CL. (Neymar has 2.5 in league, 1.3 in CL. Mbappe has 4.1 in league, 3.4 in CL)
In Ligue 1 - 2nd highest shooter in the team
in CL - highest shooter in the team
The myth that he is only a AM feeding Mbappe and Neymar needs to stop. Its lame excuse for his poor goal returns. Truth is, he is also a forward who has made nearly the highest number of shots in his team.
Shots per game In league+CL:
Mbappe - 3.9
Messi - 3.3
Neymar - 2.2
Di Maria - 1.9
Icardi - 1.1
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Ronaldo at 34-35, 48 goals in 52 games in all competitions
Ronaldo at 35-36, 46 goals in 56 games in all competitions
Apparently he was no longer "one of best goalscorer in the game" after 33. Only managed to score few goals short of 50 per season for club and country, winning Euro golden boot and Serie A top scorer awards.
You realise Messi is the 2nd highest shooter in PSG too? 3.3 shots per game this season, far higher than Neymar 2.2 shots per game.
He is one of the most wasteful/ineffective shooter in Europe this season, with a very poor return of 3 goals in 67 shots taken in the league. That's 1 goal in every 22 shots, even far worst than Rashford or Martial in terms of shooting/finishing.
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Well he’s not a Barca fan, so yeah obviously he’s not “bitter”, he likely laughed his head off at Barça’s situation last Summer.
You though, feck me, you, a Juve fan, actually signed up to a Manchester United forum, for the sole purpose of slagging off a single player on a daily basis, most of the time just regurgitating the same stats again and again and again. Just read that back, and think of how fecking sad and bitter that is. It’s tragic.
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Yes, and Ronaldo had a stretch of 11 straight games without a goal and he was a striker. Yes, he’s been better than Messi goal scoring wise, but Messi has blown him away in assists.
Messi’s xg on the season for expected goals is 6.75 and he’s at 3. He’s clearly shooting from much further out and tougher angles but either way I agree his finishing has been very very poor.
however, it’s flawed logic using his shots per game over neymar as when they’ve played together neymar has outshot Messi. Messi’s shots went up when neymar was injured. But when mbappe, neymar and Messi play at the same time Messi takes the least amount of shots per game.
Like Ronaldo, Messi’s assists (and Ronaldo’s goals) have come in bunches as oppose to spread out throughout the year. 40% of Ronaldo’s goals have come in just two matches. Similar for Messi’s assist numbers.
Ronaldo’s assist numbers are as bad as Messi’s scoring output but Messi is definitely underperforming when it comes to shooting.
However, Ronaldo getting 35 goals is beyond nonsense. He isn’t as clinical as Mbappe (who is out performing his xg by 5 goals on the season) And mbappe is on 21 goals with just 6 games left and been the only truly good/consistent player for psg all season. Ronaldo is far from consistent this season. Ronaldo wouldn’t even have 25 goals, let alone 35 even in the French league.
You could say the same for @Bebestation
Yeah, he posts about united too at least but he’s spent over 700 posts saying the exact same thing over and over and over.
for what it’s worth, I do think something has to be said that Juve fans have zero problem with letting Ronaldo go and now a decent size of united fans seem okay with Ronaldo
You could say the same for @Bebestation
Yeah, he posts about united too at least but he’s spent over 700 posts saying the exact same thing over and over and over.
for what it’s worth, I do think something has to be said that Juve fans have zero problem with letting Ronaldo go and now a decent size of united fans seem okay with Ronaldo leaving as well.
One thing I’ve realised with Messi is that whenever he has a bad game or he doesn’t score or assist, the default argument no matter how bad he played is always along the lines of “well he influences the game in other ways and dimensions beyond goals and assists and that cannot be measured by metrics.” Even when he’s fecking invisible in every way. I’ve never seen a more protected player honestly.
Ronaldo is objectively better than Messi currently and this is Ronaldo's poorest season by far. Messi has been an undeniable FLOP for PSG this season. To deny this means you're delusional and you lost all credibility.
The real discussion to be had is on the career level, is Messi still widely seen as the GOAT? Will his flop for PSG stain his legacy and will Ronaldo be considered better over the course of their careers. IDK
The real discussion to be had is on the career level, is Messi still widely seen as the GOAT? Will his flop for PSG stain his legacy and will Ronaldo be considered better over the course of their careers. IDK
You have Ronaldo who is in the PL fighting with players like Mané, Salah, Son for top scorer and you have Messi who is competing with Denayer and Adil Rami for who will score first their 4th league goal
Messi Without Xavi, Neymar and Iniesta vs Ronaldo without Modric, Ramos and Benzema
Talking about picking your own data.
Your data arguably involves Ronaldo's United career so it has flopped
This is proof that this is an ex banned poster. 26 posts and he already knows about my repetitiveness in the Messi vs Ronaldo thread.
I never give up.
Depends on the poster. Lots of people in here stag him off whenever he doesn't score. I'm in the Messi camp but I've given him a hard time for the poor performances I've watched like the return leg vs City where he was simply wank.
and those are the factos, my friends
it will be interesting here in couple of months, when yet another Madrid player wins Ballon D’or
Ronaldo has played 26 PL games this season, an he has 15 goals which is a pretty decent goal return, but he has not scored in 17 of these games.
10 of his 15 PL goals have came in 4 games, which means in his remaining 22 games he has scored 5 goals.
How can you really hype up Ronaldo when he has been pretty none existent for 17 games where the team clearly needed him to show up.
10 of his 15 PL goals have came in 4 games, which means in his remaining 22 games he has scored 5 goals.
How can you really hype up Ronaldo when he has been pretty none existent for 17 games where the team clearly needed him to show up.
He is 37 and playing in the best league in the world.
He isnt Ronaldo level anymore but he is Lukaku level of beating the lower ability teams.
Messi should be doing better in Ligue 1. He has the ability just a few months ago to ruin the La Liga and win Copa amerida and the first club team and league outside the league he destroyed with his eyes closed he struggles even if ifs one of the easiest in top professional football.
There is ultimately no proof what soever that Messi is not just a Forlan who did well in La Liga but not in the PL because its pure guess work.
Now I will never say that Messi would fail in another league - because he is a wonderful player.
But the thing that I will always say is that I can't and won't believe that Messi will be performing GOAT level performances outside of a team like Barcelona or a League like La liga.
He would still be a fantastic player and a legendary player - but him being the GOAT of all time? Not for me.
If he spend his full career at United - I would never say that Messi would flop and be useless. But I do not believe he would be good as he was for Barcelona but for United.
With Ronaldo I believe he can be good as he was for United at Real Madrid. As good as he was for Real Madrid as he was for United. As good as he was scoring goals for Portugal as he was for Juventus even if he was less successful.
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