Oh no, has nothing to do with him. Love the player, hate the hype (excess one that is).
Lionel Messi
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nope.
Wowie.
Scoring 4 and 5 against Arsenal and Stuttgart is easy though, every great player has scored 4 in the knockout stages of the Champions League....oh wait, nobody else has even ever scored 4. And only Di Stefano did it once in the classic style past the second round.
I shall pass that off as my own.
once he was at the tube and farted an ugly one, instead of admiting his paternity over the foul odor, he looked accusingly to a little girl
bastard
I heard he once went to a restaurant and left only a 30% tip to the servers.
I heard he sticks pins through the condoms being sent to third world charities.
Pure joy
Messi ate my hamster
Amazingly he's underrated. First we had the 'not as good as Ronaldo', now that's buried, we've got 'not as good as Maradona'.
There's no way he's underrated. Nostalgia will always lead to people holding players from past generations in higher regard, but that doesn't equate to Messi being underrated.
What about the old "Messi can do some amazing things, but anything he can do Joe Cole can do as well, if not better" trick?
After the match today:
Tw John Heitinga (Everton): "Mejores jugador del Mundo Messi! Best player in the World! #GrandeMessi #cincogoles" [@johnheitinga]
Tw Eden Hazard (Lille): "Is Messi the best player of all times?" [@hazardeden10] #fcblive
Dutt (coach Leverkusen): "Without Messi, Barcelona are still the best team in the world. But with him, they're from another galaxy" #fcblive
Dutt (coach Leverkusen): "Who has played football, knows there are no words for Messi. He's at his own level." #fcblive
Tw Owen (ManUtd): "Not old enough to see some of the greats but can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi."
Tw Falcao (Atletico Madrid): "Was this a CL game or was this Messi in a PlayStation game? Unstoppable!!" #fcblive [@falcao]
Tw Jack Wilshere (Arsenal): "Its a pleasure to watch this guy........MESSI" [@jackwilshere] #fcblive
Tw Wayne Rooney (Man United): "Messi is a joke. For me the best ever." [@waynerooney] #fcblive
Guardiola: "Messi is among the greatest. Di Stefano, Cruyff, Maradona... And I add Pele, otherwise he'll be angry." #fcblive
Lionel Messi: "5 goals? Nice, but the main thing was to qualify." #fcblive
Tw John Heitinga (Everton): "Mejores jugador del Mundo Messi! Best player in the World! #GrandeMessi #cincogoles" [@johnheitinga]
Tw Eden Hazard (Lille): "Is Messi the best player of all times?" [@hazardeden10] #fcblive
Dutt (coach Leverkusen): "Without Messi, Barcelona are still the best team in the world. But with him, they're from another galaxy" #fcblive
Dutt (coach Leverkusen): "Who has played football, knows there are no words for Messi. He's at his own level." #fcblive
Tw Owen (ManUtd): "Not old enough to see some of the greats but can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi."
Tw Falcao (Atletico Madrid): "Was this a CL game or was this Messi in a PlayStation game? Unstoppable!!" #fcblive [@falcao]
Tw Jack Wilshere (Arsenal): "Its a pleasure to watch this guy........MESSI" [@jackwilshere] #fcblive
Tw Wayne Rooney (Man United): "Messi is a joke. For me the best ever." [@waynerooney] #fcblive
Guardiola: "Messi is among the greatest. Di Stefano, Cruyff, Maradona... And I add Pele, otherwise he'll be angry." #fcblive
Lionel Messi: "5 goals? Nice, but the main thing was to qualify." #fcblive
Jeez, constrain yourself people. Just because he scored 5 goals? Have ever heard of a little thing called luck!? He simply got the right socks and underwear. That's all.
Any of you lot watching the documentary on him on ITV4 just now?
It's appropriate today.
I firmly believe that given the right teamates and style of play, Saloman Kalou would be every bit as good as Messi.
Yeah but could he be as good as Joe Cole?
Of course not.
To be honest I can't believe just how bad Leverkusen defended. Still, Messi is the best without a doubt. Fergie, sign him up.
His third was ridiculously good. Weaker foot too.
Rooney sulks when he's not in a team and he's hailed for his love of the game at a fundamental level, Messi does it and he's a self-obsessed so and so. It is hard to believe that anyone would dislike him in any way if he was just your average footballer.
This. Can't say the same for the poster mind.
Anyone watching this thing on ITV4? Very good little documentary tbh. Only bad things are highlights of the 09 and 11 CL finals....
People need to stop buying into all the hype. Stats only play a part of a story. On another day it could have been Heskey (He actually scored 5 one time - in a pre-season friendly - against an under 8 girls team)
Guardiola: "Messi is among the greatest. Di Stefano, Cruyff, Maradona...And I add Pele, otherwise he'll be angry." #fcblive
Hehe. Very droll.
Messi isn't fit to lace the boots maradona.
Best is up there too. Right?
Best is best.
Messi's alright, but has he ever scored a chipped volley like Djemba-Djemba?
Has he feck.
Has he feck.
Maradona isn't fit to lace George Best's drinks.
I cannot possibly see how this could be true. I'm open to being corrected, but Messi is so good that I'm at a loss to understand how anyone could've been better than him to the extent that you could be justified in saying the above.
I mean, he's absolutely ridiculous. He's probably the best finisher in the world at the moment (finishing consisting of more than just shooting), the best dribbler, the most creative, has superb vision, he's amazing off the ball, he has perhaps the best technique of any footballer around and he never gets injured anymore. He's just the ultimate footballer. It's not like he just has one strength and a few other decent ones - everything he's good at, he's top notch at.
And the stats...'kin hell. Goal-scoring, assists, efficiency...
Gret, detareminearshun, pahshun...it's in the back of the net. He's brilliant.
If you haven't seen him, how can you be sure? (I haven't seen Maradona by the way)
For those who've watched Maradona, opinion is split either way, so it's not as clearcut as people are making out right now.
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