Olamyyde:

This is where stats can be misleading at times. Messi isn't above criticism. If you watch him in the past few games this year you will understand fully what I'm talking about.



His freekick taking, finishing, dribbling, pace, press-resistance all seem to have to declined. Maybe it's just me sha. 2 seasons ago messi alone would have been enough to win that match.

tesppidd:
They?

Who is they?


As far as am aware, nobody here on this thread expects consistency for a 34 year old Ronaldo.

Mess and Ronaldo weren't even 100 percent consistent at 27 years old, talkless of now.

All we want you to do is accept that Ronaldo is second to Messi.

Once you do, everybody goes home happy.

Astark:
I believe Madrid will loose today. Let's hope they loose or we'll have to beat them at home to win the league.

Dembele has started training with the group

Astark:
I believe Madrid will loose today. Let's hope they loose or we'll have to beat them at home to win the league.

Dembele has started training with the group

Loose Asin Are we tied up or something

Well, but if you mean lose then you are in a world of more pain ma nigga

FirstbornWds:


Oga, those names he mentioned have won matches for us, even when chips were down. We didn't begin the season with Messi playing remember? Messi wasn't on the pitch when we defeated Inter-Milan in San Siro.

Jokerman:


How can a one team champion be greater than a 4 team champion??

calculator123:


I hope you can say the same about Balotelli, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Pele

tesppidd:
Dunno but I've got a very bad feeling.

I've joined in criticizing Suarez

But having Suarez around now seems better than being without him wrt the current cast in our attack right now..

Olamyyde:
The most people won't admit but messi has been inconsistent this season. He has had games where he has been absolutely terrible for his own standards.

You know something is wrong when messi is struggling to complete dribbles. He has been losing possession throughout the season. I'm tired of the nonsense Am/cm/Dm nonsense he's doing. It's seriously hurting the team. He should just start playing his F9 or rw role again and stick to the position and stop dropping deep.

hulk616:
but Messi can play 10,9 and 11 at the same time

Jokerman:


How can a one team champion be greater than a 4 team champion??

Jokerman:


Pele was a champion. Still the GOAT

In what teams were either ibrahimovic or Balottelli champions??

tesppidd:
You don come again ooo

Anyway the same way Raul can be greater than Pedro.

Or Maldini greater than Dani Alvez.

Jokerman:


Pele was a champion. Still the GOAT

In what teams were either ibrahimovic or Balottelli champions??

calculator123:


Ibrahimovic won the Europa league, La liga(if I am not mistaken), Seria A, French Ligue, Dutch league, French Super cup, English Super cup.
Balottelli won the EPL with Manchester city, UCL with Inter, English FA cup, 3 times Seria A winner, Italian cup winner.

So we can proudly call them champions who have conquered virtually every league they played in.

Going by your logic, can you say the travelling sales men in Zlatan and Mario are better than the Kiosk Sales man in Pele who played almost all career in Santos Fc?

calculator123:


You want him to stick to his false 9 position, yet you didn't realize our midfield isn't at creative like before, especially during xavi-iniesta era.

Aside MEessi, when last have you seen a midfielder give a defense splitting pass?

Messi is arguably the most creative player in that team, take it to the bank.

For his lack of Consistency, I think we need to cut him some slack abeg. Man is in his 30ties and he hasn't done badly either going by his stat this season. If not for circumstances, is Messi not suppose to be doing what Ronaldo did at Madrid, hug the box and wait for others to feed you.

Fixing the lack of creative should be the priority and not MEssi's inconsistency.

calculator123:


He has played in these positions in the past and did well too.

So yarn another thing.

tesppidd:
You don come again ooo

Anyway the same way Raul can be greater than Pedro.

Or Maldini greater than Dani Alvez.

calculator123:


Ibrahimovic won the Europa league, La liga(if I am not mistaken), Seria A, French Ligue, Dutch league, French Super cup, English Super cup.
Balottelli won the EPL with Manchester city, UCL with Inter, English FA cup, 3 times Seria A winner, Italian cup winner.

So we can proudly call them champions who have conquered virtually every league they played in.

Going by your logic, can you say the travelling sales men in Zlatan and Mario are better than the Kiosk Sales man in Pele who played almost all career in Santos Fc?

Astark:
this is what will happen if Barcelona sell messi.

Over 70% of their fans will be gone, I mean disappear
No single soul will be interested in la liga again and they will loose many TV rights and viewers.

Barcelona sells will go down and they won't attack sponsors

Barcelona will be 30x as bad as we are now, messi is the only thing keeping Barcelona afloat. It's like many of you forgot when messi was injured and Barcelona was almost in relegation zone and people were saying messi is finished them he got back and started scoring and we bounced to first position.

You said messi isn't consistent, tell me one better player with more stats better than him this season?

Never doubt greatness I'm sure you are spending too much time listening to rival fans of dead clubs that want messi gone so Barcelona will be like them!

tesppidd:
That's true ooh.

Messi has been very inconsistent this season.

I don't even know how he's managed to be the top scorer and assist.

I think it's time to let him go. We need to cash in on him now so that others who haven't been inconsistent can deliver the goods.

Messi is really drawing the team backward now

Is this really tesppidd ?

Jokerman:


What individual honour does Pedro have??

What individual honour does Dani have over Maldini?

Raalsalghul:


Is this really tesppidd ?

tesppidd:
They?

Who is they?


As far as am aware, nobody here on this thread expects consistency for a 34 year old Ronaldo.

Mess and Ronaldo weren't even 100 percent consistent at 27 years old, talkless of now.

[s]All we want you to do is accept that Ronaldo is second to Messi. [/s]

Once you do, everybody goes home happy.

tesppidd:
Ahn Ahn

Why are you confusing yasef?

You started off comparing a player who has played in different counties versus a player who has played in one country.

I gave you examples of players who have played in one country but are better than some who have played in many countries.

Now you're bringing individual award.

Do you know where you are at all?

Olamyyde:

This is where stats can be misleading at times. Messi isn't above criticism. If you watch him in the past few games this year you will understand fully what I'm talking about.



His freekick taking, finishing, dribbling, pace, press-resistance all seem to have to declined. Maybe it's just me sha. 2 seasons ago messi alone would have been enough to win that match.


Even the commentator said it yesterday that messi hasn't looked the same since the mallorca game last year.