oldtype Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Would Messi still be significantly better than CRon in any other team but Barcelona? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Am I worthy enough to hear the reason why you think that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 He does just about everything a little bit better than CR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 He's shit-scared of facing Gary Caldwell, that's why he won't come to the Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 He's s***-scared of facing Gary Caldwell, that's why he won't come to the Premiership. Obviously not up to the challenge of beating Leon Best in the scoring charts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I dont really buy into "Messi has to win the World Cup to go down as a true all time great". The World Cup is an increasingly overblown competition competed by mainly very average teams. It's a shadow of the Champions League in terms of truly testing a players ability. Messi's already got a CL winners medal and could easily have 3 or 4 more at least before he calls it a day. Even now, he's a bone fide all time great, regardless of what he does or doesn't do with Argentina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I dont really buy into "Messi has to win the World Cup to go down as a true all time great". The World Cup is an increasingly overblown competition competed by mainly very average teams. It's a shadow of the Champions League in terms of truly testing a players ability. Messi's already got a CL winners medal and could easily have 3 or 4 more at least before he calls it a day. Even now, he's a bone fide all time great, regardless of what he does or doesn't do with Argentina. 2 of them to be precise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Like Cruyff has said Messi is a much more rounded player than CR7, he plays for the team whereas Ronny plays for himself primarily it would appear and for the team secondary which with his talent he can afford to do so. In La Liga: CR7, 28 games 28 goals, 8 assists, 218 shots. Messi, 28 games, 29 goals, 17 assists, 135 shots. Stats back it, Messi with way more assists than Ronny and not just taking pot shots from here, there and everywhere like Ronaldo does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 "Barça's Lionel Messi is a great but Ronaldo is lacking, says Johan Cruyff" http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/apr/15/johan-cruyff-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo "Messi has scored 48 goals in all competitions this season." "The Argentinian, 23, has scored 95 goals in his last 99 games" good fucking god Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 "Barça's Lionel Messi is a great but Ronaldo is lacking, says Johan Cruyff" http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/apr/15/johan-cruyff-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo "Messi has scored 48 goals in all competitions this season." "The Argentinian, 23, has scored 95 goals in his last 99 games" good fucking god Not even one a game. Nowhere near a great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I dont really buy into "Messi has to win the World Cup to go down as a true all time great". The World Cup is an increasingly overblown competition competed by mainly very average teams. It's a shadow of the Champions League in terms of truly testing a players ability. Messi's already got a CL winners medal and could easily have 3 or 4 more at least before he calls it a day. Even now, he's a bone fide all time great, regardless of what he does or doesn't do with Argentina. Agree with pretty much all of that. But winning the world cup would shut the "he's not as good as such and such was" brigade up. Maradona carried a team of average players on his back in '86. If Messi did that with Jonas and co in 2014, and continued to bang 50 goals a season in the meantime then i don't think anybody could deny he's in the top handful of players ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I always thought Roberto Baggio was better than Zidane btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I always thought Roberto Baggio was better than Zidane btw. i always thought baggio was over rated, not mega-ly, he's not shit but not to be mentioned with the top table, of which i have to say i don't think i'd put zidane their either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 What's everyone's views on Messi blasting the ball into the crowd? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 What's everyone's views on Messi blasting the ball into the crowd? Why did he do that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 What's everyone's views on Messi blasting the ball into the crowd? There'd be a worse reaction if it was Ronaldo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 What's everyone's views on Messi blasting the ball into the crowd? Why did he do that? Dunno, probably frustrated and probably dislikes Real. Would be the equivalent of Shola doing it at the SoS I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 What's everyone's views on Messi blasting the ball into the crowd? Why did he do that? the ball wasn't far into touch when he done it and he was chasing it. seen it done many times to be greeted with some jeering from the crowd in that area and then forgetten about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Should have been a yellow for Messi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Should have been a yellow for Messi. The fans should have appealed for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just behind Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Kevin Nolan, Cheick Tiote, Jose Enrique and Paul Gascoigne. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Should have been a yellow for Messi. The fans should have appealed for it. There was a fat guy who was waving the hell out of an imaginary card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Should have been a yellow for Messi. The fans should have appealed for it. There was a fat guy who was waving the hell out of an imaginary card. We rewinded that bit, it was brilliant. Never seen such vigour put into the waving of an imaginary card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 World Cup is bigger than the CL its just that you guys never win it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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