Seems to have stepped it up a bit this season. It’s not even up for debate if he’s the best ever imo. Just hope he can get the World Cup to finish it all off for him.
GOATSeems to have stepped it up a bit this season. It’s not even up for debate if he’s the best ever imo. Just hope he can get the World Cup to finish it all off for him.
Best ever in your opinion obviously.Seems to have stepped it up a bit this season. It’s not even up for debate if he’s the best ever imo. Just hope he can get the World Cup to finish it all off for him.
Best ever in your opinion obviously.
I hope the argies win it also, he deserves to win the big one.Really hope he can win the World Cup this year and put this non-debate to bed.
GOAT
Seems to have stepped it up a bit this season. It’s not even up for debate if he’s the best ever imo. Just hope he can get the World Cup to finish it all off for him.
I’ve seen Cruyff ,Maradona and Zidane but still don’t want to say any of them is the best footballer there has ever been in the history of the game,why do Messi fans think otherwise ?Yeah mate. Hence the ‘imo’.
I think, outside Maradona, thats because they are a level below the true elite.I’ve seen Cruyff ,Maradona and Zidane but still don’t want to say any of them is the best footballer there has ever been in the history of the game,why do Messi fans think otherwise ?
In your opinion.I think, outside Maradona, thats because they are a level below the true elite.
Who are the 'true elite'?I think, outside Maradona, thats because they are a level below the true elite.
Is it a coincidence or do they change the hoardings to say 'Goat ' when he's taking a free kick?
Because Messi has probably won the same amount of trophies as the three of them combined?I’ve seen Cruyff ,Maradona and Zidane but still don’t want to say any of them is the best footballer there has ever been in the history of the game,why do Messi fans think otherwise ?
In your opinion.
Might be something to do with him being named the best player in the world more times than anyone else?I’ve seen Cruyff ,Maradona and Zidane but still don’t want to say any of them is the best footballer there has ever been in the history of the game,why do Messi fans think otherwise ?
Tactics are getting better, players are getting fitter and faster with every generation and the centralization of better players and teams in Europe means it's hard to compare any players against those of a previous generation. I think it's as simple as Pele was the best in his time, Cruyff in his, Maradona in his and so on. That said, Messi has a longevity at the highest level that none of the others have matched and as above, I'm fairly sure he's probably got near enough the same number of club medals as Zidane, Cruyff and Maradona combined. I don't think anyone would ever consider international football as a benchmark except oddly in this debate. Haaland and Mbappe might end up scoring more goals and winning more medals than Messi and I'll still probably see him as best because he's the one I grew up watching and idolizing as the benchmark.GOAT maybe.
Maradona in a superstar team today, where all the great players are playing together, with these pitches and the modern protection players get, the modern boots and football technology.
Maybe Messi is not the GOAT.
Close but probably no cigar.
But I still love Messi.
Yes, I agree.Tactics are getting better, players are getting fitter and faster with every generation and the centralization of better players and teams in Europe means it's hard to compare any players against those of a previous generation. I think it's as simple as Pele was the best in his time, Cruyff in his, Maradona in his and so on.
Aye but Can he do it in a cold night at stoke!!!Really hope he can win the World Cup this year and put this non-debate to bed.
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That means sweet Fanny adams ,it doesn’t take much to upset the Messi squad on here.Because Messi has probably won the same amount of trophies as the three of them combined?
Like I said, all signs are pointing towards Haaland and Mbappe dominating this generation of football in the same way that Messi and Ronaldo did in theirs. I'll probably never see either as being as good, because I'm older and things were just clearly better when I was young.Yes, I agree.
It isn't fair perhaps to compare players across the generations.
Indeed, it is in truth impossible.
Perhaps we should just pay tribute to them as they come a long and be grateful.
MineWhy are you floating around telling people that things they state are their opinion?
Who else's opinion would it be?
Like the way people saw footballers before Messi and Ronaldo.Like I said, all signs are pointing towards Haaland and Mbappe dominating this generation of football in the same way that Messi and Ronaldo did in theirs. I'll probably never see either as being as good, because I'm older and things were just clearly better when I was young.
It isn't up for debate but the 3 Ps will be along soon telling you different.Seems to have stepped it up a bit this season. It’s not even up for debate if he’s the best ever imo. Just hope he can get the World Cup to finish it all off for him.
Cruyff and ZZ BELOW the level of elite!I think, outside Maradona, thats because they are a level below the true elite.
It's an aesthetically beautiful free kick executed perfectly and made look effortless because he is Messi!! That free kick wouldn't make his top 5 and won't get the credit it deserves because we expect it from him, because he has scored way better etc but it's a fantastic goal, the precision, the way he whips it up, around and down getting all that action and spin is outstanding technique!!Yeah he's the best ever but that free kick is nothing particularly special is it?
Maradona is the greatest of all time. By a margin.Not disputing that he is GOAT
Hes just not the greatest of all time.
CR7 by quite some distance
Did you miss all the threads asking why we weren’t interested in a keeper like him for £1m?I couldnt havre told you Kasper Schmeichel left Leicester !
“Shows yer medals”He isn’t even top 3 far less the best by some distance.
Yes there is.Not disputing that he is GOAT
Not sure what is so wonderful about that free kick? Schmiechal is too far to one side, leaving the goal wide open on the other side.Seems to have stepped it up a bit this season. It’s not even up for debate if he’s the best ever imo. Just hope he can get the World Cup to finish it all off for him.