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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby Aidan11 » Thu May 03, 2012 8:52 am

Messi and Ronaldo.

What a manager would give to have both of them in his side.
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby dan08 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:43 pm

Messi has just scored 4 against Espanyol and has become the first player in the history of football to score more than 70 goals in a season!!! Unbelievable!!! :salute

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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby dan08 » Sat May 05, 2012 10:03 pm

Out of those 72 goals....50 of them have come in La Liga!!! :bow:
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby andy » Sun May 06, 2012 9:19 am

:bow: world class player, easily the best in the world, and IMO one of the legends of the game already.
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby Aidan11 » Sun May 06, 2012 9:28 am

None of the 72 scored with his hands either which makes him the best Argentinian player ever.
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby andy » Sun May 06, 2012 9:43 am

:laugh very true :P
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby shankycricket » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:52 pm

backfootpunch wrote:people have scored loads of goals at club level before, the greatest players of all time i.e pele, maradona, zidane etc, have performed on the biggest stages for their country whereas messi hasnt (yet). when hes guided argentine to a world cup or two then we can talk about him being the best of all time. goals against second rate spanish sides arent rembered, goals that make major contributions to world cup victories are

Absolutely! Zidane is definitely the best I have watched followed by Ronaldo(Brazil).
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby yuppie » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:00 pm

shankybiggestengfan wrote:
backfootpunch wrote:people have scored loads of goals at club level before, the greatest players of all time i.e pele, maradona, zidane etc, have performed on the biggest stages for their country whereas messi hasnt (yet). when hes guided argentine to a world cup or two then we can talk about him being the best of all time. goals against second rate spanish sides arent rembered, goals that make major contributions to world cup victories are

Absolutely! Zidane is definitely the best I have watched followed by Ronaldo(Brazil).


Zidane is my Favourite footballer that i have seen. Even after the head butt. Has done it at all levels.
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby shankycricket » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:08 pm

yuppie wrote:
shankybiggestengfan wrote:
backfootpunch wrote:people have scored loads of goals at club level before, the greatest players of all time i.e pele, maradona, zidane etc, have performed on the biggest stages for their country whereas messi hasnt (yet). when hes guided argentine to a world cup or two then we can talk about him being the best of all time. goals against second rate spanish sides arent rembered, goals that make major contributions to world cup victories are

Absolutely! Zidane is definitely the best I have watched followed by Ronaldo(Brazil).


Zidane is my Favourite footballer that i have seen. Even after the head butt. Has done it at all levels.

Not my favourite! But the best I have watched. My favourites are mostly English footballers of course.
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby backfootpunch » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:36 pm

zidane is also my favourite, his performance against brazil in the 2006 world cup quater final is one of the best individual performances i have ever seen, he was different level
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby Aidan11 » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:39 am

Messi isn't that good.

Hardly heard his name mentioned once during the Euros.

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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby GGAS » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:59 pm

shankybiggestengfan wrote:
yuppie wrote:
shankybiggestengfan wrote:
backfootpunch wrote:people have scored loads of goals at club level before, the greatest players of all time i.e pele, maradona, zidane etc, have performed on the biggest stages for their country whereas messi hasnt (yet). when hes guided argentine to a world cup or two then we can talk about him being the best of all time. goals against second rate spanish sides arent rembered, goals that make major contributions to world cup victories are

Absolutely! Zidane is definitely the best I have watched followed by Ronaldo(Brazil).


Zidane is my Favourite footballer that i have seen. Even after the head butt. Has done it at all levels.

Not my favourite! But the best I have watched. My favourites are mostly English footballers of course.


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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby shankycricket » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:02 pm

GG - Amir Sohail wrote:
shankybiggestengfan wrote:
yuppie wrote:
shankybiggestengfan wrote:
backfootpunch wrote:people have scored loads of goals at club level before, the greatest players of all time i.e pele, maradona, zidane etc, have performed on the biggest stages for their country whereas messi hasnt (yet). when hes guided argentine to a world cup or two then we can talk about him being the best of all time. goals against second rate spanish sides arent rembered, goals that make major contributions to world cup victories are

Absolutely! Zidane is definitely the best I have watched followed by Ronaldo(Brazil).


Zidane is my Favourite footballer that i have seen. Even after the head butt. Has done it at all levels.

Not my favourite! But the best I have watched. My favourites are mostly English footballers of course.


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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby dan08 » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:42 am

Lionel Messi's 25 today. He's scored 281 professional goals, played for Argentina 70 times, won 21 trophies and holds 19 world records.
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Re: Lionel Messi

Postby Aidan11 » Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:18 pm

Yeah but what else has he done?
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