holy fuck, can't even reply to someone without messi fanboys getting out their pitchforks. he has to be the best at everything. best dribbler, best goal scorer,better playmaker and passer than iniesta as well.
And the ridiculous change in his upper body doesn't affect his agility and his reaction speed while dropping the shoulders because limitations of human body doesnot apply to him obviously. Amirite guys?
now compare this to 3 years ago. not how much defenders he beats, but the difference between the raw pace and quick instanteous reactions when he drops his shoulders now and back then.
I remember two major 1 vs 1 this season, one against madrid in the supercopa when pepe closes him down and against valencia when rami closes him down, so he had to take a weak shot against the keeper both times.messi of the 09/10 would've burned them with his pace.
doesn't make that big of a difference though , he'll just have to adapt his game a little bit.