Lionel Messi - v7
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Luftstalag14
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This is not unimaginable at all. Not that players will automatically unleash their potentials and become much better necessarily when Messi is gone (or not playing), but it makes perfect sense that some of them are intimidated by him and hesitate to do their things and instead just pass the ball to Messi.
CatalinR10
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Let's hope The GOAT , The Best Fifa Football Player , Ballon D'or and Laureus award scores against Dinamo Kiev.
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Total-Football
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We don't need a rashford post-Messi. We have similar men. We need a target man. Aka haaland so that the boys around him like fati and pedri can target.
Sailor Mars
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I did watch the game and its rich to hear from you calling me deluded. I could easily call you deluded for believing that having Messi stick to a position or replacing him would produce better results.
There is no real creativity from this team. If we played exactly the way others on this forum wanted, we would just be aimlessly passing the ball around while teams sat back watching.
Most of the squad isn't good enough and the rest are too young.
serghei
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We have nobody with the speed, power, and scoring potential of Rashford. Dembele is nowhere near.
We need Haland + a RW.
Midfield is nearly sorted.
malvolio
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let's hope he sacrifices a virgin or something. or at least a goat with his friend suarez over a BBQ.
Raketa10
Senior Member
His position is not the problem, nor his conversion rate. The main problem is that 90% of our attacks go through him. That is the main fucking issue! As a result all other players, except Fati, are underperforming! He is almost 34 and that needs to stop immediately. FFS some players are giving him the ball when he is standing out of position, half a meter away from them. Sometimes I wonder if I am watching Barca or children playing football in a schoolyard.
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Luftstalag14
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Let's hope he leaves next summer.
Sailor Mars
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How is the midfield nearly sorted? Genuinely asking.
serghei
Senior Member
That's because his position is wrong, or better yet, he doesn't have one because he does what he wants. If you chase the ball, every player will pass you the ball if you are Messi. Normally, not all players should have Messi as a pass option. At least not in crap positions. Well, that happens constantly. I think every player is passing to Messi simply because Messi is chasing the ball to be passed to and appears near their zone. And when that happens, of course, the player gives him the ball. Nobody dares to ignore Messi and mind their business choosing a better option. That would be seen as disrespect.There is a flawed tactical approach in this team which stems from the idea that Messi in a crap position is a better pass solution than some other player in a better position. That is not in any way or shape a principle of modern football or something to build upon at this stage.
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serghei
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Pedri - De Jong - Pjanic is a very good midfield 3.
Birdy
Senior Member
You are indeed deluded.
Fati, Dembele, Pedri, Pjanic as he played today, Dest, were all creative.
Creative with a higher success rate than Messi all of them, and with sticking to positions and tactical instuctions.
It's not paying as 'others on this forum want', it's that these people are not biased when it comes to Messi..
Please...
malvolio
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