10 - Lionel Messi - v5

[Mitchell1978]

Messi rarely defends but he adds control to the midfield, look at how he changed the game when he came in against Celta before Roberto's red card, all of a sudden, barça had control in midfield and was pushing Celta back.

 

[Ripsta]

His sheer presence scares teams. I'm fucking furious. I hate Valverde, can't wait till that clueless cunt gets the sack

 

[ThwiX]

Teams respect him way too much to come at us like Levante did tonight. People definitely got a point saying we wouldn’t have conceded 5 if he had been playing. Don’t dear underestimate his presence alone. He is the GOAT for a fucking reason, mind you.

 

[dakt]

Oh come on, stop with this theory already. We won the league, we had a great show tonight, but lost not due to Messi not being here, but shitty defence and we have to give huge credits to Levante. What a game they showed!!! Fantastic team. Morales and Boateng were beasts...especially Morales.

 

[eaman]

Not about Messi today it was about the defending.

Barca scored four without him and even then Roberto, Pique and Umtiti all did not start.

Ya but Messi would have helped us keep the ball better and Levante might have had less attacks. Also we might have scored four but they were all half chances and deflected shots. No proper chances created without Messis creativity

 

[JamDav1982]

Ya but Messi would have helped us keep the ball better and Levante might have had less attacks. Also we might have scored four but they were all half chances and deflected shots. No proper chances created without Messis creativity

Could argue might not score four with Messi as dont most weeks.

That game was on the defence. Clutching at straws to make this about Messi not playing.

 

[George_Costanza]

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[eaman]

Could argue might not score four with Messi as dont most weeks.

That game was on the defence. Clutching at straws to make this about Messi not playing.

I don't think they score five if Messis on the pitch and we create proper chances and play better football in the final third.

 

[DonAndres]

Oh come on, stop with this theory already. We won the league, we had a great show tonight, but lost not due to Messi not being here, but shitty defence and we have to give huge credits to Levante. What a game they showed!!! Fantastic team. Morales and Boateng were beasts...especially Morales.

Great show? Tonight? Maybe by Coutinho. Everyone else was pathetic

 

[kobby]

Can Messi still win the golden shoe if he doesn't play anymore games? Salah, Kane and Lewandowski are out of contention now but can any of the remaining chasing pack, catch up to him? If not, he should not play anymore games---he should just focus on getting into beast mode for the World Cup.

 

[DonAK]

Can Messi still win the golden shoe if he doesn't play anymore games? Salah, Kane and Lewandowski are out of contention now but can any of the remaining chasing pack, catch up to him? If not, he should not play anymore games---he should just focus on getting into beast mode for the World Cup.

He's won it.

 

[kobby]

He's won it.

How can he win it when La Liga, the French league, and Serie A aren't over? Granted it's unlikely, but Ronaldo could play RM's last game and say score 10 goals. Is there a cut off gameweek for the award?

 

[sickstar]

Not about Messi. It should be different when Messi around but what happens is that EV fuck it up again due to the South African friendly. With Vermaelen it's so fucked up, with Pique it's even messier. I don't think Pique is prepared enough for tonight tbh.

 

[DonAK]

How can he win it when La Liga, the French league, and Serie A aren't over? Granted it's unlikely, but Ronaldo could play RM's last game and say score 10 goals. Is there a cut off gameweek for the award?

You answered the question yourself.

Do you think CR will score 10 goals in one game?

Salah was the only one realistically able to beat him and he ended up on 32 goals.

 

[sickstar]

Immobile could've scored five though. Lol.
Wait, Lazio against Inter. So no.
No one else has a chance.