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Hopefully he never plays as a false 9 against a big team ever again. It seems like he noticed it as well and moved to the RW in the last 10-15 minutes.

Their is no way we are qualifying. Bayern are going to **** us. Lucho's going to make us sit back and we don't know how to defend, and Bayern will take full advantage of that.

If Messi wants to get his 5th ballon d'or, he'll really need to turn up this season. We will probably see the biggest campaign for an individual award in history next season. There's no way the Madrid media won't use their influence to make sure Ronaldo ties Messi.

All Messi needs to do is win trophies. That's what people judge him by. Last year he was a flop in like every big game apart from Madrid 4-3, and City at the Camp nou. He was quiet in the later rounds of the WC, flopped against Atletico. These are the performances people watch so I'm not...

Players forcing a coach out isn't anything new. The same is happening here, and Messi is leading the charge. Mourinho had supporters in the Madrid dressing room, that's why Cristiano couldn't get him sacked. I doubt Luis Enrique has any supporters. The guy is very stubborn and he doesn't learn...

I'm pretty surprised he's fine with playing RW lately. He's been playing there ever since we lost to Celta Vigo; with Suarez playing CF. How long do you think it will be until he demands to be moved back into the centre? Could the Shaqira comment have been a sly dig at Lucho? Because lets be...

Do you think we only just started playing possession football when Guardiola came? There was a heavy focus on ball retention ever since Cruyff started coaching us. Different managers had different tweaks, but for the most part its generally stayed the same.

I really don't understand why he doesn't press the FB/Winger when 1 on 1, he lets them cross. Perhaps he's still suffering from that small team mentality. He's our best CB for sure, but he shouldn't play LB ever again.

His best position is behind the striker. He needs a player that can pin the CB's back. Pep noticed this back in 2011, he played Villa in front of Messi with Alves in charge of the entire right flank in the CL final. In 2012, Messi was playing behind Alexis or Cesc, with Cuenca/Tello/Pedro...

Messi doesn't even need to win the Ballon d'or for me, I just hope it isn't Cristiano. 4-3, is such a misrepresentation in the difference in quality between the two. Had Blatter not said his comments last year, and had Argentina won the WC, it could easily be 6-1. Fine margins.

His dribbling was pretty sloppy last night. However, to the media goals are are all that matter. I've seen Messi have better games than last night, but because he scored a hat-trick that game was his finest of the season? I just hope the hat-trick gives him a boost in confidence which will see...

^ I agree with you. He is much better than last season. All that's missing is his finishing and with the arrival of Suarez he is getting more opportunities on goal. Once he puts in a few in the back of the net consecutively, his finishing will be much better. His confidence is very low. I'm not...

His confidence is at an all time low. It's reassuring he's getting himself in goal scoring positions though. He's been unlucky, he won't keep on missing forever. With Suarez's inclusion he's been getting more chances and once he starts burying them he won't stop. I just hope Lucho doesn't play...

He doesn't strike me as a tactically astute coach. In the beginning of the season, I expected us to have a season similar to 2012/2013 where we dominate the league, but lose all the big games. Difference now though is this Madrid is much better than trainwreck in Mou's last season.

How do you guys feel about what Valdano said regarding Messi? He pretty much said he's lost some pace, and that he can no longer unbalance the opponents in the final third as effectively as he used too. Honestly, I agree with that and I think Messi knows it too. He asked for a striker in the...