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  1. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    firstly, the article is 6 months old, it's out of date. secondly, the man said Riquelme failed to convince. Riquelme. thirdly, he also said Messi doesn't come deep to pick the ball up for Barcelona, when he does that all the time. his opinion on this subject = invalidated it's lazy...
  2. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Messi's just a "forward who can pass"?!?!? that's astounding! you're either a genius that has brought reductionism to football tactics, or a fucking moron.
  3. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    just because el tren says it, don't make it true. I wouldn't say Klose is a False9. no doubt he's MUCH better at the creative side of the game than Gomez is, but that doesn't make him a False9. yeah, true. a False9 doesn't HAVE to be a #10 (that's my mistake) but they usually are.
  4. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Klose's not a False9. he's a True9 (my word... a target man, essentially). a brilliant one. look at how he moves into channels and brings others into play. it's exactly like Drogba, Larsson, even Zlatan to an extent. all great True9's. Totti is a great example of a False9. the best non-Messi...
  5. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    he doesn't seem to understand that a False9 IS a #10 that lines up as a #9, but instead plays as a #10. which is why he's a FALSE9. god, it's really not that complicated.
  6. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    anyone who's watched Messi play in the last year and still doubts his ability to play as a #10 needs their head checking. I mean he played #10 in the Bernabeu in December and was magnificent! his work for Alexis' goal was very similar to Maradona's dribble against Brazil in that link...
  7. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    I did read it. I didn't comment because I thought it was ridiculous that while you are arguing that Maradona was a playmaker like Xavi (whereas Messi isn't) you then produce as evidence a link that says Maradona was nothing like Xavi. so you bring me a 18 month old article as some sort of...
  8. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    Maradona was a mediapunta, you melon. Messi is stylistically like him, and he was stylistically like Sivori. there's an Argentine lineage of these small left-footed mediapuntas (they're called #10's in Argentina, and the centrocampista/volante is called the #5). that's why Messi has become...
  9. Metaphysical

    Xavi Hernández

    :xavi: outstanding work, Allas.
  10. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

  11. Metaphysical

    Pep Guardiola

    :worthy:
  12. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    playmaker is an Americanism which, truth be told, doesn't apply to football which is less compartmentalised and much more fluid. the playmaker is whoever has the ball at their feet. especially since the Hungarians, Brazilians and the Dutch took it to the next level.
  13. Metaphysical

    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    institutionalised racism. obviously every club has rats, but Kenny and Luis have whipped the rats in Liverpool into a frenzy. they've established themselves as a club that don't think racial abuse is a big deal (they say they are against it, but their actions say the opposite). it can be no...
  14. Metaphysical

    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    I hope Kenny & Luis are proud of themselves, they've brought institutionalised racism back to English football.
  15. Metaphysical

    Wayne Rooney

    last time this happened Rooney got a new contract and the Glazers agreed to spend 80m on new players. could ol' Fergie be at it again? or is Rooney finally sick of it?
  16. Metaphysical

    Pedro Rodriguez

    what happened to our Johnny-On-The-Spot? :(
  17. Metaphysical

    Diego Forlan

    utterly pointless given the fluid system we're deploying these days. unless we want him to be a backup mediapunta for Cesc/Messi. but he'd barely play.
  18. Metaphysical

    Carlos Tevez

    it's like he's Schroedinger's Troll and we're still inside the box. right now he's trolling Inter but he's also trolling Milan by not signing any fucking fullbacks.
  19. Metaphysical

    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    the last two posts... I'm out. no idea why I came back in here tbh. I guess coz I saw Nolan had posted. ah well.
  20. Metaphysical

    10 - Lionel Messi - v1

    EPIC video. watch the stands. like roaches when you turn the light on.

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