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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Performance on a NT has been important in the past, for reasons that are now outdated. It used to be that national team competitions were, by far, the pinnacle of football. Good nationals teams were miles better than any club. So if someone dominated in club football but did not do well for his...
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    Barca - Real Sociedad 2-0

    That's about right. But remember, Suarez didn't score much for a while. He was settling in to a new club/league and hadn't played competitively in months. Now that he has settled in, I think Neymar/Suarez are probably slightly outperforming Eto'o/Henry. Also remember, Eto'o and Henry were not...
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    11 - Neymar Jr. - v4

    Perhaps it is relatively easier for Barcelona to score against bottom teams these days because Barcelona is a better team than it was. And maybe Barcelona is a better team than it was because it has better players than it used to. That makes your whole argument make no sense. You are trying to...
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    11 - Neymar Jr. - v4

    It certainly is what separates Messi from Cristiano. But being less good than Messi doesn't mean that Ronaldo doesn't have a fantastic season every season. With the amount of goals he scores, he is fantastic regardless of what else he brings to the table, to be honest. And that was basically my...
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    11 - Neymar Jr. - v4

    I think people should be a little more realistic. You guys expect a player like Neymar to play like one of the top handful of players in the world EVERY game. But here's the thing. Even very top players are somewhat inconsistent. If someone played like one of the best players in the world EVERY...
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    Lliga: Cordoba - Barca 0-8

    I think we probably lose La Liga. I would not have said this before RM beat Seville, but I think there's a greater than 50% chance we drop points. And I suppose RM could drop points to Valencia, but it's a home game, so I just don't see it. With that said, I suppose Valencia has at least...
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    CL semis: Bayern - Barca 3-2 (3-5 agg.)

    Barcelona and Pep's Bayern have been absolutely dominant teams in terms of possession. I wonder which team will have the most possession in these matches. Probably Barcelona at home with Bayern having some injuries, since they'll play more defensively. But it will be interesting.
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    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    To be fair, Suarez is probably the best no. 9 in the world over the last three years himself. Zlatan has an argument for it, but I think Suarez is a better overall player and has played in tougher leagues. Him being a better overall player is borne out, for instance, by whoscored rankings over...
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    CL semis: Bayern - Barca 3-2 (3-5 agg.)

    Is Ribery definitely out for the semi-finals? I've not read anything definite either way on that. I know Robben is out, but it would be a big deal for the tie if Ribery was out too.
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    MSN trident surpasses the 100 goals mark

    It's probably Real Madrid in 2011-2012, with 118 goals (Ronaldo: 60, Benzema: 32, Higuain: 26). I'm not certain that's the answer, but I can't find anything that beats it. Gerd Muller got 67 goals in 1972-1973, while Uli Hoeneß had 22 goals. I'm not certain who had the third most goals on...
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    CL semis: Bayern - Barca 3-2 (3-5 agg.)

    It IS undoubtedly true that RM has gotten easy draws until the semis pretty much every year recently. Let's start in 2010, when the current incarnation of RM really began: 2010: ROUND OF 16: Real Madrid plays (and loses to) Lyon, who were not very good. To be fair, Barca only played Stuttgart...
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    11 - Neymar Jr. - v4

    Just for some perspective: Neymar has scored 31 goals in 42 matches. That's a rate of 0.738 goals a match. Samuel Eto'o's best strike rate for Barca was 34 goals in 48 matches in the 2005/2006 season. That's only a rate of 0.708 goals a match. And Eto'o played in the center of the pitch...
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    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    That is why, in my earlier post, I said we want players to take risks as long as they are not abnormally low percentage plays. So yeah, we don't want players attempting virtually impossible killer passes through areas filled with opponents. And even if a risk is not super low-percentage, we...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    To be fair, Michael Jordan was simply a bigger brand than Lionel Messi. People become known worldwide more based on their use in advertising and such than by how good they are (though there is often a high correlation between the two). That's why David Beckham is probably the most recognizable...
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    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    Not sure if you mean that as a criticism (I think you don't), but it reminds me of something that I am addressing to people in general: We need our players to take some risks. If every player is supposed to make the safe pass all the time, we inevitably end up with enormous Messi dependency...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Something being the greatest prize is different than something being the greatest measure of a player's talent. Usually, those two things would go hand-in-hand. The best way to measure a player's talent is in competitions with the highest level of play. And the competition with the highest...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    In fairness, the vast majority of all chances are missed, even by teams that are considered clinical. People screw up, and there is, after all, a goalkeeper to beat.
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    9 - Luis Suárez - v1

    You don't often see someone who scores tons of goals AND has such a high percent of his goals be absolute golazos. I think it will be good to have someone who scores outrageous goals when we are playing against buses.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Doesn't it seem fairly obvious to everyone that Messi has better close control (especially at speed) than Maradona, Ronaldinho, or Ronaldo? To me there's a distinct difference between watching Messi and any other all-time great dribbler. The way the ball sticks to Messi's feet as he runs is just...
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    Ivan Rakitić

    That might be true. The problem is that, if only one of them is good, it will take a while to find out which one. We will be playing a bunch of scrubs in order to find out which one is actually good. That would be fine except La Liga is such an intense league to win; you can't afford to play...

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