Messi

[Shaggy]

The things are dislike about rooney are all done in the heat of battle, and done with honesty. Which of us, if we played for Liverpool and got constant abuse from the mancs, WOULDNT celebrate with relish, if we scored against them?

I know i'd go right upto the stretford end and rub it in for a good half a minute.

**** me so would I and I'd expect every single one of those Neanderthal ****wits to loathe me. Just as I reserve the right to loathe that cunt.

I mean...come on...hardcore Bitter who sold his soul to join them. It's not a great starting point. He could be the nicest bloke on earth and I'd still detest him. As it is he's a totally odious *******, so...yeah, hate the cunt.

[Craig_H]

I meant to type 'things I dislike about Rooney..' so how i typed 'are' instead of 'i', **** knows.

Rooney the manc scum cunt face, i hate.

Disassociate him from them and i dont really give two ****s about him enough to hate him. If that makes sense.

[Darth Marty]

HA HA Im loving shaggys posts here! Personally im somewhere in the middle, he is a loathsome cunt but he is an excellent footballer so on that note i just dislike him rather than truly hate him. Unfortunately the same cannot be said regarding ronaldo II & dogbreath, both footballers who I would love to physically hurt beyond belief.

[Slinky Skills]

Messi never ceases to amaze me.

He is such a wonderful wonderful talent and he will go on to be the best ever **** me even my missus enjoys watching him!! (I'm fortunate to have a bird that enjoys football with the added bonus her family are all Liverpool fans)

Barca were on a few weeks back against Tenerife and I said to her "watch Messi, he's ****ing amazing" she'd never heard of him, he scored a wonderful goal that night.

Last week when his first hatrick was scored we were watching it again, again she was amazed.

His skill, balance and sheer talent is amazing. The world is blessed with some top quality players right now but this guy is on a different planet.

[Shaggy]

Yeah he's absolutely wonderful, I love watching him play. In the process of overtaking Zidane now I reckon.

[Exiled_red]

**** me so would I and I'd expect every single one of those Neanderthal ****wits to loathe me. Just as I reserve the right to loathe that cunt.

I mean...come on...hardcore Bitter who sold his soul to join them. It's not a great starting point. He could be the nicest bloke on earth and I'd still detest him. As it is he's a totally odious *******, so...yeah, hate the cunt.

[Leyton388]

Thing is we could have him in our team and it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference as rafa would prob play him at right back and still play Kuyt infront of him.

[Shaggy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/27/lionel-messi-argentina

Lionel Messi has few fans in Argentina, says La Nación newspaper
The world's best player, Barcelona's Lionel Messi, is struggling for popularity in
his homeland

guardian.co.uk, Saturday 27 March 2010 23.59 GMT
Article history



"The world's best footballer is an Argentinian who, in his own country, has less fans than a referee" says Claudio Mauri in La Nación. The player is Lionel Messi and the article highlights issues raised by poor performances for his country, and his relationship with fans and national manager Diego Maradona.

Referencing other foreign-based players such as Carlos Tevez, Mauri points out that they have a domestic fan base: "All the players have fans in Argentina, except Messi, who left when he was 13 to pursue the footballing dream which he could not fulfil in his country.

"Gonzalo Higuaín was born in Brest, but no Argentinian fan would think of calling him 'The Frenchman', as they do with Messi when they provocatively call him 'The Catalan'." It's an antipathy that will not be overcome by merely performing better for the national side, says Mauri: "Messi could pay off this supposed debt if he comes to play for six months in this country ... proclaiming his happiness and refinding his roots."

Messi's father, Jorge, responded, telling the channel TyC Sports: "What happens to him in the national team could happen to anyone. It can be solved with work. Maybe they treat him differently in Europe. Here, we maltreat him and we batter him." Hernán Claus, of sports daily Olé, agrees: "Messi is right to feel maltreated because the criticism is not just about the way he plays for his national team. Instead, they've accused him of not knowing the national anthem, that he feels Spanish, that he doesn't love the shirt ... Instead of trying to help build a new idol, what we do is demolish him."

But his colleague Adrian Piedrabuena believes it's a problem that comes with the team and their manager: "Lionel has played for Argentina for four years and only shone when Juan Riquelme was playing. It's not his fault they compare him to Diego or that Argentina is not a team which plays to its potential."

And it is misuse of potential that really matters ahead of the World Cup, as Maradona's use of, and relationship with, Messi remains in doubt (conspiracy theorists suggest he is sabotaging Messi's career to maintain his position as the greatest ever Argentinian player). The former Real manager Bernd Schuster tells Spain's Marca: "Argentina have a problem if they can't make Messi play. You can't afford the luxury of Messi not performing in a World Cup. You have to adapt to him. Argentina don't know what to do with Messi. They can still change but it's going to be difficult for them."

[Reece]

Very strange.

[Exiled_red]

[Darkon]

No words can describe this kid properly - class act, a league of his own

[Roboklopp]

Ace.

[Leyton388]

10 times the player than that spotty greasy cunt and if he is worth £80m than Messi is worth £180m!

Imagine Torres and Messi leading the line for LFC or Barca!!!

[Pablo]

10 times the player than that spotty greasy cunt and if he is worth £80m than Messi is worth £180m!

Imagine Torres and Messi leading the line for LFC or Barca!!!

I have a horrible feeling we might well see it next year

[Exiled_red]

Fantastic performance tonight

And apparently that was his 4th hat-trick of the season