Messi vs Ronaldo

[slimbimjim]

He's closing in on 20 goals already this season, from the wing...

Does he score penalties from the wing too?

I think he has scored 9 penalties this season.

[wiw]

Does he score penalties from the wing too?

I think he has scored 9 penalties this season.

I believe he does, yes. He's that good

[Reece]

[the rev leeroy brown]

messi is the better, more gifted player no doubt. ronaldo is a superb player but messi can do things ronaldo could only dream of.

[slimbimjim]

messi is the better, more gifted player no doubt. ronaldo is a superb player but messi can do things ronaldo could only dream of.

Like not having to pay for sex.

[Mike]

And driving sensibly.

[yukpo]

Thanks for saving me the trouble of looking up the stats

Messi does what he does without having to dive, roll about like a girl etc. And he doesn't half score a good amount of goals for someone who can't finish. **** off Ronaldo you plastic cunt.

messi is the best player in the world, but a lot of people who dont watch the continental football often seem to think messi is a good role model like kaka

is he bollocks, love watching the lad play but he dives just as much as the next man, he's also spat at opponents and scored goals with his hand and celebrated with no remorse

[MrMichael]

messi is the best player in the world, but a lot of people who dont watch the continental football often seem to think messi is a good role model like kaka

is he bollocks, love watching the lad play but he dives just as much as the next man, he's also spat at opponents and scored goals with his hand and celebrated with no remorse

Yeah, but having already scored a carbon copy of the great Maradonna goal you can see why he celebrated when he pulled off the "hand of god" one too.

Absolutely the best player in the world for me.

[badpiggy]

I can understand dww's case of Messi not influencing big games i.e. Manchester United however you haven't taken into account that Messi was far from his token best due to the amount of injuries he was carrying. Ronaldo had a perfect season last season, didn't suffer any bad luck and looked unbeatable in a very rugged United side.

More often than not, Ronaldo hasn't performed at the big occasions because he comes up against more shrewd managers and better defenders. As Sid Lowe said, Messi is not a football fan so he just gets the ball and runs without thinking about the consequences, not saying Ronaldo is a football man - far from it judging his ludicrous statements about his abilities.

Messi, this season is showing the form that we all knew he had. He was unlucky when Barcelona won the Champions League to not pick up a medal - I have no doubt in the next few years, Barcelona will win that title and Messi will be at the heart of it along with Xavi, Iniesta and possibly Eto'o.

Back to the original point of influencing big games, more often than not, Messi has picked up the Barcelona team from the scruff of the neck and won games especially recently from the bench (last week and Shaktar Donetsk) Ronaldo this season, hasn't had a real stand out performance and I think is feeling the pressure of being targeted from his opposition. Messi, on the other hand, shrugs it off and goes for the defender time and time again which is what football fans like about the little Argentinian - he is a throwback of the footballers of those from twenty or thirty years ago. Messi is the football fans dream player.

if only yossi, our diminutive jew, was as good

[Pablo]

messi is the best player in the world, but a lot of people who dont watch the continental football often seem to think messi is a good role model like kaka

is he bollocks, love watching the lad play but he dives just as much as the next man, he's also spat at opponents and scored goals with his hand and celebrated with no remorse

I've seen Sergio Aguero do that for Atleti, but I dont recall Messi doing it, sure you're not getting them confused?

[Joe King]

I've seen Sergio Aguero do that for Atleti, but I dont recall Messi doing it, sure you're not getting them confused?

Messi did it against Getafe, I think.