Originally posted by spud_gun
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Taken from another forum that i post on.
Fella had a right rant about Messi the night Barca got knocked out the Champions League in the semi against Inter a couple of seasons back
Lionel Messi - i want apologies
'just literally watched his team get dumped out of the Champions League.
His silky exhibition dribbling skills past bottom half La Liga teams were nowhere to be seen. Come crunch time he decided he would make a better CM and was better needed watching the action from the back with Victor Valdes.
He casually sat deep and decided to be a passenger in the crucial stages. In a team which had no matchwinners; had subbed off Ibrahimovic, was missing Iniesta, and kept Henry on the bench. In the end, Barcelona needed to go all the way back to Gerard Pique for that piece of skill to carve open a goal.
Whoever called him a living 'great' in that thread must have been having a laugh.
I said I wanted to see him against an decent well organised defence, in the deep end, in a Champions League big occasion that mattered. Against a very durable Italian defence which wouldn't stand around like sitting ducks to be dribbled about. Was laughed at, mocked, derided as a moron etc.
think i got the answer last night. stop him dribbling more than ten yards what can he do?
As opposed to Rooney. Who only needs a half decent cross, or to receive the ball in the penalty area and BAM! - goal. Who has the heart of a lion and not the size of a pea. Who would NOT play CM when his team needed a ****ing goal. In fact, Manchester United only went out after he got subbed off the pitch with his injury. He had to watch his team go out from the stands. Messi didn't know what a privilege it was just to be on the pitch, with a chance to change the game, and he hid well and truly ran into his shell.
so for everyone who hurled abuse at me in that thread. confess and offer your sincere apologies and i will forgive you.
As for Messi, he better buck up his ideas for the World Cup. Greats don't become greats for what they do against disorganised, dilapidated, dejected defences, in games of little significance. His two tap in hattrick against Real Madrid remains his greatest occasion - not enough.
Can he handle the pressure? can he do it against the best teams? can he handle the great occasions? or is he just a show pony who can do the spectacular against poor teams, and little of the extraordinary against the better?'
Thread is continually bumped and has now ran to 62 pages. Originally poster has gone quiet.
Fella had a right rant about Messi the night Barca got knocked out the Champions League in the semi against Inter a couple of seasons back
Lionel Messi - i want apologies
'just literally watched his team get dumped out of the Champions League.
His silky exhibition dribbling skills past bottom half La Liga teams were nowhere to be seen. Come crunch time he decided he would make a better CM and was better needed watching the action from the back with Victor Valdes.
He casually sat deep and decided to be a passenger in the crucial stages. In a team which had no matchwinners; had subbed off Ibrahimovic, was missing Iniesta, and kept Henry on the bench. In the end, Barcelona needed to go all the way back to Gerard Pique for that piece of skill to carve open a goal.
Whoever called him a living 'great' in that thread must have been having a laugh.
I said I wanted to see him against an decent well organised defence, in the deep end, in a Champions League big occasion that mattered. Against a very durable Italian defence which wouldn't stand around like sitting ducks to be dribbled about. Was laughed at, mocked, derided as a moron etc.
think i got the answer last night. stop him dribbling more than ten yards what can he do?
As opposed to Rooney. Who only needs a half decent cross, or to receive the ball in the penalty area and BAM! - goal. Who has the heart of a lion and not the size of a pea. Who would NOT play CM when his team needed a ****ing goal. In fact, Manchester United only went out after he got subbed off the pitch with his injury. He had to watch his team go out from the stands. Messi didn't know what a privilege it was just to be on the pitch, with a chance to change the game, and he hid well and truly ran into his shell.
so for everyone who hurled abuse at me in that thread. confess and offer your sincere apologies and i will forgive you.
As for Messi, he better buck up his ideas for the World Cup. Greats don't become greats for what they do against disorganised, dilapidated, dejected defences, in games of little significance. His two tap in hattrick against Real Madrid remains his greatest occasion - not enough.
Can he handle the pressure? can he do it against the best teams? can he handle the great occasions? or is he just a show pony who can do the spectacular against poor teams, and little of the extraordinary against the better?'
Thread is continually bumped and has now ran to 62 pages. Originally poster has gone quiet.
What a ****in tool!
Who does he support?
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