ITT: LEO 'KING' MESSI

btw twatly is better than carlos at his prime.

Twatley's a better defender than Carlos.

Carlos, like Zidane, is notable for a handful of amazing moments; beyond that he ran up and down a lot and crossed the ball to Cafu (who crossed it back) a lot.

kicked the ball too hard and too high A LOT

Ashley Cole? OK, he's better than somebody like Lampard, but he isn't all that

maybe I'm just blinkered by not liking Cole, but I don't think I've ever seen him play conspicuously well. Solid and consistent I guess, but never "the best left-back in a decade" good

He is good, but he is definitely overrated

Demonstrates the paucity of great left backs, really

btw the answer is philipp lahm, and here is why

http://image.blingee.com/images15/content/output/000/000/000/3b4/189210157_843607.gif

Has that horse signed for Palace?

that's better than my reasoning tbh (nippy, versatile, excellent evil eyebrows)

He is good, but he is definitely overrated

*ignores scot*

I think at the same time there's a tendency to underrate Premiership players because we see them every week including when they're a bit rubbish, plus a bit of grass is greener going on.

That said Zambrotta might be a good shout at LB. There's probably a Brazilian or two I'm forgetting as well.

Messi thread being shat all over tbh

yeah we forget how good Cole is because too busy thinking not good enough for wor Cheryl mun ugh what a douche

choose yr soccerball team of the decade

I think at the same time there's a tendency to underrate Premiership players because we see them every week including when they're a bit rubbish, plus a bit of grass is greener going on.

Can't say I've noticed this going on in the British media, down the pub maybe

all time x1

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oop i mean

Messi

haaaaaaaaaaaaaa maracas: slight return

the last few years have given us a few new contenders for this one
Jailbirds XI

i mean, specifically for unnamed persons this, it was EVEN BETTER THAN ARSHAVIN VS LIVERPOOL!

― DarraghmacKwacz (darraghmac), Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:22 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Arshavin was pretty terrible in that game, if only he would cover Gibbs we wouldn't have conceded four.

HAL has become self aware

btw in his last three games this guy has scored 8 goals.

nearly form to catch up with modric is that

That said Zambrotta might be a good shout at LB. There's probably a Brazilian or two I'm forgetting as well.

― Maraca Son Sistema (Matt DC), Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:33 (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Zambrotta is a RB?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN6zTox-hhk&feature=player_embedded

no hudson commentary, no credibility.

that is fucking ridiculous. the ball almost literally sticks to his feet. any uk journalist who thinks rooney comes close is trippin' balls. messi the only player to win a decade of ballon d'ors.

xac

and for the 'no workrate thing' he wins the ball to do it in the first place!

"He's the best player in the world and the history of football. Along with [Johan] Cruyff and [Diego] Maradona he is the best we've seen in Barcelona," he told Canal +.

joan laporta overdoes the hyperbole

overdoes?

messi at barca >>> maradona learning he likes coke at barca

no.....

give it time though

best part of the goal is the first man he beats - in beating the last defender he actually loses control at one point, but the defender plays for a spanish club and thus is terrible

but v good goal

lolj

and if he was up against tyrone mears, emmerson boyce, paul mcshane, ricardo rocha or other teams approx at the level real zaragoza this season......

messi vs clarke carlisle

messi vs sol campbell oh wait

ryan shawcross amirite

Sorry but I always thought Maradona's time at Barca was just kind of LOL? Injuries and pissing everyone off and doing lots of coke. I mean they sold him to freaking Napoli, of all teams. I'd assume Barca fans have fonder memories of his replacement the crisp-eater.

Also still love the lol alternate universe where Sheff Utd get their bid for Maradona accepted.

nakh- don't worry, 'lol spanish defenders' is one of lj's main football thread trolling points.

Is that the universe where Spurs choose Zidane over Tim Sherwood? xp

that wasn't the troublesome part about that quote.... xxp

I think that was Blackburn but yeah. (I guess in that universe I wouldn't get frustrated everytime Wenger bangs on about who he was close to signing and we do actually have a forward line up of Ronaldo-Kaka-Essien-Cesc Drogba-Zlatan and I literally wee myself every matchday.)

'lol spanish defenders' is one of lj's main football thread trolling points

some of the defending can be really shit, eg tenerife vs madrid were disgraceful, but it's a little awry this season especially when the lower half of the prem is so crap

ferenc puskas gonna do some poltergeisting chez laporta imo

ah mr nakhchivan, you weren't there when I was all 'this is the worst Premiership since 2000' and everyone was all 'wut' and I was all 'look at 11th place downwards'

generally in Spanish football, especially regarding the lesser (i.e. not top 2) teams, defences really aren't as well-organised as their Premiership equivalents - this is empirical observation

otoh, hull city would not enjoy la liga

three teams in contention for the title within a few points of each other in late march probably invalidates the larger claim

Also still love the lol alternate universe where Sheff Utd get their bid for Maradona accepted.

There's an alternative universe where Romario and Ronaldinho played for St Mirren. I'm still kind of amazed that I ended up in the one where Caniggia played for Dundee.

Don't listen to him, nakh - he was all 'Robinho is going to walk this'

that's more or less true xxp but it doesn't affect claims to messi's greatness, even if you take 25% off his domestic goals total to compensate for it he still has unreal figures