ITT: LEO 'KING' MESSI

was that the 2-3 in 2007 xp?

that was one of the best attacking performances i can remember, also the only time ronaldinho, messi, henry and eto'o all looked great in one match

I was at Ledley King's debut for Spurs v Liverpool at Anfield in 1999. Oh yes.

I saw emile heskey score with a bicycle kick at anfield. surely thats up there with spotting the loch ness monster or something.

was that the 2-3 in 2007 xp?

That's the chap - well early 2008 (we're terribly proud of staying in Europe beyond Christmas you know - took us 20 years to get any good at it). Probably the most entertaining of our six meetings with Barca in recent years. We did okay considering the gulf in actual talent.

shit it was the second round wasn't it

those were the days

The one and only time i've been to Old Trafford David May scored the game's solitary goal

i saw nani's first proper cunted goal for utd

i saw the first goal in the premier league (deane, b. 4 mins)

Got a deflection though darragh, so it doesn't count.

wasn't it a deflection off tevez, thus making it not nani's goal at all

david may was vs blackburn right (from memory)

May goal was against Shef Wednesday. It was way back in 95 though.

tough crowd tough crowd

i saw it from the side tbf, looked a beaut strike from my angle.

Of course, turned out to be a deflection that fatty should have saved anyway.

Tv replays are killing the game imo

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http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52376000/jpg/_52376320_011845681-1.jpg

"Looking at his standard-issue scurrying gait, his shrugging, mousey demeanour, and then witnessing the preternatural skittering electricity in those feet, you wonder why there hasn't ever been one of these before, or even hundreds of them. This is not an otherworldly, unimaginable state of genius. He is just normal – but normal times a million."

i try to keep a lid on my barney ronay repping generally but by god the man's cracked it here

http://www.offthepost.info/2011/06/video-youth-throws-punch-at-lionel-messi-in-his-hometown/

He said: “I wasn’t even touched. I didn’t feel a thing and I only found out after all the kerfuffle, it was nothing.”

just a foofaraw really.

kerfuffles are to be expected at box socials

http://i.imgur.com/m3IDc.png

good luck usa lol

the US headline might still work on the Messi cover

lmao

worth a wee bump for his eighth(!) hat trick of the season to make him all time top scorer for Barcelona, at the age of 24 - as discussed on the Spanish football thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwO9rjq9ahg

good player

could all have been so different for him

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11788_2341321,00.html

"Rangers are hoping to sign Argentinian prodigy Leo Messi" lol

messi is just the latest in a line of luxury flair players with a poor work ethic. he will settle comfortably into his inevitable 'cult player' niche before long, most likely after the world cup. i would liken him to a le tissier or a ginola.

― aarrissi-a-roni, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:26 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Perceptive stuff, whoever you were.

wet wednesdays in dunfermline would have been the end of him. (xp)

don't worry aarrissi-a-roni, messi still has a good 15 years to get rubbish.

every goal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYLtOzHZFAc

So much wrongness in this thread.

fair play to a hoy hoy for getting out in front on this one

I kind of wish he would do some stupid stuff for a bit, or Barca have an unsuccessful period. He's becoming Pele, this line of effortless success. Argentina not winning things isn't enough. Maybe he could join Liverpool.

na ye bought 'new messi' henderson, remember

Ronaldinho was still better though, right guys?

messi was as good for as long/longer when i stanned for dinho, but messi's now been better for much longer. But at the time? No shame.

I'd still put Ronnie's peak above anyone who isn't Maradona for, I dunno, a sort of footballing charisma; but Messi's just rolling along forever a hair off that level.

messi won NN's definitive poll 9-8 so i think it's settled guyz

Seriously though, him dragging the title back to Anfield would cap the legend.

I was surprised the poll was that close

fair play to a hoy hoy for getting out in front on this one

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:52 (1 hour ago)

the goal he scored the night i made this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyy_kKJOBuQ

also this thread was made 3 years too late

he may have scored more than one that night, being messi and all. it was just the one that popped up on youtube and unsurprisingly, is fucking beautiful.

live goal upfates from arsenal game, nice

wrong thread, nice

the fates decreed that you would post that on this thread

Little Leo was all set for his first job interview

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpcrbjdICB1qfvgkr.jpg

i thought this was going to be his face at half time yesterday

It was kind of like snoop.gif iirc?

The truth is, it all started with danni alves when 1 of my mates asked for a photo with the legned himself messi. danni alves was getting aggressive and was saying no no photo but 5 players around him were laughing and my mate thought he was joking and my mate was having banter with danni alves back, but danni alves kept getting more aggresive and took the cameraq of him and turned it of and pointed in his face and daid NO PHOTO I ALREADY TOLD YOU. i then approached messi for an autograph and as i approached messi barcelona security shouted oiiii and ran down the corider and then got me by the scruff of my shoulder and shoved me down the hall way. he got abit heavey handed and i was challenging him to get of me. as i was challenging him he then threw a punch at me in my face, infront of danni alves lionel messi and other players they were guarding messi as it was very heated and messi was piushed into one of the players rooms, where he was safe, after about 5 minutes of arguing and barcelona security getting heavy handed, he then pushed me away from messi and led e out where he got me into a head lock and messi popped his head out and had a grin on his face he must have thought. it was funny. as i was getting pushed and shoved out of the way barcelona security then re grabbed me and led me away.i managed to get him off me and escape.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4265470/It-all-got-Messi-at-Barca-hotel.html