messi kind of looks like dustin hoffman
― fuck in rainbows, ☔ (dyao), Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:27 PM (2 seconds ago) Bookmark
― fuck in rainbows, ☔ (dyao), Saturday, 10 April 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Brazilian legend Pele, often considered the best player in football history, has offered a retort to those hailing Barcelona forward Lionel Messi as the greatest star to have played the game. The three-time World Cup winner says people should only start drawing comparisons when Messi has equalled his goal tally of over 1,000 career goals. The Argentine took his senior career tally to 133 goals, which includes 42 this season for club and country, with a goal against Real Madrid on Saturday.
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†1956–1974 Santos 438 (474 [1][2][3][4])1975–1977 New York Cosmos 64 (37[5])Total 666 (626)National team1957–1971 Brazil 92 (77)
hi dere mr. plz try and score 40+ against modern shawcross defences instead of the lame old amerikkkan shit and then shut the hell up.
― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 07:56 (fourteen years ago) link
No matter how I try, I can't get that to add up to 1,000
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 08:33 (fourteen years ago) link
well yes the 1000 supposedly also adds in like youth football and exhibition matches. now considering bojan supposedly "played for Barcelona's youth teams or cantera from 1999 to 2006, scoring over 500 goals.[2]" and Cesc and Pique left that yut team w/ Messi cos they were bored winning 8-0 each game and wanted to challange themselves...
― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 08:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure what I think of this new, arrogant Pele - any other time I hear from the dude he's making nice and predicting Slovakia or Honduras to win the world cup
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 08:54 (fourteen years ago) link
If there's such a thing as a 'footballing genius' then Pele was it but he should stfu with this 1000 goals shit when something like 400 of them were in friendlies. His official total is 643 - which is impressive enough!
― i would just like to point out that i have been antimony on this thread (onimo), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Always taken it on trust that Pele was as good as the footage I've seen of Cruyff, Maradona, Best, but is there much more out there than the world cup videos I've got? Because on the evidecne of my 'MOTD 1960's, 70's & 80's' he was no Peter Osgood.
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:31 (fourteen years ago) link
He could dribble at speed, pass well, demon shot, a few tricks and exceptional heading. Amazing scoring record for Brazil (77 goals in 92 games inc a World Cup hat trick at the age of 17). He probably started all this boring athletic yada yada stuff that Messi is supposedly the antithesis of.
You're right though, he's no Peter Osgood.
― i would just like to point out that i have been antimony on this thread (onimo), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:41 (fourteen years ago) link
never played in the premiership iirc
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
It's probably my own fault that you guys don't even read my posts anymore, isn't it?
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:47 (fourteen years ago) link
jol out?
― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:49 (fourteen years ago) link
lol I missed the motd bit Darragh :)
― i would just like to point out that i have been antimony on this thread (onimo), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:50 (fourteen years ago) link
tell you what tho guys Osgood, G Francis and J Giles- amazing
boxset nicked by by ex-future-father-in-law, unfortunately.
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Osgood couldn't cut it in the NASL.
― i would just like to point out that i have been antimony on this thread (onimo), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, that's another angle I suppose
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 10:19 (fourteen years ago) link
romario scored a 1000 iirc but i haven't heard pele calling him best player through all time either
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
pele's 1000+ is career 'first-class' goals, so I don't think that youth team is included actually.
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Pele's 1,000th was a penalty, which just devalues the whole thing
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Dedicated to the poor, even worse.
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
romario's thousand is at least as padded at pele's with exhibition matches, charity matches, games he played with jumpers for goalposts as a lad, goals people who looked like him scored etc.
― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
rooney's scored 4 against pompey, but maybe it's a bad week for me to point that out.
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Romario also had to play into his eighties to reach the mark. Some Austrian bloke actually did score a thousand, maybe his were real?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Messi in all comps- 205played 120scored 48assists (no friendlies). + 13 for Argentina.
Considering he's currently on a goal a game (at least), he'll hit... 400? at least? all comps. And he's still a winger as opposed to a fancy pants goalhanger like Pele.
― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Messi's nearing fifty for the season. All Pele's asking is twenty years of that.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.lapermanenteamessi.com.ar/
A picture is worth a 1000 words etc, so not gonna say anything.
― Jibe, Sunday, 25 April 2010 08:48 (fourteen years ago) link
dont speak spanish, what's that site about
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Sunday, 25 April 2010 13:24 (fourteen years ago) link
A campaign to get Messi's hair permed.
― scotstvo, Sunday, 25 April 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Exactly, get Messi's hair permed like Maradona's was. One of the reasons being that if he has the same hair style, Argentina are sure to win the World Cup just like they did at the time with Maradona.
― Jibe, Sunday, 25 April 2010 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone got this bad boy or know of any other Messi DVDs available?https://www.nikys-sports.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=6375
― Chris, Monday, 17 May 2010 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
love this thread tbh
― May be half naked, but knows a good headline when he sees it (darraghmac), Monday, 17 May 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xndnf27AU2I&feature=player_embedded
― jonathan blapelbon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 04:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"Plays like he's got Woody Woodpecker down his shorts all the time, Lionel Messi."
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 06:27 (thirteen years ago) link
big feature on messi in the new (american) sports illustrated -- haven't read it yet but it's one of their best writers
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1169995/index.htm
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 May 2010 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
rip dude
― samuel :D (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.sushigrass.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sadtrombone.jpg
― fresno's wet (gbx), Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
heaven needed another new maradona
― whores catégorie (haitch), Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
*** sad vuvuzela sound ***
― caek, Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.mocksession.com/30fps//HEINZECAMERA.gif
l-r: the world (heinze), leo messi (camera)
― samuel :D (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
this doesn't enhance his reputation but it shouldn't diminish him either, despite what the hacks will say
he has been playing essentially as an attacking midfielder, and did so very well while argentina were playing well
today germany could play on the break for the entire game and there weren't enough passing options for messi
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
stop being otm and ruining the fun.
― samuel :D (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
the hacks will say MARADONA WON IT ON HIS OWN or w/e but everyone knows messi's not as good as maradona (yet....)
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/image002.jpg
― got you all in ♜ ♔ (dyao), Saturday, 3 July 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
nice
― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 3 July 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
that's a full grasp
six hat-tricks so far this year
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Saturday, 20 November 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 this photo. Look at VDS's face lolol
http://s3.amazonaws.com/images.nachofoto.com/b-Lionel-Messi-one-of--47c0b850868e.jpeg
― Lindsey Lohan is the new Extreme Noise Terror (onimo), Sunday, 21 November 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
he looks so....small
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Sunday, 21 November 2010 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
he is
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Sunday, 21 November 2010 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
a puny 22 goals in 17 games is pretty shit for someone with six hat-tricks.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 21 November 2010 04:08 (thirteen years ago) link
year != season
― Lindsey Lohan is the new Extreme Noise Terror (onimo), Sunday, 21 November 2010 10:47 (thirteen years ago) link