That Little Genius…

[DukeDickson]

RobGT81 said:

The Premier League is crap, Bundesliga looks quite shallow on quality apart from Dortmund and Munich and nobody watches it.

If you were him why would you consider moving?? He is clearly very settled, Barcelona is wonderful place, he gets paid a fortune, worshipped by the fans and the majority of people already agree he is the best player in the world. Players already get enough crap for not being loyal to clubs that give them a chance. No reason for him to move at all, with all that England is the last place I would want to move to!

Crap Vs? Think you'll find all have their good & bad.


No doubt he's very loyal, gets very well paid, Barca's a lovely place & so on. However, should he feel that drag of needing to do the business in more than one place (just as the true test of a manager is to do something with more than one team/in more than one league), plus if Roman/Sheikh Mansour and the like get really excitable & offer a double your money or more pay rise, maybe London or Manchester suddenly takes on a new shine. If someone offered me £25m a year, let alone potentially double that, my head angle might just shift a touch .

[RobGT81]

Barca and Messi have started slowly then.. 4-0 after 25 minutes

Sorry couldn't find the barca thread, should have looked right at the top!!

Edited by RobGT81 on Sunday 18th August 18:33

[DukeDickson]

Just the 3 goals tonight against Los Che (along with a hat-trick of strong, but missed, opportunities).


Barca would be slightly stuffed without little Leo

[Glenred]

He's on the score board again tonight!

[The jiffle king]

only 3 so far tonight in the Champions league....

[Glenred]

The jiffle king said:

only 3 so far tonight in the Champions league....

Him and CR are on another level to everyone else!

Unbelievable goal scoring records.

[ellroy]

He knows that if he'd scored 4 that there aren't enough tissues in the world to console the show pony's tears.

A very charitable gesture.

[Digger]

Players just don't get hat-tricks and has now got 24 and still looks like a 16 yr old!

[clarkmagpie]

ellroy said:

He knows that if he'd scored 4 that there aren't enough tissues in the world to console the show pony's tears.

A very charitable gesture.

[Black can man]

He's a it again, wonderful assist

[hornetrider]

In court for tax evasion... interesting to see how it pans out.

[CapitalGreens]

hornetrider said:

In court for tax evasion... interesting to see how it pans out.

Following in the footsteps of Maradona again!

[London424]

hornetrider said:

In court for tax evasion... interesting to see how it pans out.

I can't believe he's the only one.

[TangerinePool]

I'm guessing this is down to naff advice rather than knowledgeable intent in order to make the most of his ridiculously high income? We Contractors (Ltd Co.) get all manner of offers that 'promise' a legal way to take home 90-95% of pay which are avoided like the plague!

[ellroy]

He's still quite good isn't he?

Dragging the national side into the next round now.

[TangerinePool]

Still quality but definitely not the same player since injury. Might have something to do with Barca as a whole being under par and the different why Argentina play of course.

[ellroy]

Well the show pony has gone home.

Windsor Davies voice on: Oh dear, what a pity, never mind.

[hilly10]

SC7 said:

He looks wonderful in Spain.



You only have to look at his form and performances for Argentina to see that it's his club that make him tick.

He as certainly proved his self this World Cup

[MrMagoo]

So that's that then. Highest goalscorer in La Liga. And at only 27 who knows what he's final tally will be

3-5 years left of his peak? As it's his ball control that sets him apart he can afford to lose a few yards and still be unplayable.

As football fans we really are bloody lucky to have two once in a Century players in one era.

[okgo]

st league.