That Little Genius…

That Little Genius…

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nice1two

328 posts

199 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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wow, it is a masterclass

Black can man

31,838 posts

168 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Think it's about time Harry made his move

sherbert90

1,906 posts

152 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Such balance, poise, vision, he is unbelieveable. They couldn't deal with him tonight.

The man is a machine.

CIE560

18,781 posts

193 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Black can man said:
Think it's about time Harry made his move
Might be best he waits until the end of the season so a replacement for Harry is found first.

Steameh

3,155 posts

210 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Incredible match, sat watching it with my mouth wide open.

Black can man

31,838 posts

168 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Steameh said:
Incredible match, sat watching it with my mouth wide open.
Yes i know , Defoe really must start more games

CraigMST

9,079 posts

165 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Really does my head in when people say to be up there with the best they have to win with their country.
One player can't win a cup all by himself, especially with teams like Germany, Spain especially, Holland. People are being pathetic saying he can't be the best unless he wins something with the argies.

tomirk

304 posts

205 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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He really does seem to be an alien sometimes, absolutely immaculate.

clarkmagpie

3,559 posts

195 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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The best player I have ever had the fortune of watching.
Simply phenomenal.

Gogoplata

1,266 posts

160 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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CraigMST said:
Really does my head in when people say to be up there with the best they have to win with their country.
One player can't win a cup all by himself, especially with teams like Germany, Spain especially, Holland. People are being pathetic saying he can't be the best unless he wins something with the argies.
IMO The Champions League is the pinnacle of football at this moment in time.

Raja

8,290 posts

235 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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CIE560 said:
RedWhiteMonkey said:
He's no Andy Carroll. wink
Messi scored more goals in 1 game than Carroll has scored this season in the league. hehe
But he's not premiership proven. Oh and could he do it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke or whatever the usual test is?

m3sye

26,231 posts

201 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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He is a bit of a coward for me wink

BenniiP

187 posts

148 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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Flawless. Simply incredible. Seems a brilliant guy too, something football needs. What an artist.

dmulally

6,190 posts

180 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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Steameh said:
Incredible match, sat watching it with my mouth wide open.
Same. I lol'd at a couple of them. Especially his first.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

BrabusMog

20,145 posts

186 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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His free-kick against Valencia a couple of weeks ago was bloody amazing.

Nom de ploom

4,890 posts

174 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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we should consider ourselves fortunate to be able to see the game played like this in our lifetime...

generations have had their heroes...Pele, Maradonna (arguable), puskas, Banchflower, Best, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Ronaldo etc...

we have Messi. At 24 he really could be the greatest ever.


obob

4,193 posts

194 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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Gogoplata said:
CraigMST said:
Really does my head in when people say to be up there with the best they have to win with their country.
One player can't win a cup all by himself, especially with teams like Germany, Spain especially, Holland. People are being pathetic saying he can't be the best unless he wins something with the argies.
IMO The Champions League is the pinnacle of football at this moment in time.
I don't think they are saying it because you have to win something for your country. They are saying it because he plays for Barcelona surrounded by amazing players, he is great no doubt but Maradonna dragged a st Napoli side to become the European Champions and a stter Argentina side to World Champions. That's the difference. In Argentina he is surrounded by some great players but a lot of average ones, and his form dips.

Russ35

2,491 posts

239 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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The good thing is the amount of footage that is available to actually see him play. For example 222 Messi goals for Barcelona in 13 minutes.

Just think of all those greats that have played the game and there is only a few minutes or a handful of games footage available. For Maradona and other 70's and 80's greats there is probably a lot of footage of their international careers, but how much footage of their league career is available. It's probably only since the mid 90's where we have a good video archive of the top players.


dmulally

6,190 posts

180 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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I think that not only does he have the skill, he has the head. How many times will you see someone calm as you like lobbing the keeper twice in a game? Most strikers would just blaze away and see what happened. It is like he is on the training ground having a kick around with mates.