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Lionel Messi

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Retires from international football and takes up breaking rocks in a prison yard!
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,779
    I'm not sure about Messi. Is he a bad loser? I remember when Argentina lost to Germany in the last World Cup he pouted all the way up to get his medal and all the way down again. He did the same yesterday.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    Messi the tax cheat. Don't knowif there is another thread about this, but he and his dad have been found guilt of tac fraud. Despite the fact that they have robbed the Spanish state of 4m euros purely for avarice, which could have paid for a lot of needy things over here, Barcelona FC have launched a campaign #WeAreAll LionelMessi. Nice to see a few Catalans have actually denounced this, and pointed out that not everyone is fleecing the system, but as usual here, the Barça fans see this as an attack by Madrid on their player. On the Brexit thread, someone asked if the Spanish blamed the EU for the mess they are in. Answer being that the EU could never do as much damage to Spain as the Spanish do themselves. And the response to it that it's actually someone elses fault is very typical. There are uncounted corruption cases ongoing here. What makes it painfull is the number of sycophants who rally round the guilty.
    Unique.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,568
    ken_shabby said:

    Messi the tax cheat. Don't knowif there is another thread about this, but he and his dad have been found guilt of tac fraud. Despite the fact that they have robbed the Spanish state of 4m euros purely for avarice, which could have paid for a lot of needy things over here, Barcelona FC have launched a campaign #WeAreAll LionelMessi. Nice to see a few Catalans have actually denounced this, and pointed out that not everyone is fleecing the system, but as usual here, the Barça fans see this as an attack by Madrid on their player. On the Brexit thread, someone asked if the Spanish blamed the EU for the mess they are in. Answer being that the EU could never do as much damage to Spain as the Spanish do themselves. And the response to it that it's actually someone elses fault is very typical. There are uncounted corruption cases ongoing here. What makes it painfull is the number of sycophants who rally round the guilty.
    Unique.

    That hashtag is sickening. He has got a slap on the wrist more or less for committing tax fraud, why should they feel sorry for him? Delusional at best. Should have been made an example of.

    What did his dad get, considering he piled all the blame on him?
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    I thought I read they both got the same sentence, dad got fined EUR 1.5m rather than the EUR 2.2m messi got fined.

    Both going to appeal.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    They shall not pass
    We will fight them on the beaches...
    He who dares....
    I may be gone some time
    I missed a penalty, I'm off.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Oh, we won the Falklands war.
  • AdTheAddicK
    AdTheAddicK Posts: 3,379
    What a sad day it will be when this man retires. Best there is. Best there has been.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    AdTheAddicK said:

    What a sad day it will be when this man retires. Best there is. Best there has been.

    Amazing to watch

    Cronaldo is all about pace and power but Messi is unbelievably technical. Just mesmerising. True pleasure to watch and I hope there are similar players in the future. He was so up for this Classico it was unreal

  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Swisdom said:

    AdTheAddicK said:

    What a sad day it will be when this man retires. Best there is. Best there has been.

    Amazing to watch

    Cronaldo is all about pace and power but Messi is unbelievably technical. Just mesmerising. True pleasure to watch and I hope there are similar players in the future. He was so up for this Classico it was unreal

    Dybala looks like the future. Watch his goal today for Juventus.
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  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,364
    Imagine scoring your 500th goal (!!!) for a club like Barcelona and it being a last minute winner in El Classico.

    "Yeah but he hasn't done it at the World Cup blah blah blah" - bore off.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,301
    Swisdom said:

    AdTheAddicK said:

    What a sad day it will be when this man retires. Best there is. Best there has been.

    Amazing to watch

    Cronaldo is all about pace and power but Messi is unbelievably technical. Just mesmerising. True pleasure to watch and I hope there are similar players in the future. He was so up for this Classico it was unreal

    Ronaldo is good because he's put the hours in training and worked at his game to become a better player.

    Messi though just appears to be a natural talent
  • Man_About_Town
    Man_About_Town Posts: 997
    Up there with Pele as the best player ever
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Man_About_Town said:

    Up there with Pele as the best player ever

    I can't argue with that comparison - but would add Georgie to the argument.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited April 2017
    cafctom said:

    Imagine scoring your 500th goal (!!!) for a club like Barcelona and it being a last minute winner in El Classico.

    "Yeah but he hasn't done it at the World Cup blah blah blah" - bore off.

    Or a cold January night in Stoke.

  • WelshAddick
    WelshAddick Posts: 1,321
    Up there with Maradona for me
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Thank goodness he hasn't got that poxy dyed hair
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Too short for Charlton.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    We had the option to sign Messi last year, but Dreisden thought Naby Sarr was a far better player on FIFA so we got him instead.
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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    One of the best celebrations I've ever seen. Completely justified arrogance.
  • Big_Bob
    Big_Bob Posts: 1,536
    Everyone should appreciate that we live in the same era as Messi, what an absolute genius
  • AdTheAddicK
    AdTheAddicK Posts: 3,379
    edited April 2017
    https://mobile.twitter.com/JombloFootballs/status/856372406520168448/video/1

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    bobmunro said:

    Man_About_Town said:

    Up there with Pele as the best player ever

    I can't argue with that comparison - but would add Georgie to the argument.
    Not sure Tucudean was that good!!!!
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Big_Bob said:

    Everyone should appreciate that we live in the same era as Messi, what an absolute genius

    Can't disagree. Both goals were excellent technically. He gets the shit kicked out of him every game I watch but he just adores the game, gets up and carries on.

    The kind of player we all wish we were in our heads
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Scuffed it to me
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    By far the best of a generation and it's not even close.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    stonewallpenalty said:

    By far the best of a generation and it's not even close.

    Cristiano Ronaldo runs him close but Messi has the edge.

  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Big_Bob said:

    Everyone should appreciate that we live in the same era as Messi, what an absolute genius

    Ronaldo isn't grateful.
  • I_Saw_Semedo_Score
    I_Saw_Semedo_Score Posts: 1,632
    An 'average' season he's having, some said. Top scorer in La Liga this season. Top scorer in the Champions League this season. In both cases, comfortably.

    The best.

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