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We are having the same argument over and over again, it has been like a decade at this point...Messi was the sole reason we won anything in 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, he reached incredible levels of creativity. The rest of the team fucked up really bad. Messi gave them a 3-0 lead against prime...

After going over the bracket again and again, the ones that really stand out IMO when you factor in the performance and the importance of the game are: -2008/09 vs Real Madrid -2009/10 vs. Arsenal -2010/11 vs. Real Madrid (5-0 and 0-2 in the CL) -2010/11 vs. MU -2014/15 vs. Bayern -2022 vs...

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I agree, in both versions, his dribbling was sublime, though in 10/11 he was more willing (and able) to go into those solo runs. 2014/15 version was a considerably better creator though. The 2010/11 version would not attempt to make most of the passes appearing in the video. That said, playing...

It is almost identical to late 2017/18

2011/12 was such a statistical anomaly, that even 2010/11 and 2014/15 struggle to compete stat-wise.

Dude has won 12 league titles in 16 years (counting this season, which will be only the 4th time he failed to win the league). Sure, he had the privilege to coach top players and to receive a big to enormous budget. But no other contemporary of his can even come close to rivaling this level of...

Hot take: the second part of the 2009/10 season may be the best period of his career

That Barca team (2009-2012) terrorized Europe and revolutionized football like no other. On the top of the titles and achievements, we arguably played the most beautiful brand of football. There is literally no other comparison in the 21st century. Fans of most teams are sour.

Interesting thought experiment. Pep's Barca were almost invincible, 2/4 CLs, 3/4 LLs. Yet, still beatable. Would a more rounded version of Messi help or deter the team? Other way around, Lucho's Barca won everything in 2014/15, then gradually fell off the following years. Would a more...

Still feels like a dream

1)That team would have chocked if a Real Madrid side were on their necks 2) Dude, I am saying that Spurs was a historically weak opponent. Even if we did not choke against Liverpool, we would have lost if we had to play a normal opponent and not Spurs

True, I agree. I put 18/19 only behind 10/11, 14/15 and 11/12. Though, to be honest (and this is a dig to Valverde and the rest of that sorry team, not Messi), this "we almost got the CL/treble" claim, is a little bit misplaced: -In La Liga we literally faced by far the worst Real Madrid team...

Well, it is no wonder. People used to say that the physical prime is at ~27 years, but nowadays star players start playing week in week out at 17. You‘ll have to factor that in, so it is not outrageous to say that the physical prime is around 24-25. That was the case for Messi (2012) and even...

Unreal. We are so blessed to have watched him in his peak. To this day I cannot decide if this version or 2010/11 was better. It would be interesting to see the latter play alongside prime Suarez and Ney