10 - Lionel Messi - v1

[antonnn]

Lol @ how people refer to him as a 'winger' to make his achievements look better. He's a forward, no 2 ways about it. That said I'm not playing down his feat, it's a great one to achieve at his age for sure, kudos to the man! He deserves all the awards and trophies he's won thus far.

 

[JCCR_FCB]

Well, Messi is always Messi... 14 goals in 15 matches... once more was one of the best (after Abidal).

 

[barca7788]

and just one injury free season.

 

[Gnegneri]

Lol @ how people refer to him as a 'winger' to make his achievements look better. He's a forward, no 2 ways about it. That said I'm not playing down his feat, it's a great one to achieve at his age for sure, kudos to the man! He deserves all the awards and trophies he's won thus far.

Yeah.

Maybe make the distinction between forward/attacker and striker then. I always found that hard. You can't really compare him to players as Drogba for instance.

 

[Miggy]

Be interesting to know how many assists he has too.

 

[Gnegneri]

42 I believe.

 

[Juan03]

glad his finishing is getting back on form, he would've had nightmares with palop had he not scored lol

 

[diegomessi]

100 gol de messi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBue6ddRKDY&feature=player_embedded

 

[Super Pippo]

Thought you'd retired Benji?

 

[diegomessi]

some how my post count went down..... i dont really know what happened

ps benj not benji

 

[Super Pippo]

Why is your exact post count significant to whether you post here or not?

 

[diegomessi]

exactly

 

[Super Pippo]

Thats cleared that one up then, thanks...

 

[diegomessi]

im just messing i just going to be really busy for a while so i figured post 5000 was a good time to go out ya know?
but its sunday and i got some relax time so i came to the forum

 

[Co0ter]

Messi is a winger....he's not a striker.

We play-

LW-STRIKER-RW
LCM RCM
CM
LB-LCB-RCB-RB

"Winger" has been refered to as side midfielders in the past, especially in US soccer. But it can also be, and is by Barca, used as a name for "side" strikers when you use more than two. If we only played two strikers it'd probably just be called right/left forward/striker.

Winger's are usually known for making runs down the side of the pitch, while multiple striker (2) teams usually have 4 midfielders do that and the strikers typically stay forward more. We also play a flat back four....b/c we rely heavily on the offsides trap.