For him to become the complete player he needs to improve his long-range shooting, Freekicks & heading, not passing (although he can & ll improve further)...His passing which is one of the most under-rated aspect of his game along with his dribbling, vision, awareness are all top notch for a 22 y.o IMO.
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For him to become the complete player he needs to improve his long-range shooting, Freekicks & heading, not passing (although he can & ll improve further)...His passing which is one of the most under-rated aspect of his game along with his dribbling, vision, awareness are all top notch for a 22 y.o IMO.
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Every big player has their own weaknesses. I do think messi will improve his passing, but as long as he could take his skill he has now further, it's enough. I never think maradona was a good passer. If maradona was a good passer, he would never took 6 englishmen to score "the magic goal" in WC '86. But, still he single-handedly gave argentina WC '86. So why bother? To see messi as a good passer is good, or some long range shooting, or free kick. But just take what he has now to a new height (i know he can, and i find my self shiver just to think of it), that's enough. That's even enough to take argentina to be WC champs, at least in 2014 WC.
There are no one in this world is perfect or complete, just take your own strength to even further.
There are no one in this world is perfect or complete, just take your own strength to even further.
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maz
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I agree with sammy. I disagree with these things that messi needs to improve on to be compelte. Does he need to be able to play in goal too? Or take long throw ins? He is not a one trick pony. He can do many things, and and he can do them well. If messi improves in certain departments then that's great. However he doesn't need to improve in those areas for me to consider him as complete.
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reports saying messi gets a 300 million release clause in his contractunless someone goes nuts he is ours till he gets crappy
I call that the Man City poison pill clause
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Messi will be receiveing his uefa player the year award in Monaco that is exciting!
diegomessi
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i am not for sure i will not see any of it bc "work"
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The UEFA CL draw?...It's tomorrow (Thursday).
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I don't agree with you or the guy below you. Saying a player should just improve what he's best at instead of sharpening the other aspects of his game is exactly what makes the difference between a great player and a player whose name echoes through the ages.
Maradona was the type of player that wanted to make himself look good and was so talented that it was usually enough to make his team win. He is the type of player Cristiano Ronaldo is. Pele, Ronaldo, Ronaldino (all happen to be brasilian, weird?!) are unforgetable, brilliant players who individually stood out and barely had any faults, if any; however integrated with other players on a very high level as well.
Back to the point, saying Messi should only improve his strengths is a terrible idea. His dribbling/dexerity are out of this world, but if he can smoke 3-4 guys but not hit the back of the net or lay off the ball correctly then what is the point? Don't get me wrong, Messi is the best player in the world in my eyes, and is good at shooting/passing/dribbling, has vision and integrates great with the other players. He IS a COMPLETE footballer. However, improving his right footed shot and dribbling, along with a little pass work and head balls, would make him a much better player than further improving his strengths (speed, dribbling, balance). I'm confident he has the ability to do so as well.
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