10 - Lionel Messi - v2

[King Leo]

Struggled against a weak team? We had a goal lead and were completely dominant, with them having no chances and us, therefore, not needing to score. Messi just wanted to go above and beyond because he's Messi.

The game was wide open and we have experience with weaker teams that get more aggressive and score an equalizer just because we couldn't close the game. Messi ended their hopes otherwise they could have easily gotten more daring with only one goal!

 

[Isaac_Cuenca23]

I missed the game live but had it recorded. My brother texted me to say that Messi scored a great goal so when he came on every time he got the ball I was expecting him to score with an amazing dribble or long shot. Kind of ruined the surprise for me but it was a lovely goal nonetheless.

 

[Barcaman]

Interesting how all Depor players only look at Messi and he still produces the goal without anyone of his teammates "creating space" for him.

 

[Deco 20]

Messi has become the only player in football history to have netted in 17 consecutive league game. This worries me.

A. It shows how much we depend on Messi to score and today's game was another example of how we struggled against a weak team and only Messi was able to wrap the game.
B. We'll Messi make it 18 consecutive games against Milan? we need him to score.

Does Milan play in La Liga?

 

[Deco 20]

Interesting how all Depor players only look at Messi and he still produces the goal without anyone of his teammates "creating space" for him.

Actually both Iniesta and Tello created space for him, not just that much since the Depor players focused on him

 

[0n0mat0p0eia]

Surely this cant be true? Messi's release clause had been met (£205million) and £24 mill a year AFTER tax.

I didnt read this at the time, nor did i see it. Makes you think....how much money are these oil/gas billionnaires willing to pay?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...n-460000-a-week-offer-to-leave-Barcelona.html

 

[darthvader7888]

Quality goal needs quality GIF

No one assists the assist for his own goal like Messi

 

[Karnivore]

How many goals is he going to end up with then? Scoring form has seriously stagnated since the turn of Christmas, Ronaldo's now 9 behind him (on going at the moment having scored two).

I reckon he'll beat the La Liga record he set last season, can't quite see him hitting 73 again though. 22 goals in the next 13 games will be just a step too much IMO. May do it if he actually puts some effort in on Tuesday though.

 

[Trickykid]

How many goals is he going to end up with then? Scoring form has seriously stagnated since the turn of Christmas, Ronaldo's now 9 behind him (on going at the moment having scored two).

I reckon he'll beat the La Liga record he set last season, can't quite see him hitting 73 again though. 22 goals in the next 13 games will be just a step too much IMO. May do it if he actually puts some effort in on Tuesday though.

Yeah, he's clearly lost his mojo. He needs to be sold asap. Preferably a swap with a class striker like... Torres!

seriously stagnated

 

[barcanuck]

How many goals is he going to end up with then? Scoring form has seriously stagnated since the turn of Christmas, Ronaldo's now 9 behind him (on going at the moment having scored two).

I reckon he'll beat the La Liga record he set last season, can't quite see him hitting 73 again though. 22 goals in the next 13 games will be just a step too much IMO. May do it if he actually puts some effort in on Tuesday though.

I don't care if he beats his 73 goals or if Ronaldo catches him as long as we beat Milan.

 

[barcanuck]

Them new boots sure look comfortable!

 

[ShandyFFM]

ronaldo just scored his 20 of the year ... cant belive it and again a not wothy penalty.-.-

just praying the he wont reach the 91.. but the luck they have this season .. not so sure

 

[Semi-Neutral]

Scoring form has seriously stagnated since the turn of Christmas

That always happens to Messi though.

 

[Vapor]

Yea I really don't see how scoring in 17 consecutive league games is serious stagnation.

Only Messi standards

To be honest if Messi continues scoring only 1 goal a game rather than 2 or 3 and our OTHER forwards start scoring 2+ goals a game between them... then I would be MUCH happier than just Messi scoring 3, 4 and 5 goals every day like the end of last season. We need better balance and distribution, we can't just want Messi to score a brace every single game and hope to win like that.

 

[darthvader7888]

barcastuff: Best shot conversion % (top5 leagues, 16+ goals): Messi 35.1%, Falcao 32.8, Lewandowski 26.6, El Shaarawy 25.8, Ibrahimovic 23.5 [via opta]

Most goals in top 5 leagues, excluding penalties: Messi 36 - Ibrahimovic 22 - Suarez 22 - Ronaldo 20 - Van Persie 18 [via @messi10stats]