10 - Lionel Messi - v2

[barca1899]

If I missed any, please tell me to add it to the list...

César Rodríguez, Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Jimmy Greaves

 

[KhaledBarca]

César Rodríguez, Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Jimmy Greaves

Only the Top scorer of a top european club!

 

[barca1899]

Only the Top scorer of a top european club!

Sorry, haven't read the title till the end

 

[MMKa]

Greaves for Tottenham 268 in 381 (Wikipedia).

 

[KhaledBarca]

Sorry, haven't read the title till the end

hehe don't worry...

Greaves for Tottenham 268 in 381 (Wikipedia).

Yeah, I should add him also.
I made a list of top european clubs with at least 1 UCL at 1st, then added the likes of Everton Bilbao Roma etc..

 

[Henry_IB]

Seriously, I always thought jiopi isn't older than 21/22.

His statement is quite ambiguous. Saying you've seem Maradona in his prime can mean he simply has watched recordings of Maradona, doesn't mean he has watched him live. Or he's just simply lying in order to give his opinion more authority. Or he actually is around 40 or older.

 

[Kerrybai]

It's funny that so shortly after people complained he doesn't dribble as much as he used to and then he turns on the style dribbling like a man possessed.

He is unplayable at the moment. How any can complain about his finishing is beyond me. He has a conversion rate of about 22% right now which is only slightly off last season. I'm sure someone has his conversion stats somewhere.

 

[Stric]

I think it's just that we're so used to him scoring from the slightest of chances that we're really shocked to see him miss what are almost sitters.

 

[oz187]

He looked sharper this game. If he improves his finishing he could smash his existing annual goalscoring records.

 

[abual3bed1]

What to improve about his finishing? One unlucky game in terms of scoring doesn't mean he needs an improvement.

 

[Elite-BkD]

He's ordinary at finishing easy chances. Same with lower pressure situations. I think he may well score just about as many brilliant equalizers or go-ahead goals as he does easy finishes and tap ins.
It's a very very unusual and perfectly acceptable weakness to his game, that he's so much less lethal in front of goal when it doesn't matter as much.
That's my impression anyhow.

 

[Gohan]

What to improve about his finishing? One unlucky game in terms of scoring doesn't mean he needs an improvement.

Finally, someone gets it.

His finishing abilities didn't disappear or decreased. He was unlucky thats all.

 

[barcanuck]

Using the word improve and Messi in the same sentence again is insane because he improves on so many things it's just baffling

 

[vongocduc89]

Anyone noticed his reaction after being subbed? I don't know but he didn't look happy at all, and didn't shake Tata's hand either...

 

[jiopi]

It's funny that so shortly after people complained he doesn't dribble as much as he used to and then he turns on the style dribbling like a man possessed.

He is unplayable at the moment. How any can complain about his finishing is beyond me. He has a conversion rate of about 22% right now which is only slightly off last season. I'm sure someone has his conversion stats somewhere.

What's funny is that he actually dribbled already more when people complained, but it took a lot of games in a row to people to actually notice it.

I agree with Elite's observation, often when there's no pressure, or the result doesn't matter as much, he seems to let go of some of his concentration and form. He lives for pressure and challenge, that's why he's the ultimate big game player.