Lionel Messi - v7
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Not really. If you show up incredibly crap in defense, nearly any side in PL has enough firepower up front to score you at least 3-4. Yea, even 7 if you're defense could star in a Looney Tunes episode and every deflection goes their way like in your worst nightmare.
PL is an incredibly physical league based on power and speed. Right now we'd suffer a lot in it. In 2011 when we were strong, had crazy stamina, ran like crazy, pressed teams to death, we'd humiliate everyone in it including Liverpool. I think current City would be among our favorite victims. Peak Messi and Iniesta would have a field day with that defense.
You can say that about every league or team. If a team doesn't show up, you can lose to any team comfortably. That doesn't make the Premier League any better. The point I'm making is... it isn't the first time that a Premier League team has been exposed this season. Teams are conceding goals left, right and center in that league. I'm just saying, despite how bad we are, we're not conceding 5 to Leicester or 7 to Aston Villa. It's always been an overrated league.
Messigician
Senior Member
Not conceding 7? We conceded 8 lmfao
RIZALDINHO
Member
he finished we should sell him him in January if city bid for him
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
Yup, even if he picks up whatever and wins us a treble this season I'd still say he should leave next summer.
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George_Costanza
Active member
Messi has not scored against Real Madrid in
901 days
6 games
530 minutes
since 2018
901 days
6 games
530 minutes
since 2018
It's not just about showing up, I genuinely think Barcelona doesn't have the personnel to fight in the PL. Not because the teams are "better", but because physically speaking, we are not that good. The midfield is also really weak. It's a league that relies a lot on speed and power, and honestly Barcelona is not equipped to fight against that. We were, but not anymore. I don't think Bayern are so much better than the top teams in the PL, I don't think they're much better at all. They're comparable in quality. The view is just distorted because of their results against us, but i assure you Chelsea/Liverpool/Spurs/Utd would enjoy playing against us. I am not saying they'd score 8, but they would definitely have a field day with our midfield and lack of speed upfront.
We conceded 8 to the best team in the world. Spurs conceded 7 against them.... at home! Yes, it's shocking.... but it's nowhere near as bad as conceding 7 against Aston Villa. Come on now!
te amo barca
Blaugrana al vent
And when was the last time Liverpool conceded more than 3 goals before Villa with not kids playing (5-0 against Villa in the cup does not count for that reason)? Any team can have a bad day. We were being demolished 5-1 by Levante until we made it 5-4.
Fati_Future_BallonDor
Well-known member
He lost his magic in big matches. Nowadays if you want to win a big match everybody would choose Ronaldo.
serghei
Senior Member
Most would choose neither. I'd rather go with likes of Salah, Mane, Gnabry etc. Fast skilled players who are still hungry to win and are in their prime.
Messigician
Senior Member
No I'd still take Ronaldo and Messi over.those bums.
They're all system players
Only ones that look the real deal atm are Mbappe, Haaland
serghei
Senior Member
And what's wrong in being system players? It's more of a quality to place yourself at a disposal of a great manager than demand the game to be made around you.
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