Lionel Messi - v7

evilhita666

Barçapocalypse NOW!
As good as he is, he's only useful for 70 minutes... The last 20 minutes of every match are always like watching a funeral procession...
 

DonAndres

Wild Man of Borneo
He doesn't look like he enjoys it out there anymore. Hates most of his teammates, hates his coaches, hates the toxicity around the club. A lot of it is his own fault.

Not sharp at all, in dribbling/passing/shooting. Worst form I've seen in him for a long, long time. If he's not careful his performance will fall off a cliff permanently. Sad to see a giant go out like this.
 

pregra

Active member
We know he is physically well past his best but his touch, passes, shooting etc is nowhere near normal Messi. I thought this break would do him good not the other way around.
 

Blaugrana Bull

HiiiPoWeR
He is carrying this and that, bla bla bla. Call me up again when he manages a run into the box that ends with a clear cut chance. And when he actually scores one of those again.
Should get the basics of a forward right again before he runs all around the pitch trying to play every position in midfield.

Messi right now is a whole different player than he ever was.
 

Jakabor

Well-known member
He is carrying this and that, bla bla bla. Call me up again when he manages a run into the box that ends with a clear cut chance. And when he actually scores one of those again.
Should get the basics of a forward right again before he runs all around the pitch trying to play every position in midfield.

Messi right now is a whole different player than he ever was.

This x10000000000
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
He doesn't look like he enjoys it out there anymore. Hates most of his teammates, hates his coaches, hates the toxicity around the club. A lot of it is his own fault.

Not sharp at all, in dribbling/passing/shooting. Worst form I've seen in him for a long, long time. If he's not careful his performance will fall off a cliff permanently. Sad to see a giant go out like this.

Yup, doesn't look like he is enjoying it anymore.

I think it is in everyone's best interests that Messi leaves at the end of this season.
 

Horatio

You're welcome
I am seeing something completely different . A troublesome season and hes just overcoming the covid break. He combined a lot, dribbled into the box a lot, some great passes and crosses. He created a lot of danger just waits a bit too long to shot.
 

evilhita666

Barçapocalypse NOW!
It's so annoying to watch him stop our chances at counter attacking, he just stands there, demands the ball and slows the game down so the other team has plenty of time to regroup, it's absurd...
 

serghei

Senior Member
He can't play midfield and offense. He doesn't have the stamina to finish his chances then.

This. His only chance is to reduce his area of action. Play like a normal forward. Stay up, wait service, and be active in your zone, not over 60m radius.

Not even during Guardiola, at his physical peak, did he have such a big area of action.

It's like the old saying, If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. From an elite last third player he's become rather normal in both, with his weakness which is off the ball game being even more evident as he finds himself in positions now where those are key assets.
 
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