Messi or 'the Midfield trio?

[BerkeleyBernie]

TBH, as wonderful as Messi is, I got more joy watching the *team* than the individual- and that team was orchestrated by the midfield, with the inimitable Xavi at its helm. Whenever Xavi wasn't on the field, it just didn't feel like Barça.

 

[hardyboy]

difficult choice but i'd go with Xavi-Busi-Iniesta.

 

[AnfieldEd]

Without Messi you'd have bought Cronaldo

 

[BBZ8800]

My pick: always only Messi.

Without Xavi, Iniesta, Busi, we would probably have Thiago, Cesc and we would buy 2-3 players like Rakitic or Kroos.
Messi would win CLs with them also.

On the other hand, if you put Xavi-Iniesta-Busi and ANY other attacking trio, CL is not that certain anymore.
Especially if you have to face another team who has Messi.

Just imagine:
-- would you play against Real Madrid team in a CL final which has the same team as today + Xavi-Iniesta-Busi (at their prime) in their midfield against us?
-- or would you play against the current Real Madrid, with already good midfield and attack, plus they would have Messi (in his prime) in attack?

I don't want to play against Messi. Ever.
You can't win against Messi on larger samples.

Messi is an overpowered "cheater".

 

[raskolnikov]

Damn the thought of Messi at Real. That would be modern day Di Stefano domination.

 

[ManusXavi]

I'm a bit puzzled by the result.
Thanks guys for responding.