Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[super_city_si]

Can he play left back?

I hope so cos thats where Pep will put him

 

[kun]

Yeah the hype about Mbappe is weird I watch him and think Nahh he isn’t in the same conversation as a Messi Ronaldo or what some saying over there Pele! He comes across to me as a Arrogant child a character to detest a speed merchant and to be fair he does score goals but so do a lot of top strikers!

In time he could make the same conversation as Ronaldo (although it would take an insane amount of hard work, determination and development). But he will never be close to Messi.

Same goes for Haaland tbh. They are phenomenal but Messi is a phenom amongst phenoms.

 

[shevtheblue]

You've been conned if you think that.

Mbappé is lightyears behind Messi.

Literally, the only thing Mbappé is stronger than Messi at is pace (something that Adama Traoré also has over Messi).

Yeah the hype about Mbappe is weird I watch him and think Nahh he isn’t in the same conversation as a Messi Ronaldo or what some saying over there Pele! He comes across to me as a Arrogant child a character to detest a speed merchant and to be fair he does score goals but so do a lot of top strikers!

They are desperately trying to find someone to push the product now that the big two are on the wane, they need a figurehead to push FIFA games and merch.

Different players, i don't think anyone comes close to Messi. Could Mbappe realistically become as good as Ronaldo has been? I don't see why not, he already has the physical attributes and technical abilities that line up with where Ronaldo was at United. I don't think he's a pace merchant, he's clearly much better than that and even when Monaco beat us it was pretty evident the kid was special. But nobody comes close to Messi, he's just a different breed.

 

[shevtheblue]

In time he could make the same conversation as Ronaldo (although it would take an insane amount of hard work, determination and development). But he will never be close to Messi.

Same goes for Haaland tbh. They are phenomenal but Messi is a phenom amongst phenoms.

Damn, i just wrote the same thing and now it looks like i copied you :D

 

[domalino]

It's a real shame that, for whatever reasons, the greatest player to ever kick a football could have spent a couple of years at Manchester City, and didn't.

 

[Chi-town blues]

In time he could make the same conversation as Ronaldo (although it would take an insane amount of hard work, determination and development). But he will never be close to Messi.

Same goes for Haaland tbh. They are phenomenal but Messi is a phenom amongst phenoms.

It’s the little things that separates him from the rest . You can hone in and perfect all the technicals skills , tricks and flicks but messi’s presence of mind is extraordinary. Out of this world!
For instance yesterday he and the croats went in full on for a high ball but right at the very end he pulled back and positioned himself perfectly to gather the second ball. He literally calculated the flight of the ball while running full speed. He can’t compete in the air but he makes up for it .

 

[kun]

It's a real shame that, for whatever reasons, the greatest player to ever kick a football could have spent a couple of years at Manchester City, and didn't.

you never know

 

[domalino]

Different players, i don't think anyone comes close to Messi. Could Mbappe realistically become as good as Ronaldo has been? I don't see why not, he already has the physical attributes and technical abilities that line up with where Ronaldo was at United. I don't think he's a pace merchant, he's clearly much better than that and even when Monaco beat us it was pretty evident the kid was special. But nobody comes close to Messi, he's just a different breed.

It's easy to forget because it's gone so quickly, but people were already arguing about if Messi was the greatest player of all time when he was 21/22. His first ballon d'Or in 2009 was the biggest landslide in the award's history. Everyone knew he was the best player in the world and no one was close.

Mbappe is about to turn 24, and I don't think he's ever been close to that. I don't think he's closer now than he was 4 years ago in Russia.

 

[supercity88]

It's easy to forget because it's gone so quickly, but people were already arguing about if Messi was the greatest player of all time when he was 21/22. His first ballon d'Or in 2009 was the biggest landslide in the award's history. Everyone knew he was the best player in the world and no one was close.

Mbappe is about to turn 24, and I don't think he's ever been close to that. I don't think he's closer now than he was 4 years ago in Russia.

Everyone is looking for the players who could come and take over from Messi but they don't exist yet. I watched his documentary and what stood out, amongst the fact he could dribble past 6 players as if they weren't there, was that he would pass the ball after doing it. He wouldn't shoot just because he'd done all the hard work. He's blessed with incredible technique, has sacrificed a lot to develop himself and has incredible skill and ball control. But he also has better vision than anyone else, understands the game better than anyone else and is therefore able to manipulate things not only to benefit him but the team. He'll move to allow space for someone else. At 21/22 he would be everywhere chasing the ball and defending from the front. You don't see that from Mbappe. Mbappe doesn't defend and the French had to move him yesterday because of it. He is great in an attacking sense but it always feels as though everything he does is so that he can score, not so anyone else can benefit.

Messi is still so influential because of his ability to read the game. He might not do anything in the final for 20 minutes or so but you can be he's dissecting it and identifying where to receive the ball and how to attack in order for Argentina to be successful when he does get it.

 

[shevtheblue]

It's easy to forget because it's gone so quickly, but people were already arguing about if Messi was the greatest player of all time when he was 21/22. His first ballon d'Or in 2009 was the biggest landslide in the award's history. Everyone knew he was the best player in the world and no one was close.

Mbappe is about to turn 24, and I don't think he's ever been close to that. I don't think he's closer now than he was 4 years ago in Russia.

Yeah just different spectrums. Mbappe and even someone like Haaland could be considered greats of the modern era when they're done, but we're talking about a guy (Messi) that is being considered among the greatest ever.