Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Dazzle84]

Love Kev and Lewandoski is top class but we still haven’t got anybody playing the game at this moment in time who can touch him. It’s not going to last forever of course but right now and for the next couple of years he’s still the man.

Well it would be good fun to watch eh?

I grew up with Kinky and always wondered what he'd be like in a decent team. Guess Messi would be a decent comparison...

 

[RayCTID]

I see that as a bit different. They don't have Pep for a start.

Having Pep as manager isn't a guarantee that he will start performing again. He showing signs of fatigue

 

[bugsyblue]

Do those 11 players working hard include Mahrez and/or Sane? His work rate isn’t considerably less than either of those and both of them have played for us at anfield.

Even a Messi jogging around the pitch for 90 minutes requires two people to mark him and probably a third to offer cover meaning there’s acres of space somewhere else for Kdb, Sterling, Aguero, Foden etc and in possession against low blocks he can shuffle it to one side and stick it in the corner from anywhere.

Messi’s problem at Barca is it’s all centred around him with nobody else to really worry about for the opposition. Suarez is well past it, Griezmann has been a disaster and dembele can’t get fit backed up with a pedestrian midfield. Stick him in our side and it’s frightening. With the exception of a player exchange unless it was Garcia and a few other expendable players I’d offer Barca whatever they wanted this summer to fund their rebuild. Never going to happen though

Yes they do. Mahrez and sane work way harder than messi off the ball. They don’t give as much on the ball as the master so it’s swings and roundabouts.
The difference is though they don’t command anywhere near the wages. And you think messi will come here and play a bit part role? No.
With messi you have to take the good with then bad but sadly, yet not unsurprisingly, the bad is seeping into his game more and more at his age.

 

[Don Karleone]

True but how long is pep staying? What if he leaves next season?

He's 100M wages man. Imagine it won't work out , we would be incredible fucked

I would say at least 2-3 years (hopefully)

One of the reasons Torres signed with us was because we had Pep. Why sign for us if Pep was off anytime soon?

 

[Phil1]

Having Pep as manager isn't a guarantee that he will start performing again. He showing signs of fatigue

He’s not stopped performing Ray. Have a gander at his seasons highlights. Have a look at his goals and assists, his general play. Saying he’s not performing tells me you’ve not watched him at all this year.

 

[Don Karleone]

Having Pep as manager isn't a guarantee that he will start performing again. He showing signs of fatigue

I just don't see it. He's still comfortably the best player in the world right now.

If anyone can keep that going, it's Pep. I'd give anything to see Messi in a City top

 

[CenturyClub]

Having Pep as manager isn't a guarantee that he will start performing again. He showing signs of fatigue

This is Messi we are talking about. He would perform in any team, in any league in the world.

He is that good.

 

[RayCTID]

He’s not stopped performing Ray. Have a gander at his seasons highlights. Have a look at his goals and assists, his general play. Saying he’s not performing tells me you’ve not watched him at all this year.

Still showing signs of mental and physical fatigue and decline. Not the ideal components of a big money move to a club who wants to be challenging at the top end of football.

 

[RayCTID]

This is Messi we are talking about. He would perform in any team, in any league in the world.

He is that good.

Not when he is not fully switched on.

 

[TonyM]

Even tonight he was class imo. He'd replace Silva in our team. But would his presence cos issues within the squad?