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Administrator Stan Posted March 10, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 10, 2018 @SirBalon @The Rebel CRS club just tweeted that Messi is out for personal reasons and Yerry Mina has been called up in his place. Any idea what's happened ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Stan said: @SirBalon @The Rebel CRS club just tweeted that Messi is out for personal reasons and Yerry Mina has been called up in his place. Any idea what's happened ? He's just had another kid, well his missus has, atleast this is the reasoning they are giving on Marca, which does make sense. He's going to have more kids than Miss Wayans soon @Cicero The fact Yerry weren't in the squad already is a worry though. Yet another top young player who is just not going to get anywhere near the team, even though he doesn't do anything wrong when called upon. He should have been in the squad already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Eibar have started very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Ronaldo's finished isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said: Ronaldo's finished isn't he? Were his goals at all by chance cross to him where he tapped them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said: Ronaldo's finished isn't he? I do enjoy the Messi wankfest on here every time he scores another pair of simple goals in a 6-1 against Getafe but then when Ronaldo scores both goals in a 2-1 win everyone's like yeah he's shit though because he didn't score in the first 8 games of the season and we always said Messi was ten times better as if this 3 month dip in form is somehow what proves that out of their whole careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: I do enjoy the Messi wankfest on here every time he scores another pair of simple goals in a 6-1 against Getafe but then when Ronaldo scores both goals in a 2-1 win everyone's like yeah he's shit though because he didn't score in the first 8 games of the season and we always said Messi was ten times better as if this 3 month dip in form is somehow what proves that out of their whole careers. Not at all the case. Ronaldo is still a world class player, but his overall game has massively suffered for the sake of scoring goals. Merely a target man in today's game now and if Marcelo or Carvajal have a bad game, Ronaldo has a bad game. Messi, inspite of what you claim are 'simple goals', has always had more to his overall game and unlike Ronaldo, his ability as a footballer transcends his goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Cicero said: Not at all the case. Ronaldo is still a world class player, but his overall game has massively suffered for the sake of scoring goals. Merely a target man in today's game now and if Marcelo or Carvajal have a bad game, Ronaldo has a bad game. Messi, inspite of what you claim are 'simple goals', has always had more to his overall game and unlike Ronaldo, his ability as a footballer transcends his goals. I'm not talking about their respective abilities, I'm talking about the rhetoric on here and elsewhere amongst football analysis that because Ronaldo has had a difficult start to the season he's finished and people going on as if because Messi has dominated him so far this season that proves that it's always been that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: I'm not talking about their respective abilities, I'm talking about the rhetoric on here and elsewhere amongst football analysis that because Ronaldo has had a difficult start to the season he's finished and people going on as if because Messi has dominated him so far this season that proves that it's always been that way. Because it has. It really, really has. Ronaldo, to me personally, started declining as a footballer since 2013. Another staggering thing is that Ronaldo still has fewer goals than Messi. Yet Messi could miss something in the region of his next 400 shots, and still will have a better shot to goal ratio than Ronaldo. Ronaldo showing up with the important goal tends to really overshadow the gulf in class between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Everyone knows my thoughts on Messi v Ronaldo, there is no comparison. However, can people stop saying Ronaldo is done, if only for the fact the cunt will then go and win the Champions League again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 I don’t like to swear but fuck the goals where Messi is concerned. There’s no wankfest, there’s football. Watch him play football and manipulate games in which if they aren’t going well THEN he has the ability to do what Cristiano also does which is score goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2018 Messi beats Ronaldo but not by the margin that some people will have you believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Messi beats Ronaldo but not by the margin that some people will have you believe. Mate, they’re absolutely galaxies apart but there’s one thing that I agree with you on in that he’s not finished at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2018 Just now, SirBalon said: Mate, they’re absolutely galaxies apart but there’s one thing that I agree with you on in that he’s not finished at all. Galaxies? Behave. He's clearly better but Galaxies? If Messi is galaxies better than Ronaldo then what measurement do you use to compare either of them to "normal" players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Galaxies? Behave. He's clearly better but Galaxies? If Messi is galaxies better than Ronaldo then what measurement do you use to compare either of them to "normal" players? The fact that Messi and Ronaldo are considered among the best of all time and the normal players are not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Galaxies? Behave. He's clearly better but Galaxies? If Messi is galaxies better than Ronaldo then what measurement do you use to compare either of them to "normal" players? They aren’t nornal player though, are they mate. They have been dominant in their field for a decade of foootball. They’re not even World Class, they’re on another level BUT Messi is a complete footballer blessed with talent where he doesn’t rely on a dominant percentage of athleticism. Messi manipulates games with football by transforming games from various parts of the football field. Cristiano these days scores goals so he should be compared to the likes of people of the ilk of Suárez, Kane and Higuaín these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted March 10, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted March 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, SirBalon said: They aren’t nornal player though, are they mate. They have been dominant in their field for a decade of foootball. They’re not even World Class, they’re on another level BUT Messi is a complete footballer blessed with talent where he doesn’t rely on a dominant percentage of athleticism. Messi manipulates games with football by transforming games from various parts of the football field. Cristiano these days scores goals so he should be compared to the likes of people of the ilk of Suárez, Kane and Higuaín these days. Yeah "these days" being the operative term. My issue stems from people going on as if that has always been the case when it hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I don't enjoy talking about Messi that much anymore because i usually end up coming across as a blathering, fanboy weirdo but really, he is on a different level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, RandoEFC said: Yeah "these days" being the operative term. My issue stems from people going on as if that has always been the case when it hasn't. Mate, I’m not trying to get at you at all and if you feel as you say when comparing the two then you aren’t even alone. For me personally Messi has always been on a different plain to Cristiano Ronaldo, always. But that’s my personal view of which I have my reasons for believing this is the case. Put it this way which is simplifying it all without putting forward credence. There’s a constant dispute and a seeming eternal debate as to whether Messi is the greatest footballer of all time. Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t in that scope at all... And I mean at all! Cristiano is a goal poacher and maybe the greatest ever whereas Messi may be the greatest footballer of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 10, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 10, 2018 my word what a cross from Jordi Alba. Right on Suarez's forehead. 1-0 Barca! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Stan said: my word what a cross from Jordi Alba. Right on Suarez's forehead. 1-0 Barca! Suarez can't be far off topping Nikica Jelavić as the better forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 10, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 10, 2018 my word what a goal from Coutinho. An immense back-heel flick fools the Malaga keeper. Deft and clever from Coutinho. Good assist from Dembele too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 10, 2018 Administrator Share Posted March 10, 2018 Straight red card for Samuel Garcia! Malaga down to 10 men. Awful challenge on Jordi Alba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Coutinho is playing like a monster! I didn't expect these types of performances so early on in his Barcelona career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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