Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3
WaveMolecules
Superstar
Conte didn’t want him?
With mourinho? Talk about between a rock(conte) and a hard place(mou)
Unpopular Opinion: Could the problem at Barca be Messi? He doesn’t have the legs he used to. Why don’t they play him as a false nine? And of course they need a proper #8 and stop playing slow ass busquets.
TobiOT
Veteran
Look at his hairline.What a fall off
blues_funk_reggae
Veteran
Rangers:
GF: 45
GA: 3
GF: 45
GA: 3
TobiOT
Veteran
Dembele hurt again.
We dodged a bullet.
We dodged a bullet.
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
Maaaan all that talent just going to the waysideDembele hurt again.
We dodged a bullet.
Yippee Ki Yay
All Star
That was not a red card.
Since last season I can remember 3 incidents like that, today's one, Son vs Chelsea and Maguire doing it against Chelsea, and shock horror the only one that didn't get sent off for it was Maguire and his was the worst one
It's a joke how certain players gets away things others don't
Since last season I can remember 3 incidents like that, today's one, Son vs Chelsea and Maguire doing it against Chelsea, and shock horror the only one that didn't get sent off for it was Maguire and his was the worst one
It's a joke how certain players gets away things others don't
Spurs 4
Arsenal 1
He’s Kobe 3x in the last few years but you can’t get rid of him.
Its 60/40 Barca imo.
TobiOT
Veteran
TobiOT
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Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
Of course he's the problem. Messi has been lazy for the past 4-5 years. It was masked because Neymar and Suarez would do the running for him which allowed him to be free. Once Xavi left and Iniesta got old, Barca lost their dominance and control of the midfield and the problems he has with Argentina, started to show themselves at Barca. Then when Neymar went and Suarez legs went it became more obvious. Then the main focus was on him to create. You cannot play 33 year old Messi as the false 9, unless you have runners around him and besides Fati and Braithwaite. Dembele, Coutinho and Griezmann want to take up the same sort of positions as Messi does. Messi wants and needs the ball to be involved, because that's what he has always done. C dot is happy to chill and not be involved in the attack until the last moment.
Messi's problem is the same as Gooney, cannot play in isolation for long periods without the ball. That's why Gooney tried to reinvent himself as a midfielder, so he could be on the ball more.
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Ukbrotha
Superstar
Its not really unpopular. Its the growing talk that he's holding Barca back. It would be ridiculous to say if Messi leaves that team plays better. Simply doesn't. Its years of bad management and recruiting been covered by Messi coming home to roost. Now he isn't able to paper over cracks anymore, he is now seen as the problem.