Lionel Messi

[THE_LIGHT]

Re: Lionel Messi

He needs to score !!!! just to get that off his chest

Agreed 100%

[AchtungBaby!]

Re: Lionel Messi

He will score sooner or later (hopefully soon ) .. Besides the goal thing, he is clearly the best of the team and imo, best player in the World Cup so far... Still There is a long way to go for all players...

[AchtungBaby!]

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everyone who loves soccer can't think Messi ins't a big deal... He is the best player i've seen in my life, playing in the best team ever... Just wonderfull

60 goals in 55 matches on this 2010 so far... amazing

[trick12]

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messi is some special stuff man, just seeing him play is awesome

[Steve Graham]

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he's good, no doubt.. this whole "best ever" shit needs to slow down

[AchtungBaby!]

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^ Difficult to slow down playing this way.. Honestly i didn´t thought he could play better than last year, but he is proving himself over and over again that there are no limits for his talent..

At least 2 more world cups to go, maybe 3.. If he wins one of them (if so, his contribution will be hugely important) , there won´t be any more discussions imo..

[Steve Graham]

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I get it, there are just so many "if's"
I wish people would just let these kids grow up and stop piling massive expectations on them just to tear them down when they don't live up to the hype

[AchtungBaby!]

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Yes.. i agree with you on this one.. Guess ocassionally there are a few special cases on all sports which inevitable get massive expectations.. even more when you talk about soccer.. i guess he already is one of those cases..

Federer, Nadal, couple of years back Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt are similar cases on other sports imo..

[mnbvcxz]

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^^^ These guys are in a class of their own. The media or public talking them up isn't going to affect them. If it did, they wouldn't even get to the stage they're at now. Unfortunately until Tiger hits 19 majors he won't be considered the best ever. But this is of course to no fault of "expectation".

[Steve Graham]

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^^^ These guys are in a class of their own. The media or public talking them up isn't going to affect them. If it did, they wouldn't even get to the stage they're at now. Unfortunately until Tiger hits 19 majors he won't be considered the best ever. But this is of course to no fault of "expectation".

I disagree, of course it affects them, they just tend to not show it very often

[mnbvcxz]

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I disagree, of course it affects them, they just tend to not show it very often

I don't believe it does in the context you mentioned. These people aren't children, and thus shouldn't be treated like it.

If someone has the ability and stats to rival the greatest ever then debating this is totally valid. They're performing at the elite level and it comes with the territory.

In my opinion your theory holds true for young junior athletes. In fact it's not even limited to sport.

[AchtungBaby!]

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He is from argentina.. i don't give a fuck.. In fact, i pretty much hate my country.. But i love Messi because he plays soccer like a master... Enjoy him, this kind of people are special.. Unique athlete

[unkle]

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Genius.

[Steve Graham]

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congrats to the kid
scored a bunch of goals, none in the world cup though and none when it really mattered in the champions league, but hopefully he will live up to this award.. great player for sure, can't wait to see how this plays out, the sport deffo needs a player like he can potentially be, especially with all the negativity surrounding it lately

[bobjuice]

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he plays soccer like a master... Enjoy him, this kind of people are special.. Unique athlete

^ True that Juan for sure