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Re: The Lionel Messi Appreciation Thread & Fan Club IV
Zidane and Henry over platini for me (I preferred watching those 2). If messi does win the world cup, he should retire. I feel it would enhance him even more (obviously he still has to play out his psg deal). But winning the world cup on ure way out and bowing out is huge. Not that he needs more props anyway
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FennecFox7 wrote:Agree Cas although I would give the physical edge to zidane. Dude was a damn tank and very powerful despite being somewhat wiry. One of his most underrated attributes
Yeah when I said athleticism I was including physical edge in that description too. Platini was a bit of a twink, but his passing, scoring, IQ, and set pieces were all better than Zidane’s.
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Just watched some footage again of zizou @Cas. Guy had serious physical strength. There’d be times I thought he would lose the ball but he literally muscles the other guy off the ball, and it’s usually big defenders or defensive midfielders
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Platini is the best French player I've ever seen... and I'm a huge Zidane fan as you all know.
Before him, France NT was non-existent. In fact, no French players were in top teams around Europe (only allowed two foreigners per team as an FYI and no EU).
Went to Juve and won 3 BDOs in a row... and remember that he went there at the age of 25.
Before him, France NT was non-existent. In fact, no French players were in top teams around Europe (only allowed two foreigners per team as an FYI and no EU).
Went to Juve and won 3 BDOs in a row... and remember that he went there at the age of 25.
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Equalled last season goals for PSG, 11+13 in 16 games, 22+30 in the first 50 games.
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Casciavit wrote:I haven't seen much PSG since they lost to Madrid, as Poch's made me lose all faith in this project even though I did enjoy the Messi-Mbappe link up.
Either way, Messi didn't go from the best finisher to the worst just like that. I don't believe he's suddenly forgotten how to shoot the ball. Like yeah, he's been a flop this season as he's heavily underwhelmed relative to expectations, but I don't think it's a simple case of it just being a blatant technical decline.
Once Poch leaves, and they hire a coach who realizes Messi is free at the edge of the box 5-6 times a game, I'm sure his scoring count will increase. His finishing troubles have more to do with confidence and opportunities rather than technique. He went from 6 shots per game to 3 shots per game. Less scoring chances + finishing troubles = a recipe for low confidence and poor form.
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12 goals in his last 10 games. Poch has blood on his hands
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It depends. Galtier is giving Messi freedom at the detriment of Mbapay whereas Poch made Mbapay the focus at the detriment of the other two. Had Mbapay been shafted to n9 last season he'd have joined us on a free. Since he was the absolute focus of that team then he was satisifed with his own role within the team. The bubble is bursting slowly this season.
As usual it will all blow up in their faces when QSG get kicked out of CL by the first serious team they meet
As usual it will all blow up in their faces when QSG get kicked out of CL by the first serious team they meet
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Goal: Messi
Assist: Ramos
One of those things I never thought to see. Feels dirty.
Anyways, I think these past few months have really put to rest that L1 is super physical and all that crap we heard last season. As it turns out, it was just long covid, and this season he is back to normal dazzling us every weekend.
Assist: Ramos
One of those things I never thought to see. Feels dirty.
Anyways, I think these past few months have really put to rest that L1 is super physical and all that crap we heard last season. As it turns out, it was just long covid, and this season he is back to normal dazzling us every weekend.
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What a banger. Goal of the week surely!
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Who ever said that Ligue 1 was particularly physical? Was it someone on here?
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Thimmy wrote:Who ever said that Ligue 1 was particularly physical? Was it someone on here?
If I were to guess I'd say Sportszczy
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It is a physical league and some of those players are absolute butchers combined with incompetent refs. It’s not a surprise Neymar’s been injured so much since he’s gone there.
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It's physical but slow
It's basically what England was like 15 years ago lol.
It's basically what England was like 15 years ago lol.
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What I meant was using the physicality as a means to explaining why he wasn't performing up to his usual standards. It's clearly a more physical league than La Liga, but not especially physical compared to South American wc qualifiers.
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38 - Since 17-18 Messi has scored 38 league goals from outside the box, twice as many as the second best De Bruyne (19).
Ligue 1 physicality being problem for Messi was bs. The reason for mediocre season were almost career ending injury with no pre-season, long-covid and Poch trifecta. Messi has never had problems in SA, and those games are more physical and far more brutal than Ligue.
Ligue 1 physicality being problem for Messi was bs. The reason for mediocre season were almost career ending injury with no pre-season, long-covid and Poch trifecta. Messi has never had problems in SA, and those games are more physical and far more brutal than Ligue.
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That's an oopsie right there 🤭
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That's a great finding...hahah
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By his standards, i.e. whoscored #3.
How did I miss this, two years prior at the same net from the same spot.Harmonica wrote:
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GA per game excluding penaldos
1,58 22-23 (16+14@19)
1,57 11-12 (67+41@69 15pk)
1,58 22-23 (16+14@19)
1,57 11-12 (67+41@69 15pk)
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Lionel Messi's speech before the final of the Copa America vs Brazil.
— Juani Jimena (@JimenaJuani) November 2, 2022
Are there still people who question his leadership?
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Man needs his own category lmao
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What does xT represent? Expected tackles?
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