What do you think of Messi?

What do you think of Messi?

In My opinion is one of the best ever with Maradona , Garrincha , Pelè and Ronaldinho

Never heard of him/her

I prefer Ronaldo for sheer unstoppable entertainment. Messi has the added bonus of the best midfielders in the world surrounding him, but there's no doubt his team effectiveness outshines Christiano - however - just like Ronaldo's last two years at Man Utd, it seems like this year he is (almost) single handedly winning La Liga for Real Madrid!
For Ronaldo to win the Ballon award Real must win La Liga AND the Champions League - either loss and the award will go to Messi, again!

I think Messi is the best football player ever. Maybe Maradonna was a slightly better technical player but Messi is the better team player and better athlete, he is less of a diva and he always delivers. Ronaldo is almost as good but I would still vote for Messi who has been elected world footballer of the year for 3 years in a row for very good reasons. Ronaldo is an excellent technical player but he does not have quite the determination Messi has who is also a real fighter imo. You see the deficits of Ronaldo when he plays with the Portuguese national team instead of Real where is is surrounded by the best possible players in Europe. Messi should be world champion with the Spanish team but I have a lot of respect for the fact that he chose to play for his native country.

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[b]YourValentine wrote: [/b] I think Messi is the best football player ever. Maybe Maradonna was a slightly better technical player but Messi is the better team player and better athlete, he is less of a diva and he always delivers. Ronaldo is almost as good but I would still vote for Messi who has been elected world footballer of the year for 3 years in a row for very good reasons. Ronaldo is an excellent technical player but he does not have quite the determination Messi has who is also a real fighter imo. You see the deficits of Ronaldo when he plays with the Portuguese national team instead of Real where is is surrounded by the best possible players in Europe. Messi should be world champion with the Spanish team but I have a lot of respect for the fact that he chose to play for his native country.[/QUOTE]
Yes, I agree completely

Hopefully that will give us the title in brazil 2014!

I'm Argentine and I'm proud of Messi , Maradona and Batistuta , The best that Argentina has in the history.

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[b]inu-liger wrote: [/b] Never heard of him/her[/QUOTE]
Perhaps you are ignorant or is Madridist lol :)

After reading some posts I don't think anymore that Messy and Messiah are the same person. No seriously, is it some football player ?

Messi is the best player in the world right now. Maradonna the best player ever.

he's better than Kiss (football and musically)
but then that's not exactly mission impossible, is it?

When he does something with the Argentine National Team, like Baggio did with Italy, Maradonna with Argentina, Pele with Brasil, Romario with Brasil, Beckenbahuer with Germany, then ask the question again.

i remember a quote from last season (it may have been a misquote at the time) but it was still funny and sums up the whole Ronaldo/Messi comparison succinctly:

when asked about his skills Ronaldo replied:
"i was sent by God to teach people the beautiful game"

when asked abut this quote Messi is supposed to have replied:
"well, i don't remember sending him"

Best ever? Impossible to say. The best judge of a player in any era is how much he stands out from his peers. You cannot judge a player based on how many trophys he won. George Best won some honours with Man Utd but never went to the World Cup with Northern Ireland, for example. In my lifetime the players that really stood out were Pele, Maradona and Best. No one could get the ball off them, and they were frequently marked by 2-3 players. Best and Pele played in an era when defenders could continually kick and foul skillful players and that was tolerated. For that reason, if they were still playing today they might be even more amazing because they would be protected as Ronaldo and Messi (mostly) are.

It's terrible that I have to do this, but:
This is *not* an attempt at a cheap blow, it's an *honest* question -
What is it that people see in football (or any other 'spectator sport' for that matter)? I mean, I don't like playing football myself, but I could imagine that others enjoy playing the game. However, I just can't wrap my head around the pleasure many people seem to get from *watching* others they don't even know play a game. Can anyone explain this to me?

A lot of interest is fuelled by betting.