Geauxgurt

People also forget just how bad Florida was historically before he took over there. Stoops was a huge hit too as their defense just was not the same once he left and his offensive style needed certain types of defensive coaches.

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Apologies, I must have confused it with one of your many “Messi sucks” posts today.

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None of my posts ever said Messi sucks and this is why his fanboys can’t seem to fathom he can be criticized and is in fact not perfect.

Saying he plays literally almost zero defense and is a one dimensional (offensive) player isn’t saying he sucks. It’s admitting what he is. A one-way player who now puts in no effort on defense.

His behavior all tournament was the same. It was entitled, whiny and being a douche bag. It isn’t something new either.

Again, he can be a great player and still be an atrocious leader.

Finally, just because teams play shitty soccer doesn’t mean the entire tournament needs to let it happen because , hey some Latin teams just play that way.

Either enforce the rules like you are supposed to or don’t host the tournament. There is no point in allowing teams to force you to not call fouls, not give cards, and avoiding ejections because they force your hand.

Fouls are fouls. That’s no soccer and he’ll, it’s not even rugby at that point. It’s just dirty play after dirty play. Running and intentionally should ont players while they are in mid air like Argentina did multiple times to Spain in the final alone with nearly none of them called is absurd. Paredes should have been ejecting 4 times.

There could easily have been 4 players from Argentina red carded in the final and they only had one during the game.

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At 39, after something like 1200 senior level appearances between club and country he earned the right to pick his spots of maximum effort.

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This isn’t about effort. It’s his lack of leadership and consistent whining to the officials. He is notorious and demonstrated as such for complaining about every little thing. He looks at every player after a foul as in “how dare you touch me?”

It’s pathetic. Does that detract from his greatness as a technical player? No, of course not. It just shows shitty leadership as does not showing up for the post much obligated interviews. Same team would have lost their shite in Spain had they done the same.

People on here attack numerous players for exactly that, but it’s Messi, so that makes it okay.

They are a reflection of their great leader Messi. He was pathetic in the final, childish and is tarnishing his legacy.

Easy. Dune 3.

One is a product that has continued to improve and is not oversaturated.

The other is from a group putting out garbage after garbage and a story that seems to be atrocious from what we’ve heard.

Messi has had 2 goals in 4 knockout games.

He had 6 against the worst group in World Cup history. :lol:

Messi is useless on defense and is entirely a one dimensional (offensive) player.

GOAT of GOATS needs to be great on both sides. Only one that fits that is Jordan.

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Achilles doesn't appear in the movie at all.

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That’s because they changed the Achilles parts into Sinon apparently.

It’s fine to accept Nolan did atrocious casting and tried to check some boxes in doing so. He’s apparently not above that. Doesn’t mean the movie as a whole is awful, just apparently some forced BS.

In the end, once people not paid to watch it, see it, then we will get some legitimate reviews in my opinion.

You just have t look ignore the ones over glorifying it and the idiots screaming it is a DEI project as well.

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As someone who has seen both of them play in person several times, Messi is better. Pele outclassed players of his time, but Messi is another level.

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Do you think Pelé getting the same training and fitness advancements Messi has had would not have been any better than he was at the time?

Messi is an entirely one dimensional player. He’s an offensive juggernaut who plays absolutely no defense whatsoever. Many of the other great scorers were similar. I rank players on overall game personally and someone like Zidane could play basically anywhere non the field for example. I am not saying his the GOAT, but he. Was a true great player at all three levels.

Messi is absurdly good at one.

Think of why Jordan was considered and is the greatest? He’s almost as good defensively basically as he was offensively. He’s not a one sided player.

Again, Messi is top 3 and GOAT worthy, but I don’t consider him a definitive GOAT simply on host stats.

Further, as mentioned, pro soccer leagues are ridiculously top heavy and have no type of balance. It’s easy to go to a top team where you have 30-40% of the top talent in a league and excel.

International stage he’s been dominant, sure, but Mbappé is right there with him with 2 WC finals in his first 3 WCs. This is Messi’s 3rd in his long career. That doesn’t make Mbappé better, but shows how the game has become since the turn of the century.

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Trying to park the bus against Messi for 30 minutes just seems like a terrible idea.

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Messi did absolutely nothing. It was done despite him. He was awful this game and the previous one.