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Barcelona (H) Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg 7/5/19

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Credit to Suarez, he was true to his word.   He didn't celebrate at Anfield.

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Here are my post-match musings that I've just put on Facebook.   **********************************************   This picture is from 13th December 2015. Fans of other clubs

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13 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

This is why I can't be arsed with this place these days, opening gambit is to be belligerent.

 

Claiming Messi is 'the greatest player who ever lived' as I so often read now is footballing hipster behaviour of the highest order. Fifa generation football fandom at its worst. Skillful player scores loads of goals in world's best team year after year ergo he's the best player who's ever lived. It's like the people who try and tell people Gary Neville is a good pundit and when  you say he's not, crack on that you're some kind of footballing philistine peddling sour grapes because you can't rise above petty rivalry like  they have. 

 

I didn't say these things about Messi because he, erm, what? He wasn't playing for Liverpool? I said it because I've seen no reason to justify the bizarre wankathon  that's accompanied his presence in this tie. 

 

Best player in the world no doubt, has been for a number of years - but the 'best player who ever lived'. The fuck? What evidence are we basing that on beyond the fact he played in one of the two teams in Spain who are the only ones who ever win anything, surrounded by world class players and who has never, ever performed to the same standard for his country or played anywhere like Italy or England where he might get the odd slap. Zidane used to get lumps kicked out of him for Juventus and still land the ball on Inzhagi's head 

 

Press triangle and watch Messi pass yay. 

 

 

I wasn’t being belligerent, apologies if it came across that way. Just I think that it was full of shit. Barnes and Kenny were 2 of the best I’ve ever seen, both didn’t do anything at National level and both were playing for the best team with the best players. Doesn’t matter to me as they were STILL the best, regardless. My Dad swears Best was one of the best. The exact argument your basing your argument on could be said of of Kenny and Digger. I’m 49 years old so to accuse me of FIFA fandom is silly, I’m no footballing hipster either just because I have a different opinion to you. Anyway, have a quick look at Messi’s scoring stats. 

To say he’s the best of all time might be pushing it, as it’s very easy to look at the stats. But the likes of Zidane it’s a little bit harder to gauge other than actually watching him spray passes around and float around the pitch, there’s no real hard stat to back it up. Anyway, I think you’re a Hipster for mentioning Zidane. Opinions.

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32 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

This is why I can't be arsed with this place these days, opening gambit is to be belligerent.

 

Claiming Messi is 'the greatest player who ever lived' as I so often read now is footballing hipster behaviour of the highest order. Fifa generation football fandom at its worst. Skillful player scores loads of goals in world's best team year after year ergo he's the best player who's ever lived. It's like the people who try and tell people Gary Neville is a good pundit and when  you say he's not, crack on that you're some kind of footballing philistine peddling sour grapes because you can't rise above petty rivalry like  they have. 

 

I didn't say these things about Messi because he, erm, what? He wasn't playing for Liverpool? I said it because I've seen no reason to justify the bizarre wankathon  that's accompanied his presence in this tie. 

 

Best player in the world no doubt, has been for a number of years - but the 'best player who ever lived'. The fuck? What evidence are we basing that on beyond the fact he played in one of the two teams in Spain who are the only ones who ever win anything, surrounded by world class players and who has never, ever performed to the same standard for his country or played anywhere like Italy or England where he might get the odd slap. Zidane used to get lumps kicked out of him for Juventus and still land the ball on Inzhagi's head 

 

Press triangle and watch Messi pass yay. 

 

I don't think he's the best in history either but he has carried Barca on many occasions over the years and in a couple of European finals too. He's not a patch on Maradona or even Cruyff in terms of influence as a personality but he is a great player and his greatness is down to natural ability rather than athleticism or physique like Christiano Ronaldo. We were immense last night because we played as a team and teams can trump handfulls of top players on many occasions. Last night was one of those occasions.

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57 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

This is why I can't be arsed with this place these days, opening gambit is to be belligerent.

 

Claiming Messi is 'the greatest player who ever lived' as I so often read now is footballing hipster behaviour of the highest order. Fifa generation football fandom at its worst. Skillful player scores loads of goals in world's best team year after year ergo he's the best player who's ever lived. It's like the people who try and tell people Gary Neville is a good pundit and when  you say he's not, crack on that you're some kind of footballing philistine peddling sour grapes because you can't rise above petty rivalry like  they have. 

 

I didn't say these things about Messi because he, erm, what? He wasn't playing for Liverpool? I said it because I've seen no reason to justify the bizarre wankathon  that's accompanied his presence in this tie. 

 

Best player in the world no doubt, has been for a number of years - but the 'best player who ever lived'. The fuck? What evidence are we basing that on beyond the fact he played in one of the two teams in Spain who are the only ones who ever win anything, surrounded by world class players and who has never, ever performed to the same standard for his country or played anywhere like Italy or England where he might get the odd slap. Zidane used to get lumps kicked out of him for Juventus and still land the ball on Inzhagi's head 

 

Press triangle and watch Messi pass yay. 

 

 

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