Where did all go so horribly wrong? He was supposed to be the Goat

Where did all go so horribly wrong? He was supposed to be the Goat.

He was never good to begin with. A glorified Pablo Aimar at best.

>xaviniesta dies
>messi dies
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....................................

He still is. He can only heroball a team so far. This isn't an American sport that's designed for one heavily endorsed negro to run the show.

Haha I love being retardedly contrarian too guys, this obviously good player is bad haha

poor man's Saviola

This
His peak years happened at the same time as Xavi and Iniesta's peak. And guess what, Xavi and Iniesta both won 2 euros and 1 wc, while Messi choked in 3 finals

Messi dragged low quality Argentina sides to the finals. He can't win a whole tournament on his own.

That doesn't happen in American sports either. Curry would be shit without the rest of his team, as would Lebron, as would Westbrook, as would a lot of other superstars.

this, take away the uefalona refball and he has -2 doors, -2/3 CLs, would have nothing on seedorf

accommodating messi cost one of the most stacked argie generation titles time and time again

>tfw no hGH to shoot up anymore

Funny way to spell Di Maria

>Xavi's peak
Messi wasn't a regular first team until Xavi was 27

Daily reminder that Messi will never win a Ballon D'or again because Sepp Blatter has resigned as head of FIFA.

Him being the 'goat' was the biggest media shilling of our time

>modric and kroos resurrect
>cristiano is reborn
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

>Who is Maradona

That's actually been mathematically and statistically to be not true. The impact of superstar transformative players in the NBA is massive. No other sports are affected the same way though, just nba.

Shieeet. Got some links so I can read up on this then?

Xavi started peaking once Deco left the team in 2008 (and Xavi was 27yo)

Argentina 2010 wasn't "low quality" at all, and as for as for 2014 onwards, it indeed was low quality and it was Di Maria the one carrying the team while Messi was nowhere to be seen as usual.

Well, yes, he was seen in the locker room telling the coach who gets to come to the NT and who doesn't, and what the line up is for every game.

it's actually shocking how many tap-ins he missed in both legs.a player of his caliber should have never missed those chances. not to mention ratman looks like bambi on ice

>was he the GOAT or absolute shit?

Basketball has 5 players, and each player's role is very similar to each other (compared to other sports) It's pretty simply to see that the less players on a team = more impact of one player.

I am el capitan now

>Win shitloads of titles
>Make shitloads of money
Seems like a decent life to me

Wtf are u talking di maria ARE U THAT STUPID OR DOES UR BLIND DICK SUCKING LOVE FOR PENALDO MAKE U THIS WAY LOL

Did you even watch any game of the 2014 WC?
All of his 4 goals came feom the group stage against Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria. After group stage, Argentina was hard carried by Di Maria until his injury in the semifinals. Messi didn't score in all of the most important matches. Do you call that carry? topkek

So was he a system babby the entire time?

*quarterfinals
In semis nobody scored

>Modric resurrecting
Luka just got better. went from top 20 midfielder to top 3.
Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo and lately Isco and Vasquez have been instrumental to Ronaldo's success.

>Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo and lately Isco and Vasquez have been instrumental to Ronaldo's success.
I agreee about marcelo and I'm aware pepe and ramos helped the team a lot, but how does ronaldo individually benefit from ramos and pepe?

Barca are simply dreadful at transfers

You look at some of their signings over the last few years and they make no sense.

Because it's a rigged sport

Ter Stegan
Roberto-Umiti-Piqué-Alba
Mascherano-Busquets
Gomes-Rakitić
Messi-Suárez

This team looks fucking shit

but Paulinho tho lmao

busquets and messi need to get out of there. roberto possibly too.

Agree, club seems to be imploding, and they look awful as a team now. Sergi Roberto is actually fairly good so he needs to get out as well

>they still think signing players from Arsenal will improve their team
top kek, seems like they'll never learn

If they still had Fabregas their midfield would be a million times better and honestly Arsenal's current best defence is better than Barcelona's

yep, when a system suited for the players were put in place.
Xavi had been the same player for at least five years by then, but Rijkaards system weren't totally perfect for him, or for Messi or Iniesta, the way Peps system was.

Yep, it's a shame to see them in this team. They should all go to City and reunite with Pep

...

Two good Madrid seasons mean that ronaldo is suddenly better than Messi who has been dominating faaaar longer?
You people are teens

meme defenders get you meme titles la

>midfielders play better
>forwards score more goals

hey I think you're onto something guys

he's not actually very good, if you properly watch him you realise he's like a shit ross barkely without the physicality.

Xavi peaked when Luis Aragonés moved his position back in euro 08. Then Pep copied that. Xavi WAS the system. That's why Barça had to change their system when Xavi got old

5 players on the court. No fucking shit.

He needs help. When he doesnt get help from teammates and all the work is on him he crumbles and doesnt wanna play. He thinks of Xaviniesta. He feels sorrow right now.

For the first time in 10 years Ronaldo wins a CL and League double and he's better than Messi who won 2 Trebles (a sextuple included) and was winning the League constantly against Ronaldo?

Where do you think you are? A few months ago Sup Forums was chanting about how Messi was the true goat. This place is cancer.

>messi won
Funny way to spell Xavi and Iniesta

without him argentina wouldn't have left the group stage tho

they're still much better than any PL team

kek