You can pick only one

If you were a manager and were given the choice, would you rather
>have the player that's slightly above average most of the time but is brilliant in every big game
>have an excellent player who plays at an incredibly high level in most games but underperforms massively in the decisive ones

There are many players slightly above average, but only handful of excellent players, and only one goat, excluding tsu.

Geewiz, who to pick...

reckon you could still at least win the league with a player who goes missing in the big games since there are only a handful of them every year

you are ignoring the "big game performance" factor in question, though. If the excellent player could play at his best in every single game no doubt everyone would pick him but it's not the case here

in balanced leagues or if the second place had a team in about the same level as the first those few games could mean everything, though

messi
>underperforms massively in the decisive ones
well memed

Option C - Cristiano
>performs at an exceptional level all season
>shows up in big games

except for the past 2 seasons he basically goes anonymous for 6 months and then starts banging goals in the CL's knockout stage

>those descriptions
pic unrelated

>he didnt even play in the final of the eurocup, his only international trophy and the only thing antimessi fags have going for them

>starts banging goals in the CL's knockout stage
against roma, shalke, bremen...

Does it matter? They're still CL knockout stage goals either way. This isn't a Messi vs Cristiano thread.

yes of course it matters
madrid has not even faced milan, manchester or chelsea these last years in wich they have won 3 champions

More like
>performs at an exceptionally shit level all season >shows up in big games

Technically, he did play in the final.

no its a messi vs iniesta thread wich shouldn't even be a debate
iniesta has terrible aim and he was superlucky on the cl semi and wc final, probaby the ony good shots in his whole career

MESSI of course. he is the GOAT and he performs in all games even when he doesn't score.
bayern and atletico doesn't count?

technically your anus is leaking somali cum

bayern does, atletico doesnt, they always choke against madrid, they didnt win against them for 10 years even

what about juve

they only fight against them in the final, we are talking about knockout games

final is technically the ultimate knockout innit?

I used them merely as examples, nothing else. Messi isn't the first or last all time great who disappears when it matters, Iniesta isn't the first or last great player who thrives in decisive matches but for some reason doesn't perform on the same level against fodder.

Also, why would you rate a midfielder by his scoring ability? Are you retarded? Zidane wasn't a great scorer either but like Iniesta when it mattered he'd usually pull it off. However, it's not their job.

Tf u doin in bong land ronald?

but when did this meme of messi disappearing come from?
the wc final in wich he did two great assists that higuain missed?
what should've he done? a free kick goal?

>meme
He should have scored as he does against Granada. Oh wait..

>Iniesta appears in 3 out of 21 decisive games
>WOW HE'S AMAZING IN DECISIVE GAMES

>Messi appears in 14 out of 21 decisive games
>WOW HE DISAPPEARED IN 7 GAMES, HE SUCKS

>GOAT midfielder
>GOAT player

Hmm..... I don't know....

>iniesta's won without messhit
>messhit's never won without iniesta
wow, such tough pick

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