I imagine that must feel bad !!!.......... it would be silly to go to far down that road. The point I am making could be applied to any number of quality players
I don't have any argument over who is the better player, of course not.
i have tried to say why I think Holman is better for us now than Messi would be, and I genuinely think so. For all sorts of reasons. T otake just one, the signing of Messi - or any similar player - would totally change the whole dynamic of what Pl is trying to do.
Fair enough, once we get to challenging Top 5 or so, but not for this Team, at this time.
As I said above, Des Bremner would have kept his place in Saunders team over anyone, not on ability, but because of the essential things he brought to the whole.
You are trying to say that although Messi would be a better player. At present with the people around him he wouldnt work as well as Holman in the Villa team. Put him in a Barcelona shirt and he is a world beater. Put him in a Villa shirt and he would not get the service or the passes he would need.
At present Villa need a player like Holman more than they need a player like Messi.
Not that we wouldnt want him.
Messi he is the player that Villa deserves, but not the one it needs right now.