Stevo985 Posted June 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2014 You're buying into the media hype too much I don't need the media to tell.me how good messi is. Just because its cool to hate Barcelona these days doesn't mean Messi is suddenly shit. And like I said, turning in an average performance and still winning the game with a worldy is why great players are great. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You're buying into the media hype too much I don't need the media to tell.me how good messi is. Just because its cool to hate Barcelona these days doesn't mean Messi is suddenly shit. And like I said, turning in an average performance and still winning the game with a worldy is why great players are great. Spot on, he's dragging an underperforming Argentina team forward with great and crucial goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You get goals like that every week in the Premiership and it was against Iran... He's a great player but overhyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 You get goals like that every week in the Premiership and it was against Iran... He's a great player but overhyped. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I stick by what I said, if anybody else had scored that goal, they wouldn't be making the fuss that they are. It wasn't that special but it's Messi so of course they need to play it up. If they beat Ecuador in the second round they have a pretty easy route to the semi finals so I expect more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) They came out with some rubbish tonight though "This is where you want to see the big players shine and Messi did just that". No he didn't, Martin, he was terrible. One good shot in 90 minutes isn't a "great performance". That's what great players do though, isn't it? They can turn in an average performance and still come out with a moment of brilliance to win the game. Just like the mark of a great team is winning when not playing well. Never said anything about him as a player Stevo, was talking about this performance. Messi is a great player, that wasn't a great performance. Edited June 22, 2014 by kurtsimonw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) I stick by what I said, if anybody else had scored that goal, they wouldn't be making the fuss that they are. It wasn't that special but it's Messi so of course they need to play it up. If they beat Ecuador in the second round they have a pretty easy route to the semi finals so I expect more of the same.but like I said. It wasn't anyone else. It was Messi. Again, just like it was against Bosnia. If any of the other Argentinians could do it against Iran, then why didn't they? You can go on and on about "if it hadn't have been Messi". But it WAS Messi. Twice. They came out with some rubbish tonight though "This is where you want to see the big players shine and Messi did just that". No he didn't, Martin, he was terrible. One good shot in 90 minutes isn't a "great performance".That's what great players do though, isn't it? They can turn in an average performance and still come out with a moment of brilliance to win the game. Just like the mark of a great team is winning when not playing well.Never said anything about him as a player Stevo, was talking about this performance. Messi is a great player, that wasn't a great performance.where did I say it was a great performance? I specifically said it was an average performance. Edit: oh you edited your post. Edited June 22, 2014 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I'll keep an eye out for Messi singlehandedly winning the World Cup, like the media suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I'll keep an eye out for Messi singlehandedly winning the World Cup, like the media suggest Romero has been their best player by a hilarious distance. Which says a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) I'll keep an eye out for Messi singlehandedly winning the World Cup, like the media suggest would they have won either of their matches without him? I'm not saying he's done it singlehandedly (although neither is anyone else except you). But to deny he's made a significant contribution, despite his below par performances, is just being either stubborn or narrow minded Edited June 22, 2014 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Actually looking forward to Nigeria v Argentina. Nigeria showed that against a more open team (and Argentina are very open) they can cause problems, and while Messi and co are through, it's about time they sent a message. Should be good. Bosnia v Iran on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm really disappointed with Bosnia. After how they qualified, second highest scorers in the European section I expected a bit more. Of course there 'goal' against Nigeria should have stood which would have changed the game, but there was enough time after to force an equaliser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Form in qualifcation is pretty much meaningless come the WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Form in qualifcation is pretty much meaningless come the WC. The English, of all people, should know this well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 And the Swiss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Come on Nigeria! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradd92 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Good finish from MessiWow great goallll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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