Dr_Pangloss Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Yeah, Maradona would have buried that chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 How many do you reckon he'd grab in a two legged tie against us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 11, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 11, 2012 The are some CRAP goalkeepers in that Spanish league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 How many do you reckon he'd grab in a two legged tie against us? none if we recalled Warnock and Hutton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 With or without comparing him to Maradona, di Stefano, Pele, etc, he's a f**king amazing player. 86 goals in a year is mind blowing. One could argue that he wouldn't score that many in any other team, but on the other hand, no other player in Barcelona comes close either. He's a brilliant player, one of the best ever. The best, well, I prefer Maradona but that's just opinions. Would I rather shag Jennifer Lopez or Colby Caillat? If I had the choice I wouldn't cry for the one I didn't chose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 11, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2012 Muller wouldnt' have scored 85 if he didn't play for amazing teams either. The teams he played for won everything that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Might be some bad news for Messi? Link Lionel Messi has been showered with praise after establishing a new world record by scoring 86 goals in a calendar year. Regardless of what you might think of calendar year as opposed to season-by-season records - our blogger Early Doors certainly did not approve - you can't help doffing your cap to the diminutive Argentine for his goal tally. At the age of just 25 he is already a legend of the game, and even Gerd Mueller - the man whose record he took - has paid homage to him. Yet it seems that Messi's latest entry in the footballing record books might have to be scrubbed out: the Zambian FA have claimed that one of their own legendary strikers put the Barca star's tally in the shade way back in 1972. Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu scored an astonishing 107 goals for Kitwe United that year, the same year that Mueller hit the previous mark of 85. Yet while Muller was feted for his brilliance, Chitalu was not recognised outside his homeland and it is the German's record that has stood for the last 40 years. After a glittering career on the pitch, Chitalu was awarded a FIFA special award, and went on to become Zambia coach until he was tragically killed in the 1993 plane crash that wiped out an entire generation of the national team's finest footballers. The Zambian FA are now trying to bring Chitalu the recognition he deserves for his achievement by trawling their archives for evidence of the 107-goal haul. "We have this record, which has been recorded in Zambian football, but unfortunately it has not been recorded in world football," a spokesman told the Soccer Laduma website. "Even as the world has been looking at Lionel Messi's record, breaking Gerd Mueller's, the debate and discussion back here has been why Godfrey's goals are not being recognised. "What we are doing is, we have commissioned an independent team locally to go back into the archives and record minute by minute each of those goals. "The team that we have put together is going to calculate all of those goals, recording whichever game or tournament they were scored in, we will then send that to CAF and FIFA so that we can show that, while Messi's record is there, while Mueller's record is there, the actual record holder in terms of goals per calendar year is actually an African, it's actually Godfrey Chitalu." The Zambian FA have also reportedly contacted FIFA who said they had heard of Chitalu's claim and are "checking on it internally". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Wonder if Messi is tempted to go to a shit league for 1 calendar year and score 108 goals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 He could probalby manage it in a half season loan in league 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 am sure FIFA wont recognise it as they will say its an inferior league so messi can keep it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 am sure FIFA wont recognise it as they will say its an inferior league so messi can keep it FIFA bias? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I scored 115 goals for my Sunday league team one year. Perhaps I have the record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I scored 115 goals for my Sunday league team one year. Perhaps I have the record? This is the comment iv'e seen around lol Everybody will be claiming the record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 The are some CRAP goalkeepers in that Spanish league. I still gutted UD Las Palmas didn't make Fabian Assmann's move permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 He will eventually overtake Raul Gonzalez and become the top champions league scorer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 12, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yup. Probably within the next couple of seasons actually at this rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'd like to see Messi prove himself in the Zambian league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 doubt he could do it on a coold wet night in Kaoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I still gutted UD Las Palmas didn't make Fabian Assmann's move permanent. Just imagine if he came out as the first openly gay footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 12, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 12, 2012 He does look a bit like Billy Gunn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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