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| InWengerWeTrust | Nov 2 2011, 03:40 PM Post #46 |
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Ronaldo plays wide of the forwards so i'd call him a wing foward but now Messi has become a 'false No.9' he is very much a striker and he is the central player upfront. Tbh if you watch how Barcelona play they don't really have a striker but Messi would be the one if you were to say they had one. |
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| SuarezWasNotRacist | Nov 2 2011, 03:40 PM Post #47 |
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That Messi bottled the chance to have scored more (and win the game). Ronaldo would have snapped up that chance
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| GunnerBoy | Nov 2 2011, 03:41 PM Post #48 |
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The fact is the only game in La Liga that Messi was half decent in was on Saturday, the parts of the game i saw in the kebab shop, early on, showed him scoring a penalty and a tap in, fact is if Ronaldo had done that you would argue its only a penalty and a tap in, but with Messi it doesn't make a difference. |
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| InWengerWeTrust | Nov 2 2011, 03:41 PM Post #49 |
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Yep that has nothing to do with how many they scored though. Same ammount of penalties and Messi has 10 more goals. Thats the stat we should be looking at for this season. |
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| mcfc1975 | Nov 2 2011, 03:43 PM Post #50 |
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you dont have to apologise, its ok, we can all be wrong. i didnt move the goal posts, you jumped to a MASSIVE conclusion as someone dared to say another player is better than messi but you do agree that ronaldo has a better strikerate that messi since they have both played in the same league over the same period of time? so ronaldo has been better for the last 3 years? |
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| Victor | Nov 2 2011, 03:43 PM Post #51 |
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An out and out striker is really judged on the goals they score, assists are secondary to poachers of the highest order, indeed they dont think about options. they put the ball in the net (or try to) & then worry about options. players like ronaldo and messi are not as selfish as pure strikers, they score goals and also think from time to time. or is that just pure bollox? pens of course are goals, but they are easier to get & that should be considered. A striker who has scored 20 goals (15 pens) in 20 games shouldnt have the same accolades as a striker who has scored 15 in 20 with no pens |
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| tebroc | Nov 2 2011, 03:43 PM Post #52 |
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messi starts the match in the CF role, thats where he is put on the team sheet. he is a striker, regardless of where he roams around the pitch he is in the team to score goals. no idea about ronaldo, i find madrid boring to watch so rarely do. |
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| InWengerWeTrust | Nov 2 2011, 03:43 PM Post #53 |
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I've not said it doesn't make a difference so guesswork. Only game he was half decent in? You do not watch La Liga so stop guessing You can play well and not score.
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| GunnerBoy | Nov 2 2011, 03:45 PM Post #54 |
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This is why many considered RVN to be a better striker than Henry, but at the same time to consider Henry the better player as he was a better all round forward. |
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| mcfc1975 | Nov 2 2011, 03:46 PM Post #55 |
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can someone delete this thread what have i started? |
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| GunnerBoy | Nov 2 2011, 03:46 PM Post #56 |
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Im not guessing but i was wrong, he was also good against Santander, slipped my mind, apart from that he had a very very average month by his standards, Ronaldos wasn't even that great of a month but he was the better player of the month. Out of interest, do they have a player of the month trophy in Spain? It must be amusing assuming it goes to Ronaldo/Messi every month. |
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| InWengerWeTrust | Nov 2 2011, 03:47 PM Post #57 |
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I haven't yet though. You have, look at the stats I posted for proof. Yes you did. You said he had the better goal/game ratio and he does not. In the league he has yes. In Europe Messi has been better and do I have to remind you of the stats of when the goals were scored? Messi's goals won the CL etc.... they didn't come in a group of 13 in 4 games when he had nothing to play for. Messi also has 46 assists in the time its taken Ronaldo to get 28 so no Ronaldo has not been better than Messi. |
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| mcfc1975 | Nov 2 2011, 03:47 PM Post #58 |
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la liga is a lower standard compared to the prem, you can tell just by amount of goals cronaldo scored, messi would not get over 25 goals a season in the prem i just thought it was a more reasonable comparison to make |
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| Victor | Nov 2 2011, 03:48 PM Post #59 |
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doesnt messi kind of play wherever he wants? seems to me barca just have a fluid front 3 that rotate. i have noticed messi is more central these days and villa is wider, but i'd hardly say messi is a number 9 as such, a false one? whats that then? does that mean he isnt one? football these days eh? way to much FM & people claiming to know oh so much about the game. messi is a great player (possibly already the best i have ever seen) & scored goals for fun. a false number nine indeed. |
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| mcfc1975 | Nov 2 2011, 03:49 PM Post #60 |
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Edited by mcfc1975, Nov 2 2011, 03:50 PM.
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