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Ive been a Barca supporter long before Messi was even inducted into the La Masia setup... since the time I used to see Guardiola, Romario, Stoichkov and Laudrup. And Im under no illusion of them 'inventing' football... Ive seen Barca play some of their worst seasons and am currently thoroughly enjoying the fact that they are in one of their best times!My point was, you talk about his record being overhyped... which is pretty foolish in 'context'. Then you talk about footballer needing to be hard men, you talk like the real footballer then should be trained and be acclimitised like boxers... the game changes every 5 years nowdays. Football was a game invented and called the beautiful game for its flair... not to be a contest of who is stronger/rougher and can deal the most damage and still come unscathed. This mentality you show exactly personifies why the English National team has done nothing over decades, where a young promising boy would be deemed unfit due to his height and strength even if he had superior ball skills, vision and touch.The Brazilians who ruled the world in the years you mentioned are a perfect example. I dont think they were tanks or anything. The fact that you laud players for being rough and play rough shows why the English game has not done anything or even evolved. Most of the top players in the EPL are foreigners...As for small runts who wouldnt last against old school British Hardmen... I remember a midget called Maradona. Oh but I forgot, he is the poster boy of a cheat for you guys! But the rest of the world including a lot of modern legends consider him the greatest player ever... so do I though.
Ive been a Barca supporter long before Messi was even inducted into the La Masia setup... since the time I used to see Guardiola, Romario, Stoichkov and Laudrup. And Im under no illusion of them 'inventing' football... Ive seen Barca play some of their worst seasons and am currently thoroughly enjoying the fact that they are in one of their best times!
My point was, you talk about his record being overhyped... which is pretty foolish in 'context'. Then you talk about footballer needing to be hard men, you talk like the real footballer then should be trained and be acclimitised like boxers... the game changes every 5 years nowdays. Football was a game invented and called the beautiful game for its flair... not to be a contest of who is stronger/rougher and can deal the most damage and still come unscathed. This mentality you show exactly personifies why the English National team has done nothing over decades, where a young promising boy would be deemed unfit due to his height and strength even if he had superior ball skills, vision and touch.
The Brazilians who ruled the world in the years you mentioned are a perfect example. I dont think they were tanks or anything. The fact that you laud players for being rough and play rough shows why the English game has not done anything or even evolved. Most of the top players in the EPL are foreigners...
As for small runts who wouldnt last against old school British Hardmen... I remember a midget called Maradona. Oh but I forgot, he is the poster boy of a cheat for you guys! But the rest of the world including a lot of modern legends consider him the greatest player ever... so do I though.
