Lionel Andrés Messi

The Equaliser · February 15, 2014

If ever a player deserved a thread of his own it's this man.

He's back to his imperious best recently after his injury problems earlier this season, and is breaking record all over the show. 2 sublime finishes tonight is testament to that.

He's an absolute joy to watch when he gets the ball, and anyone who loves the game itself surely must agree with that. We are privileged to be watching a genius at work in this day and age, and at 26 years of age there is plenty more to come from him.

bluejock · February 15, 2014

Best player in the world.

CrabbyPaddy · February 15, 2014

He's beyond boss. Love him.

toffee-fellaini · February 15, 2014

Mad that he's still only 26.

TX Bill · February 15, 2014

Will look back at his accomplishments in 30+ years and he'll be mentioned in the same name as Pele, Maradona, Best, Cryuff, etc.... Could end up being the best of them all.

(EDIT: I just hope I'm around in 30 years to mention his name.)

toffeejack · February 15, 2014

TX Bill said:
Will look back at his accomplishments in 30+ years and he'll be mentioned in the same name as Pele, Maradona, Best, Cryuff, etc.... Could end up being the best of them all.

(EDIT: I just hope I'm around in 30 years to mention his name.)

very possible.

as well as ronaldo imo.

TX Bill · February 15, 2014

Ah yes, Ronaldo as well. Sorry, forgot about him. Purely unintentional.

Pabbers · February 15, 2014

My son plays just like him.....cha ching !!

Jamo Martinez · February 15, 2014

Simply. the. Best.

bluemangroup · February 15, 2014

Probably is the best, but he is properly boringly brilliant. Better players to watch than him, even if he does become statistically the greatest player of all time.

ijjysmith · February 15, 2014

I'd rather have Ronaldo at Everton than Messi.

Furey1878 · February 15, 2014

ijjysmith said:
I'd rather have Ronaldo at Everton than Messi.

I'd rather have Future-Deulofeu than either of them.

Muggins · February 15, 2014

ijjysmith said:
I'd rather have Ronaldo at Everton than Messi.

I'd rather have Messi. Both are not bad at togger though.

Fuleco · February 15, 2014

bluemangroup said:
Probably is the best, but he is properly boringly brilliant. Better players to watch than him, even if he does become statistically the greatest player of all time.

Aye, I'll give you that. Iniesta is probably my favourite player to watch.

tsubaki · February 15, 2014

bluemangroup said:
Probably is the best, but he is properly boringly brilliant. Better players to watch than him, even if he does become statistically the greatest player of all time.

No offence, but thats the sort of thinking that caused people to lose interest in live coverage of the moon landings. Messi is probably the standout player of the past forty years, and has - as Sid Lowe pointed out almost four years ago now - succeeded in making the ludicrously good seem merely routine.