What am I reading here? That Messi has to play in the EPL before he can be seen as the best or among the best players? How many world players of the year played in the EPL before being crowned the title? And how many of the EPL players have won the coveted award?

Think of Messi in Arsenal, the team will be difficult to handle

Messi is not overrated. Get your facts straight and stop ranting here. Anelka was very good in the EPL, he moved to Real Madrid and what did we see? Reyes was dazzling in the EPL, he went to Spain what happened to him? Beckham, too? Henry at Arsenal is a different player than he is at Barcelona, so do not think the EPL is the best and players have to play there to justify that they indeed are the best

Messi is the best now in the world so do not sit in your parochial room and think he is not

All these bullshit that you must play in the EPL before you are regarded as good is too stupid to be true. you guys must be drunk with kick and follow football that you get so blind to what football is all about. If English football is that good, they should have won the world cup 10 times, champions league 30 times, euro cup 30 times, uefa cup 50 times and all the fifa player of the year and Ballon' should have been won by players from the EPL, i get so sick listening to these set of people.
some of these people can't even name the full squad of the teams they support, silly things,


Messi is Good and play one of the most entertaining football you can ever watch, strong, does that nag like most players do, does not misbehave, have not been caught in a bad habit and he's just good in and out of the pitch.

HE IS HARDLY NOT GIVEN ANY SECURITY FROM THE REFEREES LIKE SOME GET IN THEIR VARIOUS LEAGUE,

Lmao

Isiterere:
This thread was full of the most assemblage of idiotic people ever on any forum in the whole universe.

chai this was how people wher tabling the Messi and cr7 matter 2007 when I started watching my first football match chai life has changed a lot under 12 years both Ronaldo and Messi proved the Op of this thread wrong and cemented they spot ass the greatest players of all time chai life

Isiterere:
This thread was full of the most assemblage of idiotic people ever on any forum in the whole universe.

hahaha... Agreed

Chai! See how time flies. Messi really is the best of all time

nightrider:

I think lionel messi is over rated. i'm a barca fan but i've seen things like this before.
he reminds me of saviola. Saviola scored 11 goals in fifa under 21 world cup and was the toast of barca.
when he was at barca , the press said he was the new maradona.

also ariel ortega to had the same impact.

i think messi is a fantastic player but not the world great every one makes him out to be.

its been 13years,i am sure u will regret ever saying this

I'm sure there is no need for arguments again

The rest is history

Wawu... 13 Years ago.. What a thread..

2006?
well my Arsenal lost the UCL finals in Paris.
I remembered my sacrifice to see that game which ended me in tears with my good friend then Nnamdi in Mbauku Unizik pre degree campus.Wonder where he would be now.......

Hehe

This ought to grace front page.

Haylel:
This ought to grace front page.

Messi has proved doubters wrong over the years...

Wow!
The doubters finally got wowed!

nightrider:

I think lionel messi is over rated. i'm a barca fan but i've seen things like this before.
he reminds me of saviola. Saviola scored 11 goals in fifa under 21 world cup and was the toast of barca.
when he was at barca , the press said he was the new maradona.

also ariel ortega to had the same impact.

i think messi is a fantastic player but not the world great every one makes him out to be.

What do you have to say now?

nightrider:

I think lionel messi is over rated. i'm a barca fan but i've seen things like this before.
he reminds me of saviola. Saviola scored 11 goals in fifa under 21 world cup and was the toast of barca.
when he was at barca , the press said he was the new maradona.

also ariel ortega to had the same impact.

i think messi is a fantastic player but not the world great every one makes him out to be.

very true because his name is what is trending globally now....that what make you too,to have something to say!

uthlaw:
very true because his name is what is trending globally now....that what make you too,to have something to say!

Have you resolve the access Denied during FRsc registration?

Lucasinho:



Have you resolve the access Denied during FRsc registration?

yes bro.... thanks for concern!

Please how did you do it

uthlaw:
yes bro.... thanks for concern!

CrudeOil2:
Yes, I think he is a bit overrated. Messi cant score freekicks

This life is so unpredictable

Few years later, Messi is now the best free kick taker in the world right now!!

saucerence:
Please how did you do it

I use another email and I write my name's wrongly,but make sure the position and date of birth are correct.once you pass true that stage,you correct it back!

hahn:


What so you have to say now?

u sure say d guy still dey life?

@lalasticlala. This has aged well. Front page please

Wow wow, 15 years old thread. This feels like time travel into the past. If the OP had only known how wrong he'd turn out eventually. Now Saviola cannot even lace Messi's boots!

Meanwhile, the only revelation I see from this thread is that Honorable Akin Alabi, owner of nairabet used to be an active nairalander. Baba don grow levels pass Nairaland now.

This life and future is truly very hard to predict.

honeric01:
All these bullshit that you must play in the EPL before you are regarded as good is too stupid to be true. you guys must be drunk with kick and follow football that you get so blind to what football is all about. If English football is that good, they should have won the world cup 10 times, champions league 30 times, euro cup 30 times, uefa cup 50 times and all the fifa player of the year and Ballon' should have been won by players from the EPL, i get so sick listening to these set of people.
some of these people can't even name the full squad of the teams they support, silly things,


Messi is Good and play one of the most entertaining football you can ever watch, strong, does that nag like most players do, does not misbehave, have not been caught in a bad habit and he's just good in and out of the pitch.

HE IS HARDLY NOT GIVEN ANY SECURITY FROM THE REFEREES LIKE SOME GET IN THEIR VARIOUS LEAGUE,

So e don tey way them dey argue about epl being overrated, can you imagine "2009"

pie1ect:
@ nightrider
I beg to disagree. Messi seems to have a better attitude than all those players you mentioned.

Another thing that's going for him is the fact that he doesn't have to adjust to European football. He started his professional career here so he shouldn't have that problem.

With such talents as Ronaldinho, Eto'o Deco and Xavi around him and a man like Rijkaard, I think he can only become a better player.

I may be pushing the issue, but I sincerely believe that if Argentina are going to make any kind of impact in this coming world cup, Messi will be the key. Even the Argentina players themselves are beginning to believe.

If you watch their last game (friendly with some team), their most penetrating attacks all came through Messi's Wing and it was no surprise he created one goal and scored another himself. And that was only his first full match for the senior nat. team.

I sincerely believe he's a special kid and deserves all the hype he's getting. It takes someone special to bench players like Giuly and Larsson on a constant basis.

Wow! the man who saw tomorrow