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KingLennon:
Farmer's League! Can you imagine Messi topping the scoring charts with 15 more goals. No competition without ororo. CR7 the GOAT. Nobody should quote me and tell me nonsense

The only yardstick to compare both have always been via goals scored. And as I type this, Messi has more career goals than the other guy despite playing about 120 games less. Overall, Messi is the better player- He is the playmaker, chance creator, assist maker for his team. And dont tell he needs to play in another league to prove himself, as he, like the other guy have always played in great teams with great players. Saying he should leave Barca to prove himself is like saying the best student in Havard should leave for Uniben to prove himself. Fact is, if you are good, you are good.

The game last night was a disgrace but I saw it coming. I have read how well, many fans on this thread have continually defended Valvershit and S. Busquets. For starters, Valvershit is not top team material and only has Messi to thank for his successes in the domestic front. In Europe, he has proven to be naive and lacking the adequate mentality needed to compete. Truth be told, he has added nothing of worth to the team and how the team plays. We won the first leg because Liverpool didn't convert their chances, and should have played to score at Anfield, instead, the fool threw in 11 players on the pitch with no tactics, other than to look out for Messi and pass to him.

S. Busquets has been our worst player since the departure of Xavi. If the saying goes(as often used against Messi) that a player cannot play well without Xavi-Iniesta, its this guy. Dude is so weak and irritating to be called a Holding midfielder. He is intelligent no doubt, but if he wasn't a Catalan, he would not make our second team be honest. Same applies with S. Roberto. A proper holding midfielder gives support to the other players and not relying on the other players to support him. He crumbles under pressure which was a tactics Zidane's Madrid used on him time and again which worked.

A. Vidal is a great player but not one needed against a Liverpool team from start. He could have come in in the second when the game is safe. Yesterday, what was needed was a controller, and the moment I saw the line-up, I knew we were in for trouble, because the game plan was obvious, soak up the attack and play to counter, and you cant do that against a Liverpool team over 180mins. I mean, how weak can a Coach's mind be so weak to set his team to play that way when they are leading with 3 goals?

Above all, Messi might be the Most talented player to ever grace the game, and would forever be in the top 3 GOAT list, but its evident he lacks the mental frame work to carry a team. He caves to pressure. Its a clear patter- Argentina, Barcelona... The moment Liverpool scored the second goal, I stopped watching and knew we were out. Had we got someone like Neymar Jnr alongside yesterday, I could bet we would have grind a result. L. Suarez and P. Coutinho and O. Dembele should be sold.

I guess I will stop watching our games from now till Valvershit is sacked. I doubt the board has the balls to do so, and by that, we are on for more of last night in Europe while dominating locally. F. De Jong would come and I fear Valvershit would ruin his game same way he has done with P. Coutinho, O. DEmbele and Malcom O. I hope we can get Ronald Koeman or M. Pochetino. I will even manage Prof Wenger for a season or two till Xavi is ripe enough to take over.

We are officially the greatest bottlers in Europe. Shame!

Our weak link is S. Busquets. If he raises his game and possibly gets support from the other midfiled players, we should do fine in the tie. I guess that is why he has been rested frequently the couple of weeks. We can't afford loose balls and sloppy passes, even tho the Liverpool midfield isnt exactly world class.

I feel both teams are well motivated to get to the Finals and would give there all. For Liverpool, the UCL is the most realistic trophy they can clinch, while for Barca, the joy of a third treble brings so much glamour than Madrid's 3 successive UCLs

The tie is 50-50 IMO, and would be decided by few details. I hope and pray we are favoured by Mother luck!

IKON360:
that a keeper faces lesser shots than another is testamentary to the effectiveness of the team not even the goalkeeper, Liverpool press from the front with very hardworking forwards with harder working midfielders and exceptional defenders. And the keeper himself is very good, wasn't it the same Liverpool that Karius killed last season, even with Van Dijk and co.

MATS and Allison may be equal in individual skill but the team is the advantage Allison has over MATS

V. Valdes holds a record 5 times Zamora trophy for a goalkeeper with the least goals conceded per season. Its common knowledge, however, that he ranks far behind I. Casillas in real terms of who is the better goalkeeper. As someone said, the Liverpool guy is least exposed when you compare him to MATS. He faces more of tame shots. A great goalkeeper nonetheless, but sentiments aside, MATS is the better of the two.

Oga Voy sold me my UK used BB Curve 2 back in the day. Good to see you are still in the biz. Keep it up bro!