Messi: not just great, but the best?

[capriccioso 2,545]

Messi wouldn't do this, he would just dribble past everyone and one-on-one pass the ball into the net. I can say I would rather see a volly over a one-on-one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdy5fKdLvL8

Messi will never, ever surpass that. EVER. It took so long to drop. Messi would miscue it into the ground or put it in row z.

[Spike 12,049]

Messi will never, ever surpass that. EVER.

He could do it with his skill level but he won't because it just goes against his playing ethos. He isn't brave enough to try something so...so incredble.

[capriccioso 2,545]

To be honest, I don't think anyone can match that. Zidane is up there with Pele, Maradona and Eusebio in my books.

[AshleyCole 2]

I think Ronaldo has been the better player this year and was more pivotal when it mattered

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

[Madmax 9,219]

That is one legendary picture.

[Ollie 4,400]

I still feel a bit gutted that Ronaldo never won the UCL. Great picture.

[Madmax 9,219]

I still feel a bit gutted that Ronaldo never won the UCL. Great picture.

It's the Champions League's loss.

[termninja 5,290]

Looking at that picture now when DD left us and we have a CL title...he really looks like his place is among those 2.

[Santiago. 1,500]

Zidane is the greatest player of all time imo

Messi is just a talented kid who got injected with Growth Hormones and increased muscle mass and entered a professional sport...and nobody sees the harm in that apparently.

[YouMad? 3]

Messi has nothing on Andy Carroll in my honest opinion.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Zidane is the greatest player of all time imo

Messi is just a talented kid who got injected with Growth Hormones and increased muscle mass and entered a professional sport...and nobody sees the harm in that apparently.

I don't know about Messi's hormone problems, but Zidane certainly takes the no.1 spot for me.

[capriccioso 2,545]

I still feel a bit gutted that Ronaldo never won the UCL. Great picture.

Surely not, he must have done?!

Aah, wiki tells me he was too late for the CL but managed a CWC win.

[Spike 12,049]

Zidane is the greatest player of all time imo

Messi is just a talented kid who got injected with Growth Hormones and increased muscle mass and entered a professional sport...and nobody sees the harm in that apparently.

He would probably be dead or really frail and sickly without the hormones.

[Santiago. 1,500]

He would probably be dead or really frail and sickly without the hormones.

No he wouldn't,

He would have been 5'3, now 5'7.

He took it because during play he felt fatigued and weak, after he took it he felt better.

Regardless of your physical shape, it shouldn't be allowed to take it at all when entering a professional sport.

[Spike 12,049]

No he wouldn't,

He would have been 5'3, now 5'7.

He took it because during play he felt fatigued and weak, after he took it he felt better.

Regardless of your physical shape, it shouldn't be allowed to take it at all when entering a professional sport.

Maybe...but it is a disease and you can't prevent someone from chasing their dream because they are sick. http://en.wikipedia....mone_deficiency

Also I laughed: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the_beautiful_blog/2012/05/fox-sports-tweets-death-of-lionel-messi

[Santiago. 1,500]

Maybe...but it is a disease and you can't prevent someone from chasing their dream because they are sick. http://en.wikipedia....mone_deficiency

Also I laughed: http://www.nydailyne...of-lionel-messi

Dream or not, taking a drug to increase your muscle mass and height should be banned when entering a professional sport. It did indeed help him with his progression in growing but the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that it's unfair for the reason that it's not 'natural', especially when entering a professional sport. Look at Ronaldo, what if he decided to take HGH?

[Spike 12,049]

Dream or not, taking a drug to increase your muscle mass and height should be banned when entering a professional sport. It does indeed helped him with his progression in growing but the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that it's unfair for the reason that it's not 'natural', especially when entering a professional sport. Look at Ronaldo, what if he decided to take HGH?

Oh, come on. Ronaldo and Messi have completely different circumstance. It's a disease, A DISEASE. It's not like he still taking them, he needed it to get through puberty properly. Imagine having shriveled up balls and arms the size of rubber bands; it's not very nice.