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  • 7 months later...

So what we are saying is that Messi was 90 (120) minutes away from being as good as Maradona?

 

Had Argentina won that trophy, he would have pretty much done it alone. He was the stand-out player in that Argentina team and dragged them to the final. Rodriguez & a couple of Germans had a better WC, thats about it.

Some mongs of an older generation are too blinded by their heyday, what things were like in their youth, will never see how good Messi is. Same mongs probably think that Happy Mondays are still relevant.

 

Messi - as good as Maradona.

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So what we are saying is that Messi was 90 (120) minutes away from being as good as Maradona?

 

Had Argentina won that trophy, he would have pretty much done it alone. He was the stand-out player in that Argentina team and dragged them to the final. Rodriguez & a couple of Germans had a better WC, thats about it.

Some mongs of an older generation are too blinded by their heyday, what things were like in their youth, will never see how good Messi is. Same mongs probably think that Happy Mondays are still relevant.

 

Messi - as good as Maradona.

He didn't drag them to the final himself. He was pretty poor throughout.

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Maradonas contribution to the 86 WC win is of course vastly overstated mainly cause he scored 4 brilliantly iconic goals.

 

For consistent brilliance at the top end of club football at least messi has by far the greater resume.

 

Diff times of course. Put maradona in the late 00s Barcelona and who knows how good he would have bee.

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  • 1 year later...

He'll definitely come back for the 2018 World Cup.

 

I think it's too hard to judge who was better. Messi is playing in a "super team" at club level. It wasn't possible to go out and buy all the best players for one team when Maradona was playing. Certainly helps Messi score goals when he has lots of quality around him and any other team in the division that dares show a quality player will end up just losing him to Barca as well.

 

Also, in Diego's day it was nae bother at ah to just kick the fuck out of him. Messi is far more protected.

 

Greatest player ever... clearly Eoin Jess.

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