| I have been a pro football player earning a decent salary playing for my local team and I barely had a glimpse of the 2ŞB league (equivalent to 3rd division, a pit-hole most terams get stuck in). I got very unattached from superstar football when I realized that the competition was completely driven by unscrupulous agents working with the consent of all major clubs to keep the cash flowing by mantaining the competition interesting for fans. Anyway thats just me being a prick cos I never got my golden ticket hehe... to the discussion...
I t is true that barcelona had a dubious start, but if you watch their last 2 matches you will agree that the steamroller is back and it's bigger, better, and it's got the one boy that can change a match with minimal effort on his behalf, and when he gets cocky he can make any defence think twice about his career choice. I consider myself a fan of real football, no diving, no ref complaints, no limitations, just you against us, and I will make sure my presence will make a difference... and Messi plays that way... he will charge your defense again and again making the best of his inspirational form.
Just for reference, I barely saw Maradona before he got caught in the world cup for sniffing coke, seen the Pele clips that get repeated all over, watched a couple of Cruyff's world cup matches that got Holland to get noticed when people browsed the atlas, and seen Di Stefano's glorious decade brought football to the fan and started the football craze as we know it now. I have breathed football most of my life and out of tradition I am a Real Madrid fan, but I can say without a doubt that Messi is the most amazing player I have seen that has managed to go pro, I believe he will need an unforgettable World Cup appearance to get admitted in the top 5, and to me he could possibly the brightest star amongst the pack. Sorry, late night rambling, on to some more deep thoughts...
No doubt he lacks severely in the defensive and contention department, but as Johan Cruyff taught us, a match is all about scoring one more goal than yer adversary, thats all it takes to make yer fans happy.
Despite being a Real fan I gotta say I am so dissapointed with the lack of teamwork in the last 10 years, I envy Barcelona fans that get to see football at it's finest, plus they promote Messi last year and not content with that they bring 2 wonderkids into the first team to fight against Henry, Etoo and Ronaldinho for 2 spots in offense. Giovanni looks like he can make it to the top, depends on if he can challenge a strong sticky marker and come out a winner. Bojan has to live up to all the praise coming from reports from scouts sent by all major clubs, looks good, but as Giovanni he jumped from 3rd Division to the elite, and I think he's gonna have a trial by fire when he faces the real deal.
As a last comment I think Real Madrid is dragging the faulty and poor teamwork inherited from past seasons and personified in so-called superstars living from the past such as Raul. I am truely baffled about how he keeps making it into the startup formation with every manager, I must be missing something that happens behind doors because I haven't seen him bring anything useful to the team for the last 5 years, he's actually a handicap using up a spot better suited for upcoming talents such as Saviola, Higuain (I have faith in this kid) or even Soldado or Baptista(underused mean-machine and possibly the better option to link midfield with wingers and strikers). Sucha waste of talent in my eyes. Then we've got Guti, a remarkable piece of shit he is... he will go unnoticed for 80 minutes never helping in defense and just waiting for a miracle through-pass that will get the media wankers rubbing one off and spouting one-sided reviews the next day making him the hero that saved the day... if Schuster is gonna build the backbone of his team based on these two past glories then there is something terribly wrong in the management department. Sorry about the rant, but I really need to see some decent football from Real after a decade of Barcelona supremacy. |