Ah i love this old chestnut. Of course any world class player is not world class unless they have done a 90 minutes in December away to Stoke. Suppose Maradona, Van Basten, Baggio and many other class players were not that good as they never played in the top tier of English football.
Ha, typical arrogant deluded EPL watcher. Is this the same EPL that has no teams left in the Champions League?
31 goals in 71 games, doesnt sound as good when you look at the big picture you clever dicky. I think thats sort of what Rooney has got for England and lets face it, he is fookin shite. Peter Crouch 22 in 42 in a shite England side... Clear proof that if Crouch was in the current Barca side he would have twice the goals as Messi...
Preston avatar, deluded prem watcher... Nice logic Buddy. United was very unlucky to lose against Real Madrid, wouldnt you agree?
So if you don't watch the Premier League what makes you think Messi has to do well there to prove himself? Unlucky or not, they lost. La Liga has 3 sides in the last 8 of the CL. Bundesliga has 2. We have none. You do the math about how good our league is.
You dont get the point Shiz, The premier league is better overall, the bottom teams in the EPL are far better than the bottom teams in La Liga.
Think you will find its a A* in maths che, Crouchy has a far better goal to game ratio than Messi at international level.
In the unlikely circumstance that you are being serious, surely his 58 goals in 76 Champions League games suggests he can do it against the better teams? 56 from 64 since the start of the 2007-08 season at which point he was 20...
I was wondering when someone would bring this up. On another note, his international strike rate is a lot better than Maradona's so it can't be that bad can it?
Yeah, this would be why Athletico Bilbao, who finished 10th last season, are currently 14th now, totally outclassed and embarrassed Man United over two games last season? The likes of Deportivo, Zaragoza, Mallorca and co would destroy the likes of QPR, Reading and Villa. insane stats.
Does that mean then that a player that scored on their debut is the greatest player ever as they have scored in every match they played ? Considering Crouch scored three against Jamaica and Andorra and two v Belarus and Egypt then yes he is prolific in an England shirt.
List of players with more international goals therefore better than Messi... Stern John Jan Koller Peter Ndlovu Robbie Keane Pauleta Ali Daei
