Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Look at the **** Ronaldo has to play with, he puts up some imperious superhuman performances to drag the team through. If messi put up half the showing ronaldo has this World Cup, his team would qualify with ease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rio_V Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Pukey said: If he hasn't shaken hands with the opposition then that's poor form yes. He's not the first and won't be the last to do something like that. True. And looked like some of his team mates did the same which is lame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Look at the **** Ronaldo has to play with, he puts up some imperious superhuman performances to drag the team through. If messi put up half the showing ronaldo has this World Cup, his team would qualify with ease. Difference is one team has a gameplan and a way to win the game and play to their strengths etc and the other, well.... Messi picks his mates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Quote Caballero(22) had more touches than Messi(20) Good stuff. But who could blame him when he was shadowed by The Choffeur. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrik Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Look at the **** Ronaldo has to play with, he puts up some imperious superhuman performances to drag the team through. If messi put up half the showing ronaldo has this World Cup, his team would qualify with ease. Agreed, but I do feel the Portuguese team is more balanced. Next to this Messi just isn't the character that Ronaldo is, he hasn't got that insatiable hunger for succes and fame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, craigcwwe said: Difference is one team has a gameplan and a way to win the game and play to their strenghs etc and the other, well.... Messi picks his mates. Having a true leader as captain in the team who inspires teammates helps rather than just having a great player as captain. That influences the way of playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Look at the **** Ronaldo has to play with, he puts up some imperious superhuman performances to drag the team through. If messi put up half the showing ronaldo has this World Cup, his team would qualify with ease. Yeah but Portugal are set up with a tactical plan, which is a) set up to defend and b) set up to get the best out of Ronaldo. Argentina are just a mix of clowns with seemingly no plan in place. Genuinely couldn't see Argentina doing anything if they had Ronaldo instead of Messi (although tbf Ronaldo probably would have scored the penalty) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Having a true leader as captain in the team who inspires teammates helps rather than just having a great player as captain. That influences the way of playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Albrighton Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I'm usually pro Ronaldo if anything but there is no way Ronaldo or any other single player could do anything for this Argentina team in its current setup. Its absolutely appalling from front to back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Ronaldo makes stuff happen, Messi relies on his mates, Ronaldo would've likely provided a spark and galvanized his teammates rather than sulk and do naff all yet he'd have been berated for having to be centre of attention, more hypocrisy from OTF as usual concerning those two Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Ronaldo’s performances have been of an absolute insane level so very unlikely he keeps it up. If he didn’t the team would just be like Argentina this World Cup. messi simply needed to perform a little bit and Argentina would qualify from this easy group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Personally I was impressed that Messi listened to the people who accused him of being too greedy and taking too many shots against Iceland, but maybe not affecting the game at all in any way was a bit of an overreaction Speaking of people going missing, Aguero managed the astonishing feat of not touching the ball for over 20 consecutive minutes of the first half, the sort of stat you could understand if he was playing for Andorra, but not for an Argentina side that was very much in the game at the time and needing to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Why does it always have to be Messi vs Ronaldo? There's a topic for that on football forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Even now Portugal being lauded is ********, they have a mess of a team and people are posting expecting Iran to beat them yet now they have a plan and better players simply to counter Messi's incompetence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Marc Albrighton said: I'm usually pro Ronaldo if anything but there is no way Ronaldo or any other single player could do anything for this Argentina team in its current setup. Its absolutely appalling from front to back. Think this sums it up. "Messi simply needed to perform a little bit" ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Messi has to play in an amazing team. He can’t play in just a decent or average team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: messi simply needed to perform a little bit and Argentina would qualify from this easy group. The state of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhikapp Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 That was such a sh*tshow from Argentina. That's what you get for fielding Johnny Sins in goal. Argentina were so bad. Messi was non-existent, but the team didn't even try to involve him. And I fail to see what Meza offers what Lo Celso or Dybala can do. Hell, maybe play Acuna or Salvio as an actual winger, maybe they'll do better than Meza for once. Having said that, Croatia were really good, and are being written off too early. Their main midfield pair are key players for Madrid and Barca FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Hodgy said: Even now Portugal being lauded is ********, they have a mess of a team and people are posting expecting Iran to beat them yet now they have a plan and better players simply to counter Messi's incompetence Do you think Portugal has less of a cohesive plan that Argentina? Did you just watch Argentina? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Messi has many qualities, leadership is certainly not one of them. Put Messi in Portugal instead of Ronaldo, they would be useless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Hopefully both Portugal and Argentina go out at the group stage so this tedious, never ending debate can just **** off. (I say this knowing I'm contributing to the tedium.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Pukey said: Do you think Portugal has less of a cohesive plan that Argentina? Did you just watch Argentina? Portugal would look equally clueless as Argentina if Ronaldo was non existent like Messi was last 2 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Messi has many qualities, leadership is certainly not one of them. Put Messi in Portugal instead of Ronaldo, they would be useless. Are you suggesting Argentina are struggling because Messi lacks leadership qualities? Anyway, I just wonder where all the defenders and CMs are in Argentina? Do they not produce them anymore because if the current batch is the best they have to offer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Christ. Does everything have to be Ronaldo vs Messi. So bloody tiresome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 minute ago, craigcwwe said: Are you suggesting Argentina are struggling because Messi lacks leadership qualities? That’s one of the reasons for sure. He doesn’t seem to be bothered in the last 2 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrik Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Messi has many qualities, leadership is certainly not one of them. Put Messi in Portugal instead of Ronaldo, they would be useless. I do agree with that, I feel Messi isn't the type of leader Ronaldo is. Messi also shouldn't be forced in that role which he is at the moment. Still see Ronaldo at that EC Final coaching his team from the sideline more than their manager did . Could not see Messi even doing such a thing, and that is fine but just to underline the difference between the two. Argentina should always have someone like Mascherano as their captain, I feel if you take that pressure away from Messi and simply make him 'one of the players' he will automatically feel less pressure and probably perform better. At Barça he is also the captain at times, but those two situations are incomparable imo. At Barça there are the foundations for him to be captain, at the Argentinian national team not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Moores Mum Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sid1984 said: Portugal would look equally clueless as Argentina if Ronaldo was non existent like Messi was last 2 games. Like the last World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Pukey said: Do you think Portugal has less of a cohesive plan that Argentina? Did you just watch Argentina? Yes I did watch and your question is neither here nor there on the scale of things whilst im not bothered whether they did or did not have a plan however I wouldn't be surprised if Croatia put 3 past Portugal too yet team spirit plays a big part too, Portugal have fighters and wouldn't give up and if they did Ronaldo would be pushing his teammates not walking around with his head down doing naff all. Anyway I'm out as I agree with this man: 12 minutes ago, GunmaN1905 said: Why does it always have to be Messi vs Ronaldo? There's a topic for that on football forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius1998 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, ginnybob said: Like the last World Cup Or the one before that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkerossian Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 My God. We were atomic. Mandžukić, Rebić and Perišić are probably K.O.-ed right now- that was a triple marathon. I knew that Caballero and the back line had to be put to the sword. And we did it, A victory among the greatest for the checkered ones. Messi forced into retirement by a merciless defense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 When is Argentinian post-game press conference? Must watch television. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 minute ago, GunmaN1905 said: When is Argentinian post-game press conference? Must watch television. No idea but odds on Messi announcing his immediate retirement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Found it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterUsernameHere Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, craigcwwe said: Are you suggesting Argentina are struggling because Messi lacks leadership qualities? Anyway, I just wonder where all the defenders and CMs are in Argentina? Do they not produce them anymore because if the current batch is the best they have to offer... Not sure but they could definitely field a better defence and midfield than they have even without producing anyone else. But clearly a long way from Samuel, Ayala, Redondo etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Sandman Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Gago and banega should have been better players, their potential was higher than their highest CA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid1984 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 17 minutes ago, craigcwwe said: No idea but odds on Messi announcing his immediate retirement? 1000/1 however after the World Cup i’d say 1/10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamPook Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Only one I see making noise is the Real Madrid fanboy as usual Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Highlights: Argentina 0-3 Croatia: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daylight Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Beckham giving his prediction! Not good reading for England fans if he is this far off! https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44562759 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
av3ry Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 They were lucky the third goal was so late. Another 10 minutes and we'd have witnessed a Brazil style meltdown from Argentina! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Seeker Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Can't believe I missed this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebs Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Such a great game...Croatia were utterly fantastic and Argentina were just bland. Best games so far - Spain V Portugal...Germany V Mexico...and now this one, Croatia V Argentina...such a good world cup so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 wish I had put some money on Argentina getting the early exit home, a world class looking attack but a shocking defence/midfield picked in the squad taken by the manager. What Argentina would give for a Redondo in midfield and Samuel in defence. even somebody like Coloccini is better than what was put out tonight I feel Argentina might need Messi to retire for them to rebuild and progress properly, despite the fact it sounds stupid on paper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunmaN1905 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Well, they didn't take Samuel and Zanetti in 2006, Zanetti and Cambiasso in 2010. Some would say them having this kind of defense and midfield now is karma. Dybala-Icardi-Lautaro trio to win it in 2022. Sampaoli said that it's the team's fault for not helping Messi. Then another reporter asked Aguero about as he was exiting the locker room and Aguero replied with something like who cares about what he says. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 35 minutes ago, Citizen Kane said: Gago and banega should have been better players, their potential was higher than their highest CA. Gago...forgot he existed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Kranevitter had a really high PA in FM at one point didn't he? thought he was still in Spain but it seems he's playing in the Russian league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaceCrusher Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 What happened to Garay by the way, is he injured? Did fine in 2014 and is better than Rojo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavo01 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Great game. Couldn't be happier to see Argentina get a stuffing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigcwwe Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 5 hours ago, GunmaN1905 said: Brozović starting, not Badelj. Even more running and pressing from Croatia. Croatia has never lost second game of any big tournament: 96 Denmark 3-0 98 Japan 1-0 02 Italy 2-1 04 France 2-2 06 Japan 0-0 08 Germany 2-1 12 Italy 1-1 14 Cameroon 4-0 16 Czech 2-2 The run continues then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astafjevs Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Just caught up with the game. The back three was terrible and a waste of 55 mins. They went to a four and were so much better, then Sampaoli ****ed up by bringing on Dybala. They were doing just fine at that point, putting on pressure, building momentum. The Dybala sub killed it. Not because of him, but because they lost a central midfielder and ended up with Mascherano-Meza in the middle. And Meza doesn't strike me as a player that can play that role. They need a draw tomorrow. An Iceland win and they're going to be praying for a four goal swing (at least). And Iceland don't look like a side that will get thrashed by anyone. And if they're concerned they'll just park the bus like they did vs. Argentina and make sure they don't lose heavy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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