troylocker
Evens winner of 'Odds or Evens 2023/2024'
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I have never claimed Haaland is a better footballer than Messi, but I have claimed he is a better goalscorer and ahead of him for his age when it comes to goalscoring and endproduct. He'll have to up his game now though to keep up, because Messi had 10 insane seasons in a row from this age. Messi had the best ever team around him to give him the best possible working conditions. Don't get me wrong, I loved watching Messi and the other greats you mentioned play football. The aftermath will tell us how good Haaland really is/will become. One thing is certain, and that is that Haaland possesses a unique set of extreme skills that we haven't really seen before.Aren't you the guy that compared Messi and Haaland posting below nonsense, comparing a GOAT level playmaker + dribbler + goalscorer Messi with a penalty box poacher and declaring him as better, talking as if Messi is a penalty box poacher as well. Reducing strikers to "number of goals" only as if they don't do anything else with that great football knowledge.
It seems more like the world's problem rather than mine that football fans adore Messi, Maradona, Cruyff, Pele, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Beckenbauer, R9, Xavi, Modric, Platini type of players rather than one-dimensional limited poachers like Haaland. You're definitely in the minority with that unique taste![]()
I have seen street footballers do things with a football none of the above greats is even close to be able to do. There is many ways to be a good footballer.