fake facts. Messi would do great in any system, be it 1v1 or 15v15 but that’s not important either way, football is 11v11 and always will be, you can’t judge players on hypotheticals of they’d be if there were more or less
No, you're living in the past. Prime Messi and we're talking about his physical prime would have, but the current version we're talking about nowhere near the false image you're seeing in your mind. It's almost like saying Ronaldinho would still have it, YES he might on everything else but the physical aspect of the game, just like Messi starting to be. At some point you need to realize that others are working way too much for you, is it beneficial for the team anymore to play him for 90mins every game and so on. Of course you can hang around, you can have those 10 players work for you and make your stats look absolute terrific, but what's the price when you clearly can't keep up with the physical requirements of the game anymore? Why don't we bring Brasilian Ronaldo back on our ST, to have him walk around in the box and throwing him 15 balls in a game, he might sneak couple in here and there, but would that make him world class footballer, yet best in the world? If you work as a team, you can make anybody look good as ever, but once again, the price must be paid and the price has been no success in anywhere else than La Liga past 5 years, where most teams are 10% of the budget Barca is working at.
Stop living in a fantasy world.
- - - Updated - - -
Yes, exactly. I just can't stand people defending their favourite players till the end, i'v had my GOATS hanging till 40s and i never claimed them to be the best anymore, stop the fanboyism.