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probably because Manu plays against better Athletes.
Messi's a of a lot more dominant in his own sport but Manu impresses me more for some reason.
probably because Manu plays against better Athletes.
this man..
Messi is a in choker
Drogba put him in his fkn place at the champions league in 2012. Never forget my Chelsea that year.
He has won an Olympic gold medal just like Manu...
Which was worse, Manu's 12 turnovers in 6/7 or Missi going goalless in S. Africa?
Manu got redemption, would be quite the story if Lee followed in his footsteps in a fortnight.
On the surface, regardless of whether it's true or not, you'd think Manu would smoke Messi in the voting on a basketball forum frequented by Spurs fans, but then I remember this is SpursTalk. Sadly, lots of haters.
Yea, 23 and under soccer.
Not even in the same league as olympic basketball
I voted Messi since he's arguably one of the 5 best of all-time, but it should be noted that Messi is a proven cheater, tbh..
Personally, I believe every pro athlete takes PEDs, so I don't really care, but it's a little strange that Messi gets a pass from everybody for publicly being known as a cheater
C'mon, are you serious? I love Manu, but it's Messi and it's not even close.
Just google Messi: 74.800.000 , Manu: 1.740.000.
Ok, Manu beat the USA team with the National team and won the gold medal being the star of Argentina, but that's arguable his highest accomplishment. He's never been the best player in his team in the nba, except maybe from 2008-2010. Messi is the best player in the world since 2008.
He has scored 354 goals in 425 games for Barça. In 2011/12 he scored 50 goals and added 16 assists in 37 games in Liga and 14 goals and 5 assists in 11 Champions League games. That's ing insane. It's like averaging 50 points and 10 assists per game.
He has 3 golden boots (most in history), and 4 straight Ballon D'or (most in history also).
Don't be homers. I know some of you don't like or understand soccer, but Messi is a legend. Oh, and he also has an olympic medal.
I'm biased because I've seen way more of Manu and care way more about basketball, but isn't Messi considered the best player in his sport? That pretty much answers the question.
What could Manu have been had he taken HGH earlier in his life, though, tbh?..
He could have at least prevented some of the nagging injuries that have plagued him and prevented him from many more potential great moments on his resume..
He won't go over 300lbs when he retires and will live a healthy life, though.
You gotta be kidding me... I love Manu but even thinking about comparing the two of them is absolutely foolish. Soccer is a way bigger sport than Basketball and Messi's been the best player in the World for at least the last 5-6 years. You're comparing Manu to Jordan here guys.
Messi is the best in a much bigger sport with much tougher worldwide compe ion. I love Manu, but come on.
until US stop callin football, "soccer" i don't see the point trying to debate or argue about anything related to football with them...
Manu
Messi has done nothing as an athlete to Argentina. Not a single le with the main NT team. Got owned several times in Copa America despite having the best supporting cast.
Nobody gives a damn about those under23/20 les in football, including the Olympic medal.
Messi by far.
Dude futbol and BB are entirely two different sports. Manu would own Messi's ass in BB. Believe it or not, with Manu's speed and nimbleness, he probably could hold his own against Messi as a defender.
I go Manu b/c there is a sliver of the population that is as tall as Manu and as athletic as he was. He was probably the most athletic 2 guard in the league in his prime.
Messi is 5'7" and there are a lot of players as athletic as Messi is at that height. Messi just happens to be one of the best goal scorers in the world. Messi also has exceptional control of the ball like Zidane. But Messi has had Xavi and Ineista (two of top 5 Midfielders in the world for the past 6-7 years) to feed him the ball in midfield at Barca.
This would have been equivocal of Manu playing with Stockon and Lebron and both feeding him the ball to score. Imagine Manu's stats if he played with those guys all in their prime. The passing to him on his slashes to the basketball. All the completely wide open 3's off of double teams. Ollie oops from Stockton. Manu just had a selfish Parker as the main distributor.
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It's not a question of hate, it's a question of knowing what you're talking about. Messi is the equivalent of Lebron right now.
This poll is comparing apples to oranges, no matter how much a Spurs fan can appreciate Manu.
So we can say that Duncan is a scrub because a doesn't won anything with team USA ?
Messi is the best in the world in his sport (witch is the most popular sport in the world).
Manu is the best in his country in his sport (witch is not even the most popular sport in his country).
Lol, Manu is more a legend than Messi, when the Messi has punched a bat?
In terms of fame Messi is like Lebron right now, I understand you are Spanish and probably live in Barcelona but most Americans here voting Messi dont have a ing clue about FUTBOL.
4 straight Ballons de oro doesnt mean they are like the RSeason MVP something made of popular vote.
By your logic one futbol goal equals to 10 BB points, while in BB you have to be running every second even if you dont score in Futbol you can regulate and stay calm while ball is on the other side of the field, then Messi makes a run resulting in a Goal and is like 10 points for some people WTF.
Barcelona has no real compe ion there are like 30 teams and just 2 other good teams that always get to the finals are the real threat, REAL MADRID and ATLETICO so its easier to pad stats there.
When Euro/Spanish teams made a defensive scheme runing 8 guys down to shut the offenders Messi had no answer at all, I want Argentina to win but then its easier to do it in the World Cup since there is no dominant team in the tournament either.
In futbol you can tie games, or you can make one simple goal and sleep the rest of the game sadly BB doesnt follow those rules, in the playoffs you must play for the best of 7 while in futbol there is only 2 games one as Local and one as Visitant/Guest.
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