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Now that we're eliminated, who you pulling for in the WC?

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L4Dawg

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StillTbonewannabe said:
I think Messi is good enough to play in a higher league than MLS but I imagine he has some sweetheart deal like Beckham got. He might not could play a full season though. He only plays like every other game for Miami. Dude is always hurt or something.
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Exactly the point I have been making the whole time here. He can't go a whole season anymore. If he could he would still be in Europe.
 
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L4Dawg said:
Old dudes can score in a short tournament. If he was still capable of turning in a season at the top level he would still be playing in Europe. He knows that he isn't, which is why he is in MLS.
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He could still easily turn in a season at the top level if he wanted. He’s still a Top 15 player in the world according to all the major outlets who rank such things. No, he wouldn’t be the best player at said top level, and might not even be on the 1st team if an All-Star team was assembled from the Big 5 leagues in Europe. But he’d be 2nd team / 3rd team for sure.

He’s in MLS because he’s earned countless trophies / records / awards / titles at the top level already, and earned over a billion dollars there. He has nothing left to prove in Europe, so he’s living where he wants and playing where he wants. He’s a 9-10hr direct flight from his home country in Miami. He doesn’t get that opportunity in Europe, and he’s also swarmed and stalked whereever he goes over there.

L4Dawg said:
That's been my point all along and I have specifically stated it that way many times. Y'all keep commenting on something entirely different. Mo Salah played well today too. He dang sure slipped in the league last year though. He isn't what he was. Neither is Messi.
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Nobody, not one time, has argued that he is what he was in his prime. But he’s still very good. And he has without question been the very best player in this entire World Cup up to this point….which is something that’s pretty much damn near impossible to accomplish if you aren’t one of the Top 10-15 players in the world.
 
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Perd Hapley said:
He could still easily turn in a season at the top level if he wanted. He’s still a Top 15 player in the world according to all the major outlets who rank such things. No, he wouldn’t be the best player at said top level, and might not even be on the 1st team if an All-Star team was assembled from the Big 5 leagues in Europe. But he’d be 2nd team / 3rd team for sure.

He’s in MLS because he’s earned countless trophies / records / awards / titles at the top level already, and earned over a billion dollars there. He has nothing left to prove in Europe, so he’s living where he wants and playing where he wants. He’s a 9-10hr direct flight from his home country in Miami. He doesn’t get that opportunity in Europe, and he’s also swarmed and stalked whereever he goes over there.


Nobody, not one time, has argued that he is what he was in his prime. But he’s still very good. And he has without question been the very best player in this entire World Cup up to this point….which is something that’s pretty much damn near impossible to accomplish if you aren’t one of the Top 10-15 players in the world.
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He would never hold up. He doesn’t play every game in MLS. He knows this even if you don’t, that’s why he is really here.
 
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