Originally Posted by lagcam

Yes it means that you don't know what you are talking about !!

For a start Messi the man has only played for Barca and a constantly squabbling Argentina national side presently managed by one of theor greatest players and poorest managers.

Barca picked him up when he was a frail (actually sick) young boy and nurtured him to what he is now. He has in previous seasons shown flashes of the brilliance he is now showing, but being so lightweight, he was often taken out by a consistent physical approach.

The last few games however have shown a new physical strength to his game, a Maradona-esque ability to brush aside physical challenges and on Sunday night against Zaragosa for me he came of age.

It is still of course too early to rank him too far up the list of greatest players ever. He will need to dominate on the international stage at a World Cup final, and this year with the likes of Higuain and Tevez alongside him, he should get the chance to do that. Argentina for me have the World Cup to lose.

Of the three current best players in the world, I would put him marginally ahead of Ronaldo and Rooney on current form, and what I like about him (and Rooney actually), is that unlike Ronaldo, he plays for the team and not team himself.