I have serious reservations over the whe The Greatest* conversation, it's largely pointless amd hugely boring. But nevertheless, Messi continues to perform to such a standard that it's becoming less and less of a conversation.
I hadn't realised just how good he was (and I'm aware how daft this might sound) until I saw him in person. He's magical. He does nothing until the ball arrives to him, and then suddenly everything comes alive. Not just him. Everything. The pitch, and time and space seems to move around him, not vice versa. It's phenomenal to watch.
So why then does he leave me so cold? Why do I get so little joy out of watching him perform? Is his brilliance so extreme, his mastery of the game so complete that's it's become clinical and cold? Is it overexposure, his every moment so documented that we're desensitised, part of the death of serendipity that affects so much of modern life? Or is it that he seems so joyless himself? It's very strange.
He just doesn't provoke the same joy in me that others have. Cantona, Baggio, Ronaldinho, Zidane. These are players who are not at the level of Messi, but who I much rather preferred to watch.
This'll end up being a me issue, I know, but I'm interested to know if I'm alone in this.
*It's Maradona, btw
I hadn't realised just how good he was (and I'm aware how daft this might sound) until I saw him in person. He's magical. He does nothing until the ball arrives to him, and then suddenly everything comes alive. Not just him. Everything. The pitch, and time and space seems to move around him, not vice versa. It's phenomenal to watch.
So why then does he leave me so cold? Why do I get so little joy out of watching him perform? Is his brilliance so extreme, his mastery of the game so complete that's it's become clinical and cold? Is it overexposure, his every moment so documented that we're desensitised, part of the death of serendipity that affects so much of modern life? Or is it that he seems so joyless himself? It's very strange.
He just doesn't provoke the same joy in me that others have. Cantona, Baggio, Ronaldinho, Zidane. These are players who are not at the level of Messi, but who I much rather preferred to watch.
This'll end up being a me issue, I know, but I'm interested to know if I'm alone in this.
*It's Maradona, btw
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