Well, it is true messi is more injury prone & never have
aerial power of Ronaldo.
Do rem, Ronaldo was bought to replace another No7, a Right
winger.And for first two seasons, his play was purely a winger.
Only with the sale of Ruud and Saha's Injury did he managed to
flourish. Cause effectively, MU is without a target man, and
switches to this mobile attack of Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo. And
this is where Ronaldo soared, and hence "team"-player.
@ the last meetings between Barca and MU, Messi was clearly the
greater threat. he was drifting from left, right and centre. I felt
he just did not have the proper support. Rem when Barca won the
European Champions, Messi was superb.
Despite his injury concerns, he is not built like Robben, Kewell
or Giggs, in that they are slender and build for speed. Messi is
stocky and reminds me of one Maradona. I think Ronaldo was less
muscular when he first came, like a Nani, but has added a lot of
bulk since then.
As for whether he can shine in MU, one thing is for sure, if SAF
treats him the way he did with Giggs,Ronaldo, he will be more
productive.
Well, I am not saying Ronaldo pales but just that Messi
has more impact when fit.
Yeah, since you agree Messi is injury prone and Ronaldo is
better in terms of goal scoring and aerial powers... This more or
less sums it up already...
Impact players they all are... Messi, Ronny, Robben and even
Giggs in his younger days. Yes, Ronaldo was bough as a winger and
till the end of last season, he was still a winger most of their
matches... United played with a target man last
season and usually it was Rooney and when he was moved to the
left, Tevez took over the striker's role... Ronaldo hardly plays in
that position... His improvement as a player or goal scorer
shouldn't be put down to rvn leaving or injury to Saha... Its more
to do with his maturity over these last 2 yrs and his own
determination to improve and succeed that got him where he is
today.
The meeting between Utd and Barce was a strategic affair...
Fergie set out shop to defend in the first leg therefore that could
explain their lack of attacking opportunities for Ronaldo to shine
but despite that, he still got them a penalty.
The 2nd leg was also almost the same story tho United started
out attacking but they got an early goal by Scholes and decided to
changed their strategy into one of defending which work out well
for them... Anyway, i can't recall Messi was drifting in from
the left, right and centre in that match... I only remember
watching him on the right most of the time and Evra more or less
had him covered and only on one occasion did he beat him but Evra
got back again and it came to nothing...
Another thing i remember when Barce won the CL, Messi was only a
bit part player then... Ronaldinho was superb, Ludovic
Giuly, Rafael Márquez, Deco and Puyol all played
well... Larsson was also a great impact player... Messi
didn't even played in that final... His only goal contribution
was a goal in Barce's 5-0 win over Panathinaikos in the group stages. So its rather
a long shot to call him superb in their CL win.
