Ok, so Barcelona didn't win the Copa or the UCL this season, but they will win the league. Leo Messi was slowed a bit in the New Year and is likely not going to top last year's haul of 73, but still he's done some amazing things.
Currently he has scored in 21 straight games. A few of those games he has come on as a late sub, which makes it more than impressive. So, I wonder if could he finish this season by continuing the streak on to next year? I think 30 would be ultra impressive.
Messi has 46 League goals. Last year he set an all Euro league record with 50. He should score the 5 needed to break the record, but can he score 9 to get to 55? Would anyone ever touch 55? I bet no. I think he ends up with 52 though. He hasn't scored a hat trick in a while and Aletico and Malaga are on the slate. Two teams that won't making scoring easy.
Last season Messi scored 73 goals in 60 appearances. This season he has a chance to make 54 appearances. He needs to hit 64 goals to have a better goals to appearance differential. Pretty astounding since he did it in less games. I think he blows the doors off and scores 67. 1.25 goals per game average. Scary.
Someone mentioned the other day that Messi hasn't done well when surrounded by other World Class strikers. I guess they are pointing out his time with Ibra and the struggles Alexis has had. Villa did ok his first season, but had a dry spell. He still had 23 goals in all competitions while Pedro had 22. He spent most of the year hurt in 11-12 and this season has battled for time and a few injuries.
My reason for bringing that up is if you gave Messi a world class striker to play along side and any of the other 4 or 5 current strikers I think he would do even better and as a team the sky would be the limit. I don't believe a guy who attracts that must defensive attention can't make another striker better.
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