Andy Gray on Messi not being good enough for the premier league..

[HseagullsH]

Messi Is Not Good Enough For The Premier League | Football Sky Portal

Thoughts?

 

[Marc1901]

If Ronaldo is capable why won't Messi? It is a physical and tough league compared to La Liga though and Messi being the size he is he will probably get knocked all over the place.

 

[Beach Hut]

Andy Gray talks total shit so hardly an opinion worth taking seriously.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Even by Andy Gray's shit standards that's a piss-poor assessment.

 

[churley1]

He single handedly destroyed Arsenal not long ago, short memory from AG there...

He's Scottish anyway therefore knows f*ck all about good football.

 

[perth seagull]

Even by Andy Gray's shit standards that's a piss-poor assessment.

He's Scottish anyway therefore knows f*ck all about good football.

Amen.

 

[Football_Friends]

He's not really said anything you can disagree with though in that article has he?!

 

[hart's shirt]

Good enough? Absolutely.
Instant hit? Possibly not - he might need a season to get used to being kicked up in the air by no-nonsense types.

Like any Premiership neutral, it would be great to see him take the challenge, although leaving Barca for any English club would in all honesty be a step down, albeit a minor one.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If you want proof that Andy Gray is nothing but a glorified big-screen football pub bore here it is: he claims one of the World's best players is not good enough for the Premiership ..... and justifies it with the tired cliche about foreigners and cold Tuesdays up North.

I really do not think Messi or La Liga will loose much sleep over this.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Andy Gray is pure waffle these days, completely taken over by his self importance. Messi would be as amazing in England as he is in Spain, assuming you can get players to get on his wavelength. This is why he has taken a while to shine in the Argentina set up, until recently they couldn't tune into his movement or pace. They are getting there now.
Andy Gray is also a Man U fawner. Pathetic!

TNBA

TTF.

 

[Robdinho]

It is a physical and tough league compared to La Liga though and Messi being the size he is he will probably get knocked all over the place.

Similarly diminutive players like Juninho and Zola seemed to manage ok in the Premiership.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Said purly to drive publicity and exposure etc.

Sure maybe saying wouldn't be as effective, but he'd still be in the top 5 players in the world playing here, just in Spanish style of football he's better suited (esp. Barca) and thus number 1

 

[Pavilionaire]

Similarly diminutive players like Juninho and Zola seemed to manage ok in the Premiership.

Ardiles was small, skilful and Argentinian and excelled 30 years ago on FAR worse pitches than the bowling greens we have today. Gray is a cock who has "winged it" for the best part of 20 years. He has no insight, only experience as a player a long time ago.

 

[hart's shirt]

Some excellent examples mentioned earlier to prove the point.

I think the bigger question is whether Andy Gray is good enough to comment on the Premier League.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I wonder what Michael Robinson makes of these comments from Gray.

 

[Shinbreath]

To say that Messi couldn't cut it in the Prem is a totally ridiculous statement to make... He is a world class player.. FACT..

But would he achieve the God like status he has if he was playing in the Prem which has more teams of a higher standard ?

Lets face it, there are only really 3 or 4 teams which would make a dent in the Prem. (Barca, Real Madrid, Atletic Bilbao and Atlectio Madrid.. In my opinion)

 

[Tooting Gull]

Winged it is right. I imagine Andy Gray is one of those people who never wants to have a day off sick in his life. Because when he does, questions will be asked as to why some stand-in can do 10 times better on a fraction of the salary.

A classic case of 'the man in possession keeping the shirt'. When will broadcasters realise that not everyone is so stupid they can't realise when pundits are just filling air, and not actually saying anything new. This Messi statement is absurd, even if it might take him a while to adjust. As it did for Bergkamp, Zola, Ronaldo etc etc etc.

 

[Robdinho]

Lets face it, there are only really 3 or 4 teams which would make a dent in the Prem. (Barca, Real Madrid, Atletic Bilbao and Atlectio Madrid.. In my opinion)

Putting it the other way around then, how would a middling Prem team like, say, Blackburn or Stoke get on in La Liga? Would they be up challenging for the title? This is a genuine question btw, I don't get to watch Spanish football so have no real idea what the standard is like outside the Barce/Real duopoly.

 

[JBizzle]

Well in that Articla, he doesn't actually say he isn't good enough, just that ” The Argentine would struggle in a cold night at the Britiannia Stadium”.. Which he would. La Liga provides much mure time and space than the Premier League and the way he took apart Arsenal is just an example of him being afforded time and space against a team that plays in a very spanish way.

As for Ronaldo, he definately would not be anywhere near the player he is now if he hadn't been in the Premier League. I mean, he's a mountain of a man now, far from the stringy litle thing he was when he arrived. Its his strength that takes him above just wildly skilful.

However, Messi would clearly cut it in the Premier League and Gray is much like Hanson, Lawrenson and many other pundits. Their experience of football is 20 years out of date and have long become parodies of themselves. Hansons ripping apart of Walcott of his hat-trick being a prime example, Lawrenson refusing ot enjoy any of the football he is PAID to watch etc etc.

 

[PalG]

Messi wouldn't be as good in the Premier League, still would be class.