Respectfully if you think CR7 is just a poacher you have never seen him play. Agreed with your other points though.

I straight up have always watched Switzerland games because of him haha.

He’s been called bang average by well more than just United fans lmao. I’m happy for him to be back to his scoring best and he’s always been a beast. That said a lot of the criticism around him is fair.

You’re going to get a bunch of shitty opinions on here that all they can do is hate or throw back handed compliments. I’d be surprised if most of this sub even watched him play pre PSG because that is longer than 2 years ago.

Regardless of how well he did at Barca it was clear Messi was going to get the credit for his work. We saw this with their comeback vs. PSG. That game was won because of Neymar. Messi and Suarez had literally given up and Neymar was the only one still fighting.

The biggest reason outside of that is fitness. He just can’t stay fit all season.

3x back to back champions leagues is more difficult than anything Barca did in the same product period.