Messi at 5

Melion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS6nS8W0bOU

Ive never seen this before, its unreal

PiE

5?!

I was busy smearing chocolate on my face when I was that age.

Melion

He was born in July 87, Thats May 93, nearly 6 but still amazing.

Im gonna have to beat my child to make sure he(hopefully) has talent like that

el rabitos

he was even getting hacked when he was 5

talent on loan from god right there

Zatman

He looked taller then:) Just kidding.

Great player and you can tell from that age he would be special

Melion

Would have been horrible to play with, id say he never passed the ball

riflehunter77

el rabitos wrote: »

he was even getting hacked when he was 5

talent on loan from god right there

Hacked is not the word jaysus there was some tackles flying in on him. Trying to score from the kick off :D

Idu

the way some people on here go on about Messi could this be considered child porn??

Some skill considering the ball is nearly half his size

anladmór

mcgeady was like this

Melion

anladmór wrote: »

mcgeady was like this

What happened him?

stovelid

anladmór wrote: »

mcgeady was like this

At 21, aye.

PHB

I think he has a better first touch at 5 than most of us will ever have.

dfx-

A poor man's Mark Rutherford. You'd really have to blame the keeper for the first and there are some very weak challenges at times..

Nalz

glory huntin bastid!

its kids like that that never make it

Third_Echelon

That's just ridiculous... So much talent at 5/6 years of age!

You can see even now that his game is exactly the same. Fantastic control, intelligence and pace...

Phenominal!

Irishpimpdude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0oNNt7d1gY&NR=1

This kid looks just as good

taidghbaby

i think we've finally solved the age old question of where the argies get their almost endless line of lethal defenders - they breed em young!

Melion

Good to see a lot of people watching this.

Quote from Messi's U-7 team's strategy manual.

Page 1: Give Leo the ball.
Page 2: Win

Call Me Jimmy

Ah he's ok, but my children will definitely be much better.

dyl10

I wonder if the growth hormone stories were true...


I remember all the talk was about Jean Carlos Chera a few years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCh_R_DM9wU

Mitch Connor

dyl10 wrote: »

I wonder if the growth hormone stories were true...


I remember all the talk was about Jean Carlos Chera a few years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCh_R_DM9wU

Yeah - the stories are rue, well...kinda. He needed perfectly legal medical treatment as a kid and his family or club could not afford it. Barcelona offered to pay for it in order to get him to spain.

GavRedKing

I demand a DNA test from Maradona to prove once and for all that Messi is his, born in 1987, after winning the World Cup and knocking England out chances are he had his way with anybody willing in Argentina.....DNA test now me thinks

me-skywalker

reminds me of a young starlet called john o'shea - he plays for manchester united and is in the republic of ireland international squad, he is a late developer but he is a undoubted talent and once his full potential is unlocked he will be an unstoppable force on a gravy train to world cup glory!

dyl10

me-skywalker wrote: »

reminds me of a young starlet called john o'shea - he plays for manchester united and is in the republic of ireland international squad, he is a late developer but he is a undoubted talent and once his full potential is unlocked he will be an unstoppable force on a gravy train to world cup glory!

My brother played schoolboy interenational with O'Shea, apparently every club in the premiership were keenly interested in him as a youth before he went across the water :eek:

Loomis

Not consistent enough with his end product.
Could do better.

Gone Drinking

In fairness, the opposition hardly looked world class!

:P

whatawaster

i've been saying it for years - he only does it against little teams.

Melion

Melion wrote: »

He was born in July 87, Thats May 93, nearly 6 but still amazing.

Im gonna have to beat my child to make sure he(hopefully) has talent like that

LOL.

July 93 he would have been turning 6. This was May 93, making him still 5 to be fair!! "Messi at nearly 6" just doesn't ring the same way! :P


Seriously tho, great find, the guy is a genius, unreal close control.

gosplan

PHB wrote: »

I think he has a better first touch at 5 than most of us will ever have.

In fairness, I had a better touch at five than I do now.

These big man-legs don't do close control.

That_Guy

You can tell it's Messi alright. Greedy bugger.

spiderdan

Unbelievable!!

paddyb125

Yeah he was pretty greedy alright! all those kids looked the same!