Soccer/Football

I think it's nearly impossible to compare players from different eras, but for the record, Gerd Müller only needed 60 games to reach that record, versus Messi's 67 (I think).

Would 'Der Bomber' have been capable of scoring that many goals today? Of course not - he's bloody 70 years old for fuck's sake! But even had he been in his prime today, it's hard to imagine someone as profoundly unathletic as him making it now.

When you watch games from the sixties and seventies - even those you remember as classics - the one thing you notice more than anything else is how slow and pedestrian the game was back then. Players would often smoke during the interval and drink 8 or more pints on the night before big games.

Congratulations to Leo Messi! After seeing him carted off like a used gladiator last Wednesday night, I feared the worst.

Of course, Messi's not that athletic looking either, is he?