This tweet is explicitly directed towards those nincompoops who are blaming Messi for everything and I don't expect more from you tiny pea size braindead fellas to think otherwise.

So when he scored, assists, creates danger, chance and the team ends up 1/n
winning he (or anyone for that matter not just Messi) is a "Good" People-Leader/Captain, etc. BUT,

When he (or someone else) end up on the losing team (for reasons beyond their control) they all of a sudden aren't Good People-Leader/Captain, etc. AND,

2/n
When he (or someone else) end up on the losing team but shout at the top of their lungs like a cheerleader they are Good People-Leader/Captain material.

This is why half the world is in the utter political mess it is right now. This utterly paternalistic, antiquated, 3/n
misogynistic/sexist, idiotic Narrative/perception/categorization/understanding of what Leadership Actually in reality,it's not the talking,it is about action and visceral emotive communication (i.e when dosen't needs words or body language). 4/n
Also the idea Puyol was the singular leader, while he was there a revisionist. Xavi was senior to Puyi. Barça leadership was collective in that phase,Puyol in a bad team wouldn't have the glory and narrative around his captain-ness he now gets 5/5 #Messi
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