I agree Messi is brilliant but for me Maradona is the best,done what Messi does while getting lumps kicked out of him, and played most of his career high on cocaine, imagine how good he would of been if he was straight.
Football is a much more skilful game now than in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's.
Messi is head and shoulders above anyone else who has ever kicked a ball and I for one am glad that the proverbial hatchet man has been taken out of the game to allow him, and players like him, to flourish.
I think it looks quite promising, we now have young players with genuine pace and for the 1st time in years players that can take on the opposition and they have a few tricks in there locker.
at the end of the day you can't chose the colours you support,your born into it.
I have never had a problem with steaming the hook link, once the kettle is boiling properly it will only take a few seconds to fully shrink the tubing down so shouldn't damage the line.
I also like to steam in a kicker by leaving about 1cm of tubing past the eye of the hook and whilst steaming hold the hooklength at an angle which will hold once the tubing cools. This can really help with barbless rigs.