You realize that being athletically talented doesn't mean you are tall and muscular or have a specific physique? Besides, there is no one specific physique that is advantageous for football. An athletic talent is someone who's quite literally athletically talented. The only reason Barcelona agreed to invest in Messi by paying for his expensive hormone treatments was because he was an athletically talented kid. So there is nothing wrong with Shayuki using "athletic talent" to describe Messi because that's what he is. Not sure why you went straight away to critiquing his physique...Agreed, but it's not me who used "once-in-a-generation athletic talent" phrase. I respect Messi, he's certainly my top 5 footballer of all time, still he wouldn't be my top 500 athletic talent, that's all. I have no idea why Shayuki used that argument supporting Messi's greatness.