So folks, are Argentina not doing enough for Messi or is Messi not doing enough for Argentina?
Clearly both.
Argentina aren't that good, and also Messi just isn't the sort of player that wins int single handed.
I'm very sure I was a Messi fan before you, but it's clear he's no Maradona, he is a near perfect player in a great team like Barca, but with Argentina, he is too easily marked out of the game, as shown by World Cups and Copa Americas for over a decade.
That's a bit harsh, he has played in three major finals with Argentina. If he'd one at least one of those, and especially the World Cup, the narrative would be completely different. And of course, he can win games single-handed - his hat-trick in the last qualifying game in Ecuador, where they had to win and were down inside the first five minutes testifies to that.
Argentina's problem is that they have 5-6 terrific players, but they're all forwards, so you can probably only play 3 of them at most at any given time. The rest of the team is average at best, and it creates a huge disconnect when it comes to trying to put together a decent performance on the pitch.