Argentina were a joke under maradona, batista was pretty crap as well. Tevez has never been anything special for argentina.
Argentina look better under sabella, same goes for messi.
and why are you talking about suarez when you mention 2010 world cup? forlan was much better than him.
2004 Olympics
More consistent than Messi.
Also, he's been unfortunate to play in a "Messi+10" team during his best years.
Better under Sabella?
Because Messi scored 2 goals, one of them from a PK, in the last minutes against Switzerland's reserves in a friendly to get his first hat trick for Argentina? That's one of their better games under Sabella, yet they played like shit during large parts of the game. They haven't improved one bit since Batista.
I remember the talks during that tournament. People were acting like Uruguay was ALL Forlan(probably because of his name compared to the rest) and without him they'd be just another San Marino and Andorra...but they're doing even better now even though he's been shit or missing. Forlan had a great World Cup, probably the best in his team, but he was just a cog in the Uruguayan machine.