8 years ago he was a lot more than a guy who could do step overs lol
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What does GAF think about Cristiano Ronaldo?
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8 years ago he was a lot more than a guy who could do step overs lol
WadiumArcadium
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Obviously the second best player in the World. Definitely in the top 5 of all time. Never had much time for his diving/moaning/whinging but at least he's generous with his money for good causes.
WAR recon zero
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One of the goats
One that brings actually good things to soccer competition. Messi is boring. Zlatan and Ronaldo are lovable dicks.
Yet he is called Cristina by rivals, public and everywhere else.
When he plays against any team the fans cheer Messi.
A great humanitarian and a human being.
So proud to have him on my team and one of the reasons i love football.
It will be sad when he leaves us.
Forever in the history of Real and he will surpass Raúl.
What a time to be alive.
One that brings actually good things to soccer competition. Messi is boring. Zlatan and Ronaldo are lovable dicks.
Yet he is called Cristina by rivals, public and everywhere else.
When he plays against any team the fans cheer Messi.
A great humanitarian and a human being.
So proud to have him on my team and one of the reasons i love football.
It will be sad when he leaves us.
Forever in the history of Real and he will surpass Raúl.
What a time to be alive.
He hasn't even surpassed Di Stefano yet.
Don'tBeWeird
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Not really fair to judge Ronaldo on having no World Cup medals. His national team is abysmal.
The dude is a goal scoring machine, a phenomenal athlete, helped two club teams win the Champions League. Has always had an enormous amount of critics and never lets it affect him.
Messi is probably in better form at the moment, but on the whole, CR's the greatest player to grace our planet.
Magicgamer101
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My favourite footballer of all time since the United days and joint first favourite athlete with Nadal. And this is from an Arsenal fan.
This man is an inspiration to me and personally one of the greatest footballer players of all time. He's dominated probably the 2 best leagues in the world, smashed through records like they don't mean anything and is on his way to become Real Madrids top goal scorer of all time.
Some of people's criticism of him in here is actually nonsense, saying that he doesn't pass is just false cause his game relies on him passing and moving cause he can't beat a man the same way he used to and he's currently has the 2nd most assists in his respective league so he doesn't mind his team mates scoring, he just likes to be on the score sheet as well. Also the 2nd leg of the champions league game shows he prioritises his teams win instead of scoring and he could have shot and maybe scored but passed to Hernandez in a better position.
My leaving thoughts basically are if Messi is the God of football then Ronaldo a man who works hard managed to take 3 Balon D'ors of him. I think that says a lot about him.
This man is an inspiration to me and personally one of the greatest footballer players of all time. He's dominated probably the 2 best leagues in the world, smashed through records like they don't mean anything and is on his way to become Real Madrids top goal scorer of all time.
Some of people's criticism of him in here is actually nonsense, saying that he doesn't pass is just false cause his game relies on him passing and moving cause he can't beat a man the same way he used to and he's currently has the 2nd most assists in his respective league so he doesn't mind his team mates scoring, he just likes to be on the score sheet as well. Also the 2nd leg of the champions league game shows he prioritises his teams win instead of scoring and he could have shot and maybe scored but passed to Hernandez in a better position.
My leaving thoughts basically are if Messi is the God of football then Ronaldo a man who works hard managed to take 3 Balon D'ors of him. I think that says a lot about him.
8 years ago Ronaldo scored 20 goals and assisted 20 times in the league and was nominated for world player of the year. He was also voted best player in the Premier League for that season.
sorry thats ronaldinho
John Kowalski
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I think I would like to have a drink with him.
cartoon_soldier
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My Man U brotha speaks the truth.
I actually liked that Ronaldo as a player more. Though becoming an all out striker has been great for him too, I prefer the old Ronaldo player.
As someone already said, Ronaldo was engineered. A mad scientist used all the best techniques of today and created a "perfect" footballer. Messi is more natural. He's the protagonist. Like Goku. He can constantly grow because of his immeasurable talent.
In planet Earth terms, Messi is the all-encompassing Mother Nature while Ronaldo is all the machinery of the world.
He also plays for an engineered team, Real Madrid, which often likes to just buy up all the talent and force their way to the top. Remember the Schuster era when they couldn't win shit even though they had Beckham, Figo, Zidane and all those superstars? Yeah, compare that to the naturally-grown Barcelona with players from La Masia like Xavi, Iniesta, Messi.
Anyway, let's not turn this into a Barca vs Real thread.
Ronaldo is a great player. But no matter how many times he hires the engineers to give him more pretty bells and whistles, his rival on the other side is a walking miracle. He can never be Number 1. And that's probably why he acts like a douche on the field.
In planet Earth terms, Messi is the all-encompassing Mother Nature while Ronaldo is all the machinery of the world.
He also plays for an engineered team, Real Madrid, which often likes to just buy up all the talent and force their way to the top. Remember the Schuster era when they couldn't win shit even though they had Beckham, Figo, Zidane and all those superstars? Yeah, compare that to the naturally-grown Barcelona with players from La Masia like Xavi, Iniesta, Messi.
Anyway, let's not turn this into a Barca vs Real thread.
Ronaldo is a great player. But no matter how many times he hires the engineers to give him more pretty bells and whistles, his rival on the other side is a walking miracle. He can never be Number 1. And that's probably why he acts like a douche on the field.
Marky Mark
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The best part about this is it looks like it's publicity for that mouth exerciser thing and I'm surprised neither gifs nor video of it have been posted yet.
He has disappointed at two consecutive World Cups and he wasn't great at his first World Cup either. He hasn't blown audiences away at the European Cups. His individual performance at most of these matches simply wasn't great.
The national team is not nearly as bad as people like to claim. It's obviously not world class, but worse teams have achieved more, see e.g. the US at the last World Cup. Heck, Greece even won the European Cup in 2004. Still, obviously Ronaldo is only to blame for bad individual performance, not for the national team as a whole disappointing.
If we ignore World Cups and European Cups, Messi is easily the greatest player of all time. If we look at the individual statistics, one simply cannot make a case for Ronaldo over Messi. If we look at trophies, again, hard to make a case for Ronaldo. If we look at their actual play style, impossible to make the case for anyone but Messi.
I'm sorry, but I honestly don't see how one can put CR7 above Messi, let alone call him the greatest player of all time.
Nothing happened on Wednesday. There was no Champions League match.
dark_prinny
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He is a whining cry baby, but also a great athlete and a great footballer. Too bad he plays for the worst club in football multiverse.
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Amunt Valencia!
bigmit3737
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rooflapimp
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Messi is a whining little cunt. He aint even that good.
He has only been successful in La Liga which, let's be honest, has a shitload of trash teams. Lets see how well he performs in a tougher league, like the EPL
He has only been successful in La Liga which, let's be honest, has a shitload of trash teams. Lets see how well he performs in a tougher league, like the EPL
The Incarnation
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Not bad I suppose, can run a bit, shoot, score the odd goal and stuff.
Technically on the same level as Stewart Downing, but with hair gel.
Technically on the same level as Stewart Downing, but with hair gel.
I never get people that say this. Why would Messi ever leave Barca? They are one of the biggest in the world. Ronaldo started at Lisbon, if he had started at Madrid he would have never played in the EPL either. Messi for me is number 1.
As for Ronaldo as others have said, amazing player, seems to be nice off the pitch, but on it acts like a twat.
the fact Liga is full of shit teams doesn't mean anything, yours is just typical sport bar small talk
RandyBobandy
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One of the best of all time
He's just unlucky he's around while Messi is
He's just unlucky he's around while Messi is
Messi is great and all, but can he do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke?
As a Madrid supporter I can say this is not entirely true, Ronaldo already proved himself to be the best in two different clubs. Messi needs to go to a different club and see if he can do what Ronaldo did.
rooflapimp
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Damn you seem upset bro. Naah, Messi's a whiny cunt, that's the truth, no need to cry about it doe...
The Atticus
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Skellig Gra
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Top rate on offense, doesn't play any defense.
Wonderful athlete (and he really is that, the training he has done and does on his body and that he does in terms of general practice and whatnot is incredible), magnificent player, incredible ego and selfishness, but considering the donations he has made to charity outside of football and what he has done, he is a good guy.
This argument is always fun to see.
The irony is that the PL has its fair share of crap teams too.
Who do we have who are good at both? Ribery when he plays? Dani Alves?
FootballFan
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Spoken like a true casual lol.
Terrible post m8.
Messi isn't a whining cunt.
He is THAT good.
He's also only been successful in the toughest competition in the world, the champions league (current all time top scorer and 3 time winner of the whole thing)
Oh and still only 27 years old lol.
La liga teams were difficult for barca to beat then the ucl ones this year. La liga has grown stronger in the last few years, 5/6 years ago Real and Barca use to trash every team 5-0, 6-0 and barely use to lose matches. It's different now.
GeordieMark
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Tougher like the EPL?
Messi could put 10 past the current Newcastle team on his own. The vast majority of sides outside of the top 6 are absolute garbage.
Obviously, every league has them. This whole EPL=tougher thing just comes from the League having no true top team which makes it seem more balanced on the whole. When Chelsea is your most dominant team, you know you've fucked up.
pants
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agreed
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