Meenzer 13983 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Photoshoped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2763 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 boots have been hung up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 The best player of my lifetime, I think only Messi can be classed as being close to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey 0 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Currently in the office having an argument, that he was better than Zidane..Apparently Zizou had the vision and could dominate games, Ronaldo was a good player with pace, hmph!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26189 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 A club record of 466 games and 326 goals, not bad for a fat lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5890 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 A club record of 466 games and 326 goals, not bad for a fat lad. Thought we were talking about Stevie for a minute here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeForce 0 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 He was out of this world. You have to look at what C. Ronaldo & Messi are doing now at their respective clubs mind. Both are all round better footballers imo. C.Ronaldo scores like 40+ swapping between upfront and the wing which is just sensational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marshall-Baines Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Possibly the most talented player of all time. Sad loss to the game had a style like no other especially when he was a youngun. SBR's reaction to that goal said it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3587 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I would put him behind George Best and Maradona, but I would say he is by far the most exciting player I have watched since the TV explosion of the game. When he played at Barcelona he was absolutely unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 He was like Ameobi with pace, a sad loss to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 ronaldo was a legend and always will be hes a quality player he did some awsome goals and having a injury like that is horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marshall-Baines Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I would put him behind George Best and Maradona, but I would say he is by far the most exciting player I have watched since the TV explosion of the game. When he played at Barcelona he was absolutely unbelievable. I never saw Best and I never saw Pele. One thing I can say is the game was no where near as competitive as it is now, no where near as quick, and I regard him as the greatest out and out goalscorer there's ever been. One player who often gets over looked when talking about the greatest players ever is Gerd Muller, he had a better scoring record than any of them at every level. Probably cos he's kraut like, but I've heard Beckenbauer say Muller made Bayern Munich the club they are today on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) ronaldo has a world class record of goals behind his career he will be sadly missed you can call him fat all you want but you cant deny of his quality and goals behind his boots Edited February 14, 2011 by DEADMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9397354.stm Article on the beeb going into the threats Ronaldo and R. Carlos received from the hooligan elements. Both are now leaving Corinthians and Ronaldo has left the game entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3587 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I would put him behind George Best and Maradona, but I would say he is by far the most exciting player I have watched since the TV explosion of the game. When he played at Barcelona he was absolutely unbelievable. I never saw Best and I never saw Pele. One thing I can say is the game was no where near as competitive as it is now, no where near as quick, and I regard him as the greatest out and out goalscorer there's ever been. One player who often gets over looked when talking about the greatest players ever is Gerd Muller, he had a better scoring record than any of them at every level. Probably cos he's kraut like, but I've heard Beckenbauer say Muller made Bayern Munich the club they are today on his own. It may not have been as competitive, speed wise when Best played, but it was lot tougher. Best took treatment week in week out that was criminal compared to the way now, the things defenders could get away with then were unbelievable, but he was hard as nails. He played on shit heap pitches with a big heavy ball, but he could still do things that any player now would dream of. It was said by everybody who played with him and against him he wasnt just the best player in the league, he was the best player in every position in the league - I just wish there was more film of him about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marshall-Baines Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I would put him behind George Best and Maradona, but I would say he is by far the most exciting player I have watched since the TV explosion of the game. When he played at Barcelona he was absolutely unbelievable. I never saw Best and I never saw Pele. One thing I can say is the game was no where near as competitive as it is now, no where near as quick, and I regard him as the greatest out and out goalscorer there's ever been. One player who often gets over looked when talking about the greatest players ever is Gerd Muller, he had a better scoring record than any of them at every level. Probably cos he's kraut like, but I've heard Beckenbauer say Muller made Bayern Munich the club they are today on his own. It may not have been as competitive, speed wise when Best played, but it was lot tougher. Best took treatment week in week out that was criminal compared to the way now, the things defenders could get away with then were unbelievable, but he was hard as nails. He played on shit heap pitches with a big heavy ball, but he could still do things that any player now would dream of. It was said by everybody who played with him and against him he wasnt just the best player in the league, he was the best player in every position in the league - I just wish there was more film of him about I saw a goal Best scored in America, he was in the box, and beat four men, and IIRC he beat two of the two or three times. One of the best goals I've ever seen. Clearly a genius and it just goes to show you, that the top, top, top, top players aren't manufactured, they are born. I mean I know likes of Barcelona do brilliant with their youth system and player development, but Best grew up on the streets of Belfast just having a kick around with his mates, no training, he went to Manchester 12 month later he was in the first team. Genius without question, Maradona came from the same background. There have been thousands of manufactured non-entity players like Steve Sidwell, even Mascherano, but the top top top top players are born. Ronaldo was definitely one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Maradona played football literally non-stop as a kid Stevie, so that was a training of sorts. He would sleep with a ball balanced on his head and wake up and do whatever he was doing dribbling round with a ball. He also played through the night (this is in one of the recent docs on him) and said if you learn to play in the dark, during daylight your vision on the pitch is enormously enhanced. The kids at Barca spend more time on formal education than football training, Maradona came from true poverty and the only fun he got was from playing football. I don't disagree with your sentiments about great players being born with the qualities that make them great, but it's not like they didn't graft to develop their skills. Without the talent to work hard and actually putting it into practice, you'll get nowhere. Same with Best, he used to lay out a pack of cards on the ground face-up and his mate would shout out a card and he'd flick an orange onto the exact card, ace of spades or whatever. This developed his ball control and after playing in the conditions in Belfast, coming to pitches in England would have made it a lot easier. The top players today are more consistent than those in the past, Messi especially. Can't say for sure if that's because he's playing in such a great team though. I've seen some of Maradona's early games for Boca and he was average in some games, though apparently playing through injury. At their best though they could boss games in a way I'm not sure Messi is capable of. He's still in the midst of his career though so we'll find out if he can boss the big games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flair 0 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 He was like Ameobi with pace, a sad loss to the game. You are joking right. I stopped reading after the first four words, jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Poor man's Shola tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 A program about him is just about to start on Sky Sports 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 A programme for Shola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Watched the CL build up on french tv before our match and they had Zidane on talking about Ronaldo. They showed that clip of Bobby that Stevie posted about 4 times too! Watching the footage of Zidane feeding Ronaldo goals for Real was like watching a bloke with a fat fetish feeding his 30 stone wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2406 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 He was like Ameobi with pace, a sad loss to the game. And ability. You forget 'with pace and ability'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 86 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I would put him behind George Best and Maradona, but I would say he is by far the most exciting player I have watched since the TV explosion of the game. When he played at Barcelona he was absolutely unbelievable. I never saw Best and I never saw Pele. One thing I can say is the game was no where near as competitive as it is now, no where near as quick, and I regard him as the greatest out and out goalscorer there's ever been. One player who often gets over looked when talking about the greatest players ever is Gerd Muller, he had a better scoring record than any of them at every level. Probably cos he's kraut like, but I've heard Beckenbauer say Muller made Bayern Munich the club they are today on his own. poor mans alan cork tbh. Just joking. Muller had no real speed over the ground, wasn't particularly agile but had expert timing and finishing skills, along with an electric first 2 -3 yards of acceleration. I've never seen anyone finish as well as him. with either foot. as for fat ron, he is an absolute legend. shame his knees and love of partying got the better of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 86 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Watched the CL build up on french tv before our match and they had Zidane on talking about Ronaldo. They showed that clip of Bobby that Stevie posted about 4 times too! Watching the footage of Zidane feeding Ronaldo goals for Real was like watching a bloke with a fat fetish feeding his 30 stone wife. Heh. you want more pie, ok well here goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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