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It's not actually unreasonable to think that a 40 year old Ronaldo would still be Portugal's most dangerous attacker in terms of goals. That country have really sucked in the striker department over the years..

The first goal wasn't really a tap-in though was it. It was a great first touch with great composure to line himself up for the finish which he put in the corner emphatically. Imagine if it was Benzema on the end of that ball..he probably would've miscontrolled it into the Eibar defender or...

You saw Eusebio play?

Modric and Marcelo weren't running the show when Real Madrid went 1-0 down to Bayern in their CL QF 1st leg and then conceded a penalty that nearly saw them go 2-0 down if not for Vidal skying his spot kick. They were hanging against the ropes if not for Ronaldo popping up with his typical...

True. I'd say his peak is up there with the best of the last 30 years. Think people are judging his overall play on his last couple of seasons (still far better than that of your Batistuta's, Inzaghi's, Ruud Van Nistelooy's etc when it comes to great goalscorers of the last 30 years).

Yeah I agree with this tbh. This is why players like Wilshere are always injured. Over-indulgent, warrior like mentality going into every 50-50. Essien f$cked his body up like this as did countless others that go 100% into every 50-50.

I think C.Ronaldo of 07-12 is superior to a peak Rivaldo and not really far away from a peak R9 or R10. He had very little weakness to his game. He could still dribble to a high level, long shots, headers, speed, strength, crossing, could bring others into play and win games single-handedly...

I think Ronaldo takes so many shots to score simply because he shoots from obscene angles and ranges other players wouldn't think of shooting from. I was watching the highlights vs. Alaves and he was taking shots from wide angles in the box. There was one particular chance he had where he cut in...

Rooney was only really better than Ronaldo in his debut season (2004/05) but that was more due the fact that he was at a more advanced stage of his development than CR who was still very erratic and inconsistent with his decision making and end product. He often held onto the ball too long and...