Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

[Luftstalag14]

Off the pitch he's a decent guy but on it he still dives, crys, and acts like a child. His diving isn't as bad as it once was though.

This.

 

[Luftstalag14]

My "problem" with Ronaldo is that he thinks he's up there with Messi or even better. And whole machinery which is forcing the whole "Messi vs. Ronaldo" thing is just nuts.
It is so strong that polls like this are possible: http://messivsronaldo.net/

56% think that Ronaldo is better.

Ronaldo is amazing player, just like Robben, Suarez, Zlatan or any other top level player is. Messi is something else.

I don't think it is Ronaldo who is comparing himself to Messi, it is his fans.

 

[Luftstalag14]

I'll just say that in relativism everyone is great player (including you and myself) and everyone is crap player (including you and myself). I really don't find much value in it, especially not the truth.
I can only say this, everything Ronaldo does, can be done by anyone else...with Messi, it's a bit different. Last time the world has seen something close to that was in times of Maradona and if people
still don't get that or refuse, then from mine POV, should not discuss football at all. But yes, they have all amazing rights to express them self in the most amazing way. In that sense I'll say that
Justin Bieber is the best musician ever. Heck with anyone else who doesn't agree, I'll vote and millions of other teenagers and I'm sure will outvote stupid Beethoven followers.

This is so good, a classic!

 

[Ode to Django]

that's a complete legit opinion to have. i can fully understand when many people, especially kids or teenagers think ronaldo's playing style is more exciting, i dunno why that's such a big deal. if you think messi's something else, that's also great and million of people agree with you, but it's no outrage to disagree with that. the whole "best player" label is as subjective as it can get.
Heck for me, the best players are iniesta and zidane. you can show me hundreds of statistics and videos of messi or ronaldo and that won't change. on the other hand, i'm totally fine with the majority thinking it's a two horse race between messi and ronaldo, as long the police doesn't kick my front door in when i'm watching my iniesta vids on youtube

btw sorry, if that came across as too harsh critizism. i totally agree that the overhyped ronaldo vs messi thing is annoying as hell

^ There you go

I think Mario Yepes is the best in the world

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

that's a complete legit opinion to have. i can fully understand when many people, especially kids or teenagers think ronaldo's playing style is more exciting, i dunno why that's such a big deal. if you think messi's something else, that's also great and million of people agree with you, but it's no outrage to disagree with that. the whole "best player" label is as subjective as it can get.
Heck for me, the best players are iniesta and zidane. you can show me hundreds of statistics and videos of messi or ronaldo and that won't change. on the other hand, i'm totally fine with the majority thinking it's a two horse race between messi and ronaldo, as long the police doesn't kick my front door in when i'm watching my iniesta vids on youtube

btw sorry, if that came across as too harsh critizism. i totally agree that the overhyped ronaldo vs messi thing is annoying as hell

Yeah, it's well documented I don't like CR (even besides the fact that he's played for two of my most hated clubs), and I think Messi at his best is better than CR at his best, but if someone thinks CR is better, just let them... just like Pele vs Maradona, some think Pele was better and some think Maradona was. With Messi and CR, at least it's easier to compare since they're both playing at their peaks in the same era, but still. Some people like CR's style more than Messi's and so are going to think he's better. I will disagree with them but I won't ridicule their opinion, it's not like they're comparing Messi with Robinho or something. Besides, with Messi's "issues" this season with motivation and movement or whatever you want to call it, for someone to think CR is better now is not that crazy.

 

[slim boogy]

i THINK the reason people get annoyed by others liking cr7(can't call him ronaldo) is because it's clear as day that it's a biased view.

Goalscoring is the same, if anything messi is a more reliable finisher as cr7 takes a crazy amount of shots.

But more importantly if messi can't score he can be a playmaker, that's what makes him so great.

Style is a whole different discussion. If people prefer his styles to messi that's fair enough but if they are true to themselves they couldn't genuinely say he's a better player

 

[evilhita666]

^ There you go

I think Mario Yepes is the best in the world

He is!

 

[footyfan]

Moving on from underwear to shirts #CR7

He is going to take over the world.

 

[Jamie Cal]

The amount of times commentators say when he's lining up a free-kick "We know how well he can hit them" and the amount he actually hits well is so little. I always wondered over the years at Madrid why they didn't let Xabi and Ozil hit them more often.

 

[Alik]

The amount of times commentators say when he's lining up a free-kick "We know how well he can hit them" and the amount he actually hits well is so little. I always wondered over the years at Madrid why they didn't let Xabi and Ozil hit them more often.

Same reason we don't let anyone other than Messi/Xavi take them

 

[Morten]

The amount of times commentators say when he's lining up a free-kick "We know how well he can hit them" and the amount he actually hits well is so little. I always wondered over the years at Madrid why they didn't let Xabi and Ozil hit them more often.

He had 1 or 2 freekicks that were pretty good in this wc, if i remember correctly. But yeah, it seems most of them goes into the wall these days, must be hard to line up in a wall knowing with 70% certainty one of you will get hit by it. Lot of power in those kicks from him, even if not accurate, i dont envy those in the wall.

 

[linetty]

Majority of his free kicks are not even close to reaching the target and this technique of taking them is not good for his legs... He already has some problems because of that...

 

[shogunruax]

Isn't his fk record like 1/12 or something? think it was higher when he was in manchester

 

[Jägermeister]

It's only one season, but probably there aren't that huge differences between the years.

 

[Morten]

I seem to recall statistics that in certain positions Ronaldo is or was the most dangerous free kick-taker. The problem is that he takes them from all positions.