Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

[KingMessi]

A fantastic goalscorer but that doesn't personally win me over enough for me to be 'sad' about his injuries. He doesn't outperform everyone else on the pitch in large spells or numerous moments, nor does he have a role that changes the entire identity of a team's playing style. He'll change the result of a match, but not the match itself.

And that's why, instead of calling him a winger, we should be calling him the mobile poacher.

 

[spark]

Every day without his grotesque celebrations and tantrums is a brighter one.

 

[CuleLife4Life]

I'm relatively indifferent. I have high respect for his abilities and he is a machine in terms of output, but he isn't the type of footballer that has the skills or overall impact that I admire. I appreciate/acknowledge what guys like Di Maria or Modric do for RM much more than what he does. Even Bale has a more consistently active influence on creating things. A fantastic goalscorer but that doesn't personally win me over enough for me to be 'sad' about his injuries. He doesn't outperform everyone else on the pitch in large spells or numerous moments, nor does he have a role that changes the entire identity of a team's playing style. He'll change the result of a match, but not the match itself.

Lol wtf? CR is Real's goal top goal scorer. At the end of the day without his goals, what players like Modric & DiMaria do is irrelevant.

They look so lost when he isn't out there with them. And Bale is the complete opposite of consistent. He was lucky to score during the CDR final and CL because before those he wasted a million chances. And if you watch some of their games, he is always missing chances. His clutch goals make him appear to have a hand in the game when its the opposite.

I'm not sad he is injured. He'll end up being ok. Just needs a rest. This actually makes me think Real will go in for Falcao again which would suck for opponents because they'll have an actual striker when CR doesn't play. They can't depend on Benz for goals.

 

[NotInHere]

Ronaldo will decline sooner or later, isn't he 29? But with his workout ethic its hard to imagine him declining this early.

His body is giving him warning signs not to go as intense as he used to though, his not 25 anymore. I wonder how his game is going to look like once he loses his speed though, his a decent passer but not outstanding by any means.

 

[KingMessi]

I'm not sad he is injured. He'll end up being ok. Just needs a rest. This actually makes me think Real will go in for Falcao again which would suck for opponents because they'll have an actual striker when CR doesn't play. They can't depend on Benz for goals.

Falcao won't provide for Bale and CR though.

 

[KingMessi]

His body is giving him warning signs not to go as intense as he used to though, his not 25 anymore. I wonder how his game is going to look like once he loses his speed though, his a decent passer but not outstanding by any means.

He'd become a classical 9, I'd imagine.

 

[CuleLife4Life]

Falcao won't provide for Bale and CR though.

They still need a striker for when CR isn't playing (like now). But I would imagine Benz would still start important games to provide service to CR and Bale.

Falcao is so desperate to join them he said he would take a pay cut and be Benz's backup but I'm sure he thinks he can bench Benz. He actually could if CR and Bale weren't on the team.

He'd become a classical 9, I'd imagine.

He sucks at that as of now but I imagine he would have to learn since it'll be the only way he can play.

 

[KingMessi]

He sucks at that as of now but I imagine he would have to learn since it'll be the only way he can play.

He'll have to learn if he wants to stay at Real for the rest of his career. Otherwise, he'll have to go play for a Ligue 1 or Serie A side. He could make a return to Manchester Utd as well.

 

[NotInHere]

He'd become a classical 9, I'd imagine.

Probably. How many years do we give him until he totally becomes a goal proacher? His not much of a team player like Messi, Ronaldos transitions with his teammates look awkward as hell if they are not counter attacking.

 

[KingMessi]

Probably. How many years do we give him until he totally becomes a goal proacher? His not much of a team player like Messi, Ronaldos transitions with his teammates look awkward as hell if they are not counter attacking.

If his tendinitis issues keep up, then 1-2 years until he is forced to make the transition. Otherwise, 2-3 seasons. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if Perez discarded him for the new big name attacker on the block in a couple of seasons.

 

[Richard.H]

Every day without his grotesque celebrations and tantrums is a brighter one.

 

[KingMessi]

If his tendinitis issues keep up, then 1-2 years until he is forced to make the transition. Otherwise, 2-3 seasons. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if Perez discarded him for the new big name attacker on the block in a couple of seasons.

I predict that Ronaldo will be replaced in 2-4 seasons by whoever is the best non-Barca attacker at either Euro 2016 or World Cup 2018.

 

[DonAndres]

Lol wtf? CR is Real's goal top goal scorer. At the end of the day without his goals, what players like Modric & DiMaria do is irrelevant.

They look so lost when he isn't out there with them. And Bale is the complete opposite of consistent. He was lucky to score during the CDR final and CL because before those he wasted a million chances. And if you watch some of their games, he is always missing chances. His clutch goals make him appear to have a hand in the game when its the opposite.

I'm not sad he is injured. He'll end up being ok. Just needs a rest. This actually makes me think Real will go in for Falcao again which would suck for opponents because they'll have an actual striker when CR doesn't play. They can't depend on Benz for goals.

Huh? Same thing could be said of Ronaldo being irrelevant without the service of his teammates (and often, being completely irrelevant in total aside from his goals). Bale isn't 'consistent' but he's always active and even with an inefficient game today did a hell of a lot more than Ronaldo. When Ronaldo went off today, Madrid looked absolutely fine without him, better in fact. He doesn't change their style the way Modric or Di Maria do, he'll just be a more efficient goalscorer than his teammates. Which is important and all, the reason why he is the 2nd best footballer in the world. He's just not a footballer who'll move me with what he does.

You'd think a Barca fan would appreciate the value of overall play rather than make a relatively ignorant statement like "at the end of the day Di Maria/Modric are irrelevant without Ronaldo". The truth remains that it's those intangible and influential forces that set the platform for the team to function successfully as it does and allow for those finishing players to score/assist. Di Maria's impact on Madrid's transition play was one of the primary reasons that they were so deadly on the counter, Modric acted as the mobile playmaker that provides a roaming link between the attack and defense.

Think of it this way for a more direct comparison. Which would you rather have as a player performance: Bale in the CL final with his numerous misses and fails yet having a very active and threatening presence, ultimately scoring the winner (even if it was lucky) while troubling Atletico the entire game. Or would you rather have Ronaldo who was completely muted and irrelevant for the entire game but scored a useless penaldo in ET when his team was already dominating? It's a comparison like this that highlights the difference between performance and result, and Ronaldo very rarely produces the former.

 

[Sumlit]

You're a hater DonAndres, everyone knows it...

 

[KingMessi]

The day Ronaldo starts declining is a day of sorrow for FIFA seasons pacewhores.