Asylum15
Senior Member
I wanted to weigh in with something in this Ronaldo ''declining'' discussion.
In my experience, when people talk about him being the best in the world, better than Messi, best free kick taker, best this, best that, I believe you will find a HUGE majority are young, no surprise, ages of possibly 18-24. These young 'voices' are often the same people who see Sport Bible make a post about Messi, and feel perturbed, so must comment under that Ronaldo is better, or state some stats, or w/e. (Messi fans also do this on Ronaldo posts.)
However, when you actually talk to some of these people, you realise that what they base their 'opinions' off, is shallow, empty and gives them no real ground to stand on. These young people don't sit and watch 90 minutes every week, 2 games a week, international games. They get 'highlights' from games on their mobiles, their laptops etc. They always only see the 'best' in their heroes, and then consequently the media inflammation helps keep these delusions in check. I personally, have watched Barca/Real for the last 6 years without missing a match (this includes Copa games), and where we played at the same time, I had 2 screens open. I base my opinion of Cristiano/Messi on this, plus I have played football 'professionally' in my own country for a couple of years, and I absolutely am fanatical about it. This doesn't mean I know everything but the point I'm making is, the MAJORITY of people who voice opinions on Cristiano/Messi are people who don't have the backbone to argue, because they simply base everything they see and hear on short snippets of brilliance (edited to be so), or stats rather than 90 minutes of unbiased gameplay, consistently. Here's a perfect example of how modern football fans rate players. Player A scores 60 goals in a season, Player B scores 30 goals, Player A is automatically better. Wtf?
When you consider 90 minutes, I, like many on this forum can see that Cristiano is not even in the same bracket as Lionel Messi, never mind Suarez currently. It is a great shame that Cristiano will win the Balon d'Or but for those who KNOW football, Messi will always be superior, long after both retire.
Cristiano has been declining for a while now as a 'complete' footballer. I am not deluded, I know he's an amazing goalscorer, but the way people overhype aspects of his game is truly eye wateringly painful. He's not even been Madrid's best player in the last 12 months.
In my experience, when people talk about him being the best in the world, better than Messi, best free kick taker, best this, best that, I believe you will find a HUGE majority are young, no surprise, ages of possibly 18-24. These young 'voices' are often the same people who see Sport Bible make a post about Messi, and feel perturbed, so must comment under that Ronaldo is better, or state some stats, or w/e. (Messi fans also do this on Ronaldo posts.)
However, when you actually talk to some of these people, you realise that what they base their 'opinions' off, is shallow, empty and gives them no real ground to stand on. These young people don't sit and watch 90 minutes every week, 2 games a week, international games. They get 'highlights' from games on their mobiles, their laptops etc. They always only see the 'best' in their heroes, and then consequently the media inflammation helps keep these delusions in check. I personally, have watched Barca/Real for the last 6 years without missing a match (this includes Copa games), and where we played at the same time, I had 2 screens open. I base my opinion of Cristiano/Messi on this, plus I have played football 'professionally' in my own country for a couple of years, and I absolutely am fanatical about it. This doesn't mean I know everything but the point I'm making is, the MAJORITY of people who voice opinions on Cristiano/Messi are people who don't have the backbone to argue, because they simply base everything they see and hear on short snippets of brilliance (edited to be so), or stats rather than 90 minutes of unbiased gameplay, consistently. Here's a perfect example of how modern football fans rate players. Player A scores 60 goals in a season, Player B scores 30 goals, Player A is automatically better. Wtf?
When you consider 90 minutes, I, like many on this forum can see that Cristiano is not even in the same bracket as Lionel Messi, never mind Suarez currently. It is a great shame that Cristiano will win the Balon d'Or but for those who KNOW football, Messi will always be superior, long after both retire.
Cristiano has been declining for a while now as a 'complete' footballer. I am not deluded, I know he's an amazing goalscorer, but the way people overhype aspects of his game is truly eye wateringly painful. He's not even been Madrid's best player in the last 12 months.
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