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Cristiano Ronaldo
| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 00:36 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 11 Aug 2006, 17:36 Posts: 1963 |
Wow I'm surprised this thread hasn't exploded by now. Good job guys. 
Anyway, Ronaldo is on fire at the moment. Easily the best player in the world, he might even break the record of most goals in the epl in 1 season. 
I just wish I had put him on my fantasy team 
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 00:41 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 16 Jul 2007, 14:58 Posts: 1160 |
shahensha wrote: His second goal today was ridiculous. Captained the side too eh.
I just saw it, once again he impresses me with his flawless freekicks...and from 30yds out...After reading the matchreport and gamecast its pretty clear that Nani and Ronaldo are the biggest long range threats on the team.  sig by 2brown347 |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 00:49 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 22 May 2007, 01:25 Posts: 917 |
It was kind of funny they got a free kick from around 20 yards out and Nani took out because its not far enough away for Ronaldo to blast it. 
I find it kind of ironic that everyone says how his free kicks are either really good or really bad, but everytime they are really good, they go in. 
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 01:38 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 07 Mar 2006, 00:49 Posts: 329 Location: lumberton, NJ |
shahensha wrote: His second goal today was ridiculous. Captained the side too eh.
Yeah i was happy when i saw that he captained the team, i think the more he starts captaining united he'll become more mature. Not gonna lie though i kind of like the cockyness and his personality right now. It's funny to watch. Anyways i was looking at the starting line up and he was the only starter on the team in the past 3-4 years playing. Hard to believe howw long ago when he was the new young lad, now he's one of the players who help guide others well hopeefully he guides them in the right directions. (Ehem nani. i dont like nani he thinks he's the shit, verry selffish and when he doesnt get the ball beecause the player makes a bad pass or chooses another route and loses it he gets angry like he would have done better. dont get me wrong though hes a good playerr, but we dont need two Cristiano Ronaldos on the field.) Plus doesnt he captain portugal too. I didnt watch the italy portugal game but in compilations i think ive seen him with an armband playing against them. I know he captained agaisnt brazil but anybody know if he captained against italy My dream is to go pro and nothing or anyone will get in the way. |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 01:43 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 10 Mar 2006, 22:18 Posts: 951 Location: Virginia |
nextlevel66 wrote: shahensha wrote: His second goal today was ridiculous. Captained the side too eh. Yeah i was happy when i saw that he captained the team, i think the more he starts captaining united he'll become more mature. Not gonna lie though i kind of like the cockyness and his personality right now. It's funny to watch. Anyways i was looking at the starting line up and he was the only starter on the team in the past 3-4 years playing. Hard to believe howw long ago when he was the new young lad, now he's one of the players who help guide others well hopeefully he guides them in the right directions. (Ehem nani. i dont like nani he thinks he's the shit, verry selffish and when he doesnt get the ball beecause the player makes a bad pass or chooses another route and loses it he gets angry like he would have done better. dont get me wrong though hes a good playerr, but we dont need two Cristiano Ronaldos on the field.) Plus doesnt he captain portugal too. I didnt watch the italy portugal game but in compilations i think ive seen him with an armband playing against them. I know he captained agaisnt brazil but anybody know if he captained against italy im pretty sure he did captain portugal in the game against italy. he's captained portugal for a couple of games. 
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 02:04 | |
mostly friendlies though but hey you gotta start from somwhere
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 02:19 | |
Admin Joined: 24 Feb 2005, 23:40 Posts: 4995 Location: Michigan, USA |
the thing in the past about c.ronaldo was that he didn't perform against the big teams. this year he's kind of changed that somewhat. i still want to see him perform in the champions league knockout stages some more but i think he's the best player right now.
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 06:00 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 07 Aug 2007, 02:51 Posts: 1722 |
Why does Ronaldo score so much? He's a winger, not a striker. If he played striker, he'd have more goals than Henry did by now.
Mattsta-"There would be no point in freestyle if we knew all the tricks from the start. The fact that we had to practise to get them pays off because in the end we have earnt it." |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 09:09 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006, 13:36 Posts: 1773 Location: Surrey, England , UK |
keller8 wrote: Why does Ronaldo score so much? He's a winger, not a striker. If he played striker, he'd have more goals than Henry did by now.
he is the best player in the world right now thats why, but i reckon if he played up front which he occassionally does, he wouldnt be nearly as effective, as he is out wide, he works the space on the wings so well really, but saying that he often does drift into central areas anyway, to get into some great goalscoring positions.  CRYSTAL PALACE FC keller8 "If you don't believe in yourself why should anyone else?" Andrei Shevchencko. |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 18:30 | |
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It wud be pretty interesting to see how him and Torres match up next season when Torres has settled. If Messi works on his muscle endurance more he wud prob b less injury prone.
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| Posted: 20 Mar 2008, 18:34 | |
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Admin Joined: 24 Feb 2005, 23:40 Posts: 4995 Location: Michigan, USA |
i don't think he'd score as many goals if he always played up front. he'd always have a big center back right there when he gets the ball. whats so good about c.ronaldo is when he brings the ball up from his own defensive end and creates a fast break. being up top he wouldn't be able to do that as often
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| Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 05:03 | |
Veteran Member Joined: 20 Jan 2007, 20:26 Posts: 2921 Location: Vancouver |
I'll give props to the man for cutting back on the diving this season, respect for that, he's definitely maturing. As long as this thread doesn't turn into a flame-fest it should be fine...
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| Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 05:07 | |
Poland Spring Rzadzinski Joined: 17 Jan 2007, 04:23 Posts: 6304 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Ronaldo's a cheating bastard who dives nonstop. Fight me because I'm bored! 
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| Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 07:26 | |
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Veteran Member Joined: 07 Aug 2007, 02:51 Posts: 1722 |
Another great post from Rzadzinski.
Its probly better for him out wide. Cut in on the wide defenders and have a shot. Ronaldo at his best. Mattsta-"There would be no point in freestyle if we knew all the tricks from the start. The fact that we had to practise to get them pays off because in the end we have earnt it." |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 22:30 | |
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I couldn't find a good place to put this, and it's not new topic worthy so this should work.
Rafa has basically called up sir alex for playing mind games with refs about cr7 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=518453&cc=5901 he has earned my respect.
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