Author Topic: The Real Ronaldo (Read 39113 times)

FernandoSusoLFC · « **on:** January 12, 2012, 03:08:21 pm »

Well I don't know anyone else but I still love this guy and he took time out as of recent to visit PSG football club and has a special relationship with the club and it was nice to see all the players appreciate him.

Carlo at the end is happy to see him.

Here's the video:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HAM73x34duI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/HAM73x34duI</a>

TepidT2O · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:16:03 pm »

Puppy fat that's all

GonzalezIsARed · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:19:56 pm »

What a legend that man is. Was thinking of making a video comp of him actually.

Edit: I will make one, anybody link me to a goal archive of his?

70400 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:04:28 pm »

Here you go for some nice footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NLHC8YFl0

GonzalezIsARed · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:04:51 pm »

Quote from: 70400 on January 12, 2012, 11:04:28 pm

Here you go for some nice footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NLHC8YFl0

Nice one mate.

FernandoSusoLFC · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:20:46 pm »

Look forward to the compilation.

GonzalezIsARed · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:45:38 pm »

Quote from: FernandoSusoLFC on January 12, 2012, 11:20:46 pm

Look forward to the compilation.

Will probably be done by tomorrow Marcus matey.

FernandoSusoLFC · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:46:29 pm »

Quote from: GonzalezIsARed on January 12, 2012, 11:45:38 pm

Will probably be done by tomorrow Marcus matey.

Wicked Ste will RT it on Twitter too if you link me into it.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2012, 11:47:06 pm »

Doubt well see anyone as good for many years. Outstanding talent. Probably only Maradona and Pele can rival him for the best ever.

CarraG238 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 13, 2012, 01:53:41 am »

Favorite non-Liverpool player ever.

Anywhichwayicant · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2012, 01:59:47 am »

Just an absolutely incredible forward.

GonzalezIsARed · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:04:30 pm »

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnnjlr_the-real-ronaldo-power-pace-precision_sport

Comp is done, not sure how to embed sorry.

Enjoy.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:06:58 pm »

Cracking player. It's a shame that plastic Ronaldo took his name from his dads admiration of Ronald Reagan.

There is only one Ronaldo.

scatman · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:19:29 pm »

Love him, absolutely love him, one of the reasons I love Barcelona due to his spell there under Bobby and another reason to watch James R on Football Italia(though it was a great league at the time so many top players).

If you really wanna see a good sort of documentary on him, check out petenaldo on YouTube, 36 part video
Or something ridiculous and check out Zidanes comments at the start of the vid

Anywhichwayicant · « **Reply #14 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:28:53 pm »

Quote from: Andy @ Allerton on January 13, 2012, 12:06:58 pm

There is only one Ronaldo.

Correct. Ronaldo is Ronaldo.

People need to start referring to Cristiano as he who fannies about and dives around.

RedGuy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:41:44 pm »

It's quite depressing that I didn't get to see him play live in my life.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #16 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:42:41 pm »

Has anybody ever met him?

Just me then?

GonzalezIsARed · « **Reply #17 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:51:41 pm »

Quote from: Crosby Nick on January 13, 2012, 12:42:41 pm

Has anybody ever met him?

Just me then?

Lucky bast.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #18 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:53:51 pm »

Quote from: GonzalezIsARed on January 13, 2012, 12:51:41 pm

Lucky bast.

Well being a transsexual prostitute certainly has its perks.

I say "met him"...he almost bumped into me whilst I was minding my own business browsing in Selfridges after work one random weekday night. I did that usual thing where you stare at someone because you think you know them and then it dawns on you you don't, they're just incredibly famous. He did something similar.

We never kept in touch.

planet-terror · « **Reply #19 on:** January 13, 2012, 01:16:35 pm »

sign him up

leroy · « **Reply #20 on:** January 13, 2012, 02:04:53 pm »

I was so happy that I got to saw him live (06WC), even at the tail end of his career. Had such a buzz just to be there.

Greatest player I've ever seen.

astowell1 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 13, 2012, 02:14:59 pm »

Just the greatest player ever...can't say anymore.

scatman · « **Reply #22 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:24:31 pm »

Master of the toepoke finish, and I know people go on about his hat trick against the mancs but the hat trick he scored for Barca against Valencia was just a phenomenal show of a player with both unbelievable speed and power, how he muscles through the 2 Valencia defenders is out of this world!

At his time there was a legion of great defenders that he came up against in La Liga and Serie A. The likes of Maldini, Desailly, Blanc, Cannavaro, Nesta, Ayala, Hierro, Montero et all, he put all of them on their arses.

His finishing is his weirdest attribute in my mind, he never connects with the ball properly it seems yet he always gets it past the keeper in this area that is too close for him to be able to save. It's simply perfect finishing, I guess that hat trick of penalties against Argentina just showed his amazing composure in front of goal.

Thiago · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2012, 12:04:29 am »

No Ronaldo thread is complete without:

Iconic picture.

-Sad Fuck- · « **Reply #24 on:** January 14, 2012, 12:11:01 am »

Anyone that calls him 'Real/Fat Ronaldo' = wool.

Rohit · « **Reply #25 on:** January 14, 2012, 12:53:56 am »

Ability to round a keeper was second to none. Question to all, had he not suffered those two knee injuries would he have been a better player than messi?

Lady_brandybuck · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2012, 01:16:19 am »

Quote from: Rohit on January 14, 2012, 12:53:56 am

Ability to round a keeper was second to none. Question to all, had he not suffered those two knee injuries would he have been a better player than messi?

without a doubt, still for me he's better than Messi

Thiago · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2012, 01:25:47 am »

Quote from: Rohit on January 14, 2012, 12:53:56 am

Ability to round a keeper was second to none. Question to all, had he not suffered those two knee injuries would he have been a better player than messi?

Who knows. His 1 season at Barcelona was phenomenal.

A more explosive, less involved version of Messi.

Saint Kopite · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2012, 02:15:24 am »

Quote from: Rohit on January 14, 2012, 12:53:56 am

Ability to round a keeper was second to none. Question to all, had he not suffered those two knee injuries would he have been a better player than messi?

I think so.

He would have absolutely annihilated the present day defenders. Like scatman said, He played against some great defenders like Maldini, Nesta, Thuram, Ayala, Cannavaro, Desailly etc and none of them were really able to stop him. Imagine what he would have done to the likes of Vidic, Agger, Kompany, Chiellini, Pique, Pepe, Silva etc.

Billy The Kid · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2012, 02:54:29 am »

The single most complete striker to ever play football

The end.

scatman · « **Reply #30 on:** January 14, 2012, 07:44:46 am »

Aye he wasn't scared of an aerial duel either. Had a great leap and was a good header of the ball, no one puts those goals into his compilations!

Discipline · « **Reply #31 on:** January 20, 2012, 12:58:51 pm »

must of been on creatine or something something.

Armand9 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:08:57 pm »

Incredible player a freight train with finesse, a total beast of a player, rarely does someone that gifted come in such a powerful unit - loved watching play, certainly one of the best (if not the best) in the modern era, such a pity about the injuries, lost one of the all time greats too early.

buzzing · « **Reply #33 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:09:10 pm »

My fav non LFC player too

nice to see current players in awe too "I love you"

Was that momo

PS: that football's greatest clip, I saw recetnly and prob one of the few "long" clips I didn't need to skip at any point

ac · « **Reply #34 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:44:47 pm »

Ronaldo or Van Basten?

Roger Federer · « **Reply #35 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:46:41 pm »

Quote from: ac on January 20, 2012, 01:44:47 pm

Ronaldo or Van Basten?

Ronaldo was the better player in my opinion, but there are few forwards I'd rather watch than Van Basten. Both are incredible footballers, probably the two best strikers I've seen.

thegoodfella · « **Reply #36 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:50:14 pm »

Quote from: ac on January 20, 2012, 01:44:47 pm

Ronaldo or Van Basten?

koolkamal · « **Reply #37 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:53:28 pm »

Thing with Ronaldo is that even after all the injuries at times he was still unstoppable. That's a testament to how great he was.

Personally in my opinion if not for the injuries he'd have been regarded easily as the best player ever.

Roger Federer · « **Reply #38 on:** January 20, 2012, 01:57:18 pm »

Quote from: thegoodfella on January 20, 2012, 01:50:14 pm

It's not that ridiculous a question. Van Basten is one of the absolute best forwards of all time. Not everyone wins 3 Ballon D'or, and like Ronaldo he had his career cut short because of injury.

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #39 on:** January 20, 2012, 02:09:21 pm »

I miss watching him play.

Ronaldinho too, actually. Not quite in the same league, but I think he was far more fun to watch than Messi or C.Ronaldo.