Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Haha, and that means what? You think it fair to disregard everyone who has shut down C. Ronaldo, the far lesser skilled player, and yet Rangers have a good game against Messi and you pull it out?C. Ronaldo could never score a goal like Messi did against Getafe. Messi could score anything Ronaldo has done, and probably has in La Liga and for Argentina.
Yes, he scored on his debut.
Well yes, it'd be silly not to give Ronaldinho the edge. I'm trying to take nothing away from C. Ron here, but he is totally the flavour of the month/year. He is the one on everyone's lips, and that's come from him having a good season.
Ronaldo isn't up there with the Messis, Ronaldinhos, Ronaldos, Adrianos, Robinhos, Van Persies, Gattusos, Kakas etc.
He's certainly not THE best player in the world, especially as undoubtedly as you tried to put it across.
-AC
im not disregarding anything, im just pointing out that even the great messi can get shut down in big games.
calling c ron far less skilled than messi is pushing it a bit dont you think. and ronaldo has scored similar goals, last year against fulham he took it from behnd his half way line, blew past all their defenders and scored to win the game in the last couple minutes.
yeah i just watched some of the highlights, he looked pretty good. thats exactly what milan needs, good for them.
he had his break out season last year, and hes playing even better this year, of course people are going to be talking about him. he already has as many goals this season halfway through as he did all last season. people are going to be talking about that, but just because people are talking about i dont see why you should just dismiss it as flavour of the month. i do agree with you that he hasnt proved his worth in the most important games yet, but i dont doubt that he will. ronaldo does it for portugal in the big games, im sure he'll do it for manchester.
maybe you wouldnt put ronaldo up there, but i certainly would. but i wouldnt put gattuso, robinho or van persie up there. i wouldnt put adriano up there anymore either, he'd be up there if he had his mind on the game but not with how hes been acting for the past few years. hopefully the season in sao paulo'll get him back on track.
if you look back at my post, i said he was the best player right now, not the best player in the past 5 years. right now no one is playing better football and having the same impact game in game out as c ron.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Why are people saying C. Ron IS one of the best, or the best, as if it's fact?No, you can felch him all you want because you're all clearly susceptible to flavours of the month. He stands out at a club where everyone has been there forever because he's young and very good, he isn't competing for a place against anybody is he? He'd never get into Arsenal or Barca, Real, Milan, Inter.
-AC
i think he'd step into any of those teams. he would work at arsenal because his passing and movement is as good as anyone at that plays for them and would add more width to their play which they need.
he'd walk into barca because he could have such an impact they would make room for him. i would pick ronaldo over henry, but thats more a matter of opinion than anything else they're such different players.
real, they need wingers and they'd take any big name player.
inter he would walk into once again because he has enough talent and is young enough for them to fit him into their system.
you can think otherwise and thats fine, but honestly you know that any of these teams would take him because it would be stupid not to. im not saying they'd all pay the 40 million or whatever it is to get him, but he would play in their teams.