Cristiano Ronaldo - Performances (wums will be thread banned)

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I think he's top 5 all time, people forget he's competing with possibly the greatest of all time in Messi, holding his own and still winning honours, ridiculous goal to game ratio, done it in 3 leagues. The only thing that really let's him down is the amount of La liga titles he hadn't gotten.

All in all, top 5 for me, especially if Messi is #1.
 
SCP said:
Give your list, in my top 5 of all time there is only 1 European, and that is Zidane, but then I have to think in Cruijff, Beckenbauer, Platini, CR7 and so on, who cares, he is the best European of his time but in the past there were also so many good players.
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Brazil besides Pele had Garrincha and Ronaldo but what makes Messi and Ronaldo shine is the fact no players to compete with them and right now they only compete with age and injuries. When Ronaldinho was the best player we had Ronaldo and Rivaldo just from Brazil the 3 r's at front.
 
KN5 said:
I think he's top 5 all time, people forget he's competing with possibly the greatest of all time in Messi, holding his own and still winning honours, ridiculous goal to game ratio, done it in 3 leagues. The only thing that really let's him down is the amount of La liga titles he hadn't gotten.

All in all, top 5 for me, especially if Messi is #1.
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Thats one of the things Messi is missing, playing for a team that doesn't play the style he always played and a big title for his country, but again they need 11 players to win a football match and they almost won the last time.
 
Billy Blaggs said:
Maybe we should say we are watching the Pele vs Maradona of this generation. Of that I don't think there is an argument.
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It's even better than that, that was the biggest argument and probably still is but the two of them didn't play at the same time, these two have played at the exact same time, in the same league, same competitions, putting up insane numbers, with a level of consistency and peak longevity rarely ever seen (They would definitely be the greatest in that regard). Insane how they absolutely make each other so much better by pushing the limit again and again, everytime you think one of them is done now they come back again with a bang. It's easily the greatest individual rivalry the game has ever seen, it could be a decade with no one outside them winning the Ballon D'or, which is absolutely insane. There was a 9 year gap between Ronaldo winning his first Ballon D'or and his 4th, which again, is mental. As great as past players were, don't think anyone ever sustained their absolute top level for so long while constantly being in the top 2 in the world for a decade. Something that usually gets overlooked in the light of 'peak ability' but that for me is a far bigger factor in defining greatness.
 
Moby said:
It's even better than that, that was the biggest argument and probably still is but the two of them didn't play at the same time, these two have played at the exact same time, in the same league, same competitions, putting up insane numbers, with a level of consistency and peak longevity rarely ever seen (They would definitely be the greatest in that regard). Insane how they absolutely make each other so much better by pushing the limit again and again, everytime you think one of them is done now they come back again with a bang. It's easily the greatest individual rivalry the game has ever seen, it could be a decade with no one outside them winning the Ballon D'or, which is absolutely insane. There was a 9 year gap between Ronaldo winning his first Ballon D'or and his 4th, which again, is mental. As great as past players were, don't think anyone ever sustained their absolute top level for so long while constantly being in the top 2 in the world for a decade. Something that usually gets overlooked in the light of 'peak ability' but that for me is a far bigger factor in defining greatness.
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I completely agree. We are living in the period of the two greatest players the world has ever seen. The more one does the more the other does. A lot has been said about Ronaldo trying to do so much to outdo Messi but not for a second do I believe Messi doesn't have Ronaldo on his mind.
 
Billy Blaggs said:
I completely agree. We are living in the period of the two greatest players the world has ever seen. The more one does the more the other does. A lot has been said about Ronaldo trying to do so much to outdo Messi but not for a second do I believe Messi doesn't have Ronaldo on his mind.
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I agree and because of the rivalry and how Ronaldo steps up to the challenge countless times is why I put him in my top 5 of all time, a couple of pages ago in this thread there were talkings of Ronaldo being a top 15 player. No chance, he's looking the greatest footballer of all time in the face and competing with him, this season it isn't as close since Ronaldo is coming to grips with a new role but oh man, can you believe we have been blessed with this show that these two put on every week. I pray for a time we see two players who can perform at this level and consistency for this long and it just be about them two.
 
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KN5 said:
I agree and because of the rivalry and how Ronaldo steps up to the challenge countless times is why I put him in my top 5 of all time, a couple of pages ago in this thread there were talking of Ronaldo being a top 15 player. No chance, he's looking the greatest footballer of all time in the face and competing with him, this season it isn't as close since Ronaldo is coming to grips with a new role but oh man, can you believe we have been blessed with this show that these two put on every week. I pray for a time we see two players who can perform at this level and consistency for this long and it just be about them two.
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I agree. It's just amazing and one day when we're old and telling our grandkids it with be romanticized.
 
Dan said:
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Ahead of Messi IMO. He's won everything in different leagues and captained his country to their first ever international trophy.

He wins wherever he goes.
 
Ronaldo's mental strength and determination - is it the best of any player ever? From becoming a talented boy to a world class player and then 3-4 years ago everyone said he was done as the leading 2 players he came back with Euros and CL
 
One of the best for a decade, while not being a dick on and off the field.
 
Ronaldo is a machine, Messi makes it look like he's the best kid in the park...but in the Champions League.

Impossible to find a winner really.
 
Decent performance, no better than Mbappe or Dybalas performance so I'm not sure what all the rhetoric is about. He is a poacher and stopped being a spectacular player for about 3 years. If people are praising him for this and elevating him for an Inzaghi like performance then Gerd Muller is the greatest player of all time.
 
VanGaalEra said:
Ahead of Messi IMO. He's won everything in different leagues and captained his country to their first ever international trophy.

He wins wherever he goes.
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He's all business, totally dedicated to being the best he can be, no half measures. He may well be the greatest player of all time honestly.
 
Leader of most goals in the UEFA Champions league (97) and also the most assists (31).

One of the best the world has ever seen.
 
totaalvoetbal said:
Decent performance, no better than Mbappe or Dybalas performance so I'm not sure what all the rhetoric is about. He is a poacher and stopped being a spectacular player for about 3 years. If people are praising him for this and elevating him for an Inzaghi like performance then Gerd Muller is the greatest player of all time.
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Yup, yup.

Scoring two goals away to Munich and being the player fouled which led to the red card is only a 'decent performance'.
 
VanGaalEra said:
Yup, yup.

Scoring two goals away to Munich and being the player fouled which led to the red card is only a 'decent performance'.
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It was a good perfomances but nothing that would make you get off your seat. I don't see any difference between what he did and Inzaghi in his final years but the latter didn't have the name Ronaldo attached to his name.

Mbappe and Dybala both had better games than him in this round yet no one is waxing lyrical about it.

He had a great perfomances for a poacher.

Note that when talking about Ronaldo I talk about him in the context of being called 'the best footballer'.
 
This is crazy. People talk as if he doesn't create or do anything other than score goals. Let's ignore his time at United? Or the fact that he has tons of assists at Madrid?

The fact is Ronaldo had to change into a goalscorer to justify his fee as otherwise people would call him a flop like how we do to pogba.
 
totaalvoetbal said:
It was a good perfomances but nothing that would make you get off your seat. I don't see any difference between what he did and Inzaghi in his final years but the latter didn't have the name Ronaldo attached to his name.

Mbappe and Dybala both had better games than him in this round yet no one is waxing lyrical about it.

He had a great perfomances for a poacher.

Note that when talking about Ronaldo I talk about him in the context of being called 'the best footballer'.
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Bayern was much more stronger than both Dortmund and Barcelona plus maybe you should Goto their threads before saying no one is waxing lyrical about them.
 
Just read it took him 30 games to find the net in the Champions league, which makes his outstanding record even more unbelievable, wow.
 
prath92 said:
Bayern was much more stronger than both Dortmund and Barcelona plus maybe you should Goto their threads before saying no one is waxing lyrical about them.
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That and neither of those players were particularly spectacular either. They had good games, just like Ronaldo. Except Bayern are much stronger as you said, and Ronaldo is the highest scoring player in UCL history.
 
shamans said:
Legendary player. We're so fortunate to see his career and that he once played for us
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This is what I've been saying since he was with us, but I kept being told that Rooney is the golden boy who would do us no harm and would be just as good :lol:

Honestly, we're so lucky to be watching this man. He's incredible really. His drive and passion to get better is insane. I thought he was done by the way? You lot wrote him off.

How many goals is that now against Bayern? He really makes Neuer his bitch, just like he made Valdez a few years ago.
 
prath92 said:
Bayern was much more stronger than both Dortmund and Barcelona plus maybe you should Goto their threads before saying no one is waxing lyrical about them.
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Ronaldo plays Dortmund twice this season and has scored 1 goal over 2 games against them with forgettable performances.

He was non existent against Barcelona in December.

Bayern have lost to Atletico Madrid already this season and haven't beaten a great team this year so saying they are much stronger than Barcelona is fallacy based on no evidence. Where is this Bayern hype coming from?

My point is that in the context of being called the 'best footballer' he is nothing more than a poacher. His performance was Inzaghi like and had it been Inzaghi thay scored those 2 goals noone would care.

Again this is in context of people saying he is the best.

Judging him just as a goal scorer, he is fantastic and is the greatest alongside Bican, Gerd Muller, Pele and Messi.

He is just so variable in terms of the goals he can score from supply. It is easier ton get goals out of him than any other player because he is good in the box, arguably the best aerial forward of all time alongside Santillana, van Basten, Gerd Muller etc.
 
While he was very good yesterday he's been very sub par this season, he is in decline, it's just a matter of how he adjusts his game and how Real manage his game time. Still can be effective as demonstrated yesterday .
 
Hilarious that some Madrid fans were (reportedly) calling for him to be dropped recently because of a dip in form. which I presume means failed to score for 90 minutes. .100 European goals, speaks volumes. period. the end.
 
Greatest goalscorer off all time.
If we sold him for £200m, we'd still have been robbed. £80m for him is a scandal.
 
mitchmouse said:
Hilarious that some Madrid fans were (reportedly) calling for him to be dropped recently because of a dip in form. which I presume means failed to score for 90 minutes. .100 European goals, speaks volumes. period. the end.
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There are always a few weirdos who think they can carve out some attention by being anti-Ronaldo. We had them here as well in 06-08 when people would say Rooney was better.
 
Adisa said:
Greatest goalscorer off all time.
If we sold him for £200m. we'd still have been robbed. £80m for him is a scandal.
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he's scored more hat-tricks that some people have goals (if you get my meaning)
 
Adisa said:
Greatest goalscorer off all time.
If we sold him for £200m. we'd still have been robbed. £80m for him is a scandal.
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I agree considering they paid close to £60m for Kaka in the same summer.
 
VanGaalEra said:
Ahead of Messi IMO. He's won everything in different leagues and captained his country to their first ever international trophy.

He wins wherever he goes.
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Yeah thats the way I see it and that's exactly why I think Ronaldo is better than Messi.

Thing with Messi is he's played in an extremely dominant Barca team all his career.

If he would've moved to another team then he wouldn't have hit anywhere near the figures he has done. The fact Ronaldo has been successful at another club is what edges him in front add to that his international trophy too and he's clearly the better player.
 
I will never forget the day I found out we sold him. Coming home form school and soon as I enter the house, my mum shouts that Ronaldo has gone to Madrid. You'd have thought a car ran over my pet.
 
He is 32 and he obviously declined after a 10y peak (more or less). The thing is, a declined Ronaldo is still better than 95% of the players.

There are some things I rate Messi over him and other things I rate Ronaldo over Messi but what its amazing is that this guy is 32, achieved everything he could achieve, he already is one of the GOAT and he still goes to the pitch with hunger to win even more. Its like no matter what he achieves its never gonna be enough for him.

He may not have the consistency he once had but he is still one of the main reasons why Real Madrid is the team it is. IMO they will struggle without him because Bale is no Ronaldo and tbf no current player will ever have the impact for Real Madrid that he had and still has when it matters.

Legendary athlete and legendary football player, he will be missed when he retires. Players like him make football way more enjoyable to watch
 
I doubt we'll ever see anything like him. Just the sheer desperation to improve himself is something I don't think I'll ever see again.
I remember seeing a video of him trying to do a trick. Chelsea fans were mocking him for failing. 99% of players would not have bothered trying to do it again for fear of looking even more stupid...not Ronaldo.
 
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