Cristiano Ronaldo - Performances (wums will be thread banned)

[swooshboy]

Really good article on his evolution as a player:

https://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-evolution-of-cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-manchester-united/

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[Amar__]

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-odd-award-for-madrid



Cringe.

 

[Theonas]

Big games aren't what they used to be. Fact is the big games used to be a great measuring stick cause these games were tight and close as the teams weren't all that far in quality. Right now, Madrid, Barca, Bayern are far ahead. When another team enters the contest of elite european club teams they get dismantled rather quickly.

Ronaldo's way of getting it done(tap ins, one on ones and taking ridiculous number of ridiculous shots) is one of the reasons he's done nothing of note in his international career. Top 5 player all time? I'd say he's not top 5 in the past 25 years even.

That is a really interesting point about the difference between big games now and before. I don't think Bayern and Real belong to that category however. Barcelona certainly made big games different to what they used in that they pretty much make everyone they play against play like a clear underdog. Bayern and to a less extent Real Madrid have been the next best teams but they never reached that level of absolute dominance. Maybe you can make a case for Bayern's CL run in 2013 but still not quite.

 

[Rado_N]

http://www.thesportbible.com/articles/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-odd-award-for-madrid



Cringe.

The award is of course sponsored by one osponsorship panish side's prime partners, Sanitas, or BUPA for those English speakers amongst you.

It is a bit cringey, but it's clearly just part of a sponsorship deal.

 

[PvsNP]

His finishing was really off yesterday. 14 shots and not a single goal.

 

[NoLogo]

His finishing was really off yesterday. 14 shots and not a single goal.

Yeah and some of them were absolute sitters. FSW seems to have a negative influence on his goal instinct.

 

[adexkola]

That is a really interesting point about the difference between big games now and before. I don't think Bayern and Real belong to that category however. Barcelona certainly made big games different to what they used in that they pretty much make everyone they play against play like a clear underdog. Bayern and to a less extent Real Madrid have been the next best teams but they never reached that level of absolute dominance. Maybe you can make a case for Bayern's CL run in 2013 but still not quite.

Ah, now I see why he is labeled a big game bottler. There aren't any big games left for him to play in.

 

[adexkola]

Really good article on his evolution as a player:

https://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-evolution-of-cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-manchester-united/

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Grantland is an excellent site for in-depth sport articles. Nice to see they're making the transition to football with few hitches.

 

[Theonas]

Ah, now I see why he is labeled a big game bottler. There aren't any big games left for him to play in.

What on earth are you on about. If anything my post makes the exact opposite point. Are you sure you understand what I wrote?

 

[adexkola]

What on earth are you on about. If anything my post makes the exact opposite point. Are you sure you understand what I wrote?

I wasn't disagreeing with you. I was piggybacking on your post, because I couldn't be arsed typing it from scratch

 

[Amar__]

It is a bit cringey, but it's clearly just part of a sponsorship deal.

Yeah, I know, but it's still funny considering it's Real Madrid, they'll make everything to make Ronaldo feel better.

 

[jojojo]

Really good article on his evolution as a player:

https://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-evolution-of-cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-manchester-united/

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Interesting article. I know the main idea of it is pretty obvious to anyone watching him regularly, but it's interesting seeing some of the more unusual stats that go with it.

 

[RedStarUnited]

Really good article on his evolution as a player:

https://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-evolution-of-cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-manchester-united/

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Great article.

Ronaldo evolving to become more of a striker as Messi will probably evolve to an AM.

 

[SirAF]

1-0 Ronaldo

 

[Samid]

But it's only Malmö!

 

[JamesB__]

500th career goal.

He's alright.

 

[matherto]

Has apparently done absolutely feck all aside from the goal

 

[SirAF]

2-0 Ronaldo

 

[Red Stone]

Equals Raul, in less than half the games. Mental.

 

[The Man Himself]

323 in 307 games

 

[kouroux]

Best finisher in the world, yes even better than Messi.

 

[SirAF]

Best finisher in the world, yes even better than Messi.

No doubt about that.

 

[jojojo]

"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know."

Said after tonight's match.

 

[Trizy]

"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know."

Said after tonight's match.

"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know." - Ronaldo 2011
"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know." - Ronaldo 2012
"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know." - Ronaldo 2013
"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know." - Ronaldo 2014
"My future? I am with Real Madrid and I'm happy. But in football you never know." - Ronaldo 2015

 

[FC Ronaldo]

Goal vs Levante.

 

[SirAF]

2-0 Ronaldo

 

[RedRonaldo]

Nice goal...

 

[IFC 1905]

He always scores great goals against Levante

 

[SirAF]

Surpassed Raúl as Real Madrid's all time top scorer today. 324 goals since 2009. Raúl scored 323 1994-2010.

 

[Rockets Redglare]

Surpassed Raúl as Real Madrid's all time top scorer today. 324 goals since 2009. Raúl scored 323 1994-2010.

It's impressive enough when you read that, but the really impressive stat is when you look at how many games each of them took to get to that tally.

 

[Tommy]

It's impressive enough when you read that, but the really impressive stat is when you look at how many games each of them took to get to that tally.

Absolutely. Look at this way... 324 goals in 6 years is 54 per year. If he played for Real Madrid for the same period of time that Raul did, he'd have scored 864 goals I mean alright I know it's not as simple as that, but it's still damn incredible.

 

[Eyepopper]

Whatever you might think of him his record for Real is absolutely out of this world. More goals than games.

Has any other player ever managed that?

 

[Heardy]

I'm sure I read somewhere that Ronaldo could go years without a goal for real and still have better goal to game ratio than Raul.

incredible stats.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Whatever you might think of him his record for Real is absolutely out of this world. More goals than games.

Has any other player ever managed that?

Very few in football history, I think only the likes of Eusebio and Pele.

 

[Tommy]

Whatever you might think of him his record for Real is absolutely out of this world. More goals than games.

Has any other player ever managed that?

Other than the obvious, Franz Binder scored 267 in 242 for Rapid Wien between 1930 and 1949. Josef Bican scored 607 in 406 between 1928 and 1955 for multiple clubs - Quite amazing, really. Muller wasn't far away from career parity at club level, but he surpassed it at international level (68 goals in 62 games).

 

[IFC 1905]

Whatever you might think of him his record for Real is absolutely out of this world. More goals than games.

Has any other player ever managed that?

I'm not sure but I think puskas has done something like that.

Dunno gerd muller.

 

[Joga Bonito]

Whatever you might think of him his record for Real is absolutely out of this world. More goals than games.

Has any other player ever managed that?

Jimmy McGrory deserves a mention too alongside the ones touched upon above.

 

[FC Ronaldo]

 

[Rich_H_1989]

Another goal for the machine! His goal record is just ridiculous and starts the make the likes of Shearer and Henry look pretty darn average really. How many will this guy finish with?

 

[kouroux]

That is some shot, generated very good power from not such an easy position.