Recent content by Hashira

Thank you. Even before this thread was created. There was no doubt in my mind this was the biggest mistake Ferguson committed. I can make excuses for any of his other errors as they all made a pale comparison to this. This however, a fallout over a silly racehorse dispute, that presented the...

Ronaldo-Neymar swap. Everyone knows PSG are desperate to win the CL. Who else better to lead them to European glory than the GOAT in that competition? They will also get to fulfil the wet dream of a million fanboys who always wanted to see Messi and Ronaldo playing together in the same team...

Agreed. I brought up this point in the 'Benzema vs Rooney' thread that judging by statistics alone without context is erroneous because it doesn't paint the whole picture. Rooney is a player who offers a lot more than simply goals and assists. This is not to say that the likes of Benzema and...

Two players who are/were often willing to sacrifice their individual productivity if it means their teams could benefit from it. Benzema didn't get the plaudits he deserved from the neutral during the years when Ronaldo had the spotlight at Real Madrid. He is definitely receiving the plaudits...

Surely you can't be serious? I agree with @shamans that in my lifetime, nobody matches Ronaldinho with regards to sheer manipulation of how and where he wants the ball to move. I'd also rate Zidane and Michael Laudrup higher than the likes of Messi and Ronaldo in terms of pure close control...

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I'm not surprised about Shevchenko's record. The thing is Shevchenko played at Milan when Serie A was still arguably the strongest league and toughest to score in Europe. And he scored more than 16 league goals on 5 occasions when he was at Milan, during which he scored 24 league goals three...

That's a decent return, but hardly excellent imo. Klose only ever managed to score more than 16 league goals once in his career. His stint at Bremen is the only club where he averaged more than a goal every 2 games. And that's too if we were to only consider league goals and not goals in all...

First name that came to my mind was Miroslav Klose. Highest goal scorer in the history of the World Cup. Also the all-time top scorer for Germany. He was a decent striker throughout his club career, but never spectacular. Certainly not as outstanding as he was with the German NT. Only scored...

Incorrect. 2006/07 was arguably Ronaldo's most brilliant season with regards to dribbling. He came back from the '06 World Cup with significantly more muscle. Physically he changed from a boy to a man. From 2005 to 2006 he gradually transformed from a lanky waif to a bodybuilder physique, with...

Ronaldo in his younger years was very hard to stop. He gave most defenders a torrid time because his dribbling style was very unpredictable. The constant twists and turns he made, and sudden acceleration at unusual angles enabled him to skip past defenders with ease. Most defenders have to...

Good post. The term 'genius' has always been subjective. Till date there is no scientifically precise definition of what a genius is. While I think Maradona and Messi have more natural ability than Ronaldo, I agree with you that Ronaldo has the strongest brain amongst all players I have seen...

And yet you rate Di Stefano higher than Ronaldo? I swear you can't make this up. Spain under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, sought to impose his idea of a homogenous Spanish state on the people. In the fall out of the Spanish civil war, all signs of regional nationalism, including...

Forgive me for not bringing up Ronaldo's scoring against the likes of the mighty Myllykosken Pallo, AEK Larnaca, Crvena Zvezda, AIK Solna, Neuchâtel Xamax, Strasbourg, Spartak Moscow and Sturm Graz. Major cope. There is a good reason why nobody brings up R9's record in substandard competitions...

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