The trick is lovely and all but the touch out of the sky.....
Ronaldinho takes the michael...
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
The trick is lovely and all but the touch out of the sky.....
I can do that.
Boss can do that.
Won everything too early, if he had Ronaldo's(Cristiano) determination, people wouldn't give a shit about Messi.
that boy was born with a ball at his feet.
What an unusual deformity. No wonder he went down the shitter.
Nonsense, Messi's naturally more talented than Ronaldinho, who has never been as good.
One of the all time greats.
That's debateable.
I think Berba's touch v Milan was better.
ha ha, NO way Boss!
I know you wanna have Messi's babies but Ronaldinho can do things with a ball that Messi can only dream of.
Berba's touch moves a yard away from him, Ronaldinho's is DEAD, it's on his foot.
Both sexy as hell though, Berba's was harder to control.
Boss...please just don't. Like really please don't...
do you really have no clue or just like making sensational statements for the attention?
PS: the question is rhetorical, don't bother answering
Actually if he would've have a determination of any of the top players right now(Xavi, Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta etc) he would have been regarded along the likes of Zidane etc. Such a magical player and an absolute delight to watch.
However this thread will now turn into a Messi vs Ronaldinho thread.
Ronaldinho has far more silky ball skills than Messi tbh.
God I can watch that all day.
He's been doing quite well over there I've heard. Seen a game or two where he doesn't look too out of shape.
He's been doing quite well over there I've heard. Seen a game or two where he doesn't look too out of shape.
Based on what?
Just because Messi doesn't do stepovers or circus tricks doesn't mean he's not a wizard of a football as he clearly is.
You can't dribble at top speed and maintain the control Messi has without being supremely gifted.
I just love the way he embarrasses defenders, his dribbling style is the best to watch.
I wouldn't go that far.
If you ask me who I'd prefer to watch play on their day, I'd always take Ronaldinho.
Is this honestly a pisstake?!
do you really have no clue or just like making sensational statements for the attention?
PS: the question is rhetorical, don't bother answering
Why is it when a footballer gets older people re write history?
Not at any point was Ronaldinho as good as Lionel Messi.
I was wondering how many posts it would take before the theme of the thread turned into comparisons against Messi. Great stuff, just more of what we all want.
Thats because his style is very entertaining, at their peak it's always going to be the Argentine in terms of productivity and just being better.I wouldn't go that far.
If you ask me who I'd prefer to watch play on their day, I'd always take Ronaldinho.
Better change the title thread to Ronaldinho vs Messi right now. You know it's gonna happen eventually.
There's no argument for that one, you're right.
Where you're wrong though is by saying Messi was naturally more talented than Ronaldinho.
Ronaldinho is arguably the most talented footballer in the past 20 years and he did it with a weaker Barcelona side. Put the current Messi in the previous Barcelona side and he wouldn't dominate as much as Ronaldinho did.
What about when Ronaldinho was 8 and Messi was just born?
Based on the truth, can Messi do the things Ronaldinho can with the ball? no. Ronaldinho is the most skillful player I've ever seen, an absolute sensation on the ball, a pure genius. Messi is no tricks but an unbelievable dribbler.
Don't disagree with that, but he doesn't have the same kind of invention and genius as Ronaldinho.
I don't deny that, only Maradona can hold a candle to him when it comes to this. He is the best player in the World, and will no doubt totally eclipse anything Ronaldinho did if he hasn't already. It doesn't make him more naturally gifted though, just more determined than the Brazilian genius.
I'm sure some posters actually care more about working out who is the definitive best player, or making sure everyone else knows that such and such player can't be as good as this one.
It's becoming beyond stupid now, you can't have a thread these days without someone comparing them to Messi or something equally retarded. It's become impossible to just have a normal conversation about a player, or say the OP which actually focuses on one specific piece of skill.
This for me is one of the very worst problems of the football forums, where debate and discussion has taken a back seat to enforcing your opinion, and ridiculing others for not accepting it.
It's becoming beyond stupid now, you can't have a thread these days without someone comparing them to Messi or something equally retarded. It's become impossible to just have a normal conversation about a player, or say the OP which actually focuses on one specific piece of skill.
This for me is one of the very worst problems of the football forums, where debate and discussion has taken a back seat to enforcing your opinion, and ridiculing others for not accepting it.
Messi is the benchmark for any supremely gifted footballer, so I dont see what the problem is with people making comparisons, again.
Either way it can't be proven.
Well it's always the same posters who derail the thread into the Player X v Messi argument, so you know what you have to do!
That's true.
Ronaldinho was the most glorious player to watch ever in his prime. I remember just turning on the TV to watch Barca games, wondering what he was going to do and how much he was going to take the piss.
Would be regarded as the great player of all time if he'd not gotten fat and turned into a party animal, I think.
And I agree with Hectic, the comparisons are so daft.
Would be regarded as the great player of all time if he'd not gotten fat and turned into a party animal, I think.
And I agree with Hectic, the comparisons are so daft.
I keep giving out warnings but they don't seem to have any effect, and I've spoken to over 7 users personally about this via PM. I'm not sure if it's just me, and whether I'm verreacting to seeing something too many times or if others also feel the same with regards to the comparison wars that have become a hallmark of the football forums.
did you just start watching football last year?
and i am disputing the talent part.
and Ronaldinho could do things during a match, which no else has done on such a regular basis.
and i used to be awake at absurd times, just to watch him play. Messi while being more effective, isn't as entertaining
Back to the topic, this goal was
Ye that's one of my favourite goals of all time.Back to the topic, this goal was
Remember we nearly signed him too.
fecking Kenyon!!
fecking Kenyon!!