Kaizero

It's simple really. Well functioning team > Ronaldo. Ronaldo is an amazing player, no doubt about it. But him being there is bad for the team performance because he doesn't care about the team, the team exist only to serve him. That isn't a good way to win things. It works at Real because they're all world beaters around him, but whilst talented, the entire Portugal squad are not world beaters. They need to rely on being able to function as a cohesive unit.

Renato Sanchez and Rafa Silva tbh.

Our B-team run riot over Iceland five days after Portugal raped us. It's a decent comparison due to that fact. Iceland were playing their B team too in that game. In fact only 3 Iceland players that started that match started yesterday How does that in any way change my point, though? Given that Portugal, in that sense, also played their B-side since Ronaldo and Nani weren't part of the squad at the time? Look at all the other matches Portugal have played without both, or just without Ronaldo. It's an entirely different, effective, team that plays for eachother and not just for one guy.

Our B-team run riot over Iceland five days after Portugal raped us. It's a decent comparison due to that fact. It's not just this one match where they have looked a lot better without Ronaldo either. Wales need Bale, because Bale is a team player. He heightens the ability of mediocre players around him, Ronaldo doesn't.

Not when those replacements are a mixture of Eder, Helder Postiga, Hugo Almeida, Quaresma, etc. Portugal remind me a bit of 2014 England in that the players are either too old or too young. Watched a Ronaldo and Nani-less Portugal run riot over Norway before the Euros started. They're clearly hindered by the two as they're "bigger" than the team.

Got £50 on the US to win @ 2.75. If that goes in I'm chancing my luck with £50 of the eventual winnings on Peru @ 7.00 Knowing my current betting luck I assume the US will bomb out though.

I hope Iceland do it just to see Ronaldo's face

Wednesday 15th June Russia 2-0 Slovakia Romania 1-2 Switzerland France 2-0 Albania Thursday 16th June England 1-1 Wales Ukraine 1-1 Northern Ireland Germany 2-1 Poland Friday 17th June Italy 1-1 Sweden Czech Rep 0-1 Croatia Spain 2-1 Turkey Saturday 18th June Belgium 2-0 R. of Ireland Iceland 2-0 Hungary Portugal 1-0 Austria

I still maintain that a Portugal without Ronaldo and Nani = A team that could actually do things.

Swiss victory.

You live kn Finland so I will just assume a yes

Why are you laughing? You're the one who posted the shemales.

I trust you don't think Messi is a "legend" either then. He can't even get a good team (Argentina) to a trophy, never mind shite like Portugal Portugal aren't shite. Messi's been better than Ronaldo in international tournaments. Portugal might be better if Ronaldo didn't take 18 shots a game from ridiculous angles We played both them and Iceland before the Euro started. I know international friendlies aren't the best show of quality, but a Ronaldo and Nani less Portugal looked fucking amazing and ran us over whilst a fully topped Iceland got beaten by what was pretty much our B-Squad. tl;dr Portugal suffers because they have Ronaldo.

"Hnar hnar, time to trick N-O with some made up Ronaldo quotes!"

http://i.imgur.com/sBgUvj7.gif

Thank fuck for that. Would've been a parody of a match if the ref ruined this for Iceland.

Fuck is with this ref. This match should be fucking over.

I like the fact that the Stade de France would fit 1/4th of the entire population of Iceland

Nope. No player has got a brace either. Super exciting though, super exciting. /triggs

Class on FM.

Italy are good more than Belgium are shit to be honest.

http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,97962.0.html

triggs just likes to have the TV on in the background tbh. If he actively has sat enjoying some of these boredom chammpionship matches I'm worried for him