Village Idiot Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 There was a video interview Cronaldo shot for UEFA ahead of the cl group stage draw where he - VERY begrudgingly - admitted that Messi was better than him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Penaldo just scores pens and tap ins these days. 10 pens in the league this season, give them to Benzema or Higuain instead and they'd be comfortably Madrid's top scorer. 'Penaldo' ffs Is it me or has Sewelly turned heel lately? Love him, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Penaldo just scores pens and tap ins these days. 10 pens in the league this season, give them to Benzema or Higuain instead and they'd be comfortably Madrid's top scorer. At least Zlatan who's been banging away Zenalties all season wins them through his own skill, Cron gets them handed to him by his teammates. Read this comment as a standalone post, and until it got to the Benzema/Higuain bit, I was thinking "eh? Who's this Penaldo character?" Oh dear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Penaldo just scores pens and tap ins these days. 10 pens in the league this season, give them to Benzema or Higuain instead and they'd be comfortably Madrid's top scorer. 'Penaldo' ffs Is it me or has Sewelly turned heel lately? Love him, mind. ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Incidentally Messi is just 13 goals away of becoming our all time top goalscorer, at age 24. Nuts. And say what you will, Messi brings much more stuff to the football pitch than Cronaldo. I can easily see him dropping into a playmaker/Zidane-ish role and still be ridiculously good when he ages and loses athleticism. Agreed. He won't lose his vision, touch or strength on the ball, if anything the first two will probably improve. Once Ronaldo loses his pace, he'll be pretty ineffective at the highest level. Still be strong as an Ox and have that leap/heading ability. He'll be a bully for many years to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Incidentally Messi is just 13 goals away of becoming our all time top goalscorer, at age 24. Nuts. And say what you will, Messi brings much more stuff to the football pitch than Cronaldo. I can easily see him dropping into a playmaker/Zidane-ish role and still be ridiculously good when he ages and loses athleticism. Agreed. He won't lose his vision, touch or strength on the ball, if anything the first two will probably improve. Once Ronaldo loses his pace, he'll be pretty ineffective at the highest level. Still be strong as an Ox and have that leap/heading ability. He'll be a bully for many years to come. he'll surely move to be a more orthodox number 9? nothing to say he'll lose so much pace mind, he's not had a 'proper' injury yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Incidentally Messi is just 13 goals away of becoming our all time top goalscorer, at age 24. Nuts. And say what you will, Messi brings much more stuff to the football pitch than Cronaldo. I can easily see him dropping into a playmaker/Zidane-ish role and still be ridiculously good when he ages and loses athleticism. Agreed. He won't lose his vision, touch or strength on the ball, if anything the first two will probably improve. Once Ronaldo loses his pace, he'll be pretty ineffective at the highest level. Still be strong as an Ox and have that leap/heading ability. He'll be a bully for many years to come. he'll surely move to be a more orthodox number 9? nothing to say he'll lose so much pace mind, he's not had a 'proper' injury yet Yep. Injuries are odd though. Rio was never plagued by them in his youth but succumbed frequently in latter years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Gosh I just put up Ronaldo's stats as comparison since someone was saying how great Messi's stats are, didn't even say Ronaldo was better and look at all the sarcastic remarks I'm getting. So stats are only good when they are used to prove that Messi is better than Pele and Maradona combined, right. The Messi worshipping over here is ridiculous, you guys might as well set up the Messintology religion/cult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Good idea. Maradona has a church in his honour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Gosh I just put up Ronaldo's stats as comparison since someone was saying how great Messi's stats are, didn't even say Ronaldo was better and look at all the sarcastic remarks I'm getting. So stats are only good when they are used to prove that Messi is better than Pele and Maradona combined, right. The Messi worshipping over here is ridiculous, you guys might as well set up the Messintology religion/cult. there's a reason there's usually an absolute consensus about who the best player is, and there's usually a reason why some bellend is sat on the sidelines throwing insinuations and bullshit stats about to try and prove otherwise messi is the best on the planet, that's the end, numbers don't really matter...and if they did, he has better numbers than anyone else anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Gosh I just put up Ronaldo's stats as comparison since someone was saying how great Messi's stats are, didn't even say Ronaldo was better and look at all the sarcastic remarks I'm getting. So stats are only good when they are used to prove that Messi is better than Pele and Maradona combined, right. The Messi worshipping over here is ridiculous, you guys might as well set up the Messintology religion/cult. there's a reason there's usually an absolute consensus about who the best player is, and there's usually a reason why some bellend is sat on the sidelines throwing insinuations and bullshit stats about to try and prove otherwise messi is the best on the planet, that's the end, numbers don't really matter...and if they did, he has better numbers than anyone else anyway No because if you by goals over just the last 3 seasons, but discount all competitions except the league then Ronaldo is better!11!! alpal criticising people for selective stats use while doing it himself = Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 alpal doesn't even watch La Liga but comes marching into this thread to post stats when he fancies it. Pro tip = watching footballers play football is better than stats Spends his time criticising people for admiring the best footballer of his generation while bitterly and pathetically trying to put him down at every turn. It goes back years, he's posted rubbish about how Messi couldn't cope as well in the Premier League and isn't as good as Rooney in the past. Rabbid, embittered fool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/pgpwS.jpg One for Alpal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 be interested in what's been spent to topple them by madrid like...not that barca were assembled cheaply by any means but i reckon the spend since guardiola took over barcelona must be immense (not even sure if kaka/ronaldo would even be included in those figures, but take them into account and it'd be madness) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I purposefully didnt buy that issue in the airport due to the fact that it has on the front cover "RADFORD THE SCORER!" Fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Barca started pissing away points away from home. End of article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Read it a week ago. You know, the author of that article would have earnt my respect had he wrote this, say, 3 months ago instead of releasing it when we are 10 under. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 It's like writing an article on Arsenal's recent shitness, it's easy and lazy. Like VI says, decent journos/pundits should be able to forsee future problems and changes, not just write about them after the horse has bolted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Aye it feels like every FFT now has Real/Barca on the cover - it's getting a bit boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yh Jose is a real genius, he is responsible for Barca having a worse away record than most teams in the league..... Jose is responsible for Barca dropping 13 more points at this stage compared to last season. Genius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yh Jose is a real genius, he is responsible for Barca having a worse away record than most teams in the league..... Jose is responsible for Barca dropping 13 more points at this stage compared to last season. Genius. Mind games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Real Madrid 2008-09 Total spending: € 71.7 million Total income: € 69.7 million 2009-10 Total spending: €259 million Total income: €88.5 million 2010-11 Total spending: €74.5 million Total income: €16 million 2011-12 Total spending: €55 million Total income: €9 million Total spending over 4 seasons: €460.2 million Total income over 4 seasons: €183.2 million Total: €277 million loss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Barca 2008-09 Total spending: €88 million Total income: €49.5 million 2009-10 Total spending: €85.5 million Total income: €2 million (f***ing Zlatan) 2010-11 Total spending: €71.5 million Total income: €43 million 2011-12 Total spending: €72 million Total income: €8.25 million Total spent: €317 million Total income: €102.75 Total: €214.25 million loss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Conclusion: what the f*** did I do that for, where's me tea? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yh Jose is a real genius, he is responsible for Barca having a worse away record than most teams in the league..... Jose is responsible for Barca dropping 13 more points at this stage compared to last season. Genius. Fast forward to 19th May..... Jose Mourinho. Genius. Responsible for Real Madrid winning the Champions League.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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