Brazil - Ronaldo back and scoring goals
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Stunning player. Despite his fitness problems I am very surprised no English clubs tried to sign him given that he left Milan on a free transfer.
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[ASSE]Hinchy;13919373 said:
Didn't Man City try and sign him or am I mistaken
Best forward I've ever seen grace a football pitch, an all time great as far as I'm bothered.
Would love to see him at the next world cup, don't think it will happen however
Great to see him back, legend
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Spurs nearly signed him once[ASSE]Hinchy;13919373 said:
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think your being a bit harsh. plenty of people in the world suffer breakdowns mentally or physcially. he happens to be one of them and just happened to be one of the best strikers ever to be on a football pitch.
the guy was outstanding and in a world of his own as a striker when he was at his best. if we could get him back to something like that as he is 32 not exactly game over if ya ask me then itd be good. that pace in the video showed he can still run and if hes still got his touch in front of goal i dont see why not.
Didn't Man City try and sign him or am I mistaken
Thought they tried to sign Ronaldinho and Kaka but failed miserably
.Id love to see him back at the 2010 World Cup...seeing as hes been my fave Brazilian player for a very long time.
Calm yourselves and behave! unquestionably one of the best strikers of all time in his prime, he is quite simply over the hill in terms of the Premiership.
However, there is little doubt he WILL be at next years World Cup - simply because of his name, reputation, and the fact that Nike will insist upon it!
However, there is little doubt he WILL be at next years World Cup - simply because of his name, reputation, and the fact that Nike will insist upon it!
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he's not "that" fast, its his speed on the ball which is incredible as most people have a huge difference between running speed and running speed while dribbling.
The thing about him is, I think more than anything confidence, where most people see 2/3 defenders standing almost next to each other they'll look to go around them. Ronaldo would see those players and just think to himself screw going around and will just run right into them and has a ridiculous ability to move the ball in and around his feet in those situations. If you look at compliation vids the number of times he goes through defenders rather than around is insane, and the amount of goals he scores not through fantastic shooting but by dribbling through 4/5 players, not shooting but going around the keeper and tapping it in. His brilliance came in the dribbling, the good shot is just an added bonus.
Would be very good to see him come back, you can see the scars on his knee's, he's had some truly awful injuries and the majority do give up in his situation, to come back once from one injury to one knee is impressive. To do it, for both knee's both injured more than once(i think, not sure how many times he's screwed which knee) is incredible in terms of determination and patience.
It would be great to see him back in the world cup, though to be perfectly honest if Beckham while barely playing inbetween MLS and training at Arsenal can get token appearances for England, a couple qualifying or friendly appearances are well in order for Ronaldo. Frankly Beckhams draw for england would be nothing on the interest in seeing Ronaldo get a game for Brazil again.
Would be even nicer if it was a game over here as it would be at the Emirates most likely, that would be fantastic to see.
I very much doubt we'll see him in the world cup, he's as fat as hog now and doesn't seem to have the stamina to go the distance at the pace needed for world cup games.