Ronaldo

ronbyrne2005

Get some cash on ronaldo on betfair at 20-1 ,i reckon he'll get a good few now that he's off the mark and will be in tournament to semi's or final

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I think stronger defenses will show him up tbh....

Roddy23

He just scored a screamer, his second of the night.

ronbyrne2005

he's 12-1 now so you could have made 8 times your stake already on betfair if you got on at 20-1

ronbyrne2005

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

I think stronger defenses will show him up tbh....

he's getting better every game and is a proven superstar at the highest level.

Anam

Ikky Poo2 wrote:

I think stronger defenses will show him up tbh....

Agreed.But i do think he will get one more goal to go on to beat the all time record.

jArgHA

hmm was a bit late, threw a fiver on him @ 9.4, that 2nd goal was a beaut

godtabh

One more goal to beat the record. I wonder what the odds on him doing that after the first game and now!

Class player!

kinaldo

feckin rte they only showed ronaldo's second once. not even worthy of a replay. unbelievable! when he plays badly they talk about him for half an hour but when he plays really well, scores twice and equals a wc record they barely even mention him.

kinaldo

the only thing that's almost as annoying is having to use the PSP for this

Gangsta

kinaldo wrote:

feckin rte they only showed ronaldo's second once. not even worthy of a replay. unbelievable! when he plays badly they talk about him for half an hour but when he plays really well, scores twice and equals a wc record they barely even mention him.

That's because all the pundits on RTE ever do is criticise. Players are hardly ever given due credit. Ronaldo is a phenomenal player.

kinaldo

The Phenomenon has now scored 61 times for Brazil in 95 caps, but can anyone tell me if that includes his crackers in the Atlanta '96 Olympics? (as that was an under 23s competition which allowed 3 overage players)

eirebhoy

kinaldo wrote:

The Phenomenon has now scored 61 times for Brazil in 95 caps, but can anyone tell me if that includes his crackers in the Atlanta '96 Olympics? (as that was an under 23s competition which allowed 3 overage players)

No.

LegacyUser

Who is the fat **** now? Dunphy that's who.

Jimi-Spandex

In fairness he scored two against Japan. He's hardly back to his vintage. He won't get a sniff against a decent defence. He's much too static. Alot more so than he ever was.

That said, he did manage to make himself a yard for that screamer of a second goal. He'll break the record probably. Won't be winning the golden boot though. Not if Spain, Germany or Argentina make the semis.

shatners basoon

cheesedude wrote:

Who is the fat **** now? Dunphy that's who.

Nah, Ronaldo is still a fat ****, he does have a fantastic shot on him though and i'll always think he's great (especially in stature!)

He'll keep scoring if they pass to his feet, all he needs is a yard to score and he's really really good at making that small bit of space for himself. Actaully maybe being fat and static is his decoy, they won't close him down as they know hes not going anywhere then BOOM its in the back of the net!

Nothing like a fat genius!

Green_Martian

I was delighted to see him head the first goal in last night, he must be so glad himself.

The second goal was sweet and i think it may have been a response to all the bad press he has received lately....fair play to him he is still a clas player.

Dempsey

The lad deserves nothing but respect. He's one of the greatest players ever to play the game. I hope he looses a stone weight and destroys defenses well into his 30's

singingstranger

cheesedude wrote:

Who is the fat **** now?

Er, Ronaldo. :rolleyes:

Good to see him firing again though. The second one last night was the Ronaldo of olde.

jester77

Fair play to him, still has it. Plus he was under a lot of pressure last night after the first 2 performances, most managers would have dropped him after that!

LegacyUser

singingstranger wrote:

Er, Ronaldo. :rolleyes:

Good to see him firing again though. The second one last night was the Ronaldo of olde.

Don't think so mate. 11% bodyfat on a footballer that size is not fat.

Kingp35

He took his second goal well but he is not a patch on the Ronaldo of old. He is too big and cant run around anymore. That is sad to see when he is only 29 years old. One of the best players of his generation but not anymore.

GrumPy

I am happy he has finally scored, sure he is not the same man as 2002, but he still put two away last night, even if it was only Japan. Fair play to him. The miss he had on in the early second half could have been amazing, him and ronaldiniho, and the backheal? that was great vision, and passing between them.

PHB

I was delighted for him, I knew my bet would come good, and by god, he's on his way.

Lex Luthor

Form is temporary, Class is permanent

Zapp Brannigan

Lex Luthor wrote:

Form is temporary, Class is permanent

Thats what us 'Pool fans said bout Nando. Didn't ring true though

PHB

Actually, it rang true perfectly with Morientes.

ronbyrne2005

You could tell from his body language last night that he's getting back to his best, he was smiling at times ,his head was up and his posture and confidence was better,he was doing a fair bit of running compared to opening games and you could see he was thinking more. i still think he's good value at 10-1 on betfair compared to much less on paddypower,if anyone listened to me last night they could have made 10-1 in twenty minutes with little downside risk.

Dempsey

Kingp35 wrote:

He took his second goal well but he is not a patch on the Ronaldo of old. He is too big and cant run around anymore. That is sad to see when he is only 29 years old. One of the best players of his generation but not anymore.

I think he he still is one of the best players of his generation. He's strike rate speaks for itself. 2 games unfit and everyone slates him because he's not a thin person. I'll put my head out and say he'll get the golden boot at the WC....again

PHB

he is not a patch on the Ronaldo of old.

You mean he is no longer the best player in the world by a country mile? I'd agree with that. But he is still one of the best strikers in the World.
I've often prayed that Ruud will go to Real Madrid in exchange for Ronaldo.