Ronaldo doesn't perform for Portugal

I concur with Jibers

And I watch every minute of every game

Jibers forgot penalties though

Le Samourai wrote:I concur with Jibers

And I watch every minute of every game

Jibers forgot penalties though

yeah right

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:Pathetic from Van der Wiel and Netherlands defensive coaches.

Was a good performace though ....not the best of the tournament by any means, but it was good....he created 1 chance that Nani should have converted....(Torres had a similar game the other day against what I want to say was a better defense than this).

I have to think though, the Netherlands didn't just play bad defense individually, but as a team they played right into Portugal's hands, they basically forced them to be a counter attacking team...they gave them the space they needed openly.

Why not force Veloso and Mierles to actually do something with the ball other than passing to wide open wingers who thrive in counter attacking situations?

Disgraceful defensive display.

This. Ronaldo did well because of the space he was afforded. In teas with tight defences or teams that limit his space, he is pretty...useless

really? too bad that there are hardly any teams who play like that then ..

Not really bar his tap ins he doesnt really do anything. When he doesnt score 99% of the time he doesnt give a WC performance, unlike Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, Pirlo etc

LMFAO, consistency is one of ronaldo's best attributes .. and lol at that tap in bs , obviously you dont bother to watch him or are clearly trolling

He consistently scores tap ins and penalties, but when he doesnt get either he rarle gives a WC performance. He is WC because of his goals, take them away and he is nothing, he isnt a great winger and doesnt offer much in open play with team mates. Take Messi goals and he still drags defences and creates space. or Xavi doesnt need goals for eaxmple and can control a whole mf. GS is all ronaldo has now. He doesnt dazzle. The fact that he scored a goal that Ozils creativity laid up for him and that somehow won him motm even though ozilw as far and wde the best player in that game sums it up. Ronaldo still lives off the hype from his manu days where he could actually dribble and was a flair player. Occassionally getting space and sprinting doesnt make you WC. He is a WC GS for me, nothing else.

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:Pathetic from Van der Wiel and Netherlands defensive coaches.

Was a good performace though ....not the best of the tournament by any means, but it was good....he created 1 chance that Nani should have converted....(Torres had a similar game the other day against what I want to say was a better defense than this).

I have to think though, the Netherlands didn't just play bad defense individually, but as a team they played right into Portugal's hands, they basically forced them to be a counter attacking team...they gave them the space they needed openly.

Why not force Veloso and Mierles to actually do something with the ball other than passing to wide open wingers who thrive in counter attacking situations?

Disgraceful defensive display.

This. Ronaldo did well because of the space he was afforded. In teas with tight defences or teams that limit his space, he is pretty...useless

really? too bad that there are hardly any teams who play like that then ..

Not really bar his tap ins he doesnt really do anything. When he doesnt score 99% of the time he doesnt give a WC performance, unlike Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, Pirlo etc

LMFAO, consistency is one of ronaldo's best attributes .. and lol at that tap in bs , obviously you dont bother to watch him or are clearly trolling

He consistently scores tap ins and penalties, but when he doesnt get either he rarle gives a WC performance. He is WC because of his goals, take them away and he is nothing, he isnt a great winger and doesnt offer much in open play with team mates. Take Messi goals and he still drags defences and creates space. or Xavi doesnt need goals for eaxmple and can control a whole mf. GS is all ronaldo has now. He doesnt dazzle. The fact that he scored a goal that Ozils creativity laid up for him and that somehow won him motm even though ozilw as far and wde the best player in that game sums it up. Ronaldo still lives off the hype from his manu days where he could actually dribble and was a flair player. Occassionally getting space and sprinting doesnt make you WC. He is a WC GS for me, nothing else.

first of all he scores all kinds of goals, go look up his 60 goals this season ..

nobody gives wc performances all the time, messi also was poor in a lot of away matches which might have lost barca their crown..ozil was inconsistent in the first half of the seasons as well .. and every player has certain attributes that make him world class, apart from scoring ronaldo passes , links up a lot too .. and that getting space and sprinting isnt occasional either.. his wc performances are the reason we won la liga btw.. keep sitting on that deluded bandwagon though..

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:Pathetic from Van der Wiel and Netherlands defensive coaches.

Was a good performace though ....not the best of the tournament by any means, but it was good....he created 1 chance that Nani should have converted....(Torres had a similar game the other day against what I want to say was a better defense than this).

I have to think though, the Netherlands didn't just play bad defense individually, but as a team they played right into Portugal's hands, they basically forced them to be a counter attacking team...they gave them the space they needed openly.

Why not force Veloso and Mierles to actually do something with the ball other than passing to wide open wingers who thrive in counter attacking situations?

Disgraceful defensive display.

This. Ronaldo did well because of the space he was afforded. In teas with tight defences or teams that limit his space, he is pretty...useless

really? too bad that there are hardly any teams who play like that then ..

Not really bar his tap ins he doesnt really do anything. When he doesnt score 99% of the time he doesnt give a WC performance, unlike Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, Pirlo etc

LMFAO, consistency is one of ronaldo's best attributes .. and lol at that tap in bs , obviously you dont bother to watch him or are clearly trolling

He consistently scores tap ins and penalties, but when he doesnt get either he rarle gives a WC performance. He is WC because of his goals, take them away and he is nothing, he isnt a great winger and doesnt offer much in open play with team mates. Take Messi goals and he still drags defences and creates space. or Xavi doesnt need goals for eaxmple and can control a whole mf. GS is all ronaldo has now. He doesnt dazzle. The fact that he scored a goal that Ozils creativity laid up for him and that somehow won him motm even though ozilw as far and wde the best player in that game sums it up. Ronaldo still lives off the hype from his manu days where he could actually dribble and was a flair player. Occassionally getting space and sprinting doesnt make you WC. He is a WC GS for me, nothing else.

first of all he scores all kinds of goals, go look up his 60 goals this season ..

nobody gives wc performances all the time, messi also was poor in a lot of away matches which might have lost barca their crown..ozil was inconsistent in the first half of the seasons as well .. and every player has certain attributes that make him world class, apart from scoring ronaldo passes , links up a lot too .. and that getting space and sprinting isnt occasional either.. his wc performances are the reason we won la liga btw.. keep sitting on that deluded bandwagon though..

So that goal in a game of anonymity against Barcelona makes him WC then, he did nothing else in that game, and thats the game that won la liga, so you are saying that bar goals he is useless?

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:Pathetic from Van der Wiel and Netherlands defensive coaches.

Was a good performace though ....not the best of the tournament by any means, but it was good....he created 1 chance that Nani should have converted....(Torres had a similar game the other day against what I want to say was a better defense than this).

I have to think though, the Netherlands didn't just play bad defense individually, but as a team they played right into Portugal's hands, they basically forced them to be a counter attacking team...they gave them the space they needed openly.

Why not force Veloso and Mierles to actually do something with the ball other than passing to wide open wingers who thrive in counter attacking situations?

Disgraceful defensive display.

This. Ronaldo did well because of the space he was afforded. In teas with tight defences or teams that limit his space, he is pretty...useless

really? too bad that there are hardly any teams who play like that then ..

Not really bar his tap ins he doesnt really do anything. When he doesnt score 99% of the time he doesnt give a WC performance, unlike Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, Pirlo etc

LMFAO, consistency is one of ronaldo's best attributes .. and lol at that tap in bs , obviously you dont bother to watch him or are clearly trolling

He consistently scores tap ins and penalties, but when he doesnt get either he rarle gives a WC performance. He is WC because of his goals, take them away and he is nothing, he isnt a great winger and doesnt offer much in open play with team mates. Take Messi goals and he still drags defences and creates space. or Xavi doesnt need goals for eaxmple and can control a whole mf. GS is all ronaldo has now. He doesnt dazzle. The fact that he scored a goal that Ozils creativity laid up for him and that somehow won him motm even though ozilw as far and wde the best player in that game sums it up. Ronaldo still lives off the hype from his manu days where he could actually dribble and was a flair player. Occassionally getting space and sprinting doesnt make you WC. He is a WC GS for me, nothing else.

first of all he scores all kinds of goals, go look up his 60 goals this season ..

nobody gives wc performances all the time, messi also was poor in a lot of away matches which might have lost barca their crown..ozil was inconsistent in the first half of the seasons as well .. and every player has certain attributes that make him world class, apart from scoring ronaldo passes , links up a lot too .. and that getting space and sprinting isnt occasional either.. his wc performances are the reason we won la liga btw.. keep sitting on that deluded bandwagon though..

So that goal in a game of anonymity against Barcelona makes him WC then, he did nothing else in that game, and thats the game that won la liga, so you are saying that bar goals he is useless?

actually he was pretty decent apart from the goal too, whenever we got the ball he ran at the defenders passed etc well , in these matches your contributions are decided by one moment specially when youre playing against the best possession side in the world

and that wasnt the only performance which won us la liga, he has been decisive throughout

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:Pathetic from Van der Wiel and Netherlands defensive coaches.

Was a good performace though ....not the best of the tournament by any means, but it was good....he created 1 chance that Nani should have converted....(Torres had a similar game the other day against what I want to say was a better defense than this).

I have to think though, the Netherlands didn't just play bad defense individually, but as a team they played right into Portugal's hands, they basically forced them to be a counter attacking team...they gave them the space they needed openly.

Why not force Veloso and Mierles to actually do something with the ball other than passing to wide open wingers who thrive in counter attacking situations?

Disgraceful defensive display.

This. Ronaldo did well because of the space he was afforded. In teas with tight defences or teams that limit his space, he is pretty...useless

really? too bad that there are hardly any teams who play like that then ..

Not really bar his tap ins he doesnt really do anything. When he doesnt score 99% of the time he doesnt give a WC performance, unlike Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, Pirlo etc

LMFAO, consistency is one of ronaldo's best attributes .. and lol at that tap in bs , obviously you dont bother to watch him or are clearly trolling

He consistently scores tap ins and penalties, but when he doesnt get either he rarle gives a WC performance. He is WC because of his goals, take them away and he is nothing, he isnt a great winger and doesnt offer much in open play with team mates. Take Messi goals and he still drags defences and creates space. or Xavi doesnt need goals for eaxmple and can control a whole mf. GS is all ronaldo has now. He doesnt dazzle. The fact that he scored a goal that Ozils creativity laid up for him and that somehow won him motm even though ozilw as far and wde the best player in that game sums it up. Ronaldo still lives off the hype from his manu days where he could actually dribble and was a flair player. Occassionally getting space and sprinting doesnt make you WC. He is a WC GS for me, nothing else.

first of all he scores all kinds of goals, go look up his 60 goals this season ..

nobody gives wc performances all the time, messi also was poor in a lot of away matches which might have lost barca their crown..ozil was inconsistent in the first half of the seasons as well .. and every player has certain attributes that make him world class, apart from scoring ronaldo passes , links up a lot too .. and that getting space and sprinting isnt occasional either.. his wc performances are the reason we won la liga btw.. keep sitting on that deluded bandwagon though..

So that goal in a game of anonymity against Barcelona makes him WC then, he did nothing else in that game, and thats the game that won la liga, so you are saying that bar goals he is useless?

actually he was pretty decent apart from the goal too, whenever we got the ball he ran at the defenders passed etc well , in these matches your contributions are decided by one moment specially when youre playing against the best possession side in the world

and that wasnt the only performance which won us la liga, he has been decisive throughout

Yea like the Barca 3-1 loss where he was clearly the worst player on the pitch and was crap for a few games after.

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Lord Hades wrote:

jibers wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:Pathetic from Van der Wiel and Netherlands defensive coaches.

Was a good performace though ....not the best of the tournament by any means, but it was good....he created 1 chance that Nani should have converted....(Torres had a similar game the other day against what I want to say was a better defense than this).

I have to think though, the Netherlands didn't just play bad defense individually, but as a team they played right into Portugal's hands, they basically forced them to be a counter attacking team...they gave them the space they needed openly.

Why not force Veloso and Mierles to actually do something with the ball other than passing to wide open wingers who thrive in counter attacking situations?

Disgraceful defensive display.

This. Ronaldo did well because of the space he was afforded. In teas with tight defences or teams that limit his space, he is pretty...useless

really? too bad that there are hardly any teams who play like that then ..

Not really bar his tap ins he doesnt really do anything. When he doesnt score 99% of the time he doesnt give a WC performance, unlike Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, Pirlo etc

LMFAO, consistency is one of ronaldo's best attributes .. and lol at that tap in bs , obviously you dont bother to watch him or are clearly trolling

He consistently scores tap ins and penalties, but when he doesnt get either he rarle gives a WC performance. He is WC because of his goals, take them away and he is nothing, he isnt a great winger and doesnt offer much in open play with team mates. Take Messi goals and he still drags defences and creates space. or Xavi doesnt need goals for eaxmple and can control a whole mf. GS is all ronaldo has now. He doesnt dazzle. The fact that he scored a goal that Ozils creativity laid up for him and that somehow won him motm even though ozilw as far and wde the best player in that game sums it up. Ronaldo still lives off the hype from his manu days where he could actually dribble and was a flair player. Occassionally getting space and sprinting doesnt make you WC. He is a WC GS for me, nothing else.

first of all he scores all kinds of goals, go look up his 60 goals this season ..

nobody gives wc performances all the time, messi also was poor in a lot of away matches which might have lost barca their crown..ozil was inconsistent in the first half of the seasons as well .. and every player has certain attributes that make him world class, apart from scoring ronaldo passes , links up a lot too .. and that getting space and sprinting isnt occasional either.. his wc performances are the reason we won la liga btw.. keep sitting on that deluded bandwagon though..

So that goal in a game of anonymity against Barcelona makes him WC then, he did nothing else in that game, and thats the game that won la liga, so you are saying that bar goals he is useless?

actually he was pretty decent apart from the goal too, whenever we got the ball he ran at the defenders passed etc well , in these matches your contributions are decided by one moment specially when youre playing against the best possession side in the world

and that wasnt the only performance which won us la liga, he has been decisive throughout

Yea like the Barca 3-1 loss where he was clearly the worst player on the pitch and was crap for a few games after.

yes he was bad that game, was deservedly booed . but he wasnt crap for a few games after.. he bounced back with a hattrick straight away actually against sevilla .. also scored against granada and ponferridina , though he was not at his best,

overreaction at its finest

it was a good performance, but it doesnt not make him "a great player for portugal"

on the other hand, despite of dutch horrid defense, cr7 is not getting enough credit here in this thread.

tonger wrote:overreaction at its finest

it was a good performance, but it doesnt not make him "a great player for portugal"

on the other hand, despite of dutch horrid defense, cr7 is not getting enough credit here in this thread.

He honestly isn't getting much credit but I'm sure he would give himself enough credit to make up for any non credit given. Not calling him conceited but he seems he never is short of self confidence.

Anyway, the man had a good performance. Yes, the Dutch were very generous in their defending but Portugal still had to win and win they did. But I wouldn't have made a Ronaldo thread but more a Portugal appreciation thread. Quite a few of us here wrote them off, hell, some even said Denmark would have finished higher and they showed that they can compete on the highest level.

And for that, I salute them. Hopefully they could beat the Czech's...

Suprised no one mentioned it , but, he was very close to his father...so perhaps it's fitting that he gives a good but more importantly , crucial performance on father's day.

Yesterday was his son's birthday as well.

CR emulating MJ

CR was decent and all but it has to e mentioned that this is one of the worst defence we've seen since a long time...
For me Van Bomel's absence was evident no matter if he wasn't at his best in the previous games

Messi scores a hat trick against an olympic defense in a friendly and "omg lol@ ronaldo thinking he can win Ballon D'or"
People going to any length to defend his performance against a shit Brazilian defense,but when Ronaldo does it when it MATTERS and when Portugal were expected to lose.... "Nah it was just a shit defense"

If it was so easy to score against this defence then why didn't Postiga, Nani or anyone else in the Portugese NT score?

And the tap in excuse is lulz, he didn't score any tap ins today... in the 2nd one he even tricked VdW.

But of course, "you don't perform for you'r NT unless you score against Brazil's u-23 defence (and 2 of them only played 5 official games this whole season )"

CRISTIANO RONALDO IS THE BEST WINGER OF ALL TIME. DEAL WITH IT.

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Se7en wrote:If it was so easy to score against this defence then why didn't Postiga, Nani or anyone else in the Portugese NT score?

And the tap in excuse is lulz, he didn't score any tap ins today... in the 2nd one he even tricked VdW.

But of course, "you don't perform for you'r NT unless you score against Brazil's u-23 defence (and 2 of them only played 5 official games this whole season )"

CRISTIANO RONALDO IS THE BEST WINGER OF ALL TIME. DEAL WITH IT.

Good one. I laughed.

On a more serious note, you don't have to say all these things to defend the guy. I mean come on, the best winger? If you had said one of the best, that would have been acceptable.

Don't turn into a CR fanboy now.

EarlyPrototype wrote:Messi scores a hat trick against an olympic defense in a friendly and "omg lol@ ronaldo thinking he can win Ballon D'or"
People going to any length to defend his performance against a shit Brazilian defense,but when Ronaldo does it when it MATTERS and when Portugal were expected to lose.... "Nah it was just a shit defense"

Tbf that Holland defense was worse than the Newcastle defence in the Souness era as bad as the Brazil defence was i dont think it was worse than the Holland defense.

Speaking of which Simpson >>>>>>>>>>>>> Van Der Wiel.

Anyone that buys VDW needs their head examined as he's f*cking shit

What if Ronaldo was the reason Holland's defence looked so bad?

Zealous wrote:What if Ronaldo was the reason Holland's defence looked so bad?

That would actually make sense if they did'nt look worse than Carr-Boumsong-Bramble-Bernard in the other games as well.

Believe me i never thought the Grande Boumble partnership would ever be defeated in awfulness but it seems i have been proved wrong.

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jiopsi wrote:Good performance, Holland defence was like swisscheese though when they needed to win by two goals, it was perfect base Cronaldo to score. That's why I put 40€ to Cronaldo 2 goals or more (12x). So thanks for cool 500€, for once.

It will be completely different situation in knockout stages when teams can defend first, then score.

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Ronaldo is considered one of the best because his ridicilous amount of goals. Performance wise there are many better players out there and players who also participate in the build-up play

What?

Scoring a ridiculous amount of goals IS considered a great performance. And that "doesn't participate in the build-up play" argument is a myth. Ronaldo racked up 12 assists last season, which is no mean feat.

Mole I know the Holland defense was bad, but so was the Brazilian defense and being slightly worse doesn't mean ones performance should be put down and the other not. Anyway I don't want to bring Messi into this.

Neither of Germany or Denmark caused as many problems as Nani and Ronaldo did yesterday. As bad as they may have been the Portugal wingers exposed them and made them look even more shite.

EarlyPrototype wrote:
Neither of Germany or Denmark caused as many problems as Nani and Ronaldo did yesterday. As bad as they may have been the Portugal wingers exposed them and made them look even more shite.

That's probably because Holland played Van Der Vaart in the middle instead of Van Bommel and Huntelaar instead of Affelay.

As well as the fact Germany dont really use wingers ( still wiped the floor with them and could have easily been more) and Denmark parked the bus.

Holland's defence has been f*cking awful in every game, the only reason it looked even worse yesterday was because they had no protection in front of the back 4 because they tried to go all out attack.

billionmillion wrote:he didnt even participate in build up play of his goals. if you think these 2 goals changed ballon dor voters mind you are wrong. Unless he does something unique he will never win Ballon Dor even he scores 10 obvious goals like this......

did you even watch the game, watch the build up to the second goal

Have to laugh at the fact that the same people who are discrediting Ronaldo's performance were the same ones jerking themselves silly over Messi raping Brazil's U-21 side

It was definitely more than a "good" performance. Despite being more of an athlete than a footballer these days and the Dutch giving him the freedom of the park he took full advantage of it. Today was one of his best all round performances since he lost his dribbling ability all those years back.

van Marjwk though.

I mean playing VDV in CM ffs. Jesus ****** Christ

Sneijder should have been dropped ages ago along with flop of the tournament RVP & Willems.


Much more balanced & team oriented side without gloryhunting pricks like Sneijder in there.

You can only beat who is in front of you and Ronaldo did the job that he was required to and I'm happy for him, because his performances thus far warranted Ronaldo extracting something from this tournament. One match doesn't define his tendency to perform for his country, however he deserves credit where it's due. He doesn't need to perform as if he's going to win the Ballon D'Or every time he steps out onto the pitch to deserve praise and he doesn't deserve the Ballon D'Or for every goal he scores.

Portugal have a fantastic opportunity to reach the semifinals now and from there international tournaments can go anywhere and Ronaldo will have been a large part of this if it occurs. He doesn't require comparison to others for validation of his efforts.