Tooj 17 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 7 Goals in 12 games for Milan in the league, as well as 4 assists. Amazing when you look back and a lot of that footage is a decade old now. Biggest waste of talent I've ever seen despite everything that he has achieved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KFy7YaWo4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I know what you are saying, but even so, the lad hasn't done too bad. Honors and awards Country * FIFA World Cup o All-Time World Cup Goalscorer - 15 Goals in 19 games in 3 World Cups o 2006 Bronze Boot - Third highest scorer (tied) - 3 goals and 1 assist o 2002 Golden Boot - Top scorer - 8 goals o 2002 Silver Ball - Second best player o 2002 Winner o 1998 Golden Ball - Best player o 1998 Bronze Boot - Third highest scorer - 4 goals 4 assists o 1998 Runner-up o 1994 Winner * Confederations Cup: 1997 * Copa América: 1997, 1999 * Olympic Games: 1996 (3rd Place) Club Cruzeiro * Brazilian Cup:1993 PSV Eindhoven * Dutch Cup: 1996 FC Barcelona * Cup Winners' Cup: 1997 * Spanish Cup: 1997 * Spanish Super Cup: 1996 Internazionale * UEFA Cup: 1998 Real Madrid * Intercontinental Cup: 2002 * European Super Cup: 2002 * La Liga - Primera División champions: 2002/2003, 2006/2007 * Spanish Super Cup: 2003 Individual * FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996 (youngest winner), 1997, 2002 * World Soccer Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002 * European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or): 1997 (youngest winner), 2002 * Onze d'Or: 1997, 2002 * UEFA Most Valuable Player - 1998 * European Golden Boot: 1997 * Copa América 1999: Top Scorer * Spanish League Top Scorer: 1996-1997, 2003-2004 * Flag of Netherlands Dutch League Top Scorer: 1994-1995 * Intercontinental Cup MVP: 2002 * BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 2002 * GoldenFoot Award: 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 I know what you are saying, but even so, the lad hasn't done too bad. Honors and awards Country * FIFA World Cup o All-Time World Cup Goalscorer - 15 Goals in 19 games in 3 World Cups o 2006 Bronze Boot - Third highest scorer (tied) - 3 goals and 1 assist o 2002 Golden Boot - Top scorer - 8 goals o 2002 Silver Ball - Second best player o 2002 Winner o 1998 Golden Ball - Best player o 1998 Bronze Boot - Third highest scorer - 4 goals 4 assists o 1998 Runner-up o 1994 Winner * Confederations Cup: 1997 * Copa América: 1997, 1999 * Olympic Games: 1996 (3rd Place) Club Cruzeiro * Brazilian Cup:1993 PSV Eindhoven * Dutch Cup: 1996 FC Barcelona * Cup Winners' Cup: 1997 * Spanish Cup: 1997 * Spanish Super Cup: 1996 Internazionale * UEFA Cup: 1998 Real Madrid * Intercontinental Cup: 2002 * European Super Cup: 2002 * La Liga - Primera División champions: 2002/2003, 2006/2007 * Spanish Super Cup: 2003 Individual * FIFA World Player of the Year: 1996 (youngest winner), 1997, 2002 * World Soccer Player of the Year: 1996, 1997, 2002 * European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or): 1997 (youngest winner), 2002 * Onze d'Or: 1997, 2002 * UEFA Most Valuable Player - 1998 * European Golden Boot: 1997 * Copa América 1999: Top Scorer * Spanish League Top Scorer: 1996-1997, 2003-2004 * Flag of Netherlands Dutch League Top Scorer: 1994-1995 * Intercontinental Cup MVP: 2002 * BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality: 2002 * GoldenFoot Award: 2006 He's done amazing no doubt about it, but look at him from '96-'99 before his knee imploded, he had the potential to be up there with the likes of Maradona and Pele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 He's done amazing no doubt about it, but look at him from '96-'99 before his knee imploded, he had the potential to be up there with the likes of Maradona and Pele. Agreed, I still rate him as one of the outstanding players of my generation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 He's done amazing no doubt about it, but look at him from '96-'99 before his knee imploded, he had the potential to be up there with the likes of Maradona and Pele. Agreed, I still rate him as one of the outstanding players of my generation though. I still rate him as the best of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 He's done amazing no doubt about it, but look at him from '96-'99 before his knee imploded, he had the potential to be up there with the likes of Maradona and Pele. Agreed, I still rate him as one of the outstanding players of my generation though. I still rate him as the best of mine. He's up there with Maradona, Zidane, Van Basten for me. When you weigh up his goalscoring record, it is incredible Years------------------Club-------------App (Gls) 1993-1994--------Cruzeiro EC---------014 (12) 1994-1996-------PSV Eindhoven------045 (42) 1996-1997-------FC Barcelona---------037 (34) 1997-2002-------Internazionale-------68 (49) 2002-2007---------Real Madrid--------127 (83) 2007-present-------AC Milan-----------013 (10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 i wouldnt say no to him in my team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 i wouldnt say no to him in my team Plenty did a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 i wouldnt say no to him in my team Plenty did a while back. Possibly even a majority wouldn't have had him! I think somebody with his ability is invariably worth a gamble if they're currently out of form and/or overweight etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6966 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 To be honest...if i had signed for us it would have been for £100,000 per week and he would have been injured 95% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 i wouldnt say no to him in my team Plenty did a while back. Possibly even a majority wouldn't have had him! I think somebody with his ability is invariably worth a gamble if they're currently out of form and/or overweight etc. Awesome stuff. No one touched him on his day and I mean no one. An overweight Ronaldo in the Prem would have been awful mind. Particularly for us. Glad it never happened tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 An unbelievable combination of power, pace, skill in his prime. Plus he's a great finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 An unbelievable combination of power, pace, skill in his prime. Plus he's a great finisher. I've never seen anyone, in my time anyway who could run with the ball at such blistering pace yet with such unbelievable close control and skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 To be honest...if i had signed for us it would have been for £100,000 per week and he would have been injured 95% of the time. 95% of the time, quite fit by toon standards! You're right though, big wages and injuries would have been the likely outcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 An unbelievable combination of power, pace, skill in his prime. Plus he's a great finisher. I've never seen anyone, in my time anyway who could run with the ball at such blistering pace yet with such unbelievable close control and skill. And he was strong as an Ox. He still is but if anything he was seemingly more powerful when he weighed a bit less. I'm not saying he's fat now, the weight issue is overplayed with him but he's probably a stone heavier than he was (at a guess). You could have taken away one of his best attributes when he was at his best and he still would have been one of the world's best players imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6966 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 To be honest...if i had signed for us it would have been for £100,000 per week and he would have been injured 95% of the time. 95% of the time, quite fit by toon standards! You're right though, big wages and injuries would have been the likely outcome! I've noticed you have an exclamation mark fetish. Nearly every sentence ends in one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 An unbelievable combination of power, pace, skill in his prime. Plus he's a great finisher. I've never seen anyone, in my time anyway who could run with the ball at such blistering pace yet with such unbelievable close control and skill. And he was strong as an Ox. He still is but if anything he was seemingly more powerful when he weighed a bit less. I'm not saying he's fat now, the weight issue is overplayed with him but he's probably a stone heavier than he was (at a guess). You could have taken away one of his best attributes when he was at his best and he still would have been one of the world's best players imo. Useless in the air mind. I'd say a couple of things that are so underplayed with Ronaldo are how good is left foot is, as he really is a two footed player if I've ever seen it in a striker, some of the goals he has scored with his left foot have been brilliant. Another thing as well would be the fact that his long distance shooting has often been overlooked, as most people associate him with his goals being scored inside the box, but he's scored his fair share of screamers from outside of the area as well. Used to take a quality free-kick as well before he suddenly stopped taking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I was in tesco's a few weeks back and they had a copy of 4-4-2 magazine on the shelf, Ronaldo was on the cover as he'd done an interview inside and one of the questions was asking him how close he come to joining Newcastle, I was tempted to buy it to find out what he'd said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 An unbelievable combination of power, pace, skill in his prime. Plus he's a great finisher. I've never seen anyone, in my time anyway who could run with the ball at such blistering pace yet with such unbelievable close control and skill. And he was strong as an Ox. He still is but if anything he was seemingly more powerful when he weighed a bit less. I'm not saying he's fat now, the weight issue is overplayed with him but he's probably a stone heavier than he was (at a guess). You could have taken away one of his best attributes when he was at his best and he still would have been one of the world's best players imo. Useless in the air mind. I'd say a couple of things that are so underplayed with Ronaldo are how good is left foot is, as he really is a two footed player if I've ever seen it in a striker, some of the goals he has scored with his left foot have been brilliant. Another thing as well would be the fact that his long distance shooting has often been overlooked, as most people associate him with his goals being scored inside the box, but he's scored his fair share of screamers from outside of the area as well. Used to take a quality free-kick as well before he suddenly stopped taking them. You're right, he's gash in the air. It makes him human though. Another aspect about his play is his precising shooting from around 18-20 yards where he doesn't quite pass the ball but he doesn't blast it either. Just low and right in the corner with (as you say) both feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I was in tesco's a few weeks back and they had a copy of 4-4-2 magazine on the shelf, Ronaldo was on the cover as he'd done an interview inside and one of the questions was asking him how close he come to joining Newcastle, I was tempted to buy it to find out what he'd said. I got it, he claimed he knew nothing of the reports. by the way, does Vitor Baia know that he's nicked his 99 shirt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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