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Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)
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Oh, yay. It's really positive that a player who is required to return to training tomorrow is returning to training tomorrow. We're truly blessed. Thank you, Sir Ronnie of Naldo. You're too good to us.
That might sound like sarcasm but it's totally not.
No. Most predictable thing ever. The fanclub reactions to that as he has just been on a leave and nothing else are also on point.
Looks like Mendes couldn't pull off the impossible, so Ronaldo is back with his tail between his legs.
Yeah...but what happened here wasn't that most people flat out deluded themselves into thinking the emperor wasn't naked. It was – actually – slightly more complicated than that. So as much as I love that story and frequently use it as an analogy myself, it doesn't really work in this particular case.
For one thing, what the child claimed in this case wasn't anything new – it was a well known claim that had been made many times before (remember: people had debated Ronaldo's possible return for years before he actually did return). And – crucially – a fair amount of the people who told the kid to shut up and go home didn't actually fundamentally disagree with their claim: not necessarily, not fully, they just wanted to have a party for once (life being somewhat miserable in the land, as it were).
ETH has never dealt with a player of the callbire of CR7.
If anything, it'll be CR7 who puts the manners on ETH.
I'd like CR7 to complete the following season, as he will be our best player and it may be catastrophic for ETH if CR7 leaves.
We need goal scorers and Ronaldo is not an idiot who will down his tools just because things are not going the way he wants.
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No doubt there will be a mob going round to burn his house down next. How dare he have compassionate leave when he should only think of the needs of our fans bpand not his or his families.
No doubt there will be a mob going round to burn his house down next. How dare he have compassionate leave when he should only think of the needs of our fans bpand not his or his families.He’s losing straight away if that’s the case. The gaffer is the gaffer and with us in a rebuild we don’t need a stature the size of CR7.
Let him ball watch with Simeone.
Wow, first time I've seen anyone downplaying Jordan's legacy. "Just a shoe brand". Don't think you remember the hysteria that surrounded Michael Jordan back then, despite playing an American sport.
Ronaldo is a huge name but he has never come close to Jordan and never will. Despite playing the world's most popular sport. Ronaldo never made football popular, nor did he help the sport reach a broader audience. For that there has been too many greats on his level and there will be several that will follow him.
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Yeah, it’s not like he’s got his super agent whoring him out to every club in world football whilst he sits at home taking no heat for itOur fanbase
The Jordan brand is more than a shoe anyway. It was the sponsor for PSG for a full season
So you think that his absence from pre-season so far has had nothing to do with him angling for a move away from United?Our fanbase
MJ was great but he's been surpassed by Kobe and Lebron
Ah fair enough
Yea that post is just as bad as the one saying he'll be forgotten in 5 years
Michael Jordan is still one of the most famous human beings on the planet. The amount of elite international NBA stars nowadays is a direct result of his exploits and helping the sport go truly global during his prime and he revolutionized the sports brand industry by paving the way for personal athlete 'brands' and for athletes to become megastars off of their image with sponsorship deals.
Ronaldo and Messi are definitely up there along with the likes of Jordan, Woods, Ali, Phelps, Pele, Maradona, Bolt as some of the most famous athletes ever but they're not towering over them like the post made it seem.
As a player this is debatable (I don’t care for basketball so whatever) but as a name that’s an absolutely hilariously awful shout.
Space Jam 2 wasn't even good enough to get LBJ past the original...so how's he ever going to get above MJ?!
Behave.
I said it and I'll say it again, he's coming back very much with his tail between his legs.
Them there is fighting words
One would hope we're not paying wages to an absentee without a good reason to be absent
Worst post of the year.
Anyway we're so lucky Ronaldo decided to come back, so so lucky.
Oh my...no white text to be seen either
I stand corrected from my post just a few minutes ago, this one is even worse than both
Jordan's legacy is way more than just what he did on the court even if there's also strong arguments that he's greatest for that also. LBJ has surpassed him in pretty much every metric available (apart from a perfect Finals record), yet there's still a majority that refuses to put LBJ over MJ. And I can understand it too, because Jordan made the sport popular, in a way which has never been seen before in any sport (to my limited knowledge atleast!). Don't know why you are putting Kobe over him(although a top 10 player himself), don't see that often.
Yea that post is just as bad as the one saying he'll be forgotten in 5 years
Michael Jordan is still one of the most famous human beings on the planet. The amount of elite international NBA stars nowadays is a direct result of his exploits and helping the sport go truly global during his prime and he revolutionized the sports brand industry by paving the way for personal athlete 'brands' and for athletes to become megastars off of their image with sponsorship deals.
Ronaldo and Messi are definitely up there along with the likes of Jordan, Woods, Ali, Phelps, Pele, Maradona, Bolt as some of the most famous athletes ever but they're not towering over them like the post made it seem.
Completely agree. The backside for Ronaldo is that there has been way too many greats before him who paved the way for the sport's popularity. Jordan was first and still haven't been totally eclipsed. It's hard to measure the greats from different sports against each other but all things considered then Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in a team sport ever for me.
Oh, and Jordan made Nike into what it is today, which Ronaldo and his likes has massively benefitted from (as you mentioned).
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I’m sorry but Phelps has no place on your list there, and Ronaldo is far closer to him than the others. Messi was the best player on the planet for over a decade so his legacy is very interesting, because he doesn’t have the innate marketability of an Ali or a Jordan or a Woods. Bolt obviously has a long time at the top and a good level of marketability (between those 3 and Messi).Yea that post is just as bad as the one saying he'll be forgotten in 5 years
Michael Jordan is still one of the most famous human beings on the planet. The amount of elite international NBA stars nowadays is a direct result of his exploits and helping the sport go truly global during his prime and he revolutionized the sports brand industry by paving the way for personal athlete 'brands' and for athletes to become megastars off of their image with sponsorship deals.
Ronaldo and Messi are definitely up there along with the likes of Jordan, Woods, Ali, Phelps, Bolt as some of the most famous athletes ever but they're not towering over them like the post made it seem.
Cue a ronaldo statement this week saying that he's happy to stay and see out his contract because he likes Ten Hag's philosophy and wants to give his all for the club he loves.
This is all just your opinion and doesn’t come close to reflecting the truth. How can Ronaldo be much closer to phelps - who in your opinion doesn’t belong in the company of the others as far as sports icons are concerned yet you label Messi close to them. So you’re saying Messi has been a far bigger icon than Ronaldo over the past decade? That isn’t remotely true.
Go check up on who the current generation of players idolised growing up (18-21). It’s 90% Ronaldo. Mbappe, Sancho, Vlahovic, Halaand, Rodrygo, Grealish etc etc. Even guys that are now 26-29 grew up idolising him more than any other footballer. Not to mention his superior social media following.
Your loath of Ronaldo is clearly clouding judgment here.
Do you think EtH should be sacked if he doesn't agree?
And players before grew up idolising Michele Platini and Zinedine Zidane. How’s that helped their reputation in the outside world.
I’d actually be interested in if, legacy wise, Messi even manages to live on as much as Ronaldinho despite being the far more successful player.
When Ruud was at United, it was a similar issue. The lack of pace upfront and needing to be fed all the time meant United lacked flexibility
I agree with @SportingCP96
What is the point in bringing up Bayern in the media, hoping their fans will put pressure on the club to sign him? Seems like a long shot.
I would have to say I thought there was a fair amount of mass delusion around the time he was transfered.
(Though I will accept that plenty of posters were wilfully ignorant of the knock-on effects)
And continued well into the season (the bumps on the thread when Ronaldo scored etc).
Does the claim have to be new for it to be relevant?
I thought the point was to not be afraid to speak up for what you think is right no matter what popular opinion is?
It was going against the grain on here but it wasn't "Trolling" , it was legitimate concerns of what could/would happen due to the signing.
It may have been debated before but I didn't take it as an opportunity to piss on anyone's chips, just sharing his concerns.
A fair amount did fundamentally disagree with him too.
Here's a selection the first 36/48 hours after the post.
Just a poacher
I can't believe anyone with any intelligence tries writing Ronaldo off as that
Others shared the OPs concerns and were also swarmed on.
Sure plenty of people wrote "He's not going to be the same player as he was" but they also felt he was going to score plenty of goals, unite the dressing room, be an amazing example to the younger players and be the difference maker etc etc at worst.
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