Cristiano Ronaldo - Much Ado About Al Nassr
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Just leave him rest in peace guys.
Well yeh, except it shouldn't be null and void to Pele's record at NASL, Cruyff at NASL, Muller at NASL, Zico at J.League or even Messi at Ligue 1 etc
Because you know, double standards.
Far better than Saudi though
Ligue 1 is top 5/6 leagues in the world. The Saudi League ranks below the Brazilian 4th division.
Comparing the French league to Saudi 
Is Cristiano gunning for Pele's goalscoring record? He's still around 400 goals short..
Yeh I know, I am only responding to the comment "farmers league".
Ligue 1 has always been known as farmers league as compared to top 3 league in Europe, although its wasn't nearly as poor as Saudi League, or NASL where the likes of Pele, Cruyff, Muller etc has all been playing there during the near retiring years of their career.
Your free-kick list is wrong. I've seen these lists everywhere on social media. Your list includes friendly games for Pele (I think he has about 40 official free kicks), Beckham, and Ronaldinho.
Check out this guy very reliable and does good work for football statistics.
Btw Cristiano has 60 Oficial Free kick goals (Near 70 if we include friendlies as you did with your list)
One of these two are not counted for some reason
vs Aston Villa 2009
vs Malaga 2013
Duh. Because neither are dead ball strikes. They are shots on goal after a short pass.
Finally catching up on what he's doing out there.
I've really no interest in his career any longer, almost feel guilty saying that.
I've really no interest in his career any longer, almost feel guilty saying that.
…not sure if serious.
Having no interest in the Saudi league is completely natural ffs.
That wall
You would struggle to find a wall that bad in an U8 match. No wall at all would have been much better for the keeper.
That wall
The walls not the best but nothin my crazy. These sorta free kicks are scored in the champions league as well sometimes I really wonder if people analyze the basics of the game
You're right. For starters, those players should learn how to form a wall.
He's already well ahead of Pele on goals in competitive matches (as opposed to friendlies).
I'd agree with your point when it comes to players in retirement leagues but mentioning ligue 1 is an own goal.
The other thing is that non of the other players you mentioned took their football anywhere near as seriously as Ronaldo while playing in irrelevant leagues. They were there for the coins and as a bridge to retirement.
Cheers. Also just learnt that he's only 30 goals ahead of Messi. Reckon he's going to retire after Messi.
Which is why he probably took the Saudi job - its great money and a good venue where he can easily score at will to finish above Messi. Given that Messi is a couple off years younger, I still think he will catch Ronnie eventually.
Saudi have played it brilliantly by bringing him in. We actually have people on an Irish forum arguing about the level of their division and going out of their way to watch and analyze his games.
As a means to increase visibility, marshaling the hoards of desperate Ronaldo fanboys is a genius move.
It’s hard to think of a single transfer in football history that will have done more for the profile of any division in the history of football.
As a means to increase visibility, marshaling the hoards of desperate Ronaldo fanboys is a genius move.
It’s hard to think of a single transfer in football history that will have done more for the profile of any division in the history of football.
Not if Messi stays in Europe for too long. The last time Messi outscored Ronaldo was in 18/19... That was Ronado's first season in Italy and Messi was still at his top (Total of 54 goals by Messi that season).
Yeah but the French league is not exactly England. Ronaldo is older now and is likely to slow down considerably. Messi is nearly 3 years younger and still scoring fairly consistency. If you extrapolate this over the next 4-5 years, Messi will eventually catch him.
The broader point is that Ronaldo wants desperately to have something to eternally hang his coat on in the the goat debate, and goals scored would be a massive feather in his cap given that Messi has a WC and is now largely considered the front runner in the goat debate. If Messi manages to catch Ronaldo on goals, then that's the end of any rational debate on the topic.
Yeah? I reckon only a career-ending injury will stop Ronaldo from securing a record he has full control of.
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Well maybe mentioning Ligue 1 there is not a good idea there, but I can’t resist it. It’s very common thing to classify Ligue 1 as “farmers league” just few years ago, the term top 5/6 league is rather new here, I think is mainly because of PSG with all the oil money acquiring the likes of Mbappe/Neymar/Messi, we just have to invent a new term for that.
We are now in a situation where we have 4 sets of completely different records in football.
1. Official records for top 5/6 league only (newly invented term to differential between the very top level of football)
2. Official records for any professional league at top level (including all relevant/irrelevant league at professional/top level)
3. Official records for any league at any level (including youth, reserve, amateur, non-professional level)
4. Unofficial records for anything (including club friendlies, or anything unofficial)
In terms of traditional records, no. 2 is always being considered most. But according to some recent trend in the internet and what the original poster suggest, no.1 should now be considered instead. But this will create this awkward situation where the likes of Pele, Muller, Di Stefano, Zico etc may loss various extent of their records under new criteria.
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He didnt die.
Then why does he spend his time in a footballing graveyard?
So his fans can still say to themselves he's still top of the game.
Technically.
Scored a zinger of a freekick just two days ago and apparently he's "dead" because he's no longer playing in a league with competent defenders. The bias in this thread is unreal 
That wall
Yeah, that "rocket" needed a lot of help from the wall and goalkeeper. Some more meaningless stat scraps for the cult to dine out on.
Doesn’t Pele’s keep sneaking higher and higher?
That wall
There are things more important than football. If I was playing in Saudi League and my investment is about to get hit by a rocket, I'd avoid it too. It's not worth losing my future over a competition nobody cares about and have my private equity smashed to pieces by a megalomaniac's freekick while he siuuuud my pain.
That wall was something else. 3 guys in it pretending to defend the freekick.Scored a zinger of a freekick just two days ago and apparently he's "dead" because he's no longer playing in a league with competent defenders. The bias in this thread is unreal
Give over it's the fecking Saudi league. It doesn't matter.Scored a zinger of a freekick just two days ago and apparently he's "dead" because he's no longer playing in a league with competent defenders. The bias in this thread is unreal
In saudi arabia.
After destroying his legacy.
After whoring himself to every other club, including out rivals.
this actually made me smile. Serves the cnut right.
Don't tell me goals in heaven count too!
Scored a zinger of a freekick just two days ago and apparently he's "dead" because he's no longer playing in a league with competent defenders. The bias in this thread is unreal
There was nothing zinging about it. It was a poorly struck free kick that snuck through a fence of three retired dodgeball players.
Yes that was the joke.