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He’s insane. He is the best goal scorer in the world still.

Like I said before, you stick him in Bayern and he gets 55 goals sleeping.
 
Honored to share my home country with this guy. I run out of adjectives to classify him.

Time and time again he's always there, and the few times he fails, I can't fault him because he just steps up so many times...

This is not about whether he played an extraordinary game or not today. It doesn't matter. We needed him, once again, today, and he was there.
 
Honored to share my home country with this guy. I run out of adjectives to classify him.

Time and time again he's always there, and the few times he fails, I can't fault him because he just steps up so many times...

This is not about whether he played an extraordinary game or not today. It doesn't matter. We needed him, once again, today, and he was there.
The thing that separates him for me is when all the chips are down and you need something from the game or it’s a huge moment in the game like this one or even the pen vs Juve A few years ago in the 95th min or the freekick vs Spain in the World Cup, it’s like he was made for these moments!

He rises above the pressure like no one I have ever seen before. The only comp mentality wise plays a different sport which is MJ. They both share that mystique about them.
 
He rises above the pressure like no one I have ever seen before. The only comp mentality wise plays a different sport which is MJ. They both share that mystique about them.

Novak Djokovic is the greatest mental giant.
 
The thing that separates him for me is when all the chips are down and you need something from the game or it’s a huge moment in the game like this one or even the pen vs Juve A few years ago in the 95th min or the freekick vs Spain in the World Cup, it’s like he was made for these moments!

He rises above the pressure like no one I have ever seen before. The only comp mentality wise plays a different sport which is MJ. They both share that mystique about them.
Yeah man. That's exactly it. People talk about looking only at stats, but Ronaldo has that *something* you mentioned that you can't quite put your finger on and it's so fascinating. It's his body language on field too, his drive, the taunting of atlético and then scoring 3 goals on the 2nd leg, the whole persona, then he goes and does it time and time again, and he just oozes this aura when the chips are down that it's okay, I'm here, it'll be okay.

This is the whole thing that just edges it for me for Ronaldo above Messi, but I understand that unless that you follow this guy each and every game, it's not something you'd pick up on and actually enjoy watching. It helps I'm Portuguese too but hey... It's my personal preference. His brain is what I appreciate most about him.

Same thing in tennis for me. I can concede Federer is pure magic and I love Nadal too, but Djoko is my favorite guy and personal greatest because of much of the same reasons.


Edit: meto84 above understands Djoko greatness too apparently :)
 
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Yeah man. That's exactly it. People talk about looking only at stats, but Ronaldo has that *something* you mentioned that you can't quite put your finger on and it's so fascinating. It's his body language on field too, his drive, the taunting of atlético and then scoring 3 goals on the 2nd leg, the whole persona, then he goes and does it time and time again, and he just oozes this aura when the chips are down that it's okay, I'm here, it'll be okay.

This is the whole thing that just edges it for me for Ronaldo above Messi, but I understand that unless that you follow this guy each and every game, it's not something you'd pick up on and actually enjoy watching. It helps I'm Portuguese too but hey... It's my personal preference. His brain is what I appreciate most about him.

Same thing in tennis for me. I can concede Federer is pure magic and I love Nadal too, but Djoko is my favorite guy and personal greatest because of much of the same reasons.

Bang on.
 
Novak Djokovic is the greatest mental giant.
Fair enough if true I’ve personally never watched tennis so I’m not educated enough to debate or dispute that.

I mainly watch Basketball football and American football and Ronaldo to mentality wise is right there with MJ, Kobe and Brady.

If they have a documentary on Novak I’ll watch it
 
Fair enough if true I’ve personally never watched tennis so I’m not educated enough to debate or dispute that.

I mainly watch Basketball football and American football and Ronaldo to mentality wise is right there with MJ, Kobe and Brady.

If they have a documentary on Novak I’ll watch it

It's a very complicated thing... Imagine Ronaldo vs Messi but it's 3 people instead of 2. And all 3 of them breaking records every day. Then you Have Federer, which is basically Messi, just pure magic and control, Nadal which is the athletic version or Ronaldo, and Djoko which basically is that psychological force of nature that Ronnie is too. They have 21, 20 and 20 grand slams each. So yeah... Probably sport's greatest unending debate right now in addition to you know who.

Djoko is also this ridiculously 'clutch' player, mentally. Definitely up there.
 
His play outside the box is very average, it was much better at United. He used to be great to watch. I think Mourinho turned him into a 9. Shame.
 
His play outside the box is very average, it was much better at United. He used to be great to watch. I think Mourinho turned him into a 9. Shame.
I think age and the fact he changed positions again so he could play at the highest level possible in his later years like he is doing now.

He is a different player for sure!
 
The thing that separates him for me is when all the chips are down and you need something from the game or it’s a huge moment in the game like this one or even the pen vs Juve A few years ago in the 95th min or the freekick vs Spain in the World Cup, it’s like he was made for these moments!

He rises above the pressure like no one I have ever seen before. The only comp mentality wise plays a different sport which is MJ. They both share that mystique about them.

Love him, but he fecked up so many good opportunities in this Euro.

Hopefully he smashes 10 goals on next game.
 
It's a very complicated thing... Imagine Ronaldo vs Messi but it's 3 people instead of 2. And all 3 of them breaking records every day. Then you Have Federer, which is basically Messi, just pure magic and control, Nadal which is the athletic version or Ronaldo, and Djoko which basically is that psychological force of nature that Ronnie is too. They have 21, 20 and 20 grand slams each. So yeah... Probably sport's greatest unending debate right now in addition to you know who.

Djoko is also this ridiculously 'clutch' player, mentally. Definitely up there.
That’s actually very exciting,

So are all 3 of them widely considered the 3 greatest tennis players of all time?

Who is considered the best of the 3 by the vast majority? Or is it split?
 
The thing that separates him for me is when all the chips are down and you need something from the game or it’s a huge moment in the game like this one or even the pen vs Juve A few years ago in the 95th min or the freekick vs Spain in the World Cup, it’s like he was made for these moments!

He rises above the pressure like no one I have ever seen before. The only comp mentality wise plays a different sport which is MJ. They both share that mystique about them.

comparing Ronaldo to Michael Jordan :lol:

Ronaldo is fantastic but it’s like praising Jordan for his free throws with today’s performance. Buddy come on. Congrats on advancing though!
 
That’s actually very exciting,

So are all 3 of them widely considered the 3 greatest tennis players of all time?

Who is considered the best of the 3 by the vast majority? Or is it split?

Nostalgic people go for Federer, nadal has gotten a lot of sway in recent years but all the metrics point to Djokovic who will finish with more slams and a superior head to head to the other 2
 
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