P45 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 He could probably still get into that Brazil team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Superb footballer, ridiculously good. I remember that ridiculous wedge haircut he got for WC2002 though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradHorse Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I think he got that haircut because his young kid kept getting mixed up with Bobby Carlos and him on the telly I think? Kinda makes it acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Hope Jackie is monitoring the situation TBH. He could be great for us in the CL next season. In all seriousness though, it would be great to see if he could be even half the player he once was. And we'll probably be in the EL next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Can do a job in the championship for Hibs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Yeah he scored a hat trick that night and got applauded by the home support. Steve Mcmanamam outshone him that night though IMO Quite a few players were brilliant that night iirc, i just remember ronaldo especially as he scored the 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I had the fear the night before the Brazil-Scotland game. Thought he was going to score 5. To be fair we handled him quite well. Was a shame what happened in the final ( well not really I wanted France to win ) . Did he have a fit the night before and was forced to play by sponsors? What was the story? The best no9 in my generation and I'm not sure there will be another better than him in my lifetime when he was in his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Quite a few players were brilliant that night iirc, i just remember ronaldo especially as he scored the 3 Don't think Maccers played very well that night actually but he was playing I don't think Ronaldo ever won a league though did he? Maybe towards the very end of his career but think his club honours weren't that good? Cant be bothered googling the facts at mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Don't think Maccers played very well that night actually but he was playing I don't think Ronaldo ever won a league though did he? Maybe towards the very end of his career but think his club honours weren't that good? Cant be bothered googling the facts at mo I think he won league titles but never won the Champions League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I think he won league titles but never won the Champions League. Looked there - won La Liga in 2002-2003 which would have been after i heard that stat but i think that was the first time he had won the league and never won the CL Won the UEFA cup with Inter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Bobby Robson face at the end of the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Had a week look at his wiki there. This may have something to do with his comeback. On 11 December 2014, Ronaldo became a minority owner of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League.[113][114] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Bobby Robson face at the end of the video The "hands on head 'what the f**k have I just seen'" reaction is one of my favourite touchline moments in football. Just sheer awe and amazement at a level of talent and power he'd probably never seen before. I grew up as a kid and tennager watching Ronaldo, I absolutely adored him, he was a genius, and for my money was the best player of his generation (better than Zidane). Has obviously since been eclipsed by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo since, but I often still find myself watching youtube videos of him play when I'm at a loose end. At his peak, he was absolutely unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD1711 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Ronaldo V Football was also a great game, with great music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Messi scores goals like that every other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Some boy. Looked like the king of the world at the World Cup in 2002. Mind the days when a'body still loved Brazil? I love how fat and friendly he looks nowadays, i wouldn't be surprised if he had a bit of Scottish blood in him Certainly looked like he was into the black pudding by the time 2006 rolled around. I think he got that haircut because his young kid kept getting mixed up with Bobby Carlos and him on the telly I think? Kinda makes it acceptable. His kid had trouble recognising him? At least his wean cared, I suppose. Ours has seen me on the telly a couple of times in the past year, and the lack of shits given was palpable Was a shame what happened in the final ( well not really I wanted France to win ) . Did he have a fit the night before and was forced to play by sponsors? What was the story? The story at the time was that he took a fit for some reason in the early hours of the morning. The team were all up worrying about him, so they didnae get much sleep. When he was discharged, he claimed to be fine and fit to play (as you would, FFS), but Mario Zagallo said no chance, you're hooked. Rest of the team go into a blind panic about how they'll never beat France without Ronaldo, so threaten not to play unless he's in the team. Zagallo backs down, and France bend them over as a result. Sounded like a bit of mass hysteria. If they'd just calmed the f**k down and accepted that he wasn't fit to play, they'd likely still have beaten France anyway. It's not like they were Argentina in '86, for God's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The more cynical story is that Nike demanded he play and the rest of the team spent the 90 minutes shit scared he was about to collapse again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The more cynical story is that Nike demanded he play and the rest of the team spent the 90 minutes shit scared he was about to collapse again The Graun featured it in their excellent series of Stunning World Cup moments. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/08/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-ronaldo-france Like JStewart Fat Ronaldo was a childhood hero of mine, some boy. Dat hat trick at Old Trafford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 i think the goal that Annoni posted is over rated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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