Ronaldinho

Hmmm I've got a sudden irresistable urge to go and buy shoes just like those.

Yes, maybe that would have made a better advert.

neverthless i dont think hes overrated, and i think its quite a hipsterish pose to say otherwise

it's clearly barca innit.

And as for claims of Ronaldinho being over-rated Mr Lido is spot on, that's just hipster contrariness.

ronaldinho is a fkn treat; it's nice to be alive to see someone soar

"I adore watching him. I respect him very much as a man and as a footballer. He reminds me of myself."

Ha ha.

So what's all this about him being a pisshead then?

He's no Luca Toni.

-- Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 2 December 2005 23:04 (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

^^^realest of talk

apparently his face is racist, poor guy.

Barcelona wont win he CL though. Their defence is SHIT and they've only played against weak teams recently.

-- Lovelace (Lovelace), Saturday, December 3, 2005 12:58 AM (Saturday, December 3, 2005 12:58 AM) Bookmark Link

2005/06 FC Barcelona 2 - 1 Arsenal FC Stade de France

I think Ronaldinho is now underrated.

Pretty sure that only Japanese schoolgirls and Thai dictators agree with you on that one.

In the last year or so there's been a lot of "enjoying the good life too much", "a bit fat", "not as good as he was", "place not even guaranteed" type comment on him. He's now probably still in the world's top ten/twenty rather than a stand-out top three player but many (in this case meaning blokes in pubs and British commentators and pundits) see this as somehow meaning he's not that good any more.

He remains one of the best players I've had the pleasure of watching live (though it didn't feel like it at the time, given that he was ripping the piss out of Celtic on every occasion).

Ripping the piss in games that Barcelona failed to win - therein lies the problem

a couple of years back he was on another level to any footballer out there. it wasn't even debatable for a while.

if you asked who the best is right now, there'd be at least four or five candidates.

It was debatable

Messi, Kaka, C.Ronaldo, Kitson, Cannavaro... who else?

And yeah, even at his peak (2004?) I'd have taken a couple of players over him for my team.

Ripping the piss in games that Barcelona failed to win - therein lies the problem

Apart from them winning three of their last four against us...

About time he proved effective as something other than a circus act

i dunno, who exactly would you have taken over him three years ago?

apart from kitson

European Footballer of the Year 2004 = Andriy Shevchenko!

i dunno, who exactly would you have taken over him three years ago?

-- darraghmac, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 14:24 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Cannavaro, Nedved, Henry, Eto'o, Freddy Adu

bullard obv.

xxpost

Wheater

matthews, best, fabregas, edwards, beardsley, schmeichel.

point taken, you could debate it, if you really wanted.

Fabregas? Beardsley? Schmeichel? What?

What is that a list of?

Fabregas/Beardsley/Schmeichel poll needed

Aubrey will win it easy

Tom doesn't think that the great Peter Bearsley deserves mentioning alongside fabregas, matthews, bullard.

nothing's sacred.

Fabregas isn't _that_ ugly.

http://njmg.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/22/cesc_fabregas_4_the_associated_pres.jpg

fabregas- no ronaldinho, which was my point all along.

Ronaldinho - no Zidane

zidane's good at headers.

zidane- no jenas

although zidane was the last adel taarabt, apparently

I still think Ronaldinho's transfer fee and wages would qualify him as 'overrated'.

I'd have taken 2004-era Nedved over virtually any player in the world. Except Wayne Rooney during that magical fortnight.

transfer fees and wages over-rate loads of players tho, esp. in the PL

darren bent to thread

bent = 1/2 shevchenko

1/2 the wages, 1/8 the player

4/5 the age.

OMG OMG OMG OMG RONALDINHO OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

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looks terribly slow this season....robinho, ibrahimovic, pato will become their default front 3, r10 will probably be off to turkey or something

saddest thing since the last brazilian before rivaldo to be the world's best footballer.

whats so sad about dinho or ronaldo?

peaked in their early 20's, that's pretty sad in just about every way I think.

peaked and fell off hard

hey at least they fucking peaked

also OMG RONALDINHO HE PLAYS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND SCORES VOLLEYS IN TRAINING OMG OMG OMG OMG

Still the one I'd tell the grandkids about first, regardless of hyperbole or reaction to hyperbole.

agree^^ hard to think of another player who made every game as much his show as ronnie at his peak

messi is brilliant, and probably more effective but he doesn't have the range of peak ronaldinho- guy could beat you walking and still send you three wrong ways, then hit it from 35 yards. set pieces too.

agree^^ hard to think of another player who made every game as much his show as ronnie at his peak

― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 14 October 2010 14:55 (5 minutes ago)

this is true, but it's part of the reason messi is better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ochSStj6jS0

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/21/ronaldinho-back-right-wing-steps-politics-ahead-brazil-general/

https://deadspin.com/report-barcelona-distancing-ronaldinho-and-rivaldo-fro-1829798812

not jesus too! pretty shitty. if ronaldo's right wing, that one would hurt.

he is, sorry.

cutting in from it at least