Is Ronaldo the best in the world?

[Angus]

Best in the world ? laughable

BUT - he played well last night.

[Roadend]

I must say he was outstanding last night and .

Did well in the first half and nothing thereafter.

[GavinZac]

Did well in the first half and nothing thereafter.

His penalty seemed to neatly summarise his abilities in a brief act. "Surprising" over complexity and complete lack of substance if it fails.

[rambler14]

No its not he scored his 42nd last night

Yeah I just checked it there. I shouldn't have listened to those commentators on Sky who said it was his 43rd.

He's now only 8 goals short of his 100th for Man Utd and only 3 short of his 100th in professional club football.

[Morbo]

He played well, scored a great goal AND HE TURNED UP FOR A BIG GAME - much to the dismay of all his critics.

He played well but saying it was a great goal is a bit OTT, it was a good header but when you consider he was being marked by a 5¨6" man playing out of position and who didn´t even jump to contest the ball then I´d hardly call it great

[John83]

His penalty seemed to neatly summarise his abilities in a brief act. "Surprising" over complexity and complete lack of substance if it fails.

Yes, that's what I like about Roy Keane. Even if he failed to pull off his major trick, the opposition player was unlikely to walk again.

[chuckie]

Ronaldo played well in the first half last night going forward at least, but a lot of chelsea's attacking play and goal was created by Essien who should have been tracked back by...

[GavinZac]

Yes, that's what I like about Roy Keane. Even if he failed to pull off his major trick, the opposition player was unlikely to walk again.

To be fair to Keane, and I'm usually not, he also has an informed opinion of John Delaney.

[Kingdom]

Yes, that's what I like about Roy Keane. Even if he failed to pull off his major trick, the opposition player was unlikely to walk again.

Oh how I laughed! Great post.

[razor]

but when you consider he was being marked by a 5¨6" man playing out of position

Listened to the 1st half on 5live and Graham Taylors first two words after the goal was score were "completely unmarked"

[old git]

Listened to the 1st half on 5live and Graham Taylors first two words after the goal was score were "completely unmarked"

correct me if i am wrong .. most goals scored are by unmarked players . lampard was unmarked for his goal also ... the idea is to lose your marker to create space to score goals

[superfrank]

I didn't think he played that well, considering he was up against an out-of-position, makeshift right-back.

Before the goal he was nervy and couldn't control properly and couldn't pass. He did well to socre the header but the space afforded to him would not have happened with a real defender marking him.

After that he improved and did really well for the Tevez/Carrick chance. After this, his confidence returned and he did all his fancy trick but he also gave the ball away a few times and his crossing, at times, left a lot to be desired.

And he totally wasted his penalty, tried to be smart and messed up. He's lucky Terry is a worse peno taker, otherwise he'd be hitting the headlines as the villain.

[micls]

Oh how I laughed! Great post.

Usually Id agree, but since Gav is about as anti Keane as possible it's not as effective

[gustavo]

I didn't think he played that well, considering he was up against an out-of-position, makeshift right-back.

Before the goal he was nervy and couldn't control properly and couldn't pass. He did well to socre the header but the space afforded to him would not have happened with a real defender marking him.

After that he improved and did really well for the Tevez/Carrick chance. After this, his confidence returned and he did all his fancy trick but he also gave the ball away a few times and his crossing, at times, left a lot to be desired.

And he totally wasted his penalty, tried to be smart and messed up. He's lucky Terry is a worse peno taker, otherwise he'd be hitting the headlines as the villain.

Not totally out of position he played for Lyon plenty of times at right back and indeed started off his career as a full back before being redeployed by Lyon as a CM

[superfrank]

He can't do the job though and having him in midfield is much better.

[Denis The Red]

Well, well the first step to greatness, Ronaldo is named European player of the year.

[stojkovic]

Well, well the first step to greatness, Ronaldo is named European player of the year.

The European Footballer of the Year is named in December and awarded by France Football magazine.

[newbie]

Well, well the first step to greatness, Ronaldo is named European player of the year.

he was named the Champions Leagues best forward. i wouldnt read too much into it though as Cech Terry and Lampard were named best of their positions

[Denis The Red]

The European Footballer of the Year is named in December and awarded by France Football magazine.

he was named the Champions Leagues best forward. i wouldnt read too much into it though as Cech Terry and Lampard were named best of their positions

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl...id=781211.html

EEEEENUFF said!!!!

[Denis The Red]

I had to laugh last week listening to the oh so wise Gilsey and Dunphy give out about Rooney's performance in the CL match against Villareal, saying his attitude has changed for the worse and calling him a diver and then go and blame RONALDO, do they ever give up???