Christano Ronaldo

hotpot

Feckin big girls blouse.

Bidley

He might be a bit of a bellend on the pitch at times, but he's worked hard at every single aspect of his game, and he's probably the most driven player in the sport. He didn't become a good player by accident.

When he'd just moved to Real Madrid, people would say the only weakness in his game was his ability in the air. A season or two later he was (arguably) the best header of the ball in the world.

But then he isn't a donkey who runs around aimlessly for 90 minutes and looks like a brickie, so he's always had a lot of stick from UK football fans.

axisus

There are great thinkers and philosophers in life, there are poets and playwrights, there are those who say much with few words, there are storytellers and adventurers, those that inspire and those that lift the spirit. There is a veritable wealth of beautiful written word a mere keystroke away.

Thank goodness I can escape all that bollocks and come here for a bit.

UnclePsychosis

As a football supporter I am genuinely pleased to be living at a time when I can watch this guy play. He, along with Lionel Messi, makes football better and football supporters should be delighted to be able to watch them both every week.

I don't give a shit about his hair or his styling or his ego (although I doubt he'd be half the player without his self-belief and will to win). Plus, by all accounts he does some phenomenal charity work. Sounds good to me.

Nitefly

Never heard of him.

FX_Munkee

Clearly a self obsessed knobhead:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo

Ronaldo does not have tattoos as it would prevent him from donating blood, which he does several times a year.

Television footage of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami showed an eight-year-old boy survivor named Martunis wearing a No. 7 Portuguese football shirt who was stranded for 19 days after his family was killed. Following this, Ronaldo visited Aceh, Indonesia, to raise funds for rehabilitation and reconstruction.[488][489] After accepting undisclosed damages from a libel case against The Sun newspaper in 2008, Ronaldo donated the damages to a charity in Madeira.[490] In 2009, Ronaldo donated £100,000 to the hospital that saved his mother's life in Madeira following her battle with cancer, so that they could build a cancer centre on the island.[491] In support of the victims of the 2010 Madeira flood, Ronaldo pledged to play in a charity match in Madeira between the Primeira Liga club FC Porto and players from Madeiran-based clubs Marítimo and Nacional.[492]

In 2012, Ronaldo and his agent paid for specialist treatment for a nine-year-old Canarian boy with apparently terminal cancer.[493] In November 2012, Ronaldo sold the golden boot he had won in 2011 for €1.5 million and gave the money to fund schools for children in Gaza.[494] In December 2012, Ronaldo joined FIFA's '11 for Health' programme to raise awareness amongst kids of how to steer clear of conditions including drug addiction, HIV, malaria and obesity.[495][496]

In January 2013, Ronaldo became Save the Children's new Global Artist Ambassador, in which he hopes to help fight child hunger and obesity.[497] In March, Ronaldo agreed to be the ambassador for The Mangrove Care Forum in Indonesia, an organisation aiming to raise awareness of mangrove conservation.[498]

In November 2014, Ronaldo appeared in FIFA's "11 against Ebola" campaign with a selection of top football players from around the world, including Neymar, Gareth Bale, Xavi and Didier Drogba.[499] Under the slogan "Together, we can beat Ebola", FIFA's campaign was done in conjunction with the Confederation of African Football and health experts, with the players holding up eleven messages to raise awareness of the disease and ways to combat it.[499] He was named the world's most charitable sportsperson in 2015.[500] In June 2016, Ronaldo donated the entirety of his €600,000 Champions League bonus after Real Madrid won the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[500]

In August 2016, Ronaldo launched CR7Selfie, a selfie app for charity to help Save the Children that lets participants take a selfie with him in one of several different outfits and poses.[501] In the app, fans can select from among 68 photos of Ronaldo in different outfits and poses, and scroll through 39 filters to apply to their selfies.[502]

@Placidcasual79 how's your charity work going?

joeyowen

@FX_Munkee ;
 but he's rich, famous and cares about his image.  What a twat!

FX_Munkee

joeyowen said:

@FX_Munkee ;
 but he's rich, famous and cares about his image.  What a twat!

Honestly I'm not a fanboy or anything but I do understand that when he struts around a pitch like he owns it, it's mainly because he does, and he does because he's worked his arse off to get to that point.

Bidley

UnclePsychosis said:

I don't give a shit about his hair or his styling or his ego (although I doubt he'd be half the player without his self-belief and will to win). Plus, by all accounts he does some phenomenal charity work. Sounds good to me.

Couldn't agree more; he only played the first half of the final, but he dragged that (average at very best) Portugal team to victory in the Euros. Which is something Messi hasn't managed with Argentina, who are a far better side.

Rocker

I don't give a damn about CR7s posing, attitude, hairstyle etc. but he is a decent footballer who works hard for his team.

CabbageCat

Bidley said:

UnclePsychosis said:

I don't give a shit about his hair or his styling or his ego (although I doubt he'd be half the player without his self-belief and will to win). Plus, by all accounts he does some phenomenal charity work. Sounds good to me.

Couldn't agree more; he only played the first half of the final, but he dragged that (average at very best) Portugal team to victory in the Euros. Which is something Messi hasn't managed with Argentina, who are a far better side.

I think something even more seismic than Messi's awesome talent would be required to give Argentina victory in the Euros.

RaymondLin

Has he slept with your wife? 

Who cares what what he does on the football field?  Are people that vain and jealous?  The guy is famous for being kind off the field.  

Placidcasual79

I don't feel that strongly about him - just a passing thought I decided to share.

I am sure he works incredibly hard, but personally I like the footballer who turns up with his socks rolled down, two days stubble and a cant be arsed attitude and still does something brilliant. 

@rocker I cant agree that he works hard for his team. His team works hard for him. He is the opposite of a team player. 
 

earwighoney

Placidcasual79 said:

I don't feel that strongly about him - just a passing thought I decided to share.

I am sure he works incredibly hard, but personally I like the footballer who turns up with his socks rolled down, two days stubble and a cant be arsed attitude and still does something brilliant. 

@rocker I cant agree that he works hard for his team. His team works hard for him. He is the opposite of a team player. 
 

Does Cristiano Ronaldo annoy you because you look like the lovechild of Peter Beardsley and Susan Boyle?  

cruxiform

Personality aside, he's the world's best footballer. More of an all-rounder than Messi and yes a selfish player but he bangs in the goals that keeps Real Madrid on top of La Liga at the moment.

Placidcasual79

Messi is a footballing genius - a supreme combination of technique, vision and composure. He scores goals, makes goals, works hard for his team and appears low maintenance.

Ronaldo is an incredible athlete.

earwighoney

Placidcasual79 said:

Messi is a footballing genius - a supreme combination of technique, vision and composure. He scores goals, makes goals, works hard for his team and appears low maintenance.

Ronaldo is definitely better at paying at taxes than Messi. 

Placidcasual79

earwighoney said:

  

Does Cristiano Ronaldo annoy you because you look like the lovechild of Peter Beardsley and Susan Boyle?  

I think comments like that just cheapen my parents relationship. Just because they shun the limelight that would typically accompany the coupling of two true beauties doesn't mean that Pappa Beardsley and Mamma Boyle don't have a deep relationship.

RaymondLin

Seriously, the guy is not a bad guy.

If he is a C U N T, we all should aspire to be one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/cristiano-ronaldo/11808787/Cristiano-Ronaldo-tops-list-of-worlds-most-charitable-sports-stars.html

Sure, you can talk about economy of scale and how that is a drop in the ocean to him, in comparison to say Donald Trump, not a penny from him but just using other people's money through his charity and calling it his own.

Gassage

There's one big difference between Rooney and Ronaldo.

I'd do Ronaldo.