Comments on: Ronaldo Claims He’s A Big Game Player – Is He Right?

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:39:41 +0000

The pundits can stuff that “big game player” shit up their arses
Ronaldo may have missed the penalty but he DID SCORE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Ronaldo is THE MAN

By: UnitedRay

UnitedRay — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:42:36 +0000

Dun get me wrong. The points ronaldo win for us at fulham is not by any means less important than the points against arsenal or chelsea. However ronaldo does get marked out of a game by the likes of maldini, ashley cole or micah richards etc. I.e better fullbacks. Someone correctly pointed out, you cant mark out zizou, fat ronaldo or ronaldinho. They can be relied on finding a shimmy to get pass the last defender somehow. Something ronaldo has yet to do against top fullbacks. But the good thing is, he is improving! Btw, messi was marked by park, scholes and evra that night but he still leave them for dead on certain occassions. Pray hard he doesnt sign for chelsea!

By: North Stand Ben

North Stand Ben — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:01:25 +0000

One paper I’ve read over the last couple of days summed it up:
“Every game for Manchester United is a big game. Some just happen to be against bigger opposition.
“Is there a team the others want to beat more passionately or can there can be a bigger scalp to claim than that of the Red Devils?
“Every game against Manchester United for the opposition is their FA Cup Final. The Old Trafford support sing it mockingly to the small brood of away fans tucked in a corner at the Theatre of Dreams but they could have a point..”

It is goals against the likes of Fulham and Derby when no-one else had any answers that makes Ronny a big game player.

A big game player takes any game by the scruff of the neck and hauls his team over the line. That’s what Ronny does.

Yes he goes over for non-existant fouls sometimes and I’m a bit sick of that ‘arms out stretched, pained look on face’ expression when he doesn’t get a free-kick, but when we need some inspiration, a bit of magic or something special, I bet, like me, you’d be baying for the ball to drop to Ronaldo.

Or Rooney. But that’s another argument.

By: austin reynolds

austin reynolds — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:02:16 +0000

zinedine zidane was a big game player, almost every big game i saw him play he shined. and yes, he had umpteen people hanging off him!
hes not the only one either, just the first name that came to mind, one that stuck out because he was excellent ALMOST every big game i saw him in.
as i said before though. ronaldos still very young and hopefully will become a player who performs at his best in big games. wednesday would be a great time to start to prove that he can become this player. i have no doubts whatsoever that he will one day, none at all.

By: FergieWonderLand

FergieWonderLand — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:34:14 +0000

Messi and Kaka don’t generally get the same level of treatment that Ronaldo gets. Against Barcelona, Ronaldo had 2 or 3 players on him every time he got the ball whereas our defence didn’t see it necessary to mark Messi with more than one player. Ronaldo is rightfully spoken of as the best player in the world and you do not get this title without performing in big games. It is all a myth, he does perform in big games.

Against bigger teams Ronaldo adapts his game. Due to this, because fans don’t see the same flamboyant and deadly defence-shredding player they say “he had a bad game”. This is poor reasoning. Look at any big game this season and you will see that, despite not doing his usual running at defenders, he is still one of our best players but you might not notice because you are epecting the more direct style of play.

By: austin reynolds

austin reynolds — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:11 +0000

imo ronaldo is a better “footballer” than messi.
if i had to mark either player in a game as a full back i would pick ronaldo.
imo ronaldo isnt a big game player, yet.
as scott mentioned, hes only 23. i think he gets too wound up to perform in the big games. hopefully that will all change on wednesday against ashley cole, who tho i hate him, has done very very well almost every time hes faced our ronnie!

By: http://soccerfanbase.com

http://soccerfanbase.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:51:35 +0000

I think the fans are just jealous and we should not even bother ourselves about how they feel …some will even say he is a diver which I think is very good …I believe it is better to dive and win the league plus champions league than not to dive and win nothing

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By: UnitedRay

UnitedRay — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:50:23 +0000

Well guys sorry to spoil your party but as much as i love ronaldo, there are times i think he loses the ball too easily. And if opponents have good fullbacks then they will render ronaldo ineffective. But we seldom (or never) see kaka or messi marked out of a game. This is where all the theories of ronaldo unable to perform against big teams come from. The good fullbacks nullify him more than they can nullify messi or kaka

By: Anant

Anant — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:11:19 +0000

finally i get to read something sensible somewhere .
the thing is , we united fans already know this . when will the rest of the world realize ?

By: King Of Zamunda

King Of Zamunda — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:26:38 +0000

Scott- You Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIVA RONALDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!