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Ze Premiership Weekend Thread.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭Im_No_Superman


    Is it not his nephew?
    Just did a quick look on Wikipedia -
    His brother, Kazenga LuaLua, is also a professional footballer and currently plays for his brother's former club, Newcastle United.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomana_LuaLua#Newcastle_United


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Looks like Abedayour and Ronaldo are gona battle it out for top scorer this season.
    Ronaldo has 23 goals in 27 games so far this season, but an even scarier statistic is that in the last 22 games he has 23 goals. That is above a goal a game! Unreal.

    Not only that, but he's equalied his tally in the league last year already!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,563 ✭✭✭kinaldo


    PHB wrote: »
    Looks like Abedayour and Ronaldo are gona battle it out for top scorer this season.
    Ronaldo has 23 goals in 27 games so far this season, but an even scarier statistic is that in the last 22 games he has 23 goals. That is above a goal a game! Unreal.

    Not only that, but he's equalied his tally in the league last year already!
    Soon he might even earn the nickname 'the Phenomenon' that his namesake got at Barca.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,372 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    Ronaldo was fairly average today but he still managed to get an 8/10 and motm from skysports.com. Do they even watch these games?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭Im_No_Superman


    Ronaldo was fairly average today but he still managed to get an 8/10 and motm from skysports.com. Do they even watch these games?
    Thats madness, thought Ronaldo did ok today but not 8/10. MOTM would be Tevez or Vidic, with Vidic just shading it imo.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    ronaldo was not average today, ok maybe he was average by his own exceptionally high standards, but he was far from average.... i really wish people wouldnt expect him to destroy teams single handedly every week, jesus.. he played well, he got kicked alot and was well marked but he still managed to pose a good attacking threat, he didnt score 2+ goals, wow,:rolleyes: it doesnt mean he was average...

    ps, tevez got the official man of the match award


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,372 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    He did nothing special. He was average, not sh*t, just average (but scored again). I'm not having a go at Ronaldo just for the sake of it.

    Sky sports do it all the time though. They give Fabregas 8's all the time when he's played fairly ****


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    i know and i dont pay much attention to sky sports but ronaldo was actually playing well today, id have him as playing well but not playing fantanstic, everybody can have their opinion of course and im not saying yours isnt valid i just get tired of reading that he played average and he played ****e when he hasnt!! not just on this forum and i aplologise if it came across like i was having a pop at you in particiular, it wasnt directed at you really, i didnt quote you for that reaosn! lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Well it's all about what average is? Was he better than any other winger on the pitch? Yes. Was he anywhere near his normal levels? Nope.

    Tevez was much better, defo MOM. Sky are always idiots :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    kryogen wrote: »
    ronaldo was not average today, ok maybe he was average by his own exceptionally high standards, but he was far from average.... i really wish people wouldnt expect him to destroy teams single handedly every week, jesus.. he played well, he got kicked alot and was well marked but he still managed to pose a good attacking threat, he didnt score 2+ goals, wow,:rolleyes: it doesnt mean he was average...

    ps, tevez got the official man of the match award

    He was poor, the shots he didnt sky he hit players with. He onl;y ended up scorign because th ewhoel readin team were in the Utd box. He was also at his diving again. The one in the 1st half out near the touchline where he just dropped to his knees, dotn know ho he got a free for that, no contact at all. He was one fo the poorer players today and tbh I expected him to do a bit of trackign back seeign as he wasnt doing well but he lost the ball a few times and just stood there with his hands on his hips while other players were busting a gut and running past him to get back.

    HE gets a lot of stick at times, but some of you need to realise he does play badly at times. Today was one of those times. Tevez was very good today.

    Was convinced there was an og goign to happen in the first half when Hannanman looked very shakey for about 4 Utd attacks after Reading nearly scored an og.

    The difference in level between the top teams and mid-lower table was very evident today, a top team would have scored against Utd but Reading werent capable, wasting lots of chances.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭DSB


    Jesus Christ, people really would take any opportunity to criticise Ronaldo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    DSB wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people really would take any opportunity to criticise Ronaldo.

    Yeah , sorry my appologies, he made george best look like he was a sunday league player today, he was just that good, everything he touched turned to gold. .:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    DSB wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, people really would take any opportunity to criticise Ronaldo.

    Ronaldo is not perfect, I support Utd but it seems like some ppl think he's pele and can do no wrong. And when he doesnt have a great game, its the usual sure there was 99 players marking him etc etc


    He's doing great this season but he's going to have his average/bad days.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,176 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Ronaldo is not perfect, I support Utd but it seems like some ppl think he's pele and can do no wrong. And when he doesnt have a great game, its the usual sure there was 99 players marking him etc etc


    He's doing great this season but he's going to have his average/bad days.

    Pele used to have bad games :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    nope pele never had a bad game ever, even in that film escape to victory


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭DSB


    Stekelly wrote: »
    Yeah , sorry my appologies, he made george best look like he was a sunday league player today, he was just that good, everything he touched turned to gold. .:rolleyes:

    Even on 1 of his worse games, he has come out with a goal, if Ryan Babel, Malouda or Hleb do the same they certainly don't come out of it being criticised.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    the more some ppl making him out to be the best player in the world (and im not saying he's not), then the more other ppl will criticise him for not having a brilliant game


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    the more some ppl making him out to be the best player in the world (and im not saying he's not), then the more other ppl will criticise him for not having a brilliant game

    But nobody was criticising him, just pointing out that he didnt have a good game. It's not like there were rakes of posts with "OMG, Ronaldo is **** , sell him". A couple of people just cant accept that he's fallible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    Your not allowed to do that anymore it seems

    stay away from the United thread then, its annoying at this stage the way people go on about him and go mad if you talk bad about him


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭DSB


    Stekelly wrote: »
    But nobody was criticising him, just pointing out that he didnt have a good game. It's not like there were rakes of posts with "OMG, Ronaldo is **** , sell him". A couple of people just cant accept that he's fallible.

    I don't think anyone on here thinks Ronaldo is perfect or anything. Its just really petty that because he is so good everyone feels the need to pick up on any blip in his game.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    DSB wrote: »
    I don't think anyone on here thinks Ronaldo is perfect or anything. Its just really petty that because he is so good everyone feels the need to pick up on any blip in his game.

    He had a poor game, jesus your the one turning the fact that people are pointing that out into a major international incident.

    Every match thread has the same thing where people point out who had bad games and who had good games. Yet you've decided that the world is anti Ronaldo because he's been treated the same as everyone else.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    so he cant have a bad game? and if he does, nobody can mention it?

    If Ronaldo was crap for 89 mins and scored a goal in the 90th min, does that make up for having a bad game (im not talking about today, just an example)

    I think a propaganda mod should be appointed to delete any negative posts about Ronaldo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭DSB


    Stekelly wrote: »
    He had a poor game, jesus your the one turning the fact that people are pointing that out into a major international incident.

    Every match thread has the same thing where people point out who had bad games and who had good games. Yet you've decided that the world is anti Ronaldo because he's been treated the same as everyone else.
    so he cant have a bad game? and if he does, nobody can mention it?

    If Ronaldo was crap for 89 mins and scored a goal in the 90th min, does that make up for having a bad game (im not talking about today, just an example)

    I think a propaganda mod should be appointed to delete any negative posts about Ronaldo

    Haha clearly I'm not referring to this alone. There just tends to be a trend where people have to say 'Oh Ronaldo is class BUT' whereas far inferior players can get away with just 'Agger is class' or 'Clichy is class'. I've nothing against people having an opinion on anything it just seems that theres a general need among people to take a dig at Ronaldo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭Im_No_Superman


    Sweet Jesus, Sunderlands defending for Spurs first goal was just unbelieveably bad. Why didnt Nosworthy or McShane just put the ball in touch, the mind boogles! :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭herbieflowers


    Probably because he's the best player in the league, or at least one of the most important players in the league


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,951 ✭✭✭DSB


    Probably because he's the best player in the league, or at least one of the most important players in the league

    I think theres more to it than that. Fabregas doesn't get the same.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭herbieflowers


    True but there's nothing as smarmy about Fabregas,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    DSB wrote: »
    Haha clearly I'm not referring to this alone. There just tends to be a trend where people have to say 'Oh Ronaldo is class BUT' whereas far inferior players can get away with just 'Agger is class' or 'Clichy is class'. I've nothing against people having an opinion on anything it just seems that theres a general need among people to take a dig at Ronaldo.

    Am I missing something here? Who had a dig? All that was said was that he was average. How is that a dig?

    If O'Shea, Fletcher etc had an average game they'd be slated and called sh*te. Ronaldo plays average and it becomes the unmentionable. Ridiculous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    no ones allowed slag "the viper"! He is perfection personified.

    i feel ill after saying that :(

    ps, that nickname is ****e, and the Anderson one? hilarious.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭herbieflowers


    I know it's hilarious alright...I'm not sure if they're being serious or not though, there's a thin line between the two especially on an internet forum!


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