Second Captains Part II

Ken doesn't think Ronaldo is one of the greatest ever.... Not sure what to even say 😂

Half an hour of waffle about Ronaldo was too much. Hopefully we’ve heard the last of it now. I thought Brewin was good

You wanted him to start an argument? Looks like he has going by Eoin's reaction and some in this thread!

If I was talking to some randomer and they said that Ronaldo wasn't one of the greatest players of all time I'd hastily try to move the subject away from football because that's such a daft opinion that I don't know if I'd be too bothered discussing the sport with them any further.

Ken is the number one reason I listen to the podcast. But sometimes I do wonder was John Giles essentially right...

Yeah. Clearly it's absolute nonsense. They are spending more time on it today and Murph is in agreement with Ken. I feel like Eoin isn't even sure how to argue because the lads are completely wrong. Just because they don't like the guy doesn't mean that he isn't worthy of praise.

Ken Seemed to be forgetting the types of goals he scored. He also has a a very impressive assist record. Ken (and Murph to a lesser extent) making him out to be some type of 6 yard goal poacher

Of course Giles is right. There isn't a human in the world who can be right about everything in football and churn out an entertainment show several days a week. Giles could have been talking about carragher, neville, keane, guardiola or klopp and still be right.

The whole reason football works is that it can never be perfected. City have all the money but lose sometimes. Brentford have no money but over achieve. Villa waste money. Spain don't make finishers and England don't make modric style in game managers.

Football is entertainment. Unscripted jeopardy. Ken doesn't have to be right, he just needs to engage and entertain as he describes the narratives. The tone of seriousness is just the accepted style but there's no way he believes everything he says as seriously as he says it. He wakes up each day asking himself how can i knock some ne craic out of this.

As Dunphy said, it's showbiz baby.

I was just an about to post the same 😂

I enjoyed their world cup coverage but that Ronaldo episode reminded me that I needed to cancel my sub.

You really need to stop announcing to fellow commuters when you have to get off a bus

That is just wrong though. He is super individualistic but it's only in the last one or two years that it has been to the detriment of the team.

The guy has won five champions leagues and seven league titles. A champions league with United and four with Real. Three premier league, two serie A and two La Liga titles. I'm not sure how his super individualistic nature was a detriment to those teams. He won the Euros with Portugal and he was practically only coaching in the final.

A lot of the arguments before the world cup were that if Messi wins the world cup that would seal the Ronaldo v Messi debate. Now it seems that since Messi won and a 37 year old Ronaldo has effectively retired... actually Ronaldo wasn't that great after all.

Absolute BS from anyone that doesn't consider him to be in the top 3/4 all time.

Wasn’t Ken’s Twitter profile for many a year a picture of Ronaldo standing alone ? I think he has hated Ronaldo for a long time and now he sees a great chance to go mega troll.

Ah deadly, thanks a million!

Anyone noticing any sound issues in the last week or so, finding the conservational sound very low and have to increase the volume, and then decrease again when the audio beds come on as it seems to revert to normal levels.