Happy Birthday Ronaldo

Originally Posted by Switching Off

I cut a picture of him out of the sunday papers and put it on my bedroom wall after his debut.

I was 22 years old

Originally Posted by Switching Off

I cut a picture of him out of the sunday papers and put it on my bedroom wall after his debut.

I was 22 years old

Originally Posted by Switching Off

I cut a picture of him out of the sunday papers and put it on my bedroom wall after his debut.

I was 22 years old

Originally Posted by Switching Off

I cut a picture of him out of the sunday papers and put it on my bedroom wall after his debut.

I was 22 years old

When you co-hosting on Bate TV, pal?

Originally Posted by Switching Off

I cut a picture of him out of the sunday papers and put it on my bedroom wall after his debut.

I was 22 years old

Do you reckon you’ll ever get round to taking it down?

https://twitter.com/footyfooiigans/status/1224292738608377856?s=21

1000th career game yesterday v SPAL (whoever the £#%&! they are). Scored of course, 11th consecutive game to do so equaling Gabriel Batistuta's 24 year old serie a record. Can break it against Inter next week.

He's now scored 725 goals for club and country.

"Penaldo"

Originally Posted by Pop

"Penaldo"

Is that something to do with pen*s?

It's a stick bitter @#%&!s use to beat him with, that he's a diver and only scores penalties.

He's scored 93 btw, so only the 623 goals not from the spot.

in his first few seasons he frustrated quite a few fans even though the potential was clearly there. iirc he got called a "showpony" a lot.

can you imagine if united signed a young ronaldo in this day and age? calls for him to be sold to ipswich aots.

Originally Posted by Pop

1000th career game yesterday v SPAL (whoever the £#%&! they are). Scored of course, 11th consecutive game to do so equaling Gabriel Batistuta's 24 year old serie a record. Can break it against Inter next week.

He's now scored 725 goals for club and country.

"Penaldo"

Missed last weeks match therefore not a proper consecutive run, still a decent player tbf.

Originally Posted by MagnificentSeven

in his first few seasons he frustrated quite a few fans even though the potential was clearly there. iirc he got called a "showpony" a lot.

can you imagine if united signed a young ronaldo in this day and age? calls for him to be sold to ipswich aots.

A "luxury player" with "no end product". He has subsequently made up for that a bit tbf.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

i distinctly remember being in dublin on a stag do the day ronaldo made his debut. Was absolutely sloshed in a pub, with multiple tv's showing the game. Watching ronaldo rinse everyone on the pitch with the sounds of rodney marsh in the background on soccer saturday raving about how good ronaldo was gonna be

One of those remember where you were moments. Me: a bar on a beach in Thailand. I might have been a little stoned.

Last time I was at OT was the Everton game above. That's a long time ago. I was though there for Maradona 84. Don't remember a thing except thinking the stand was going to collapse.

Age starting to slow him down

https://twitter.com/totalcristiano/status/1278071419054800896?s=21

35 years young

The ball was measured travelling at 105 km/h

Goal number 728.
Averaging a goal every 60 minutes in Serie A.
Has now scored 24 in 25 games in Serie A this season.

35

If he wanted to, he could easily play on at a high level to 40 or so. What might his stats be by then?

‏I reckon top international goalscorer ever is the accolade he most covets .

After that he'll go full meerkat looking round for records to bag

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

And he could easily have another five years or so before he retires. What will his stats look like by then?

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

If he wanted to, he could easily play on at a high level to 40 or so. What might his stats be by then?

hopefully by the time he's 40, you'll get an answer

Bring him home