I have a mixture of sorrow and pity for this guy. Sorrow in that he raised the bar so high, everyone, everywhere, expects Dinho to maintain his 02-06 level, when naturally the body declines and he wouldn't be able to maintain that level without some explosive pace or strength that cleary reduces as time goes on. And pity in that he arguably could get close to that standard if he actually looked after himself. Rather then eliminate his partying just, put a curb on it to say once a week or something. This guy is still damn world class on his day. The deft touches, silky skills and odd flash of genious prove it's all still their. He just really can't be arsed.
All rather predictable I am afraid. I 'knew' it would end in tears with the crowd turning on him - a name only goes so far. A very likeable person but he simply rarely performs like a footballer of his talent and, in truth, has not does so on a regular basis since circa 2005.
it's just difficult to accept this with respect to ronaldinho and adriano -- these guys never suffered truly chronic injuries. i really can't feel anything but disdain almost. at least with kaka and ronaldo, they have excuses.
My love for Ronaldinho went out the window years ago. He is a disgrace as a footballer. It annoys the hell out of me to see a player with that much ability just not give a shit.
Exactly. To just throw away such talent and such opportunities... Adriano and ROnaldinho are simply despicable. How many poor kids, playing football in the streets with love and passion ( even though their lunch/dinner is not guaranteed), would KILL to have one little chance as a professional... And those two lazy buns throw all that in the trash can, because they can't even respect their own bodies. I feel no pity for them. Em bom português: tem mais é que se f*&¨der mesmo.
I think people focus too much on his partying. So what if he is partying, if he's also training? He always looked in decent shape to me. There are players like Raul, who is the most dedicated profesional ever, yet he also lost all of his speed at the age of 27-28. He burned out, it doesn't mean it was because he didn't take care of his body. Same goes for Ronaldinho. I think the problem with Ronaldinho is his understanding of football and if anything that amazing technique he has. He thinks that the more tricks he succesfully executed and the more throughballs he made, he plays better. Because he can do fantastic things from a standing position, he thinks he doesn't need to run. to be honest, he does have a point in this phiosophy; persoanlly I also enjoy seeing him humiliate defenders without even putting effort. but people these days love footballers for their running, speed and strength, and Ronaldinho doesn't belong in this category.
He actually liability to any team he is on by playing that way. The team become predictable, static, immobile and slow because of him. This is why over the years teams have done better w/o him than with him.
he played well yesterday... but not good enough to justify his mega salary... and certainly not CONSTANT enough for that salary. Flamengo cant afford to pay that salary for Ronaldinho to play well once every 2 months, only after he was criticised enough that he DECIDES to play well to show what he can do. He should decide to show what he can do because of the salary he gets every month!
ALWAYS in decent shape? Me thinks not. No one says jogadores can't enjoy themselves but when a player enjoys riches and plays like a burocrat as Zagalo would say.......... Raul is a workhorse so please do not compare.
Justify salary? He ain't alone there. They are paid ridiculous sums now. What DOES he get paid by the way?
At Milan, he has always been in good shape. At Flamengo too. He didn't let himself go like Adriano (not gonna mention Ronaldo because of the hypothyroidism issue). Ronaldinho just doesn't want to run too much. I understand that point of view. I mean, doesn't it show how superior you are compared to your opponent if he runs his ass off, and you just stand and make a fool out of him? I only made the Raul point to show that the 'parties too much' argument is not a very good one. What good is that Raul is a workhorse when his pace has also deserted him at 27-28? The fact that Ronaldinho goes to disco is not the reason he plays badly. Its his philosophy, where successfully doing skills became more significant for him than winning through direct football.
Sorry to day Hendrix but I think you are waaaaay off. Ronaldinho in his Barca days ran (on offense at least). It's understandable to slow down a bit with age, but not as much and as quickly as he did. It's obvious the guy is not doing all that he can from a training point of view. As for your theory of superiority ... in football today you need to run to play at the highest level and win the important titles. Period. That's just how it is.
Thats what I'm saying, that in time, he started valuing style over substance more. His criteria of a good performance was doing skills and not getting the victory and titles. This happened gradually through the years, maybe Nike with all those commercials created this image of Ronaldinho that he started to believe as well, that only skill matters. And nothing in football is obvious as it seems. Raul slowed down even quicker than Ronaldinho did. So did Shevchenko, a dedicated and consummate professional. It happens, doesn't mean Ronaldinho is to blame. Hes still much better than all the talentless workhorses in football that are regarded so highly.
Highly unlikely. He would have to consistently put out good performances to merit a consideration for a call-up.
I wouldn't be too quick to judge Kaka yet. I think Mano was actually considering taking him to Copa America, but Kaka called Mano and told him he needed more time to recover. I guess we will see what happens next season.
I think Menezes want's Dinho to be part of the setup. But he can't justify selecting him on current form and rightly so. If Dinho pick's it up and play's more like last weekend, more regularly then i do see him at the WC in 2014. Mano has still come out and stated Dinho has a future with the NT. http://www.goal.com/en/news/584/bra...door-open-for-ronaldinho-to-return-to-brazil-
'Dinho'! Hate it. I am surprised a tough nut like Dunga gave him so many chances. Let us closed the thread until Ronaldinho Gaucho remembers he is a footballer again - and plays like one.
I don't see what Ronaldinho can still offer at NT level. Not only that Ronaldinho best position is occupied by better and more motivated players.
Better?- only because Ronaldinho seems to have given up trying to give it his all. Motivated? - yes, no question about that - those who are wearing the shirt are.