It was a general statement. Portugal will be just fine without Ronaldo. And yes, one of you Ronaldettes was barking about how we wouldn't even qualify without him. I can't be bothered to go look up the posts. Nor can I be bothered interacting with you any further.
How odd...could have sworn he played in every game in Qualifying? That we were one point away from qualifying but now I see your logic. He apparently didn't play at all...and we struggled to qualify and needed a result on the last match day. I wonder where you think you made a point with this? Absolutely zero logic in any reply just L after L
Be honest. hypothetically.... if ronaldo doesnt play in any game this WC qualifying. You dont think we are easily qualifying? When you sit there and watch a full 90 min game and you look at a man that used to pick up the ball at the half way line and easily beat 3 defenders.... consistently hit the target from 30 yards, have 40+ inch vertical , be able to control a 50yard pass like a feather now struggle to receive a basic pass, no longer able to beat a defender 1v1... get out paced by the opposing teams slowest player, barely move around while playing in a team full of impotant players for big european teams..... you sit there and think, without this 40yr old this team worth over 1billion dollars worth of talent would struggle to qualify for tournaments? No seriously? It's a genuine question.
What has Leao have to do with Bernado I was commenting on the donkey leao who was subbed for Forbes, bell end
Been a hot minute. What i said in 2019 still applies now. Ronaldo as much as I think he’s the most important person in Portuguese football by a country mile and his contribution has changed the course of football in Portugal forever, he is, simply put in modern football terms a liability if you’re building a team around him. We need him to come on as a super sub and be only the pitch and effective in the last parts of the game and into extra time/penalties. That way the physical element of the game is equalised due to tired legs. anyone who understands football at all can see how Ramos stretches the opponents backline and show short for one/twos which brings everyone into the game especially when teams play a deep block.
we played Armenia, a borderline professional team. In the away game with Ronaldo we won 0-5. Y’all are putting way too much stock into this match. Even Felix looked good so that in itself says a lot. While I do also prefer Ramos, it really wouldn’t make that big of a difference. Ramos is nothing special, a mid player. The psg coach thinks so little of him that he doesn’t even start matches despite their entire front three (kvara dembele doue) being out injured Portugal will continue to struggle against strong physically imposing teams regardless of who starts. Teams like irrland, Ecuador, Colombia, Slovenia etc. As long as the opposition has tall physically imposing players, teams will basiclaly mitigate our main method of scoring (crossing).
Doesn't Portugal have strong physically imposing players? Isn't Ruben Dias 6'2'' 185? What about Palhinha.. 6'3''.. Oh what about Viega, 6'3''... Oh Ronaldo 6'2'' 190.. Oh and Leao 6'2'' 185.. I'm sure I am missing some more.. What's your excuse then? Or is that Portuguese dudes play down to their opponents and show too much respect like good little cucks.. How about this team stops playing like a bunch of little pussies and shows some heart and passion like the low block trash that always seems to dominate us..
Portuguese people as a culture are far too reserved and get pushed over a lot.. That is what pisses me off with my culture.. Too quiet, too respectful, let everything slide, fly under the radar "oh its nbd relax" lol that's why this team gets bitched around by toilet bowl teams like Slovenia, Hungary, Ireland, Morocco, Georgia, South Korea.. Grow a set of bolinhas and grow a spine when you wear the clothe of your ********ing nation.. Pathetic..
I dunno about all that - we didn't take to the seas and conquer half the world by being reserved pushovers lol
The ******** are you talking about. This is the exact opposite of the Portuguese stereotype. Quiet and reserved? lol
I think we struggle more yes. Needing last second goals and not putting games away early because of bad strategy and a leaky defence I don't see how Ramos makes anything better. Yesterday Ramos anticipated very well for his goal and laid off a nice assist. He tracked back as much as Ronaldo IMO but didn't offer any more to warrant a start especially considering this was the easiest possible game. We can't take too much stock as Armenia in game one had everything to play for, even in a loss GD mattered, whereas yesterday they were going in eliminated away to us. Ramos is not a bad option but given the choice, one player is almost assured a goal or at least offers the presence to throw off the defence (if Martinez had brains enough to plan that these games would be easier) and the other is just a piece being inserted.
What I'm saying, this team will need to have that dawg in them in order to win a World Cup.. Just like our 2006 squad, everyone had balls, everyone was scrappy, even Ricardo our GK.. Teams feared and respected us. Give me 2004-2006 Portugal all day long over this new team full of individual all stars..
That 2004 team lost to Greece at home... twice. Not saying they weren't great, they were. But they definitely lacked that dawg in them when it was needed mots.
Dude this team is full of literal all stars at every position yet they get bitch slapped by the likes of Morocco, Georgia, South Korea, Slovenia, Denmark, Ireland.. That type of shit did not happen back in the day in competitive tournaments this frequently.. Yeah Greece 2004 blah blah.. But when else did this consistently happen.. This team is a bunch of individual sell outs for their country. They go to ********ing WAR for their club teams, get injured and when it's time to represent Portugal they tuck their tails and get on their knees to their opponents or literally fight their teammates, no chemistry, cohesion or passion.. Weak submissive pussies.. Truth hurts but that's facts. Maybe one or two players for our NT that actually have that dawg in them if that. Portuguese people in general just don't have that dawg in them to begin with. They care WAYYY too much about others opinions it's actually hilarious. They just wanna fly under the radar and fit in with the Americans.. Sad.. Our culture had a rich history but once the "American Dream" appealed to them, they all started changing their names to sound more "American".. Rodrigues to Rogers, Oliveira to Oliver, Moraes to Morris, and Pereira to Perry.. Almost like our parents and grandparents were ashamed to be Portuguese when they came to America and Canada. I am proud to be Portuguese and more specifically Azoreana. I am vocal about it, I have tattoos related to my culture on my body, if people ask, I proudly declare I am Portuguese. This team lacks the pride and grit.. that dawg.. We won't win shit until we stop giving a ******** and develop that dawg again.. (2006 WC, 2016 Euro)..
A Brazilian was our best manager.. Let that sit in.. Lol you guys think JJ or Mourincuck would be the answer but you don't even understand that these little twinks don't even wanna coach their own nation. It is sad in this culture these guys are too pussy to take on the role of their country when they are arguably some of the best managers in the world.. But NO NO NO why would I want to manage Seleção are you crazy????
Buddy that was hundreds of years ago.. Lmao.. We have since lost that dawg.. The new word for this forum is dawg. Learn it, live it, love it, embrace it. Because if we want a chance at winning a World Cup, our squad needs to redevelop that long lost dawg mentality.. Our fanbase that shows up absolutely has that dawg.. I went to the Euro last summer and it was evident our fans have more passion than the players..
There’s a theory that all of bravery left for the new world during facism, Portuguese in Australia have done well and don’t possess that same pessimism you find with Portuguese from Portugal
If you can’t see what Ramos brings to the table even though he’s an inferior player to Ronaldo then you and I see football very differently, also the intensity which he brings from the front permiates throughout the side. It was an attacking frenzy and Armenia isn’t a terrible side, they lost by only 1 goal to everyone else in the group. It’s not just Ronaldo play per se it’s also how his teammates text to him on the pitch. They pay him too much respect and alter there game to a detrimental level in order to accommodate for him. the intensity which he brings from the front permiates throughout the side.
This isn't so much a theory, as much of a fact IMO. The main risk-taking population, by definition, left the safety of their country to build a new life elsewhere - USA, Canada, France, etc.
I can't get into this without verging into heavy political territory, but this is such a crock of shit. Yeah, all the "brave" Portuguese consisted of people who went to work construction in France and North America during the 60s and 70s. Fall River, MA is the cream of the crop of the Portuguese nation. Those were mostly nothing more than poorly educated working class immigrants who left for economic reasons, it had nothing to do being brave and escaping muh fascism. The notion that this exodus was somehow a form of Portuguese brain drain is hilarious. I don't know how the hell we got on this topic anyway, pseudo-intellectuals grasping at straws pointing to cultural reasons for shit that has nothing to do with football.