The Almighty Sergio Ramos Appreciation Thread

Yup, I’d still rest him against Mallorca, even if he isn’t injured. Militao and Varane should be able to handle Mallorca. Ramos can’t play ever single minute until the end of the season.

 

What are we waiting for regarding his contract renewal?

His current deal ends in 2021 if I'm not mistaken. Time to wrap this up. This man has to retire with us.

Give him his 3 years. He can probably easily start for the next 2 seasons and phase him out in the third year.

His influence on and off the pitch in terms of leadership is too great. Can't lose this guy arguing about an extra of contract (if that's the problem).

What do you guys think?

 

Ramos is underrated as hell.

I don't think people outside of Madrid have ever had him as the best clear CB in the world at any point. There has always been a Van Dyke or Hummels or Kompany that get more love for some reason

You will also not find many people who will consider him the best ever or even among top 5.

As far as that conversation goes, I think Maldini is clearly the best defender of all time. But I'd rather have Sergio on my team. He is just so valuable in every level. Leadership, clutchness, toughness, goal scoring.

The guy is just an all time great footballer and doesn't get enough credit. But that's a Madrid thing. Ramos, Pepee, Varane have been the best CBs of this past decade yet we hear about all these other clowns more. Our midfielders and attackers get love, but our defense has always been underrated

 

I think the reason Ramos and Pepe didnt get the respect that they deserve are the red cards.Because of the red cards many people view Ramos/Pepe as dirthy thugs who dont belong among the greatest defenders .........

Ramos/Pepe are just as good as Nesta,Baresi etc imo but they have bad reputation

 

Sergio Ramos came back from quarantine with a beard and the intention to lead Real Madrid to a La Liga title.

Read the full article here:https://t.co/YeyVgOSp2i

— Daily Madrid (@DailyMadridcom) June 25, 2020

3 goals in the last 4 games, along with great performances. How lucky are we to have him as captain?

I also can't believe how well he is playing at 34. It's gonna be interesting to see if he renews for more than 1 year and possibly retires here. He and Cristiano both deserved that tbh.

 

Will be a sad day. Massively.

When he loses it or retires.

 

Ramos should only leave after he gets at least 3 more Liga titles.

 

The fact he’s still reasonably the best centerback in the world at his age is beyond legendary

 

I don't think he will lose it. I think he will retire on top of his game like the boss that he is

 

I just hope he and the club deal with his renewal in a good manner. Don't want to see the guy leaving as Iker did.

 

I think he has a different temper than Iker, who for all of the legend that he is at this club, was not a good captain and a bit of egoist.

 

Iker is a politician

Ramos is a WARRIOR

 

No La Liga player has more goals than Sergio Ramos since play resumed. pic.twitter.com/WY2iQVii3E

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 2, 2020

 

You fogot about the Champions' League.

 

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That Griezmann comparison is so stupid and yet so funny .

 

I don't want to take anything away from Sergio Ramos. I do believe that he is probably a better player than Hierro. But Hierro's scoring numbers are actually much better than Ramos.

From wikipedia:

Hierro: 439 goals 102 goals. Spain 89 games 29 goals.
Ramos: 450 games 68 goals for Real Madrid. Spain 170 caps 21 goals.

Hierro has three CL titles while Ramos has four.

Then, Hierro was the penalty-kicker as well as taking a lot of freekicks for Real Madrid (I am not 100% sure about that since I was not a fan and/or I had no access on Real Madrid's games during most of his prime). In 1998, I watched Real Madrid for the first time in Santiago Bernabeu. Hierro scored a double.... a freekick and a penalty. That influenced my opinion of Hierro. Hierro was also the all-time leading scorer for Spain until Raul broke it.

Meanwhile, Ramos got his penalties after Ronaldo left the club. His numbers probably would be much closer to Hierro if he took all the penalties. But then, Ramos scored that historical goal against Atletico Madrid in the CL Final. It was a derby at the biggest stage with no time left on the clock. I also believe that an equalising goal meant more than a winning goal since we were all down and out at the moment of impact. That would be an everlasting image in the history of the club. For the next 50 to 100 years, that goal would replay every time Real Madrid reaches the Final of the CL. Let's say Ronaldo, Raul, Puskas or Di Stefano never had that moment. I doubt that it would repeat again in my lifetime.

So it is hard for me to say that Hierro is a better offensive defender than Sergio Ramos, but you can't ignore things about Hierro. When Hierro won his first CL title, Real Madrid's drought was over 30 years. The footage of the previous title was in black and white. We were a club from the past. As of 2020, we actually won more titles in the CL era than any other club. I guessed that the club is blessed to have both players.

 

Ramos scored 10 goals in all competitions for RM in 2016-17 when Ron was taking penalties. Ramos easily the best scoring CB in modern era imo. Hierro has 35 penalty goals and Koeman has 96 in all competitions.

 

Remember Hierro played as midfielder for a good part of his career as well.

 

I wanna win the double just so this man can be the Ballon D'Or

 

He has fantastic penalty technique too.

 

Dream scenario

 

To be honest I don't care that much about the CL this year. With us winning it 4 times in 5 years while having a bad record in the league, my absolute priority is to win La Liga this year. A Balon D'or for Ramos would be well deserved, but I think it is not very realistic, not even if win win the double.