scriobhneoir: I know I'm biased but I think he was/is very over rated. Yes he has fancy footwork and he scores a few goals (many of which are from free kicks that he won by diving) but soccer is about much more than that. He has no work ethic, he dives, cheats and whinges his way through matches. he is not even in the same stratisphere as best and Cantona in my opinion. I still can't figure out the best player in the world thing. If you were being generous you could make an argument for top 5, but number 1? Forget it. The only way that Ronaldo should be compared to Best in my opinion is that like Best in his heyday, he'd get up on a gust of wind.
I have to agree with Kev here. He scores a few goals? 41 goals in a season is way more than a few. Give the guy some credit even if he is a united player and you hate united. Ronaldo is quick, he never stops practicing even after all the other lads have gone home so i don't know how you can say he has no worth ethic. The only player i have ever seen to work harder than Ronaldo last season was Rooney.
I think Ronaldo deserves to be compared to Best, Cantona and Beckham. As for world player of the year, lets not forget he won the European Cup with United that season. That's usually a huge factor in deciding who wins World Player of the year. Like i said, scoring 41 goals is no mean feat either. I guarantee if the same player played for Liverpool and acted in the exact same manner, you would be comparing him to Daglish and all the other great number 7s Liverpool have had.
Oh and as for diving, its funny how Drogba is just bad if not worse but yet he gets very little stick. As regards quality though, he couldn't even lace Ronaldo's boots nor has he won nearly amount of honors or personal accolades.
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