Yes the won the final without him but that was 1 match and more to do with France falling apart under pressure. Home Tournament Favourites to win Ronaldo off injured(which made them even more favourites) The pressure got to them.
Lets face it Portugual won 1 match in 90 minutes in the whole of Euro 2016.
Love the fact you mention Messi's tax dodging considering Ronaldo was just given a £16.4 Million fine and suspended sentence for Tax Evasion
Yep. This. I’ve explained my irrational reasons why on another page, but I can’t bear them.
Oh, another reason to despise them (and Argentina too) is the farcically easy qualification system they have. Say what you like about the Germans, but they never fail to qualify despite having to go through the grueling European qualifying process. Every other European nation (I think - I stand to be corrected) has failed to qualify for a finals at least once, which shows how hard it is. South America has one league from which about 6 teams qualify, allowing traditional big boys Argentina and Brazil to treat qualifying with contempt while the rest of their continent scrap for the remaining 3 or 4 spots. And even if they royally fuck up, they get another chance if they can beat New Zealand or Iraq or some other outsider. It fucking stinks. Every time qualifying goes on, Brazil or Argentina or both stroll through unspectacularly. They sometimes get a bit of a scare because Peru or Bolivia or someone does well, then they decide to actually turn up for a couple of games and they sneak in to qualify. If Europeans took this approach, they’d be out before they could say “Oh shit!”
I long for the tournament where maybe Argentina, but preferably Brazil, fuck it up totally and don’t qualify. The added bonus would be we wouldn’t have to hear wankers gushing over them during the tournament proper.
ireland/scotland/wales i dont care about, what gets me is the whole anti english stuff, they could only dream of getting to and dissapointing in major competitions.
its the fans of ireland who are annoying the constant videos of the boys having the craic was tedious at euro 2016, roy keane was spot on that until that mentality changes that they are there for a laugh they will never progress.
a lot of these african sides im not liking constantly rolling around the floor and looking for fouls just pissing me off now, thankfully egypt and morocco are now gone and hopefully soon to be saudi arabia.
I know this is not appropriate to the thread, but Roy Keane can f*ck right off in discussions about international football after engineering his departure from the Irish team in Saipan in 2002.
I don't care what country you represent, it should always be the pinnacle of your career to represent your nation at the highest possible level (I'm a dinosaur, I know).
He let down the rest of the squad and the whole of Ireland coming out with the big I am (he set up an interview on RTE with him sitting in front of a concrete wall, so that it looked like conditions were grim, when swing the camera in virtually any other direction would have shown a 5 star resort, world class golf course, palm trees, blue skies and pristine sandy beaches).
There were issues, but you don't address them by f*cking everyone else over, and you particularly don't do it by waiting until just after the deadline for replacing players in the squad...
It was all about him, he couldn't give a toss about anyone else (and, given how crap the World Cup was that year, and the way the matches panned out, Ireland had the best chance it would ever have of doing something impressive).
As for international teams, in the spirit of Irish begrudgery that a few seem annoyed about I'll say England that I don't really hate any team, and like to support the underdogs.
I do, however, hate the UK TV commentators, even if their occasional timely reminder about 1966 is useful, because it's not like anyone ever talks about it (I also hate BBC's Jackie Fullerton for Norn Irn games and RTE's George Hamilton when Ireland are playing, and anything that involves Jim Beglin).
Used to dislike Portugal as they knocked England out a couple times in the World Cup/European Cup.
Germany because too many people here pretend to be football fans by 'supporting' the champions. Plus whenever a major tournament comes around there'll be a lot of girls on social media posting photos of German players and writing silly things about how good-looking the German squad is. And a lot of them think the head coach of Germany is handsome. Ridiculous...
What are the obvious reasons for South Korea? Japan I understand if it's to do with history.
A bit like local rivals. In addition to that, South Korea has a tradition of cheating in international sports. Not just football. They attempt to win at all costs. Besides they often claim a lot of Chinese things (including land, cultural figures and traditional holidays) as theirs. For example they think Confucius is Korean...
In 3 weeks all of them. At the moment Portugal for being so fucking lucky, and Israel for being too smug to qualify. Ah, and Australia. If you ever witnessed this lot winning...
Scotland for obvious reasons. France because they're French. Turkey ever since they killed the 2 Leeds fans. That Euro 2004 qualifier at the Stadium of Light is one of the best England atmospheres i can remember. Germany because they always win.
Take out Ronaldo and they would be lucky to get out of group.
Other top teams have players who can step up if the top guy is missing, portugual dont.
If Messi underperformes Aguero or Higuain step up.
If Neymar underperformes, Coutinho or Jesus will step up.
Porrugual are the embodyment of a 1 man team
There could also be another reason I hate Portugual @ForeverAddickted
Messi and Neymar always seem to under perform at international level IMO.
Do you hate Portugal because they have the best player in the world playing for them?
Also as for a one man team, I think you'll find Ronaldo went off injured in the last European cup final in just the 25th minute... They won it without him being on the pitch BTW.
His time on the touchlines he was passionate, supportive and everything I wish England would be...
Portugal still had to defend and obviously had to score in order to win!
Because I think you're attacking Ronaldo more than Portugal, Id like to Christophe LePoint out:
- Ronaldo is arrogant because he is that good. - Ronaldo is that good because he has worked hard to be that good. - Ronaldo worked that hard to be that good because he has the hunger and desire to win at both club and international level. - Ronaldo is also the most charitable footballer in the world. Messi doesn't even make the top 20, despite dodging taxes!
He loves everything about where he is in life. He loves to play for Portugal, he loves to help others and he proved himself to be streets ahead of his competition and made a bitch of the game in the UK.
Don't hate a nation (in a sporting sense) because they earn success through one player as it's always a team game. If the defence don't do their Job, Ronaldo can't rescue them every time. (Spain game aside)
That's a spirited, accurate and well reasoned defence of Ronaldo. I'd still like to rearrange his face though
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Home Tournament
Favourites to win
Ronaldo off injured(which made them even more favourites)
The pressure got to them.
Lets face it Portugual won 1 match in 90 minutes in the whole of Euro 2016.
Love the fact you mention Messi's tax dodging considering Ronaldo was just given a £16.4 Million fine and suspended sentence for Tax Evasion
I’ve explained my irrational reasons why on another page, but I can’t bear them.
Oh, another reason to despise them (and Argentina too) is the farcically easy qualification system they have. Say what you like about the Germans, but they never fail to qualify despite having to go through the grueling European qualifying process. Every other European nation (I think - I stand to be corrected) has failed to qualify for a finals at least once, which shows how hard it is.
South America has one league from which about 6 teams qualify, allowing traditional big boys Argentina and Brazil to treat qualifying with contempt while the rest of their continent scrap for the remaining 3 or 4 spots. And even if they royally fuck up, they get another chance if they can beat New Zealand or Iraq or some other outsider. It fucking stinks. Every time qualifying goes on, Brazil or Argentina or both stroll through unspectacularly. They sometimes get a bit of a scare because Peru or Bolivia or someone does well, then they decide to actually turn up for a couple of games and they sneak in to qualify.
If Europeans took this approach, they’d be out before they could say “Oh shit!”
I long for the tournament where maybe Argentina, but preferably Brazil, fuck it up totally and don’t qualify. The added bonus would be we wouldn’t have to hear wankers gushing over them during the tournament proper.
I don't care what country you represent, it should always be the pinnacle of your career to represent your nation at the highest possible level (I'm a dinosaur, I know).
He let down the rest of the squad and the whole of Ireland coming out with the big I am (he set up an interview on RTE with him sitting in front of a concrete wall, so that it looked like conditions were grim, when swing the camera in virtually any other direction would have shown a 5 star resort, world class golf course, palm trees, blue skies and pristine sandy beaches).
There were issues, but you don't address them by f*cking everyone else over, and you particularly don't do it by waiting until just after the deadline for replacing players in the squad...
It was all about him, he couldn't give a toss about anyone else (and, given how crap the World Cup was that year, and the way the matches panned out, Ireland had the best chance it would ever have of doing something impressive).
As for international teams, in the spirit of Irish begrudgery that a few seem annoyed about I'll say
Englandthat I don't really hate any team, and like to support the underdogs.I do, however, hate the UK TV commentators, even if their occasional timely reminder about 1966 is useful, because it's not like anyone ever talks about it (I also hate BBC's Jackie Fullerton for Norn Irn games and RTE's George Hamilton when Ireland are playing, and anything that involves Jim Beglin).
(oh, and the Germans)
Brazil (Not in the past but their new crop of players)
Spain (Purely because of Ramos & Carvahal)
Russia (Stolen a World Cup with dirty money)
Scotland
Ireland
Argentina
Uruguay
USA
Pointless teams like San Marino and Liechtenstein.
But Argentina and Portugal, can't stand Ronaldo.
No time for Italy either...filthy bastards.
Scotland, Argentina, Wales, Portugal, Germany and Brazil.
Not really fussed about anyone else
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44553686
At the moment Portugal for being so fucking lucky, and Israel for being too smug to qualify.
Ah, and Australia. If you ever witnessed this lot winning...
Or have they..?
Ireland
Wales
Argentina
Brazil
Turkey
Took great joy watching the 1978 documentary last week.
Ally McLeod was a genius.
France because they're French.
Turkey ever since they killed the 2 Leeds fans. That Euro 2004 qualifier at the Stadium of Light is one of the best England atmospheres i can remember.
Germany because they always win.
Team I dislike most? - Argentina
Always cheer on the plucky Home Nations
I'd still like to rearrange his face though