Champions League 2017/2018

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tbh Ronaldo's entitled to act arrogant & smug ..... he's earned the right with how good he is. It's not a Bendtner situation.

It's the diving and shithousery during a game that he should avoid .... he really doesn't need to engage in it.

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Originally Posted by Letters

It's from 12 yards away. It's 8 yards wide. They have zero excuse to miss at all and I'm struggling to believe a professional footballers can't aim to within a square yard from that distance on a fairly consistent basis.
They don't even have to hit it that hard. Just lop it into the top corner, no 'keeper is saving that.

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lol there are things called pressure, emotion and tension .... all of which humans are susceptible to. Not to mention unlike say a Basketball free throw, you have an opposing player stood in front of you trying to put you off which enters into your mind.

Not to mention those sort of penalties into the top corner are high risk, high reward. They're very difficult to achieve in practice ..... it's very small margins. Even the slightest over hit and the ball goes blazing over the bar and you look like a fool. I suppose the thinking that if you at least ensure you hit the target you always have a chance of scoring.

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Originally Posted by Özim

Top players are arrogant, Henry was, Maradona, Ibra, was it's no uncommon really, I can accept that when they're top top class to some extent, it's when they're middle of the road and arrogant it's more irritating.

As I said simulation is part and parcel of the game, blame the authorities for that, as for the shirt incident, when you've scored a goal it's not unusual to celebrate in a unique way, players try to think of new ways all the time and when you score the winning in such big games you're probably very pumped.

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Since when was Henry arrogant?!? :lol:

Ronaldo takes cheating and diving to the next level, most footballers might try it on once or twice in a game if they are really lucky, but last night he spent 45 mins diving every time he got within a foot of the ball.

I'm sure you appreciated his 'unique celebration' and spent some time with it on pause.......in the toilet......:sick:

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Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico

Not to mention those sort of penalties into the top corner are high risk, high reward. They're very difficult to achieve in practice ..... it's very small margins. Even the slightest over hit and the ball goes blazing over the bar and you look like a fool.

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Yes, BUT...they are professional footballers. They practice for hours almost every day.
How small is the treble 20 on a dartboard? Darts players can hit it with unerring regularity, is this really that different? Is it really such a difficult skill?
Yes, there's pressure but if you're good enough at a certain skill then you can do it under pressure.
I have more sympathy for strikers who have a split second to take a shot with the goal-keeper advancing and defenders sliding in and the ball moving...but a set piece with a still ball? Come on!
Maybe pinging it into the top corner every time is unrealistic, but they should be better than they are IMO.

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Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang

Since when was Henry arrogant?!? :lol:

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I absolutely love Henry but he was pretty arrogant tbf, but I think players at that level have a certain right to be.
BUT, there are ways of doing it and I don't think Henry was ever the posing, preening, cheating, odious little cunt that Ronaldo is.
Plenty of players swagger in a way which makes opposition fans grudgingly respect them.
I don't know how I'd have felt about Henry were I not an Arsenal fan but I think apart from real knuckle draggers he was fairly well admired in the game.

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Originally Posted by Letters

I absolutely love Henry but he was pretty arrogant tbf, but I think players at that level have a certain right to be.
BUT, there are ways of doing it and I don't think Henry was ever the posing, preening, cheating, odious little cunt that Ronaldo is.
Plenty of players swagger in a way which makes opposition fans grudgingly respect them.
I don't know how I'd have felt about Henry were I not an Arsenal fan but I think apart from real knuckle draggers he was fairly well admired in the game.

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Well that's what I meant. Henry may have had a confident swagger about him, but I certainly wouldn't call him arrogant in the same sentence as Ronaldo & Maradonna

Ronaldo is no worse a diver than anyone else really. He’s heavily disliked because he makes everything about himself but even by doing that he still manages to haul Real Madrid to success. I don’t mind it because he has the honours to make any criticisim of his play moot. Then there are of course Messi fanboys who will cry about anything he achieves but what those people say is often shrouded in bitterness. Likewise for the ones who pine for Ronaldo and won’t hear a bad word said about him even though he is obviously a cunt.

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Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang

Well that's what I meant. Henry may have had a confident swagger about him, but I certainly wouldn't call him arrogant in the same sentence as Ronaldo & Maradonna

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Of course Henry was arrogant. He wouldn’t have been as great as he was without being so.

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Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang

Since when was Henry arrogant?!? :lol:

Ronaldo takes cheating and diving to the next level, most footballers might try it on once or twice in a game if they are really lucky, but last night he spent 45 mins diving every time he got within a foot of the ball.

I'm sure you appreciated his 'unique celebration' and spent some time with it on pause.......in the toilet......:sick:

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Absolutely right. 45 minutes of trying to find the angle to get a penalty or an opponents sent off, rather than play football and try to win the match legitimately. Then, to add the salt, he's there to take the penalty with the last kick of the game after yet another Madrid dive in the box.

Shocking shit. The opposite of football. But the pundits seem to love it. Maybe the bloke has a big cock or something, and they just can't get enough of it.

Liverpool play Roma, it's looking more and more likely they'll go through, expecting an non performance by Roma, they probably only have one decent performance in them!