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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [b]binary said:[/b] JK: "the US is a winner by spirit" yeah right ....but they could go join the Samba girls in supporting brasil if you noticed through out the game most of the players we trying to pass the ball to him...One thing abt the brazillian players is that they are like a family unit... [/quote] "Winner by spirit" was referring to our national personality and the fact that we won't stick our tails between our legs and o ccry. We'll look at why we didn't win and figure out how to get better. We did as any sane rational soccer fan expected. The US press may have hyped the team but anyone that follows the team and the sport in this country knew that this was the most likely end product. My statement had nothing to do with our performance in this tournament. Sicne you obviously misinterpreted my statement I won't tell you to stick your samba girl comment squarely up your own ass ;) [b]RE Ronaldo[/b] - The man's a legend and you'll never hear a bad word out of my mouth for him, he's already done so much in the game. I've followed him since he was just a boy at PSV and I've seen him do things over his career that noone's come close to since. This i why I respect and cheer for him still. That said I think you're right on to a large degree, if I were the manager I wouldn't have Ronaldo on as a starter, or I'd bring him off much earlier. Maybe he gives the team a psychological lift or something but he's not mobile at all, he's not the best player for the choosing at the moment. Look at his goals in that game, the header goal in the past he would have attackedn that ball quickly from a good angle but the current Ronaldo barely got there, he moves like a turtle now where he used to be lightening. I'd always pick him over Adriano tho :D The quickness of his game is gone but he's always had other dimensions, he can get into positions unmarked and if can get a good ball to feet he doesn't need any time or hhelp to score in those situations still. His shooting is still deadly accurate, quick and instinctive. His days of running 60 yards with the ball and sticking it in the net are probably over :) His days of doing his lightening fast step-over shimmy at full speed around 18 yards to get past defenders is probably over. But you still get lot of goals from the guy otherwise, more I think than you can expect from a fully fit Adriano even. There's talk that Ronaldo's depressed or somethin. You can see that, for a few years now, since his move to Madrid. Weight gain, how many different model girlfriends/wives? Slumps, injuries. This is a guy that was close to Michael Jordan celebrity status on a global scale for many years and all that's fading. It all started when he was stil la teenager as well. He's got a lot on his mind no doubt. I'm glad to see some people finally respecting Robinho. He's a massivey good player. I argued his merits to a bunch of friends of mine that are Madristas. They did not want him and thought he was useless, I thought he could be the best player on the team after getting some experience under his belt. I think he's definitely getting there and hopefully this WC is his launching pad. Spain and the Ukraine with wins this morning The trial dates over MoggiGate stuff in Italy are set and Juventus, Milan, Lazio and Firoentina are named. Meanwhile Italy looks like they have a possible easy route to the semis! [url=http://disk919.com/][img]http://www.disk919.com/sig/jason.gif[/img][/url][url=http://serveit.org/][img]http://www.disk919.com/sig/serveit.org.gif[/img][/url] Loading...
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