| CR7 23:05 - Nov 14 with 3089 views | JimmyJazz |
Apparently CR7 hit O'Shea during an international in 2021 but didn't get sent off - looked like a worse offence than last night. Does O'Shea have history here and maybe thought "i'll get you sent off this time"?
Anyone know what happened previously?
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| CR7 on 10:47 - Nov 15 with 2615 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Down arrow for being part of his media machine and calling him that instead of Ronaldo.
No idea what happened previously, but there was no “I’ll get you sent off this time”, he swung an elbow, that’s violent conduct and a red. |  |
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| CR7 on 10:54 - Nov 15 with 2592 views | earlsgreenblue |
| CR7 on 10:47 - Nov 15 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Down arrow for being part of his media machine and calling him that instead of Ronaldo.
No idea what happened previously, but there was no “I’ll get you sent off this time”, he swung an elbow, that’s violent conduct and a red. |
100% agree, out of interest or not as the case maybe, I live 1/2 hr from Funchal & walk past his museum/ hotel regularly, more often than not I’ve got my dogs with me……..& if they are in need of a bit of relief I don’t deter them, poxy statue! |  | | |
| CR7 on 11:00 - Nov 15 with 2560 views | JimmyJazz |
| CR7 on 10:47 - Nov 15 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Down arrow for being part of his media machine and calling him that instead of Ronaldo.
No idea what happened previously, but there was no “I’ll get you sent off this time”, he swung an elbow, that’s violent conduct and a red. |
Yes i understand, it was laziness on my part - i dislike 'Ronaldo' because that is a great Brazilian forward | |
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| CR7 on 11:31 - Nov 15 with 2471 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| CR7 on 11:00 - Nov 15 by JimmyJazz |
Yes i understand, it was laziness on my part - i dislike 'Ronaldo' because that is a great Brazilian forward |
Yes he was. But everyone understands that he didn’t get sent off for elbowing O’Shea whilst playing for Portugal | |
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| CR7 on 11:45 - Nov 15 with 2411 views | J2BLUE |
Yes that's exactly what happened. O'Shea planned it all. The fact he was facing away from him and got an elbow in the back is completely irrelevant... |  |
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| CR7 on 11:49 - Nov 15 with 2386 views | redrickstuhaart |
Can we please stop buying into his obnoxious "brand" by saying CR7? | |
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| CR7 on 11:53 - Nov 15 with 2362 views | vapour_trail |
| CR7 on 11:49 - Nov 15 by redrickstuhaart |
Can we please stop buying into his obnoxious "brand" by saying CR7? |
It’s a helpful identity to distinguish him from the original, and vastly superior, Ronaldo. |  |
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| CR7 on 11:57 - Nov 15 with 2336 views | redrickstuhaart |
| CR7 on 11:53 - Nov 15 by vapour_trail |
It’s a helpful identity to distinguish him from the original, and vastly superior, Ronaldo. |
Just call him shyte Ronaldo. | |
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| CR7 on 12:27 - Nov 15 with 2255 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| CR7 on 11:53 - Nov 15 by vapour_trail |
It’s a helpful identity to distinguish him from the original, and vastly superior, Ronaldo. |
No. It isn’t.
One still plays, the other doesn’t. | |
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| CR7 on 12:38 - Nov 15 with 2206 views | MattinLondon |
| CR7 on 12:27 - Nov 15 by Cheltenham_Blue |
No. It isn’t.
One still plays, the other doesn’t. |
Ronaldo - the Portugal international- is one of the greatest footballers ever. The Brazilian one, through still great, is no where near as good. |  | | |
| CR7 on 12:46 - Nov 15 with 2194 views | Trequartista |
| CR7 on 11:00 - Nov 15 by JimmyJazz |
Yes i understand, it was laziness on my part - i dislike 'Ronaldo' because that is a great Brazilian forward |
I might be wrong but I think Cristiano Ronaldo is his "surname" similar (but via a different convention) to Walle Egeli.
So Ronaldo doesn't need differentiating from Cristiano Ronaldo [Post edited 15 Nov 2025 12:49]
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| CR7 on 12:49 - Nov 15 with 2174 views | Rocky |
| CR7 on 11:00 - Nov 15 by JimmyJazz |
Yes i understand, it was laziness on my part - i dislike 'Ronaldo' because that is a great Brazilian forward |
Apologies. Down-voted by mistake. |  | | |
| CR7 on 12:50 - Nov 15 with 2161 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| CR7 on 12:38 - Nov 15 by MattinLondon |
Ronaldo - the Portugal international- is one of the greatest footballers ever. The Brazilian one, through still great, is no where near as good. |
True but you wouldn't really expect him to be at 49. |  |
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| CR7 on 13:38 - Nov 15 with 2082 views | Kievthegreat |
| CR7 on 11:53 - Nov 15 by vapour_trail |
It’s a helpful identity to distinguish him from the original, and vastly superior, Ronaldo. |
It's a bit mean, but I always refer to him as fat Ronaldo and this one as T**t Ronaldo. |  | | |
| CR7 on 14:12 - Nov 15 with 2009 views | LeoMuff |
| CR7 on 12:38 - Nov 15 by MattinLondon |
Ronaldo - the Portugal international- is one of the greatest footballers ever. The Brazilian one, through still great, is no where near as good. |
I think he would have been if his knees hadn’t let him down. |  |
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| CR7 on 20:59 - Nov 15 with 1790 views | vapour_trail |
| CR7 on 14:12 - Nov 15 by LeoMuff |
I think he would have been if his knees hadn’t let him down. |
Matt in London makes a fair point, but I’ll not have anyone persuade me that peak CR7 was a better player than peak (OG) Ronaldo, who was one of the most unstoppable forces I’ve seen on a football pitch. | |
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| CR7 on 10:23 - Nov 16 with 1502 views | Wickets |
| CR7 on 10:47 - Nov 15 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Down arrow for being part of his media machine and calling him that instead of Ronaldo.
No idea what happened previously, but there was no “I’ll get you sent off this time”, he swung an elbow, that’s violent conduct and a red. |
Thanks for explaining this to me . |  | | |
| CR7 on 10:58 - Nov 16 with 1480 views | Herbivore |
| CR7 on 20:59 - Nov 15 by vapour_trail |
Matt in London makes a fair point, but I’ll not have anyone persuade me that peak CR7 was a better player than peak (OG) Ronaldo, who was one of the most unstoppable forces I’ve seen on a football pitch. |
Peak for peak, Ronaldo was a better player, imo. But he was hampered by injuries and didn't sustain his peak for all that long. Shit Ronaldo did well to transform himself from a hilariously wasteful show pony winger to Ian Rush on steroids and he deserves credit for that and for his longevity I guess but he's a bellend so that credit is given grudgingly. I still greatly enjoy that you know shit Ronaldo was desperate to be seen as the greatest player of his generation and yet was consistently overshadowed by a dwarf. |  |
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| CR7 on 15:02 - Nov 16 with 1352 views | Alberto_the_frog |
| CR7 on 10:54 - Nov 15 by earlsgreenblue |
100% agree, out of interest or not as the case maybe, I live 1/2 hr from Funchal & walk past his museum/ hotel regularly, more often than not I’ve got my dogs with me……..& if they are in need of a bit of relief I don’t deter them, poxy statue! |
Poor old Geoff Boycott - what's he ever done to you? |  |
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| CR7 on 15:42 - Nov 16 with 1307 views | acj |
| CR7 on 12:46 - Nov 15 by Trequartista |
I might be wrong but I think Cristiano Ronaldo is his "surname" similar (but via a different convention) to Walle Egeli.
So Ronaldo doesn't need differentiating from Cristiano Ronaldo [Post edited 15 Nov 2025 12:49]
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Not quite. ‘Cristiano’ is his first name, and ‘Ronaldo’ is his second name (named after Ronald Reagan, apparently). His surnames are ‘dos Santos Aveiro’.
In Brazil OG Ronaldo is known as ‘Ronaldo Fenomeno’, which is how they distinguish the two in Portuguese. |  |
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| CR7 on 16:35 - Nov 16 with 1259 views | Trequartista |
| CR7 on 15:42 - Nov 16 by acj |
Not quite. ‘Cristiano’ is his first name, and ‘Ronaldo’ is his second name (named after Ronald Reagan, apparently). His surnames are ‘dos Santos Aveiro’.
In Brazil OG Ronaldo is known as ‘Ronaldo Fenomeno’, which is how they distinguish the two in Portuguese. |
Yes i put "surname" in quotes because i meant the name he is known as, or called by commentators, rather than the family name.
What i mean is, he's not Barry Bannon. Cristiano is just as much a part of the name commentators should use as Ronaldo, it's not first name Cristiano, surname Ronaldo. Whereas R9 (lol) is just Ronaldo. | |
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| CR7 on 16:48 - Nov 16 with 1227 views | acj |
| CR7 on 16:35 - Nov 16 by Trequartista |
Yes i put "surname" in quotes because i meant the name he is known as, or called by commentators, rather than the family name.
What i mean is, he's not Barry Bannon. Cristiano is just as much a part of the name commentators should use as Ronaldo, it's not first name Cristiano, surname Ronaldo. Whereas R9 (lol) is just Ronaldo. |
Gotcha - yeah that makes sense and understand your use of quotation marks now! I was thrown off by the comparison to Sindre (though I must admit I’m completely ignorant on how Norwegian naming conventions work). | |
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| CR7 on 12:52 - Nov 17 with 1011 views | Ely_Blue |
| CR7 on 11:00 - Nov 15 by JimmyJazz |
Yes i understand, it was laziness on my part - i dislike 'Ronaldo' because that is a great Brazilian forward |
You could have simply called him Cristiano Ronaldo, no ambiguity whatsoever if you do that! |  |
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| CR7 on 23:37 - Nov 17 with 777 views | vinceg |
| CR7 on 10:54 - Nov 15 by earlsgreenblue |
100% agree, out of interest or not as the case maybe, I live 1/2 hr from Funchal & walk past his museum/ hotel regularly, more often than not I’ve got my dogs with me……..& if they are in need of a bit of relief I don’t deter them, poxy statue! |
A lot of people love him though, because I noticed that the lunchbox area of said statue is a lot shinier than the rest of it! |  | | |
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