11 Jul 2016 03:09:53
Sorry, not LFC related, but I'm wondering how the Portugal players will feel when they watch a replay of the final? You'd think they'd expect to see close ups of them celebrating their win, maybe even some shots of the goal scorer! But no, just close up after close up of Ronaldo crying and taking his shirt off. Yes, I know he was the captain and even I felt for him a little bit when he had to come off, but keep your damn shirt on you big girl! Do you think their manager was too scared to tell him to sit down during extra time?

1.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 05:02:04
I'm still trying to work out how one of the worst teams at the tournament actually won it?! They where so poor it was unbelievable for most of the tournament and barely just qualified from their group through sheer luck. It's just a sign of how poor the quality of football has been. A German team unable to take penalties for heavens sake. Now Ronaldo is going to be even smugger and love himself even more. I sense a first ever wedding between someone and himself.

2.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 07:08:15
Whats wrong with him doing any of that? I'm guessing us as England fans will never know what it's like to get to a final.

Ronnie I'm guessing felt like a fan last night, it was nice to see him care if u ask me. Imagine if that was u there, could u sit down and just watch or would u be up urging the players for one last push to see it through.

I know I couldn't that's for sure, or he could of sat on the bench emotionless and got criticised for showing no emotion and making it all about him?

3.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 07:49:48
But Chris, he was the only one doing it. That's the manager's job. But because he's the great CR7 (CR7 for crying out loud) he can do what he wants. I was also making a point about the press being all over him and not showing due respect to the players that actually did the job. You can't blame him for that I suppose. But you can blame him for being such a narcissist. In 2013 when Madrid's museum of wax unveiled his statue, he had the artist reproduce one for him to keep at home. He also has his stylist go in once a month to groom the real hair on the statue. Meanwhile, here on planet earth.

4.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 09:38:12
There's clearly no doubt Ronaldo is incredibly vain, and could certainly do with being a bit more humble. However, he is one of the greatest footballers of all time, and he always gives everything when he plays (club and country) . He showed a huge amount of passion last night, and I would rather see that than what the was shown from the England bench! It's a shame he wasn't able to play the full match, because surely we all want to see the best players performing in finals? Either way, congratulations to him and Portugal on their first ever trophy!

5.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 10:30:03
I've got to defend him a bit here. Yes the guy is in love with himself and loves to be the centre of attention (plus played for the mancs) but everything he's achieved has been through hard work, derivation and extra training alone, not to mention the ice baths he has at home, if shrek the England captain put in half the work ronaldo does then maybe one day you'll see your skipper with his shirt off after a game! I don't think he's a total t**t under all that fake tan and moisturiser and is also known to donate large sums of money to charity. That's pretty humble in my opinion. But we are all entitled to our opinion.

{Ed001's Note - I am with you. He is not a bad guy, works his backside off, looks after his family and friends, as well as the donations to charity. His main fault is being too focused on being the best he can be, rather than on doing what is best for the team. That focus is why he became such a good player though.}

6.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 11:06:59
He's an arrogant "person" but he can back it up so I don't begrudge him the attention.
If he hadn't played the entire tournament they'd probably have lost to Hungary and gone out in the group stages.
He had a major contribution to their success.

7.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 12:52:02
The bbc writing an article about him being a great now is cringe worthy. I could have sworn his team won the match last night without him yet the majority of msm is praising ronaldo. Great player, but one of the greats? Never Imo.

8.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 13:25:23
Got to add that he seems to be the type of guy to be having a proper recovery today with physio on his knee, iced baths, a swim, a tanning session and maybe a wax. If England had won the tournament they'd be still "on it" now. Sterling would be still on the laughing gas, Wilshire would be photographed with a giant sheesha pipe hanging out of his gob and Rooney would be locked up in some Paris brothel surrounded by a load of great grannies with Coleen going out of her mind looking for him! Ronaldo has a totally different mentality!

9.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 13:43:56
Portugal The worst team did you not watch England burkey and on Ronaldo just cause he's vain people seem to hate him but in the end of the day the chap is a positive role model for young kids in the game and on the flip side if he just sat there people would have been accusing him of being in a huff and not being a team player it might not be popular but I for one applaud him for showing his passion and pride for his country.

10.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 14:26:26
Can't fault the guy. I've heard that he doesn't make love to his wax statue during the season, so that he can save every last drop of testosterone for the gym and the football pitch.

Do you guys even know how hard it is for him not to go and make love to himself?

11.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 14:30:10
I like Ronaldo to be honest he seems like a humble guy. Yeah he is focused on his looks and what he wears but loads of football players do - at the end of the day he is an excellent professional and it shows and off the pitch, by all accounts, he seems like a decent fella who is often involved with various charities. I don't get the vitriol aimed at him personally - especially when Messi is portrayed as the holy innocent despite being a far more unpleasant character.

12.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 15:59:35
Been a fan of the player and his skills even while at Man U, always wished we didn't pass on him when we had the chance.
He seems arrogant, but it may be misunderstood for believing in himself and confidence - as the good Ron Keague says, he can back it all up.
I think it was bad for the player and the final, him coming off injured.
Ed001 has a solid point and couldn't agree more.
He takes his wealth and gives large portions to charity, millions a year I read (it was the tabloids though! ) .
I think a lot of hate is derived from jealousy, wouldn't we all want to have his talent, riches and confidence? I can only admire him, no place for jealousy or hate - he has done rather well for himself after all!

13.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 16:41:52
Agree with WelshRed, a little while a go, Ronaldo dressed up as a beggar and went to kick a ball around with kids in Spain, nobody looked at him twice in his outfit. once he revealed himself they mobbed him.

A friend of my is from Madeira, he does an awful lot for the island. In terms of his cars etc. why shouldn't he enjoy his success, he certainly seems to give his all, unlike some players in EPL that are only there for the cheque and operate at 50%.

14.) 11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016 16:30:11
Burkey, what`s your problem with what he did? Did you moan like this when Terry was doing the same thin in a CL game vs Napoli under Di Matteo? If you did, fine. But if you said nothing then, say nothing now. Ronaldo was gutted to have left the pitch last night and he was willing the players on as he was desperate to lift the trophy.

If you don't speak Portuguese, you don't know what he was saying hence, you don`t know if he was giving instructions or not. As Ed and Welsh said, Ronaldo is a player who nobody gave anything to nor pampered, to get to where he is. It was all down to him and his work ethic so I don`t care what people who don't know him, think of him. he's vain. So what?

And the England players are choir boys? Nonsense argument. Do you know he grew up poor or adopted a Syrian child so he could get him away from their horrific civil war or he cut his hair at the last WC and donated it to a kid who he had promised to pay for his cancer surgery? I could keep going but you get my point.

He is so hardworking and shows the desire to want to be great which has inevitably paid off. His teammates and coaches love and tolerate him so who am I to question them? N BTW, the guy is winning. Arrogance is irrelevant to me provided you talk the talk and walk the walk. maybe the England players could learn a thing or two from him but that will be chasing fool's gold.

15.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 02:01:12
It's ridiculous the lengths that people will go to demonise Ronaldo. It's pathetic, really. He's one of the world's top two players who just helped his country win their first every major trophy, yet all some people can do is bitch about how he took his shirt off after the game? Seriously, get a life!