This acctually has a lot to do with opinions. It is your opinion that he can't perform. It is YOUR opinion that he can't put the ball in the net. It is however a fact that he can still perform, very well indeed, he can still score goals even better then most players that are playing nationally. Yes, even with his "OVERWEIGHT BELLY" he can score goals. that is a FACT.
Oh, and he showed that where exactly the last few years? Oh yeah, he didn't.
He's in and out of hospital, he's almost 32, he has no match rhythm whatsoever. Let's face the music here, his professional footballing career at the highest level is OVER. O-V-E-R. OVER.
You just can't throw away everything he did before because he doesn't perform as well as he used to. What does that mean? It means that though he is not performing the way he used to, he can still perform well enough, and better than any of the new players on the Brazil squad. he wasn't the three time player of the year for nothing. and YES, i said "reputation" as it still comes into play here.
No he can't perform "well enough" because he keeps getting injured. And besides that, Brazil has plenty of strikers and goalscorers. Sure, not of the caliber of Ronaldo in his heyday, but so what? There are no Romario's either, are we going to call him up? Past glory is past glory, man. Of course, Ronaldo was fantastic back in the day. One of the best strikers ever. Maybe the best (debateable). But that was many years ago. It's as simple as that. If he didn't have his injuries and played regular, consistent football on a high level up to this point, even then I'd say he has max. 2 years left on the highest level. But he's been struggling for years now. It's over. Accept it.
if u really want to know how you are a fanboy:
first of all, you asking me whether you are a fanboy makes me sense that you aren't too confident about yourself.
second of all, you seem to know a lot about brazil - as seen from your past postings - that may not prove that you are diagnosed with a large amount of fanboyism, but you seem to have all of the symptoms (as you described them).
I don't know more about Brazil than I do about Argentina or the Belgian U23 squad. I know my football, I don't specifically know stuff about anything else than the Dutch league and team. So that makes me not a fanboy. Bye.
bacho2 said:
Dude, Ruud probably has the biggest and longest jaw that I ever seen in an athlete. Really. Come on now.
Yup. So? I'm saying, what you want in a footy player is performance on the pitch. That's it. Rahim kept bagging on about "reputation". Who cares if the man can't perform on the pitch? Hence the weird teeth remark.
bacho2 said:
Fanboy (sometimes spelled fanboi) is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single subject in an emotional or fanatical manner, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession.
I don't see anywhere in these lines that says you have to be supporting foreign team to be a fanboy.
So if we go by this definition, we are all fanboys (football fans) because we all support and are obsessed with the teams we like. You don't get a special treatment. That includes yourself as well Dutchman.
Well, you can devote your life to Liverpool but if you're a born and bred Liverpudlian, there's no chance in hell you're a fanboy. I'd say a fanboy is someone who supports a certain very popular or very good side (if you're a hardcore Hull fan I find it hard to term you a fanboy, lol) while they themself have no relation at all with that club or country. You can like certain nations or teams, particularly if your own country or local squad is 100% rubbish, but if you're going around saying "thats my team" when it's not really "your" team, I think fanboy. It's not so much about the devotion but more about who is idolizing what exactly. A Rotterdammer that is a die hard Feyenoord man is the exact opposite of a fanboy. He's supporting his home side.
Imo a fanboy is more of a person that "shops" around for a team, choosing on glory and how good they are, rather than raw unbridled passion that one sees with people supporting home sides. For example, as annoying as Sandeep is with his Villa bullshit, it's his home side. Ergo, NOT a fanboy, but a real loyal fan.
