CityFan94 said:CityCTID said:Well, he may or may not be as good as Ronaldo, who knows! but to say he'll never come close is just ridiculous perdition.CityFan94 said:For a start, physically he's nowhere near. Ronaldo, physically, is a phenomenon. Very, very few players in world football are as good physically as Ronaldo. Lucas is really quick, but his physique is closer to Walcott than Ronaldo. Ronaldo is tall, fast, strong, powerful with a great jump. Physically near enough perfect, it's a massive part of Ronaldo's game.
Bit of perspective: At 18, Ronaldo was tearing it up at Euro 2004, playing a massive part in Portugal getting to the final. At 18, Lucas is a sub for Brazil's Under 23 side.
Goalscoring wise, he'll never come close. I've seen quite a bit of Lucas and he is a decent finisher, don't get me wrong, but nowhere near Ronaldo. Ronaldo scored 42 goals in the Premiership, the toughest league in the world. He's got 112 goals in 101 league games for Real Madrid. For someone who is essentially a winger, those stats are jaw-dropping. Unbelievable. Lucas will never come close to those goal stats. I'm surprised if any winger will for a long time, if I'm honest.
I like Lucas, he's very good, but people saying he'll be as good as Ronaldo? United fans dreaming there.
"CityFan94 is Ronaldo's biggest fan-boy methinks.
In my opinion, Lucas will be very good. But do I see him winning World Player of the Year and averaging over a goal a game over a 3 year period for a top club like Ronaldo has? No.
Fan boy? Haha no, I'm a big fan of Ronaldo, he's one of the best players I've watched, but I'm not a fan boy, infact I think Neymar will overtake him as the second best player in 2 years.
ANewEra... said:CityFan94 said:CityCTID said:Well, he may or may not be as good as Ronaldo, who knows! but to say he'll never come close is just ridiculous perdition.
"CityFan94 is Ronaldo's biggest fan-boy methinks.
In my opinion, Lucas will be very good. But do I see him winning World Player of the Year and averaging over a goal a game over a 3 year period for a top club like Ronaldo has? No.
Fan boy? Haha no, I'm a big fan of Ronaldo, he's one of the best players I've watched, but I'm not a fan boy, infact I think Neymar will overtake him as the second best player in 2 years.
From what I've seen of lucas he's a similar build to ronaldo, small but strong. Don't think he's as good as Neymar though. I wish we would take a risk on Neymar or someone similar. Sure it doesn't always work out but that, I think is what sets Barca and Madrid apart from us they both have a player who is streets ahead of anyone else. Teams took a risk on both of them. Baconface didn't have to buy Ronaldo, Barca didn't have to play Messi regularly at 18 when they had arguably better players in reserve.
Rammyblues said:So Baconface admitting defeat at last, can;t buy the players he wants as he is used to so decides to back Platinis ludicrous plans for a European league invite only. Last year advocating all games finishing at the same time because City benefited from Fergie time, it is really getting to the old dinosaur.
Stoned Rose said:And what the fuck does this mean?
In the conditions of European football, you don't qualify for Europe by winning the league or coming second - you only get in by invitation. That's where, hopefully, UEFA can have some power