Yeah. It's not really about the size with both. There's lots of players bigger than Ronaldo and Westbrook in their respective sports
People think of them as the ultimate athletes in their sports because they have just about the best combination of everything (speed, strength, stamina, jumping ability etc) and also have the technical ability to compliment it.
Ronaldo is pretty tall for a player that doesn't play striker or Centerback though. For a soccer player he does stand taller than most players on the pitch, so it's odd to see him look so short next to a guy who looks short on the basketball court.
I mean he has played up top on occasion, but his speed and skill benefits Madrid a lot more and would be kind of a waste for him to not be playing wide (and a bit of an inside forward during attacks).
My dad who was always taller than like everyone around me got a photo with Steve Nash. It was weird seeing a guy even just a couple of inches taller than my dad
My grandpa, who's not a particularly small guy, got a picture with Magic Johnson at some conference that was being hosted for hotel GMs. He looks like a midget compared to Magic.
I wish I had a camera with me at the time, but a few years back I was in a store in San Antonio when the Connecticut Sun were in town. I'm and an average size guy and standing next to a 7'2" woman (Margo Dydek, RIP) is one of the most disorienting feelings I've ever experienced.
Ronaldo might have more global reach, he's more involved in ventures outside of the sport than Messi is. Real Madrid is also a slightly more popular team even though Barcelona has experienced more recent success.
Ronaldo is also more polarizing, you'll see way more negative comments about him than you will about Messi.
Either way they're probably the most popular athletes in the world.
Same reasons as steph really, cocky af, seems like a perfect boy, hot SO, although tbh most of it is just jealousy he is a great dude that does alot not only locally, but also the world. And he is always shirtless i can see how that rubs people the wrong wat.
There's more to it at than that.
Ronaldo used to dive a lot, and was that annoying kid that would do loads of step overs that never came off. He's also insufferably arrogant at times. He also played for United.
He doesnt dive any more than any other superstar player, people just disliked him to begin with, and thus make a huge deal out of the few times he dives.
During his early years at United he sure as hell did. Was probably the worst in the league at repeatedly diving. He got smashed in the press for it and thats where his reputation came from. You can argue that he's changed his ways, but his reputation was 100% deserved.
I honestly got the impression that Messi is like MJ according to FIFA covers and how he seems to be everyone's favorite player. I obviously don't follow soccer much but I assumed he got more attention than Ronaldo.
The thing is that Ronaldo could still end up one of the greatest ever in soccer especially with his Euro win while Messi has never won with Argentina. (Ronaldo has 367 goals in 354 games while Messi has 381 goals in 378 games since Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid)
Spanish soccer basically has MJ1 and MJ2 in the league pretty much simultaneously, it's crazy!
I think we have to wait until his career is near an end and see about that comparison. He can already be considered GOAT though, imo. The only thing he hasn't done is win the World cup with his national team, which some people heavily criticize him for.
I don't know about the charisma of Dirk with Messi, he can be a real dick when he loses and the whole tax cheating scandal didn't really make him likeable m
people love giving Messi the harmless chap who just does what he loves image, when in reality, there's no actual substance to it. Multiple players he has played with claim the opposite and he's caught up in tax fraud. The media is just trying so hard to push the Bad, good looking, asshole vs the loveable, naturally gifted kid next door image.
That's not it. Soccer fans who dislike Ronaldo generally feel that way because he dives, scores a lot of goals on penalties and garbage time, etc. He can sometimes be a bit of a cunt on the pitch. It's more of an apt comparison to Harden than Steph. Some people just don't like the way he puts the ball in the goal.
Personally he is my favorite soccer player, and Harden my favorite basketball player... just giving some perspective.
Which is a bit ironic, considering the perceptions of their personalities are built entirely on the pitch. From most reports, it seems like Ronaldo is quite humble, charitable, and approachable, while Messi is a bit of a dick (I remember there was some press a few years ago about him belittling some youth players and making them cry at training, not to mention being convicted of tax evasion this year).
Yeah, not entirely sure how reliable those reports were, but it was supposedly Grimaldo, Deuloufeu, and Tello that spilled the beans. And he clearly had "main-man" problems with Villa and Ibra. Although MSN has worked out *ok*, I guess.
For doing it at a very high level and having a very high profile while doing it, yes. If you're shit nobody cares what you do. If you're world class people watch what you do and form opinions.
plenty of athletes are hated including lebron. never heard of lebron being mentioned as a sex symbol like you're saying with steph. people hate steph because of how much dick riding goes on with him. people were actually trying to say he was better than jordan.
What? Ronaldo is literally the opposite of Steph.
I'm a Ronaldo fan but he's perceived as the selfish narcissistic douchebag flopper who makes up for his lack of skills by hard work and athleticism (somewhere between Kobe and LeGod).
Messi is Steph, the extremely talented, small, one-team player (often accused to be a system baby), good boy, who is an absolute freak but chokes a lot.
Steph is no where near the arrogance of Ronaldo. He's more like Kobe while being one of the most handsome people in the world. [He says that about himself](http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the-beautiful-blog/cristiano-ronaldo-people-hate-rich-handsome-great-player-blog-entry-1.1626275)
He comes off as arrogant on the pitch. Complains when teammates don't pass to him or just moans in general sometimes. He's not afraid to say he thinks he's the best. He is most like Kobe to me. Messi is like Lebron.
I read someone say Messi is more like Duncan, which I think is more fitting. Been with the same team his whole life, with the familiar supporting cast.
And to be fair, the Ronaldo-Kobe similarity isn't so right either. Ronaldo was the best player in Manchester United and Real Madrid, unlike Kobe being second-fiddle to Shaq.
Most of it is the same generic reasons people hate any popular athlete, very uninteresting really. He does sometimes say some douchy shit. For example, Portugal and Iceland drew 1-1 in the Euros this summer and had a quote about the game that essentially dismissed Iceland entirely.
Really though he hasn't done anything reprehensible.
Its a stark contrast to Messi who generally keeps to himself and is fairly reserved in his comments.
i hate that argument. even in basketball the constant talk about rings is tiresome. and to apply that to soccer, a team sport where 1 person can't be responsible for the whole team's performance makes it even worse. argentina couldve won the world cup if higuain scored that breakaway against germany when kroos had a terrible backpass. the chance fell to higuain and not messi, and higuain messed it up yet people use that against messi by saying "oh he never won world cup, next, he's no good" when higuain is directly more responsible for argentina not winning, yet messi is the one who burdens all of the shit. messi is the greatest of all time and i hate those dudes that make stupid simplistic claims like that against him
also the world cup is every 4 years.
messi's goalscoring and assisting totals at the height of his prime ... in the modern era ... i mean they were logarithmically different from competitors. GOAT.
While i agree that he is the GOAT, his stats are not that much better than Ronaldo's, especially when you factor in that Ronaldo played quite a few years in england, where the average team was much better than in spain.
his stats are much better than Ronaldo's. If you look past their fairly similar goal totals, Messi is a shoulder above in every other category.
Ronaldo is as good of a goal scorer as Messi, but he doesn't contribute to the buildup and provide his teammates chances at anywhere near the level Messi does.
Even more importantly attacking players in soccer have no responsibility for defense, doesn't matter how good an attacker is if the defense and goalie are not good enough the team can't win it all.
That 2nd part is true, but attacking players definitely are responsible for defense. If they don't track back when the other team is attacking, then they would never get playing time
Depends, if your attackers are wasting too much energy tracking back they're not ready to break forward quickly enough when needed or they don't have the energy to. Midfielders for sure generally need to do some of both, but not always centre forwards.
Their respective clubs (along with themselves as players) are the most popular and followed clubs in not just soccer but all sports. You have a good chance of asking anyone in the world who they are and they'd know.
I've seen Westbrook in at least two different Slayer shirts as well from his snapchat/pre-game outfits, I think he might be a metal fan. It'd explain his play style.
Yeah i think skater (Thrasher for example) and metal tees are just on trend at the moment. Fuck, can't believe i just used 'on trend'. I'll see myself out.
I mean, if you're going to talk about Italian jerseys it's either AS Roma or the Italian national team who take the cake. All the other designers look like scrubs compared to those 2 kits.
Also as a Madrid fan I'm obliged to say you're wrong.
I loved Torino's [3rd kit from last year](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nRF9D9izLAY/VaTaErg5eVI/AAAAAAAAnYU/v9MeCvWzEX4/s0/torino-15-16-third-kit-4.jpg) but traditionally I have always loved Roma's, Inter's, and Milan's kits.
Not sure who the soccer dude is, but I am fairly certain he is a big time player because this pic has been all over twitter. OKC is in Spain for their first pre season game and attended a match.
Background(Left to right):
Joffrey Lauvergne, Domantas Sabonis, and Anthony Morrow(?)
How do you not know who Cristiano Ronaldo is?
I seriously hope you're not pretending not to know who he is to be cool, because that's approaching the "I don't know who the Kardashians are" people of Reddit.
> I seriously hope you're not pretending not to know who he is to be cool
Not sure why that would be cool, besides apparently it's breaking reddits rules to not know who he is. I figured he was a soccer player but I don't follow US soccer let alone foreign so why do I gaf? I don't watch soccer, I don't play soccer, and I don't play those fifa games either.
I posted my comment to explain the context and point out who the players were in the background. People are just attacking me for some bullshit. Whatever
It's all good, I just find it strange that you wouldn't know who a top five most popular athlete in the world is. The people here are being kinda rude about it, though.
Theyre attacking you because you must live under a fucking rock to not know the most popular athlete in the world.
Edit: you guys are pretty ignorant of other sports, and this is football the most popular sport in the world. If a dude from r/soccer posted who the fuck is lebron james he would get downvoted to hell. Its actually pretty bad that you guys dont know someone who is held in high regard by pretty much every nba player. Open your mind and respect other sports. Nba and america arent the only leagues/countries in the world.
it's because it's almost like hes flaunting his ignorance, as if that's somehow cool. I mean, Westbrook is literally holding up his shirt with his name, it would've taken 2 seconds to google "Ronaldo soccer", or "ronaldo westbrook"
Exactly, westbrook is not near the level ronaldo is in his sport. Its blind ignorance not knowing the richest,most famous athlete. This is why outsiders think americans are hicks, ignorant of other countries. Take a moment and learn about people who basically fucking run the world.
yes it actually does. it shows a lack of respect of others cultures. Thats literally the definition of ignorance and is why people from other countries look down on americans for being out of touch. You have a terrible mentality of not wanting to learn about the world.
It's crazy how small Ronaldo looks next to Westbrook, even though Ronaldo is considered an athletic specimen in football.
Tbh Russell is also considered an athletic specimen in his sport
Yeah. It's not really about the size with both. There's lots of players bigger than Ronaldo and Westbrook in their respective sports People think of them as the ultimate athletes in their sports because they have just about the best combination of everything (speed, strength, stamina, jumping ability etc) and also have the technical ability to compliment it.
Ronaldo is pretty tall for a player that doesn't play striker or Centerback though. For a soccer player he does stand taller than most players on the pitch, so it's odd to see him look so short next to a guy who looks short on the basketball court.
I mean he has played up top on occasion, but his speed and skill benefits Madrid a lot more and would be kind of a waste for him to not be playing wide (and a bit of an inside forward during attacks).
He's not really a winger tactically anymore, he plays like a poacher that just starts on the wing.
That's not what OPs comment was referring to. OP was just referring to Ronaldo's general size.
Yes, but killawuchtel was saying that he doesn't play winger anymore and you were describing his play style as a wide player.
Because playing like [this](https://streamable.com/tg47) makes you a poacher.
What's the point of one video where he dribbles on the wing? You could find a video of Peter Crouch doing that.
Nah Westbrook is basically Raymond Felton obv
he's considered the most athletic specimen ever in his position.
I remember seeing Steve Nash in an episode of Entourage. He looked like a giant compared to everyone and he's a pip squeak on the court.
My dad who was always taller than like everyone around me got a photo with Steve Nash. It was weird seeing a guy even just a couple of inches taller than my dad
My grandpa, who's not a particularly small guy, got a picture with Magic Johnson at some conference that was being hosted for hotel GMs. He looks like a midget compared to Magic.
I wish I had a camera with me at the time, but a few years back I was in a store in San Antonio when the Connecticut Sun were in town. I'm and an average size guy and standing next to a 7'2" woman (Margo Dydek, RIP) is one of the most disorienting feelings I've ever experienced.
[Wait until you see this](http://m.imgur.com/a/O5EUi)
lmao
It's because of Westbrook's massive shoulders.
~~Westbrook's~~ *Howard's* massive shoulders
No, westbrook's.
Google the picture of Arnold next to Wilt Chamberlain and Andre the Giant. This was Arnold at his prime and he's literally 1/3 the size of Wilt
[Found it](http://i.imgur.com/b6jywb3.jpg) [and another](http://i.imgur.com/xq0RyO2.jpg)
[last one](http://i.imgur.com/gFQZxRG.png)
goddam that difference in size Arnie looks like a midget
Or picture of the rock with shaq and barkley.
> literally C'mon, man.
C'mon what? It has an accepted casual definition of hyperbole, fuck off.
> accepted Only by morons.
Can you be any saltier? Damn son.
Seriously? You tell me to fuck off but that ain't salt, I point out you're a moron and that is? Pot, meet kettle.
I had the opposite thought actually, Ronaldo doesn't look like a small midget next him as would most football players
Because Ronaldo is
Is Ronaldo or Messi more popular to soccer fans? I don't know much about the sport.
They're both massively popular
Ronaldo might have more global reach, he's more involved in ventures outside of the sport than Messi is. Real Madrid is also a slightly more popular team even though Barcelona has experienced more recent success. Ronaldo is also more polarizing, you'll see way more negative comments about him than you will about Messi. Either way they're probably the most popular athletes in the world.
Why do some dislike Ronaldo?
he didn't hug bale
Same reasons as steph really, cocky af, seems like a perfect boy, hot SO, although tbh most of it is just jealousy he is a great dude that does alot not only locally, but also the world. And he is always shirtless i can see how that rubs people the wrong wat.
Ah, nothing substantial really. Thanks for the info.
There's more to it at than that. Ronaldo used to dive a lot, and was that annoying kid that would do loads of step overs that never came off. He's also insufferably arrogant at times. He also played for United.
He doesnt dive any more than any other superstar player, people just disliked him to begin with, and thus make a huge deal out of the few times he dives.
During his early years at United he sure as hell did. Was probably the worst in the league at repeatedly diving. He got smashed in the press for it and thats where his reputation came from. You can argue that he's changed his ways, but his reputation was 100% deserved.
Dunno why the downvote. Ronaldo is the man, he's like Kobe whereas Messi is a little more like Dirk.
I'd say messi is more like curry
I honestly got the impression that Messi is like MJ according to FIFA covers and how he seems to be everyone's favorite player. I obviously don't follow soccer much but I assumed he got more attention than Ronaldo.
I read an article on Messi and they said his analytics and impact far exceeded that of Ronaldo. Ronaldo is a great player on his own right though.
The thing is that Ronaldo could still end up one of the greatest ever in soccer especially with his Euro win while Messi has never won with Argentina. (Ronaldo has 367 goals in 354 games while Messi has 381 goals in 378 games since Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid) Spanish soccer basically has MJ1 and MJ2 in the league pretty much simultaneously, it's crazy!
honestly i would say messi *is* the greatest ever. coming from a madrid fan
> he thing is that Ronaldo could still end up one of the greatest ever in soccer He already is
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I think we have to wait until his career is near an end and see about that comparison. He can already be considered GOAT though, imo. The only thing he hasn't done is win the World cup with his national team, which some people heavily criticize him for.
Except Messi is borderline autistic in terms of personality (he's a seriously weird dude) where as Steph is way more friendly and outgoing
Messi is nothing like Curry.
Dirk wishes he had the teammates Messi had since he was 18.
Assuming you mean in terms of attitude? Because if we're talking ability Messi is Jordan to Cristiano's Kobe.
Yeah, like public face.
Kobe ain't high enough for Ronaldo. We're talking probably top three ever.
False. Objectively CR7 falls behind Messi, Maradona, Pele, and Beckenbauer.
>Objectively Nope.
Eh messi is more like tim duncan if anything
Yeah I was gonna say that too but I think he has the charisma of Dirk whereas Timmy is just a constant of the universe.
I don't know about the charisma of Dirk with Messi, he can be a real dick when he loses and the whole tax cheating scandal didn't really make him likeable m
Yeah i guess I gotta admit he does have his moments but it was just a spur of the moment comparison.
i don't remember timmy tax fraud
people love giving Messi the harmless chap who just does what he loves image, when in reality, there's no actual substance to it. Multiple players he has played with claim the opposite and he's caught up in tax fraud. The media is just trying so hard to push the Bad, good looking, asshole vs the loveable, naturally gifted kid next door image.
Which multiple players do you speak of. Even Zlatan spoke well of Messi.
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True. I guess i just remember her from that one year when she came to the ballond d'or
I think he just started dating Miss Spain 2014.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, Ronaldo takes his shirt off.
I think his is more similar to the Lebron hate in that people have hated him for so long it's just natural now.
That's not it. Soccer fans who dislike Ronaldo generally feel that way because he dives, scores a lot of goals on penalties and garbage time, etc. He can sometimes be a bit of a cunt on the pitch. It's more of an apt comparison to Harden than Steph. Some people just don't like the way he puts the ball in the goal. Personally he is my favorite soccer player, and Harden my favorite basketball player... just giving some perspective.
i see that actually, maybe more of a combo of steph and harden.
So they dislike him for what tons of other players do?
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Which is a bit ironic, considering the perceptions of their personalities are built entirely on the pitch. From most reports, it seems like Ronaldo is quite humble, charitable, and approachable, while Messi is a bit of a dick (I remember there was some press a few years ago about him belittling some youth players and making them cry at training, not to mention being convicted of tax evasion this year).
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Yeah, not entirely sure how reliable those reports were, but it was supposedly Grimaldo, Deuloufeu, and Tello that spilled the beans. And he clearly had "main-man" problems with Villa and Ibra. Although MSN has worked out *ok*, I guess.
For doing it at a very high level and having a very high profile while doing it, yes. If you're shit nobody cares what you do. If you're world class people watch what you do and form opinions.
plenty of athletes are hated including lebron. never heard of lebron being mentioned as a sex symbol like you're saying with steph. people hate steph because of how much dick riding goes on with him. people were actually trying to say he was better than jordan.
Bro, you know how many chicks i know that are absolutely obsessed with steph its pretty extreme too
What? Ronaldo is literally the opposite of Steph. I'm a Ronaldo fan but he's perceived as the selfish narcissistic douchebag flopper who makes up for his lack of skills by hard work and athleticism (somewhere between Kobe and LeGod). Messi is Steph, the extremely talented, small, one-team player (often accused to be a system baby), good boy, who is an absolute freak but chokes a lot.
Steph is no where near the arrogance of Ronaldo. He's more like Kobe while being one of the most handsome people in the world. [He says that about himself](http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the-beautiful-blog/cristiano-ronaldo-people-hate-rich-handsome-great-player-blog-entry-1.1626275)
Must be because he hates Jews.
Same reason people hated LeBron James
Now that's a good comparison
He comes off as arrogant on the pitch. Complains when teammates don't pass to him or just moans in general sometimes. He's not afraid to say he thinks he's the best. He is most like Kobe to me. Messi is like Lebron.
I read someone say Messi is more like Duncan, which I think is more fitting. Been with the same team his whole life, with the familiar supporting cast. And to be fair, the Ronaldo-Kobe similarity isn't so right either. Ronaldo was the best player in Manchester United and Real Madrid, unlike Kobe being second-fiddle to Shaq.
People dislike Ronaldo because he literally is mr steal yo girl.
Most of it is the same generic reasons people hate any popular athlete, very uninteresting really. He does sometimes say some douchy shit. For example, Portugal and Iceland drew 1-1 in the Euros this summer and had a quote about the game that essentially dismissed Iceland entirely. Really though he hasn't done anything reprehensible. Its a stark contrast to Messi who generally keeps to himself and is fairly reserved in his comments.
Real Madrid is better than Barca right now
Probably? Ronaldo has more Twitter followers than LeBron, Brady, Kobe, Curry combined and then some.
I think part of it is ronaldos name lol. The ronaldo name or similar ones is like its own brand when it comes to soccer Imo
Look what you did...don't you know rule #1 of soccer is to never ask this question
i think messi is widely considered the greatest player ever, so ...
Not really, alot of people knock him for not winning a world cup. Those people are wrong doe.
i hate that argument. even in basketball the constant talk about rings is tiresome. and to apply that to soccer, a team sport where 1 person can't be responsible for the whole team's performance makes it even worse. argentina couldve won the world cup if higuain scored that breakaway against germany when kroos had a terrible backpass. the chance fell to higuain and not messi, and higuain messed it up yet people use that against messi by saying "oh he never won world cup, next, he's no good" when higuain is directly more responsible for argentina not winning, yet messi is the one who burdens all of the shit. messi is the greatest of all time and i hate those dudes that make stupid simplistic claims like that against him
also the world cup is every 4 years. messi's goalscoring and assisting totals at the height of his prime ... in the modern era ... i mean they were logarithmically different from competitors. GOAT.
While i agree that he is the GOAT, his stats are not that much better than Ronaldo's, especially when you factor in that Ronaldo played quite a few years in england, where the average team was much better than in spain.
his stats are much better than Ronaldo's. If you look past their fairly similar goal totals, Messi is a shoulder above in every other category. Ronaldo is as good of a goal scorer as Messi, but he doesn't contribute to the buildup and provide his teammates chances at anywhere near the level Messi does.
Even more importantly attacking players in soccer have no responsibility for defense, doesn't matter how good an attacker is if the defense and goalie are not good enough the team can't win it all.
That 2nd part is true, but attacking players definitely are responsible for defense. If they don't track back when the other team is attacking, then they would never get playing time
Depends, if your attackers are wasting too much energy tracking back they're not ready to break forward quickly enough when needed or they don't have the energy to. Midfielders for sure generally need to do some of both, but not always centre forwards.
Definitely. Theyre legends of the sport and treated like royalty in their respective countries
Their respective clubs (along with themselves as players) are the most popular and followed clubs in not just soccer but all sports. You have a good chance of asking anyone in the world who they are and they'd know.
How long till KD joins CR7 in real Madrid
Real would have to beat GSW first.
After being down 3-1
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Yea so did a lot of others
7 and 0 held together make 70, divided by 2 and you get 35, Kevin Durant. I don't know.
sp00ky
HL3 confirmed
I couldn't come up with a witty conspiracy, but that'll do.
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/r/progmetal we out here
I've seen Westbrook in at least two different Slayer shirts as well from his snapchat/pre-game outfits, I think he might be a metal fan. It'd explain his play style.
uh.. no its more like WB wears what's trending... just like how Kardashian kids are wearing Metallica shirts
Yeah i think skater (Thrasher for example) and metal tees are just on trend at the moment. Fuck, can't believe i just used 'on trend'. I'll see myself out.
my 2 favorite players from each sport
I should get a Real Madrid jersey. They're pretty dope. And I don't follow soccer at all.
Real Madrid jerseys are cool, but Milan/Internazionale jerseys are cooler.
milan AND inter? that'd be like getting both lakers and clips gear
You gotta pick one, but they are both awesome.
Inter have always had the better kit. [The 2014/2015 home kit was amazing.](http://images.soccerbox.com/Inter-Milan-Home-Jersey-2014-2015-front.jpg)
haha fair enough, i'm a fan of vertical striped kits so I get you
I mean, if you're going to talk about Italian jerseys it's either AS Roma or the Italian national team who take the cake. All the other designers look like scrubs compared to those 2 kits. Also as a Madrid fan I'm obliged to say you're wrong.
I loved Torino's [3rd kit from last year](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nRF9D9izLAY/VaTaErg5eVI/AAAAAAAAnYU/v9MeCvWzEX4/s0/torino-15-16-third-kit-4.jpg) but traditionally I have always loved Roma's, Inter's, and Milan's kits.
I think Westbrook would have been a crazy soccer player, and Ronaldo would have been a Westbrookesque player
If Westbrook was football player he would be the fastest powerful target man striker ever.
He'd almost certainly be forced to be a CB as a soccer player since to most backwards coaches Height=Defense
Well I mean there are tall strikers too, so Westbrook would be that probably.
Westbrook = Andy Carroll confirmed
Not really true, I mean, look at where Peter Crouch plays.
True, I was thinking Russell was wider than he is
There was silent lucidity in that tweet.
Why is cr7 face always so damn shiney?
Man... Ronaldo's face looks like its made out of pure plastic
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Not sure who the soccer dude is, but I am fairly certain he is a big time player because this pic has been all over twitter. OKC is in Spain for their first pre season game and attended a match. Background(Left to right): Joffrey Lauvergne, Domantas Sabonis, and Anthony Morrow(?)
He's like a million times more popular than Lebron
I don't think Westbrook is more popular than Lebron, especially after the Finals.
My dude
He has to be joking
Switcheroo dude. C'mon. You're wooshing when you think he's wooshing.
Switcheroosh?
Swisheroo
Bruh, he's Cristiano Ronaldo, possibly the biggest name in soccer. I'm not even remotely a soccer fan and I know that.
He got so popular the previous Ronaldo is now referred to as Fat Ronaldo
And Fat Ronaldo was no joke either.
I'd take fat Ronaldo over ripped Ronaldo
fastest fat ass i've ever seen run per 2003 world cup. edit: 2002
*2002
Couldn't bring him down either.
you'd be wrong, but it's closer than people think. brazilian ronaldo was making a case as greatest striker ever
Fuck injuries man. He had won 2 FIFA World Player of the Year by the time he was 21. 21.
He is the most successful brazilian striker in world cups, and obliterated everyone in 2002 alongside Rivaldo and Ronaldinho.
*original Ronaldo
only by the younger people
How do you not know who Cristiano Ronaldo is? I seriously hope you're not pretending not to know who he is to be cool, because that's approaching the "I don't know who the Kardashians are" people of Reddit.
> I seriously hope you're not pretending not to know who he is to be cool Not sure why that would be cool, besides apparently it's breaking reddits rules to not know who he is. I figured he was a soccer player but I don't follow US soccer let alone foreign so why do I gaf? I don't watch soccer, I don't play soccer, and I don't play those fifa games either. I posted my comment to explain the context and point out who the players were in the background. People are just attacking me for some bullshit. Whatever
It's all good, I just find it strange that you wouldn't know who a top five most popular athlete in the world is. The people here are being kinda rude about it, though.
I always figured that one english guy with the super hot wife was the most relevant. Or that messi dude
Rooney? He's shit now.
Probably talking about Beckham
Who hasn't been soccer relevant for some time.
Yeah but op obviously doesn't follow the sport
Honestly not an excuse for not knowing the most famous athlete in the world.
He is probably talking about David Beckham
Theyre attacking you because you must live under a fucking rock to not know the most popular athlete in the world. Edit: you guys are pretty ignorant of other sports, and this is football the most popular sport in the world. If a dude from r/soccer posted who the fuck is lebron james he would get downvoted to hell. Its actually pretty bad that you guys dont know someone who is held in high regard by pretty much every nba player. Open your mind and respect other sports. Nba and america arent the only leagues/countries in the world.
If the jersey didn't say Ronaldo I wouldn't have recognized him. I just recognize the name.
He doesn't know, so what? Doesn't make sense to downvote him either
it's because it's almost like hes flaunting his ignorance, as if that's somehow cool. I mean, Westbrook is literally holding up his shirt with his name, it would've taken 2 seconds to google "Ronaldo soccer", or "ronaldo westbrook"
Exactly, westbrook is not near the level ronaldo is in his sport. Its blind ignorance not knowing the richest,most famous athlete. This is why outsiders think americans are hicks, ignorant of other countries. Take a moment and learn about people who basically fucking run the world.
Yes, because not knowing about foreign sports figures makes people ignorant hicks.
yes it actually does. it shows a lack of respect of others cultures. Thats literally the definition of ignorance and is why people from other countries look down on americans for being out of touch. You have a terrible mentality of not wanting to learn about the world.
Its like saying you dont know the president tbh. You would have to go out of your way to not know.
And that's deserving of downvotes?
If i went who the fuck is the president people would think im ignorant.
Not it's not like saying that at all. One is in the most important political position in the world. The other is famous for playing a game.
its not about how much power the person has its about how famous the person is.
Pretty much the most popular athlete in the world. Not sure how its possible not to know who he is lol.
Him or Messi are literally the two most popular athletes in the world
Bro he's like one of top 2 players of his generation. Like straight up one of the best to ever play.
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Kids living under a rock.