Sunday, October 29, 2006
What of Ronaldinho?
i too am a fan of the gleeful, talented player, but as of late......., as a matter of fact since the world cup; he has been a shadow of himself. Amazing that amidst his dismal display at the world cup, the worlds' eyes weren't on his lack of brilliance but rather on the beloved "fat pork's" lack of the scoring touch. Even more amazing is that on two big occasions this season he has not shown up. Chelsea v Barca at stamford bridge was a walk in the park for 25 year old Khalid Boulahrouz, who for the ENTIRE match, succeeded in humbling ronaldinho. Try as he may ronaldinho had no success in that match,where creating chances from set pieces was his only avenue. Messi, and not ronaldinho was double-teamed in that match, as he was the most threatening of the barca attackers. Furthermore at the classico, had it not been for the brilliant play of young messi, again there was nothing of note from the barca attack. not to make it seem as if without his "magic" barca are ineffective(let us not forget the absence of one samuel eto'o), but where has he been?....where is the barca attack? Admittedly even in the chelsea game had it not been for the waisteful play of Gudjohnsen, perhaps the complexion of the match would have changed.....REGARDLESS...one must note the ineffectiveness of the great player on the "big stage", this season
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Who the hell is Valdanito??
I agree, its seems against high profile teams, when Ronaldinho has been shut down, so is the rest of Barca's attack. It is true he is their "go to guy" but the squad needs to show that they are capable of not only winning games but convincingly as well with him being on the sidelines or in the shop!!
These comments in now way are meant to bash any player(s), team, or supporter of any team.
Barca's game has always been centered around one main player. However they do indeed have a way about them where they seem to lose potency whenever that one player has been shut down. We are seeing a flash of the past when Barca's game was centered around Rivaldo. Whenever Rivaldo had a poor game or he was absent Barca's game was at a minimum to nill. True Barca fans would know that I am not trying to bash Barca but this is fact. I agree that the team need to be able to hold its own whenever Ronaldinho is not having a good game.
now, i'm not going to even bother to defend the great one, but all i'm going to say is that Colin, Liverpool wishes that they had a player that can create something. After watching that display or lack of one against Arsenal, hmm.
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