Tooney

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
In a love-hate relationship with #Arsenal and the #BrooklynNets

[AJ @AJ__SR7]

Nah Garcia has actually done Trossard so dirty today man

Merino better hand them a dagger now

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@ManUtd Merino sends home.

[Brooklyn Nets @BrooklynNets]

Thank you for everything you gave to Brooklyn’s team and community, Nic.

[Dipl. Ing MkenyaDaima | Bongani | Mamba | @MkenyaMzi]

That divorce of King Kaka was necessary, this guys, listen to latest album year of pen utaagree , this current king Kaka is a beast

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@Mile5thstand @ChelseaFC You did non qualify for the Conference League bro

[O Leitor @leitorpsique]

SUA VIDA É CHATA PORQUE NÃO TEM SIDE QUESTS. Aqui estão 33 side quests para completar antes de julho:

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@Arsenal Rosicky against Spurs at the White Hart Lane in the second minute

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

You can always rely on Mikel Merino.

[Belgian Red Devils @BelRedDevils]

Overturn this. 🧏‍♂️ #USABEL

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.

Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?

It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:

“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”

It was an obvious dig at Messi.

Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.

Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?

The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.

Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.

What happened next?

Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.

Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.

This time, the excuses changed again.

They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.

Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:

“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”

At first glance, it sounds reasonable.

But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.

Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.

Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.

Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:

“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”

A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.

Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.

By your own standards:

* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.

So what now?

Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?

If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.

Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.

The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.

That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.

Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.

What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.

Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.

Good bye. Ronaldo.

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@clashreport The game is gone

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?

Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@ShamsCharania Trade summary

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@jackcuz5 @TheDunkCentral @MensHealthMag @HeatvsHaters Ben can actually shoot 3s in practice, but come game time he'll pass every scoring opportunity

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@classicJay92 @DeadlineDayLive Two of those just signed extensions less than a year ago wherr they got significant rises. The point is you have to maintain your wage structure unless you're getting Mbappe. Giving Tonali that would be wrong especially with the fee he would command plus agent fees.

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@FabrizioRomano Holding on to mid players, can never be my club

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@UnderTheHoodX @PeakSxnti Rejected by Mudryk or Shakhtar? The point of this post is being rejected by a player not club. Read to understand.

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@UnderTheHoodX @PeakSxnti Mudryk wanted Arsenal but Chelsea overpaid and Shakhtar forced him to join

[Tooney @Antokanja]

@classicJay92 @DeadlineDayLive Do this and all of a sudden Rice, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber and Raya want similar or more wages. Also all new signings would want such. This is a problem you don't want to have.