The Stanship mind is very interesting.
Even though Liverpool is the most successful English club, it doesn't give me any extra satisfaction bragging about it and wanting you to accept it. I simply just genuinely love Liverpool. Even if we go trophyless for the next 10 years and go on relegation, I'll still be a Liverpool fan and my heart will be full. We are Liverpool and I don't need you to validate it to make me feel better. I even criticise them more than clubs I don't support.
That is why I don't understand the Messi/Ronaldo debacle. The Wizkid/Davido stan problems. Why do you want others to accept your own as number one before you can genuinely feel happiness? Why do you need to hate on others to feel good? Why do you need to paint your fav as perfect and spotless before you can love them? I don't get it.
When it comes to Messi vs. Ronaldo conversations, you don’t need to make logical arguments. Just stick to banter or tweet your opinion and move on, because the moment you try to have a logical conversation using facts, figures, and context, most Messi fans will eventually resort to insulting you.
You might prefer Messi because he has more league titles than Ronaldo. I prefer Ronaldo because he has won league titles in England, Spain, Italy, and Saudi Arabia.
You might prefer Messi because he has won the most Golden Boots in history. I prefer Ronaldo because he is the highest goalscorer in football history. He has also scored at least 100 goals for every club he has played for.
You might prefer Messi because he won the World Cup. I prefer Ronaldo because he won five Champions League titles with two different clubs. You need seven games to win a World Cup; you need 13 to win the Champions League. He also won it three times in a row.
You prefer the player with eight Ballon d’Or awards an award voted for by around 100 journalists worldwide. I prefer the player who won five Ballon d’Ors despite not being the media favourite.
You see? It’s all about context. It’s based on preference. You prefer a playmaker; I prefer a goalscorer who decides games.
A lot of Messi fans will insult you simply because Ronaldo is your GOAT. To save yourself the endless back and forth, either stick to bantering with them or tweet your opinion and move on. They’re not ready to see the debate from the angle some of us see it, and that’s fine.
Viva Ronaldo. 🐐
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England have Kane but, time and again, Bellingham steps up with big goals. First Euros, now World Cup.
Portugal have Ronaldo, but in 5 Major tournaments, 'magnifico' stunk up the place so bad, Vitinha and Neves caught the virus.
"Blame the coach" is an untenable excuse when England had Southgate.
You people will not rewrite history as far as i am on this app.
🏆 Portugal won Euro 2016.
Cristiano played 7 games and scored 3 goals with 3 assists, he was the 2nd highest goal scorer in the competition.
🏆 Portugal won the Nations League 2019.
Cristiano played 2 games and scored 3 goals, (Hatrick in the final against Netherlands)
🏆 Portugal won the Nations league 2025.
Cristiano played 8 games and scored 8 goals with 2 assists including a goal in the semi-final and final, also the 2nd highest goal scorer in the tournament.
You are nothing but a liar.
You will know there is zero passion for football from players these days. When Brazil was eliminated, see how Neymar cried. Portugal also eliminated, see how Cristiano Ronaldo cried.
The rest players carry eyes like thief like say na normal weekend league match.
“I will not be ‘more Cristiano’ if we win the World Cup, or ‘less Cristiano’ if we don’t win it” - Cristiano Ronaldo 🐐
You don’t know what you’ve done for me with this statement Ororo. I fvcking love you forever 😍❤️❤️
A simple search for 'Ronaldo' on my timeline should tell you how much I love him – his career & mentality. That's all.
The stuff I’ve seen lately — close range and far off — is teetering on idolatry.
Maybe it’s always been this way and I just didn’t notice, or social media made it worse. Either way, obsessing over another man like this is unhealthy.
Same goes for Messi fans: these guys are not infallible. Humans will be humans.
The gap between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is not wide
It is the biggest exaggeration in football
It's the same thing when people say Ronaldo is hard work, while Messi is talent - that is the biggest fallacy in football history
Are we talking about just any other player here or you are judging Ronaldo at his old age?
Ronaldo is not Eden Hazard or Theirry Henry or Samuel Eto'o or even Ronaldo Delima
We are talking about Cristiano Ronaldo Dos Santos Aviero
Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United till he left Juventus was levels with Lionel Messi
At his old age, anybody can say even anything
CR7 in his prime does everything and anything you can think of in football
There was absolutely nothing he can't and didn't do
Because he is old now, I should erase 18 years of Ronaldo terrorizing the world of football and use his old age to judge him
Ronaldo and Messi are levels
Only the FIFA World Cup put Messi ahead of him
It's not just him, but everything wrong with modern football: style over result.
The virus has affected coaches, players, pundits and fans.
• Dribblers > Goal-scorers
• Ball-playing GK > Shot Stoppers
• Athleticism > Technical skills
• Aesthetics > Efficiency
• Dogmatism > Pragmatism
"The better team today? I'd rather be us than Morocco"… after losing 3-0.