James Swiv

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[James Swiv @theMrSwiv]

It’s a going to be a slow death SlipKnot

[M9SSI 🐐🇦🇷 @goat83075]

This video perfectly explains the difference between Messi and Ronaldo.

[James Swiv @theMrSwiv]

@FabrizioRomano Jorge Jesus has the chance to do the funniest thing…

[SportsBall @_SportsBall_]

The Man City scandal explained 💰⚽️

[Nik Boyle @NikBoyle]

This absolutely wins hands down

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

THE FUNK SOUL BROTHER

[The Unofficial Football Archive @UFArchive]

We’ve reviewed the footage and can now understand why the linesman was so angry with Nathan Jones.

Case closed. 🐈⚽️🚩

[Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc]

23 YEARS AGO TODAY, @TheWeebl posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.

[The72 - We Love the #EFL @_The72]

EFL teams with a 100% record after three league games:

Charlton Athletic

End of list.

[James Swiv @theMrSwiv]

@CAFCofficial Even when he’s not meant to be playing, Lloyd finds a way

[West Ham Clips @WestHamClips]

West Ham 1-2 Charlton - Alternative Commentary

[Charlton Athletic FC @CAFCofficial]

UTFA! 😮‍💨

#cafc

[Louis Mendez @LouisMend]

We are once again on course for a perfect 138-point season.

⏱️ FT 🔴 #cafc 2-1 #dcfc 🐏

[FloLFC 🇪🇸🇮🇹 @LFC_Flores]

This is actually hilarious bro can’t lie😭

[James Swiv @theMrSwiv]

@RangersFC @paddypower is GW1 too early to pay out on Celtic winning the league?

[James Swiv @theMrSwiv]

Why’s the World Cup in a Louis Vuitton box?

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, bookmark it and come back later.

Do you know the biggest problem with Cristiano Ronaldo? It isn’t that he never won the World Cup. It’s that he spent years telling everyone what separates legends, only to change the standards once he couldn’t reach them himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo made it clear that winning a major international trophy was what completed a player’s legacy. At the time, Messi had just lost another international final and was going through the toughest period of his career. Those comments only added to the narrative that Messi could never be the greatest because he hadn’t won with Argentina. For years, that became the standard. Messi was called a bottler, while Ronaldo was praised as the player who had proved himself internationally.

Nobody wanted to hear about context. Nobody cared that Messi had dragged Argentina to a World Cup final in 2014 with a squad many considered weaker than the Portugal teams Ronaldo has had over the last decade. The only thing that mattered was that Ronaldo had won a major trophy with his country, and Messi hadn’t.

Then Messi won the Copa América. Suddenly, the goalposts moved. We were told one Euro was worth more than multiple Copa América titles because South America supposedly wasn’t competitive enough. That became the new excuse.

Then Messi won the World Cup. The excuses changed again. It was “fixed.” It was “scripted.” Then came, “A career can’t be defined by seven games.” Funny how nobody was saying that before the tournament, when many believed it would finally be Ronaldo’s chance to win it.

Now Portugal have been eliminated from the World Cup, and Ronaldo posts about Euro 2016 again. That’s what I find ironic. When international trophies favored Ronaldo, they were the ultimate measure of greatness. When Messi caught up, people started ranking competitions differently. When Messi surpassed him by winning the biggest trophy in football, suddenly the World Cup wasn’t supposed to define a career anymore.

That’s the contradiction.

The difference between Messi and Ronaldo was never just about goals, assists, or trophies. It’s about consistency. Messi never needed to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements to elevate his own, nor did he ask football to change its standards because they no longer favored him. He simply kept playing until he won everything there was to win.

League titles. Champions Leagues. Ballons d’Or. Golden Boots. Copa América. Finalissima. World Cup. Every major trophy that was ever used against him eventually became part of his legacy.

Cristiano Ronaldo will always be one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game. But this is exactly why I believe Messi is the greatest. He didn’t ask football to rewrite the standards.

He met every single one of them.

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Lionel Messi. The GOAT. Debate a wall.

[Belgian Red Devils @BelRedDevils]

Overturn this. 🧏‍♂️ #USABEL

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Yep. I used to accept that it was a point of opinion but I don’t see how anyone who watches football regularly can still come to the conclusion that Ronaldo is superior to Messi. He’s clear of everyone else in his era by a significant distance.

[James Swiv @theMrSwiv]

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