Don't let your love for a certain player blind you from noticing the strength of others.

Afam4eva:
The on;y thing i can agree to is the fact that Ronaldo is the best off the ball player. Messi on the other hand doesn't need to be off the ball anything because he's an all rounded players and if he isn't dribbling to score goals, he creates chances for his team mates to score goals. That for me is an exceptional player. if you like speak grammar from now till next year, Messi is miles ahead of Ronaldo in almost every facet of the round leather game.

The post is not about who is better between the two. It is meant to open people's eyes to the off the ball things Ronaldo does that makes him as special as those who are better with the ball.

The great Johan Cruyff is known for his football philosophy. He did and said things that redefined football. In this article, I'll be bringing out three famous quotes by the legendary Cruyff. You'll understand why I'm doing it, while you keep on reading. "When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average. So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines whether you’re a good player or not" - Johan Cruyff

Yes, in a football match, a player only holds the ball for an average of 3 minutes. In most cases, its less than that. It is more than that in few exceptional cases. Modern football fans believe that those 3 minutes define you as a player. But that is 100% wrong. Yes, most players are amazing with the ball. They have skill and technique on the ball but the end product? Not quite there. What defines you as a player, is what you do without the ball. The positioning, supporting, fast thinking, dropping back etc.

Why am I telling you all this? Because most people undermine what Cristiano Ronaldo does on a football pitch. Messi is a great dribbler. Probably the best dribbler the world has ever seen. When he plays, you can 'see' him play. Difference with Ronaldo is, you don't see him play. All we see is, he was silent throughout the match and he got a tap in. Oh, another tap in by Ronaldo. Little does an untrained eye understand what goes before a tap in. The overlapping runs, the positioning, exploiting spaces, the body feints and dummies to shrug off defenders, the ability to get into shooting positions with a few players marking him; the ability to judge where the ball will end up while a move is still being started; the mental ability to judge the trajectory of theball. Ronaldo hardly looks at the ball before heading it. He exactly knows where the ball is by looking at how it was kicked. His main concern is shrugging off the defender and making the perfect leap. His awareness of the game is at 110%. These are qualities that sets him apart from every other player in the world.

Ronaldo, is the best off the ball player in the world. But these qualities of him are heavily undermined, mainly by this meme culture and rival hate. Unless a video was made analyzing Ronaldo's movement and thinking in a match, no one notices what he does on the pitch. (Do watch Managing Madrid's video on Ronaldo's movement) This is also why Ronaldo performs the same way in every team regardless of his teammates. His off the ball movement always remains the same. Messi's effectiveness however, changes in Argentina. And that's due to his teammates not having the same chemistry with him as his Barca teammates. For a possession based footballer, team chemistry is a must have. The best player doesn't necessarily mean, the best player on the ball: which is easily Messi. This is the misconception that most Cules and some Madridistas have. As much as Messi is a football genius, Ronaldo is too. He is effective just as much against weaker teams and even more than Messi in big games due to his off the ball ability. This is why he scores in almost every big game. While most people see him as a lucky footballer who happens to have good teammates and who happens to be in the right place in the right time, professional footballers, managers and analysts see what Ronaldo does without the ball which makes him so lethal. This is why even an aging Ronaldo is one of the two most intimidating players in the world.


"Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring." - Johan Cruyff.

If dribbling and skill on the ball was what mattered in football, Ricardo Quaresma would be the best player of Portugal. Is he though? Absolutely not, as he lacks the end result. While Leo has a great end result, questions need to be asked about how effective he was against the big teams. Except the Real Madrid match, in every other game, though he showed great quality on the ball, the end result was not quite there. But Ronaldo, had results. His way of football is different to Messi's. He's a counter attacking footballer. Messi is a possession based footballer. Ronaldo doesn't need the ball much to show his quality. He gets the ball a few times, and he delivers. The quality and the results were both there.

And finally, I'll end this long article with another famous Cruyff quote. "Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is." - Johan Cruyff.


This is why Ronaldo is different. You don't understand what he does on the pitch. His way of thinking is simple and effective. What's the point of a football match? You score more goals to win the match. This is what he does with a lot of panache. Ronaldo gets into the matches in short, simple periods, and destroys opponents. As in the Juventus match, quoting Ronaldo himself, 'One chance, bang.' A million dribbles and through balls don't win you a match. (Obviously it does in some cases, but that's not the context here) What a player does without the ball defines him as a footballer. And the truth is, while Messi is the best with the ball, Ronaldo is the best without it. What Messi does with the ball, Ronaldo does without it. Who you prefer, depends on you. But one thing you need to understand is, they're on the same level, with just two completely different approaches to the game. This year's Ballon D'or hence, will be won by Ronaldo, as it was him who won more. And he indeed, is the deserving winner. So if you kept questioning what makes Ronaldo special, I hope this article helped you understand what Ronaldo is. Please don't insult a player, if you don't understand what his strengths are. Because after all, you and I know nothing compared to the greatest football philosopher, the late Johan Cruyff.



P. S - The reason I used Messi in this article is because he's the only player that is equal to Cristiano. Explaining this was much easier using Messi and his style to compare with. No hate on Leo here. I have great respect for him.

shena:

please what is this love letter about. can I see a sample.. Thanks

Lol.

The 'love letter is simply a mail sent by shell to tell you that you have been screened out of the recruitment process. The manner in which they craft it is similar to how we used to write love letters back then.

You might not even understand what they mean to tell you till you read the second time

And about the sample, there are many samples here on this thread. At least 80% of us have gotten ours. I hope you rather get a shell wedding gift instead.

Am still laughing

OK

Round two loading. Lemme goan buy popcorn. Shebi i have already been served my own love letter

Abagworo:



You are getting things wrong here. The "homily" is useless if the language used is not popular among the worshippers. In Owerri, Benin, Enugu, Akure, Uyo, Yenagoa etc it is normal for anyone to preside over as they are cosmopolitan and not rural. Can Okpaleke even understand Mbaise? That's my own view though but beyond that there is underground politics involved in this whole brouhaha.

2ndly Igbo Churches do not have low patronage. The truth is that Yorubas and Edos started the Pentecostal Church scam earlier than Igbos but today Igbos have founded faster growing Churches with better welfare.

Try not to use the language as an excuse because it is invalid.

Missionaries led the church in Nigeria for several years and to the best of my knowledge, there was never a protest as regards them not connecting to the people because of language barrier.

Very Rev Fr Keane, Administrator of Bauchi diocese that include Bauchi and Gombe states, two states that should be have complained of language barrier.

Bishop Ayah by your judgement should not have headed Uyo since he is from Ogoja, a community where the use of Efik is very limited even though Ibibio is the language spoken in Uyo.


The Church is a body and the priests should know that they are part of this body. Staging a public protest is a clear case of insubordination. Don't try using language to justify it.

I don't understand the way some of our Igbo brothers always try to bring Tribal sentiments into every issue, first it was one of our brothers asking why Igbo churches have "lower patronage" of non igbo speaking members in thier church in contrast to the Yoruba churches in the other thread to why they have no high ranking service chief in the millitary and other security forces to this story.

I just hope the republic of biafra if eventually granted wont be characterised by too much tribal bigotry.

As for the priest, it is a shame that they have also been affected by the low self esteem affecting some people in the country, the Catholic church is a universal church and as such, any priest can be appointed as the ordinary of a diocese not minding the diocese or tribe. The Church has outgrown tribal sentiments and that is why an Argentine(Pope Francis) can become the Bishop of Rome.
Even in Nigeria here, it is not so uncommon for the holy see to appoint somebody from another diocese to be bishop of another diocese.
That is why Bishop John Ayah from Ogoja diocese, Cross river is bishop of Uyo diocese.
Bishop Callistus Etokudoh from Akwa Ibom is bishop of Port harcout
Archbishop Augustine Akobeze, a igbo man is Archibishop of Benin Archidiocese
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama(CBCN President) from taraba is Archbishop of Jos.
Very Rev fr John Keane, a white man is Administrator of Bauchi Diocese.
Francis Cardinal Arinze from Onitsha Archdiocese, Anambra is a bishop in Italy
Bishop Michael Olatunji Fagun from Ondo diocese is Emeritus bishop of Ekiti Diocese.
Bishop Francis Alonge from Ekiti Diocese is Emeritus bishop of Ondo Diocese.
Bishop Senan O'Donnell, a white man is Emeritus Bishop of Maiduguri.
Bishop Timothy J. Caroll, a white man is Emeritus Bishop of Kotongora Vicariate.

Even their very own John Cardinal Onaiyekan from Ahiara diocese, Imo state is Cardinal in Abuja and no case of insubordination has been reported.
Bishop Okpaleke should and won't be an exception in the universal Church.

The priest involved should forward their apology letters to Rome as directed by the Pope for the good of the Church in Ahiarra and the world as a whole.

Our Igbo brothers and friends should try work on themselves and overcome the tribalistic nature of some of them, that is when they can truly achieve greatness in Nigeria or in Biafra.

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Goodluck to those who will make the cut.

AlwaysUltraPad:
From confirmation email, I got this. Is this right?

Who got the video session test first before the other test?

I did. Thought it was supposed to be verbal and quantitative tests before the on demand video assesment.

gbemiclassic:

I just saw this thread today while following First bank's recruitment thread. What did I miss?

G-classic.

Lol, it seems most of us that are yet to be invited for the interview are those that wrote the apt test at Abraham Adesanya.

Following

One thing I have learnt in my Christian life is never to engage Pentecostals in any reasonable discus. They are quite good at avoiding every fact before them like a plaque.

Christianity has always been centered in Oral tradition and the Scriptures before d advent of all this modern day Pentecostals.


Proudly Catholic

Bloggers and their lies.

How did the guy get the Lady's number? Banks won't release peoples details unless they consent to it.

Since he claimed to have transferred it(through app/USSD), he should have noticed the name.



And to those typing Nigeria will be great again, when was Nigeria ever great since its inception in 1914?



Nigeria will be great.

akabu2016:
I have registered but yet to receive email to continue my registration. What should I do

Check your spam folder.

Don't use yahoo to register

Pls, how do i go about this 'Record cannot be saved' issue when i want to lock my data. I have been on this issue since morning.

Somebody should pls help a fellow nairalander.

Why not compare Ondo, Osun or even Oyo under Amosun with Ekiti State. This comparison is Stupid.

k

Even lai confuse for this kind lie.

Amechi saved 53billion imaginary money.

Fashola employed 193,456 ghost.


The super ministers are finally showing MR LIEING Muhammed how super they are at lying.



Iro yii ti poju nitori ti Olorun!!!

I don't know why Nigerian christians always tag our culture and tradition as evil.

Christ observed all jewish traditions. Even the early christians always respect their own tradition.

If only shekau and his boys can just do the needful here instead of targetting innocent people, BH will become the hero.

Nawa o. Is it now a crime to choose Ibadan.

They should remember those of us that wrote the test in Ajah na. My TP can't just waste like that. Warris all this gan self

They better send me my interview invite before i change my mind

jhudit:

The process is taking so long. I'm tired...

Lol. Some of us are still waiting for interview invite and you are already tired of the process.


Fidelity should do quick na.

Lol, Arsenal have finally been able to secure their premier league title after defeating Man Utd.

The anointing really flowed.

They need more to win the F.A cup.

Basildvalour:
The church as of old could spend hours in God's presence and would still want more.

These days, you will see churches conducting 3-4 services in a day and one service could last as short as 1hour:15minutes.

There, some youths just come to look around and showcase the contents of their wardrobe and when you take a good look, you will notice that those kinds of places are where our youths love to worship.

Don't get me wrong though, impartation of the word of God still exists there but in that little time, everything done would be allocated a little share of the time, therefore, in depth impartation of the word would be missing.

Old gatherings as it is still seen in The Apostolic Church, Assemblies of God Church, Divine Nature Christian Fellowship, etc. where time is always not too important still remain the better option to grow in the word in the midst of your Christian brethren.

Happy Sunday.

Sorry to interupt. None of the churches you listed is part of the real churches of old. All what the old church do is to share a portion of the scripture by being concise and brief as possible and breaking of the bread not using the whole day in church all in the name of worship.

Why should i wait for long periods to hear long talks most of which i won't even remember?

The sabbath day is supposed to be a resting day not a day to exhaust all my energy on dancing, shouting to heaven as if God is deaf and listening to Malachi 3:10 every minute.

samloky:
I DID MY INTERVIEW IN ABUJA,I ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY WITH CONFIDENT...THEY SAID THEY WILL FEED ME BACK...DOES THAT GUARANTEE ME NEXT STAGE

Confident indeed. They will surely feed you back