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naturalwaves: You know you so funny. You stylishly turned what was a plus to C.Ronaldo into a negative thing. When it comes into club football, there is nothing like loyalty and that is why contracts are usually signed with certain conditions and if the conditions are met, the player could either leave or decide to stay further if the club wants him to. Players make their decisions based on several reasons. Ronaldo's mum had always wanted him to play at Madrid even when he was a kid.Moreover, Ronaldo is an explorer, he likes challenges and has proved his worth severally at different clubs while your Messi is afraid of the unknown and just wanna stay in his comfort zone all the time. Ronaldo wins!

CR7 has a typical superstar story. He started at small clubs in his home country Portugal, and worked his way up to the highest level there. Then he caught the attention of a big club, Manchester United, in one of the four big soccer countries, England, while still young, and developed into a true superstar at Man United.

He fostered a reputation as a bit of a whiny diver early on in his career. He has mostly overcome that reputation now, and his work ethic is tremendous. After making his value at Man United obvious, he joined the only club in the world richer than Man United, Real Madrid, and moved to Spain.

He's was a story about a driven young man with only one aim: to become the best. It's a good story, an inspirational one even, but not one that can teach the younger generation a lesson in loyalty.
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Lionel Messi, in comparison, is a bit of an oddity in the superstar market. He came up through Barcelona’s youth system and has stayed with the club through his whole career to date. He has stated repeatedly his desire to retire at Barcelona (he probably has at least another 7 years to play). The Ryan Gigs of Barcelona.

Case closed.

naturalwaves: How sir? How does this go to Messi? Messi prefers ro do the chip thing one on one when the keeper is out, Ronaldo prefers to round the keeper before putting the ball in the net. From the sides, Messi prefers to curl the ball, ronaldo prefers to use a rocket on the near post. Moreover, Ronaldo's methods of hitting the ball with the in-step particularly during free kicks is unrivalled and that is why some balls pass just above the keeper's head sometimes and yet unstoppable. For every technique Messi has, Ronaldo has it or a substitute. There is no technique Messi as shown that Ronaldo can't match but there are lots of techniques Ronaldo does that beats Messi talking about in-out, ou-in leg overs, passing of the ball with his back and so on.If at all, this is balanced even though Ronaldo seems better, the best you can do for Messi is to leave it balanced. He is not better than Ronaldo with respect to techniques.

Your argument is plausible but very biased. Ronaldo might be faster, able to jump higher and smash the ball harder - but that athletic ability doesn't make him a better footballer than Messi in terms of technical talent.

Lionel Messi's close control, his ability to dribble out of tight situations, his vision, his range of passing, his ability to leave a trail of defenders on their backsides, his finishing from inside and outside the penalty area, his composure, his ability to remain calm under pressure and much more all makes him the best player in world football - and subsequently a better technician than Ronaldo.

blueberryp: this series isn't boring, maybe you should try watching it again from season 1, there is so much action, mystery, suspense, comedy, drama and romance. The fact that these people speak pure english and its shot in your typical american setting not latino setting is a plus

It has a latino setting and ambience. Even the background music are latina in nature. More than 95% of the cast are latina. What more do you need to convince you that this show is a Mexican soap opera shot in America?

They over-dramatize everything too: the suspense doesn't feel like suspense at all. The action is laughable. The show is extremely unfunny, or maybe doesn't appeal to my sense of humour, and I happened to have a great sense of humour. There is no drama, just a bunch of brown people running around, and trying too much. The romance is atypical Mexican soap interpretation of romance... which is really no romance at all. Only kisses here and there... and nothing else.


Sorry pal, but I'd sooner put a bullet through my head than appraise that show with my viewing pleasure... again.

JUHABACH: i know this reply s a bit late but i m going to have to disagree with that opinion.
ARROW is by and far better than agent of shield.
honestly it aint really debateble

It's called an "opinion" for a reason, mate. You don't have to agree with mine, just like I don't have to agree with yours. Case closed.

francawilson: Kiss me thru d phone baby. I just downloaded my 1st youtube video!
Yah!!!!

Fantastic.

francawilson: 1 million likes&Thank u so much 4sharing the idea my .... l'l try it out&get back 2u.

No worries.

francawilson: Meanwhile,I hav a true confession. I'm ur secret admirer&hav bn wanting 2say it but I'm not sure if @adaobi is ur wifey since u guys are bing series watchers so I just kept my cool but since I'm a little high 2nyt,I decided 2damn ur wife&just spit it out

That awkward moment when you're done reading a blazon post addressed to you, and you haven't the foggiest on how to respond.

francawilson: Anyway I so so enjoy reading ur sensible&logical posts on NL.Not only on dis thread but on other threads too.U'r just unique.Just so u knw.

Awwwww... thanks!

Go Bafana... The jinx ends tonight.

Ego

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ego is a three-letter word that Cristiano definitely knows (or at least owns). He's declared more than once he's the first, second and third-best players in the world.

Lionel Messi:
He might not seem so, but little Lio definitely has an ego. It's speculated that he had an ego fight with Zlatan. It's speculated he had one with Tévez in Argentina. He's told people he doesn't like to be criticized. So, news flash, Messi has an ego.

Winner: Tie
Both their egos get in the way.

Game Winning/Lone Ranger Ability

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo plays so Ronaldo wins. And he's an expert when he's told he needs to win it himself. And also when he's not told he has to win it by himself.

Lionel Messi:
Messi can win it by himself, but he's more accustomed to winning games as a team. Also, look at him with Argentina. He's that good, in part, thanks to the great team Barça is and how he complements it.

Winner: Ronaldo
I'd take Ronaldo every single day if I had a poor team and needed to win.

7-9

Tactical/Positional Flexibility

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo can play as a winger in either side, as a centre forward and even as an offensive midfielder in the middle.

Lionel Messi:
Messi can play as a drawn out No. 9... and he played as a right winger...and that's it. And the Barcelona variations of those positions, at that.

Winner: Ronaldo
Cristiano takes this one.

6-9

Defensive Contribution/Work Ethic

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo doesn't defend. Period.

Messi:
Messi is the Barcelona forward that runs the least. He still presses the opposing defenses more than any star I've ever seen (sometimes).

Winner: Messi
Messi runs a little bit. Ronaldo runs zero. So Messi takes this one.

5-9

Loyalty

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo has jumped ship for better opportunities. Twice. The only person he's loyal to is named Cristiano Ronaldo.

Lionel Messi:
Messi has had only one club.

Winner: Messi
Easiest one so far.

5-8

Teamwork

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo loves Ronaldo. Then everyone else.

Lionel Messi:
Messi thrives in Barcelona mostly because they're all very much team-oriented.

Winner: Messi
Cristiano's way more of a ball-hugger than Messi, so the Argentinian takes this one mainly for playing in a ball passing environment called Barcelona.

5-7

Sportsmanship

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo is not a good sport. He dives, he argues, he screams, he kicks. It might be because he wants to win, but that's not good enough.

Lionel Messi:
Messi does dive, and he does argue with refs. But most of the time, he tries to play fair, and sometimes resists strong tackles most players would dive for.

Winner: Messi
Lio Messi sets a very good example of how to be a good sport, even though he sometimes might not be. Ronaldo is not.

5-6

Mentality

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano wants to win. Badly. And that plays against him when he's under pressure. Ironically, he tries to do too much and ends up doing nothing.

Lionel Messi:
Messi's mentality isn't the best around. His incapacity to win when under pressure with Argentina and Barcelona shines through. The fact you sometimes ask - Where's Messi? - is proof enough.

Winner: Tie
Neither is particularly good under pressure, to be honest.

Passion For Football

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo is one of the most passionate players in the game today. You can just see he wants to score and win every single play he has. He's just as passionate off-the-field, and he works his face off to be the physical marvel he is today.

Lionel Messi:
Messi is passionate about football. Quietly passionate, at least. Inside his withdrawn self, it seems he enjoys the game very much, even if he's not outspoken about it.

Winner: Ronaldo
Cristiano takes this one, by the mere fact that he makes it more evident for the common fan.

5-5

Dribbling

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano's a very good dribbler that relies more on making his man miss trough tricks, and he's definitely one of the best in the world in that regard. But he struggles when he's standing still and shies away from tackles.

Lionel Messi:
No one is better at short, spaced one-on-one dribbling than Lionel Messi. His acceleration, technique and agility all come into play here, and it's really the central characteristic that makes Messi who he is.

Winner: Messi
Cristiano's a good dribbler in his own right, but Lio goes past him on this one.

4-5

Finishing

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo has very good positioning and creates a lot of scoring opportunities, but his "all-power" approach doesn't serve him well when he's close to a goal. When he's one-on-one against the keeper or with a clear scoring chance, Cristiano's not as lethal as he should be. He's actually deadlier when his chances aren't that easy.

Lionel Messi:
Messi has become a lethal poacher in the area in Barcelona's drawn out No. 9 role. If I've seen him push in 40 goals with one-touch strikes inside the area the past two years, I wouldn't be exaggerating. He has lots of thank you's to give to Villa, Pedro, Iniesta and Xavi. But when the play needs clinical finishing, Lio is right there to punch it home every time.

Winner: Messi
When they're inside tha area and all the ball needs is some gentle, well-placed pushing, Messi is your man, and Cristiano is a long way behind him.

4-4

Free-Kick Taking/Set Piece

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano's one of the best free-kick takers today. His "folha seca rocket" and the show he performs before every shot are both widely feared. It's true that it's either off target or a goal. But when it's on target...Yeah... goal.

Lionel Messi:
This one baffles me. Messi certainly has the touch to take the short free kicks. But the fact he takes the long ones is just not cool. He doesn't have the strength to take them and they either end up on the keepers hands or go 50 feet above goal. Free kick taking's just not Lio's thing, as much as he might want it to be.

Winner: Ronaldo
Cristiano wins it by a large margin again, even though for a short central free kick, I'd actually prefer Messi.

4-3

Shooting

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Ronaldo certainly enjoys launching "Ronaldo Rockets" on goal as much as he can every game. And that's partly because he has one of the world's most powerful and deadliest shots. With both legs, too. At least when he's on target. But truth is, even though he has a fantastic hard shot, most of them end up way off target. If he could improve his accuracy...imagine the possibilities.

Lionel Messi:
Messi prefers placing over power when he shoots. And
even though he normally doesn't take hard long shots on goal, he can do it as well, even if it's not his strong suit. His strength is accuracy, and at that, he's one of the world's best. It's rare to see Lio's shots end up way off target.

Winner: Ronaldo
If I were an opposing goalkeeper, I'd be more afraid of a "Ronaldo Rocket" than anything Messi can provide, even if he has deadly accuracy. If Cristiano's on goal, his shots are simply unstoppable.

3-3

Aerial Football/Heading

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano is very dangerous as a header and is also proficient at defending with his head. His 1.85 meter height helps him out, but he also has amazing positioning and very good jumping skills. When you face CR7, one of the main dangers he poses is his aerial game.

Lionel Messi:
Messi is fantastic in the air for his short height and has scored lots of goals heading it in. But he is no way a dangerous force in that area even if he's not as bad as his height would initally suggest.

Winner: Ronaldo
It should be a very wide margin win for Ronaldo, but even though Messi is good for his height, the Portuguese star still takes this category by a lot.

2-3

Crossing

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano Ronaldo benefited from his time in England to
perfect his crossing technique. Even though he's not a corner kick taker because of his heading skills (more on that later), he's a very good crosser and long passer. It's a shame he sometimes prefers to take a shot at an odd angle on goal rather than crossing the ball.

Lionel Messi:
The farther away the play is from Messi, the worse he becomes. When he was a winger, he never excelled at crossing the ball. And even if he likes to take the corner kicks at Barcelona, he's not proficient at long balls at all. That's probably why Barcelona take all those short corners.

Winner: Ronaldo
I'd take Ronaldo any day if my game was depending on a cross into the box.

1-3

Passing

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano likes the ball to be in one man's feet: Cristiano's. He does have good skills and vision when passing the ball, but he just doesn't like to share it at all and wants to finish plays himself most of the time.

Lionel Messi:
Messi is definitely not at Toni Kroos' level when passing the ball, but he has established himself as a consistent passer and assister this past two seasons. He also actively participates in Barcelona's play creation... at least when he actually wants to pass the ball. Sometimes he gets greedy and just doesn't pass when his teammates are open to make a play.

Winner: Messi
As a passer, I'd take Messi, even if it's just because he's the least selfish of the two.

0-3

Technique

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano has magnificent tecnhique for a player over 1.85 meters. He loves flicks and tricks and can do basically anything on the book when the ball is on his fee

Messi
Messi just might be the top technician in the world...with everything except his right foot. Other than that, he can control the ball in every situation with every single part of his body.

Winner: Messi
Even with his "one-footedness," Lionel wins this battle because his technique is a little better than Cristiano's.

0-2

Top Speed/Acceleration

Cristiano Ronaldo:
Cristiano is a sprinter. When in full speed, he's one of the fastest players in the world. His acceleration's not that bad either, but he's more fast than quick. If he's in fourth gear sprinting, you just won't catch him.

Messi
Messi's not as fast as you might think top speed wise, but his agility and acceleration in short spaces are the best in the world. Period. He's definitely more quick than fast and can blow opponents away on pure burst.

Winner: Tie
Both Lio and CR7 exploit defender speed wise. While the Argentinian abuses them on short speed, Ronaldo does the same on top speed.

By tackling this topic (yet again), I expect both Messi and Ronaldo fans to disagree with me. But I will try my best to remain objective and to declare a winner for the attributes I have decided to compare them on both physical and technical attributes (shooting, acceleration, strength...) and "intangible" ones (mentality, marketability, ego...). The winner will be determined by points on each category they win:

Strength
Cristiano Ronaldo: Cristiano's 1.85 meters tall and weighs 85 Kg so you would expect him to be a bull physically. But he's not. It might be more mental than anything, but he shies away from contact and prefers to go down rather than physically outshine the opposing defenders. When he wants to though, he can be physical and hold the ball with his back towards goal. He certainly doesn't like it and prefers not to do it, though.

Lionel Messi:
Messi has very good strength for someone that barely crosses 1.70 meters as their height. The Argentinian can shield defenders off the ball and can hold it with his back towards goal. Anyone that has seen him can also notices he can resist opponents lunges and tackles towards his legs, and he can resist the hardest slides while remaining on his feet.

Winner: Messi
When all those things are taken into account, they're more or less the same physically for their rival's defenses. Messi overperfoms for his short build, and Ronaldo underperforms for his huge one.

naturalwaves: Thanks sweets. I love it when women follow football.

Sexist remark.

Ahmadjr: 36 episodes?! Bruh 24 s09 has got only 12 episodes.

He obviously bought a pirated copy with split episodes. Always better to watch TV shows online or straight from the source.

Eberex: Well mine has 36

I'm guessing you bought a pirated copy advertising 36 episodes, right? Well check again. Most likely, one episode was split into 3 parts, which by simple calculation would give you 36 fake episodes in total. Don't get it twisted.

francawilson: Can someone teach me how 2watch Youtube videoes on my bb? Using UC browser or opera Mini. Meanwhile I subscribe d one of 1k. Someone once created a thread 4it sometym ago.I don't knw if it was lost during d hacking.

Anyway,someone shld tutor me pls.

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In the first picture, she's a whóre, while she's a hoe in the 2nd pic. Not much of a difference, really.

theSlayer: I call the (Red)Indians . the indians are from Siberia. they also migrated here to the americas . it doesn't matter if you came 200 years ago and I came 600 years ago .
life is survival of the fittest . europeans arrived in the New World,fought wars and won the land ,developed and run it . meanwhile ,the Indians are lucky to be living in reservations built by whites instead of living in mud shacks .

A comment drowning in dark ignominious water of sheer ignorance. Kids shouldn't be allowed access to computer keyboards until they wise up.