ricardo quaresma

As a huge FC Porto supporter I had the pleasure to watch all his games. Reminds me of an immature/young Ronaldo. Lots of flare and exceptional skill but still hasn't "put it together". Also doesn't have Ronaldo's speed or ability in the air. Currently riding the pine for Inter I believe. Not sure which video you linked cause I'm on my phone but his goal against Belgium in a friendly years back is incredible

it's just a random video. without any "notable" success, he has a career of highlights.

he's certainly a traditional winger. i would imagine that he still is, but i haven't seen him play in forever. of course, he doesn't have the same skill set as ronaldo, but considering ronaldo's entire skill set, it is so diverse that i don't think you can really classify it and expect anyone to do all of the things that he does. ronaldo doesn't really fit any kind of "mold." fwiw, i threw the denilson reference in there because they are both so "selfishly" talented, but their careers are going to shite (i guess denilson's already has).

and yeah, he's still at inter. i looked it up after the champions league final because i was curious.

kerlon has been hurt pretty frequently, i think. he's still very young as well.

while we're on the "players who have flamed out" kick, where the frick is d'alessandro

D'Alessandro had a pretty good year with Internacional in Brazil. According to Wikipedia, the LA Galaxy tried to get him, but the club didn't accept the deal. Much like all the other "next Maradonas like Ariel Ortega, Pablo Aimar, Marcelo Carrusca, and to a certain extent, Javier Saviola, he didn't do much in Europe.

thread recognized, and I want to know who will return me the two minutes which I lost reading this drivel.

definitely. it's just interesting because he was

1. relatively promising
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2. went arse up at about the same age as a similar player

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this guy was da shite for quite some time. da shite. fizzled out in a big way. your guess is as good as his agent's.

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i'm sure that it didn't help that he was a petulant cocksucker. it was just a guy that used to make me want to try new things on the soccer field when i was younger that really disappeared. i guess it's easy to have some kind of ideal when you're on 100k/week at inter. i had kind of lost interest in the game. videos like this are helping me get up for the world cup

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north of the bay of biscay football

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not a chance

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big hug bro.

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absolutely. this is the internet. even if it was real life, it's a disagreement over nothing. nothing to "truly" get worked up over

ETA: plus, jermaine jones made a cameo. what could have been.

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But etiquette is etiquette. Just because we are not physically exchanging opinions doesn't mean that manners go out the window. I hate that.

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definitely. we're all human beings posting anonymous blurbs on a message board. weird, sure. new, sure, but i'd feel apprehensive posting/joking about things here that i wouldn't say in real life, even if i am five carlsberg's deep in copenhagen.