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Football opinions that became too mainstream due to hipster football Twitter influence.
The worst one by far.

Pele isn’t a t5 player oat.

??? Plumbers, tours against teenagers, whatever it may be I don’t care.

Leading your country to a WC at 17, winning another two, and scoring 750~ goals..... You’re t5. If you didn’t know, Brazil was the best league at the time.
Sergio Ramos can’t defend.

His red cards are something that are hard to argue, but sometimes they are unfortunately the right move at the time (last man late in the game)

When the best strikers in the world say you’re the toughest to get by, you must be a decent defender.
Scholes wasn’t as good as anyone says.

Hmmm idk. Playing in man united’s midfield for the entirety of their golden era??! Iniesta and Xavi looking to you as an idol? Lmfao you are probably pretty good.
Ronaldo wasn’t a good dribbler and can’t create.

Simply just recency bias. Clearly didn’t watch before 2014.

- Ronaldo has the second most assists IN FOOTBALL HISTORY
- as for dribbling, t4 most completed since 2006, knee injury obviously made it harder https://twitter.com/optajose/status/1260989936972546049
Jose Mourinho plays boring football and is past it.

Johan Cruyfism has brainwashed the world into thinking there’s only one way to play football. Counter attacking football is effective and not boring simply because they don’t possess the ball.

“Washed Jose’s” football in 2020 https://twitter.com/zayftbl/status/1330287617414488069
Ronaldinho was just a highlights player

- idk about you, but multiple balon d’ors, World Cup, UCL’s, while being the best player on your squad usually doesn’t mean you’re just a highlights player.

He had highlights, but wasn’t just that.

Standing O at the bernabeu too? Jeez
Hate to put another Ronaldo one in here but “Ronaldo is a poor free kick taker.”

For this I’ll use Messi as a benchmark, as he’s regarded as one of the best of all time.

Hate to break it to you guys, but Ronaldo STILL has more free kicks than Messi. So can he be THAT bad?
Giggs is only rated for his longevity...

While I think his PFA POTY near the end of his career was unfairly given over ronaldo, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t great.

You’re telling me SAF and his many titles started him almost every single game and he wasn’t good?? Lol okay 😂
Modric balon d’or wasn’t deserved.

Was not deserved is a stretch. If you think Ronaldo deserved it more, that’s a valid opinion. Point is, it was between them two so is it really that much of a robbery? No. Word cup years always put importance on the WC and he was crazy.
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