Articles tagged with "cristiano ronaldo"
The First Annual Readers Champions League XI - REVEALED!
By Rob | May 17th, 2008All week, we've literally recieved tens of votes, as we opened up the question to you, who has been this season's best players in the Champions League, position for position? We let you vote, and below you can find out exactly who you voted in. So a ...
One of Ronaldo's Commotion Inducing Interviews
By Nick | May 16th, 2008Ronaldo might have caused major damage here. This is a distraction we simply didn't need ahead of such an important final. I can't see anything positive stemming from this. ...
Ronaldo Drops a Bomb?
By Nick | May 15th, 2008After reading this -- I simply had to ask the question. Nauseating as it might be to some. Me? I'm truly sick and tired of the seemingly constant speculation. No player is bigger than the club. I don't care who he is. In a decade, Ronaldo's car ...
Lauding Ronaldo
By Nick | May 15th, 2008"Admit it: he's been brilliant". So begins a nice bit in The Independent, laying out the sheer importance of Ronaldo to United. And, as you can see in the video below -- it really is Ronaldo's world these days. ...
Your Manchester United Player's of the Year for 2008
By Nick | May 13th, 2008Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year -- Cristiano Ronaldo Players' Player of the Year -- Cristiano Ronaldo Denzil Haroun Reserves Player of the Year -- Richard Eckersley Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year -- Danny Welbeck Goal of the Seas ...
Ronaldo Forced to Pledge Immediate Future to United. Again.
By Nick | May 13th, 2008Those dastardly fellows at Madrid didn't take too long to annoy each and every one of us for the seemingly billionth time -- though it appears, once again, to be a fruitless move. They're not the only ones full of admiration. ...
Day 4 of the Readers CL XI - Wingers
By Rob | May 11th, 2008All wekk we've been giving you the chance to vote in your CL team of the season. On paper this might be the most one (well two) sided battle of all time (fittingly perhaps for wingers). With two of the best players in the world playing on the wings, ...
Manchester United are Premier League Champions
By Ian Rose | May 11th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tai620mnilo[/youtube] This is the penalty that technically won the Premier League title this year. With Chelsea only managing a draw with Bolton, the title could only be lost by United with a defeat to Wiga ...
Wrap Up Of The Past Week
By Ale | May 9th, 2008It's been a hectic few days, hence no posting, so let's get down to it and look at some of the past week's news: C-Ron picked up yet another award. He also added 2 more goals against West Ham on Saturday to become only the 3rd United player to ...
Photos of the Day: Or In Soviet Russia Photoshop Edits YOU!
By Rob | May 8th, 2008Over on the Guardian they've got you the people, to photoshop lots of amusing images to celebrate the upcoming Chelsea/Man United Champions League final. Most follow a Communist artwork route as the final is in Moscow, so if you want to see Drogba as ...
The 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By Rob | May 6th, 2008This season's Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament ...
The 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By Rob | May 6th, 2008This season's Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | May 5th, 20081. Nani isn't much of an actor No doubt that Lucas Neill provoked him. But the poor man's Cristiano Ronaldo was stupid to headbutt the Aussie, and optimistic to think his belated dive to the floor clutching his face was convincing enough to save him ...
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You'll never guess. I'll give you a hint. Plays in MLS. Has a "pop-star" wife. Made an estimated $49 million last year, of which only $12 million came from actually playing t ...
Cars of the Stars: Which Autos do Rich Footballers Drive?
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008According to Forbes.com, the average EPL player made $2.2 million last year. And what did he spend it on? Expensive toys. And it's not just the EPL guys, either. Highly-paid players all over are coughing up cash for the grownup versions of ...
Barcelona and ManU Highlight Videos, to Get You in the Mood
By Laurie | April 29th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-lTYtkN4VRc[/youtube]I am officially not taking sides in the Champions League game between Manchester United and Barcelona, because we all know what happens when I take sides. (Actually, I'm tempted to work ha ...
How To Stop Messi, Eto'o, Rooney and Ronaldo.
By Rob | April 29th, 2008Four Fantastic players on thier day and players whom the opposition will worry about. In fact I imagine if you are a defender for either Barcelona or Manchester United, you would be getting pretty damn worried right about now. With only hours to go t ...
Champions League Semi Final Preview: Man Utd vs Barça Pt. II
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008It's no secret that second legs are almost always better. Why? Because that's when we find out who wins. And so the fireworks we were expecting from last week's first leg between Barcelona and Manchester United should all go off today. Cristiano ...
PFA Player Of The Year, Part II
By Ale | April 28th, 2008Cristiano Ronaldo was again named Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year tonight. I'll give you all a moment for the shock to wear off. Ronaldo retains the title after also collecting 2007's PFA Player of Year honour. The ...
Jamo in PFA Team of The Season
By b-man | April 28th, 2008David James was the only Pompey player to feature in this years PFA Team of the season. I honestly can't think of a more reliable goalkeeper in the Premier league (especially this season), so I suppose that's why he's in! I think Glen Johnson m ...
Zlatan, Crissy & Uncle Fester Throw The Media Some Bones
By chris | April 28th, 2008They should know better by now. The sensationalist media outlets will take anything and everything they can get their greasy hands on and twist it to sell copy (or get hits, nowadays). Take Zlatan's recent "I don't know what will happen in the future ...
A 'Celebration' of Simulation
By Rob | April 28th, 2008Yesterday I posted a fun post about Rafa Benitez having a go at Didier Drogba for being 'Theatrical'. Over at the Liverpool Offside, they seemed to take a bit too seriously, so as a result I thought i'd post some videos of the best, the worst, the si ...
Manchester United Vs Barcelona Preview. There Will Be Goals.
By Rob | April 28th, 2008The first leg threatened to be more entertaining that it ever was, but as I said in the preview to the last game, the second leg was always, always gonna be the biggie. Excited? You damn well should be. Some of the best players in the world will not ...
The Champions League Semi-Final Drinking Games
By Rob | April 27th, 2008So we are just a couple of days away from the mammoth second legs in the Champions League semi-finals. To make them even more fun, I've constructed drinking games for either night - though you would be pretty unwise to try both I fear you may need it ...
Cristiano Ronaldo Is Offensive, Rich
By Ale | April 26th, 2008I didn't get to watch the game today, but it doesn't really matter seeing as he only played for about twenty minutes anyways so you're going to get some entirely non-football news. Good? Good. Basically, Ronny pissed off all his new neighbors by f ...
Nike "Take it to the Next Level"
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Nike's latest commercial is definitely one of the most creative football adverts I've ever seen. It's directed by Guy Ritchie, the director of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Revolver. You may know him as the husband of Madonna. ...
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