The Seleção podcast: CR7 ca$hes in (or out), obrigado “Mister” and Adeus Pele

Details: Published: Sunday, 01 January 2023 13:37

In episode 75 of the Seleção podcast, host Danny Pinto is joined by Tom Kundert and Nathan Motz from PortuGOAL.net.

The trio discuss Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia and their disappointment in the decision, the end of the Fernando Santos era and who might be the next Portugal manager, and they honour Pele who passed away earlier this week.

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Gee Dee

about 2 months ago
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Great podcast , what hasn't been mentioned is that Ronaldo could have found a club either in the summer or now if his salary demands were not as high. "Nobody wanted him " is completely not true. The media has been on him since the 2006 wink , is it just because he's from a small country ? I remember hearing how much better Kaka was in 2007 when he might have had a better year but the truth was that AC Milan was absolutely stacked with talent.

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BennyFromBrooklyn Gee Dee

about 2 months ago
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I think he definitely could have landed at a bigger club in the summer but, once he displayed his petulance in Manchester for the rest half of the season, culminating in the Piers Morgan interview debacle he became pretty much untouchable. At...

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BennyFromBrooklyn BennyFromBrooklyn

about 2 months ago
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*FIRST half of the season...

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Luis Ribeiro

about 2 months ago
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Honestly I still can't believe we are talking about Ronaldo and the possibility of him being on the team. Thank you for all you've done but its time to move on. His selfish and petulant attitude over the course of the past year should be enough not to get called up ever again, let alone his playing.

Ask Nathan, for years I have been saying to get him off the field, and I got a lot of hate for it. I knew I was right but not this right. When Portugal is in a do or die game against a big dog, over the course of history he just couldn't get it done. Name me one time he saved us against a big dog. Group stage does not count for me. When you play a big dog you need 11 men playing for the cause. Not 10 and 1 playing for himself. That will get you 118 international goals, which is great, but it just won't work against a France, Germany, Spain, Argentina and so on. The proof is in the pudding.The most important match of our history was won without him.

I will probably get a lot of hate for this post but name me once he saved us against one of those teams when it truly mattered. I'll wait.....

I don't care how good you are, no player is bigger than the team. Especially when that team is the Selecao Das Quinas. Forca!

Luis Ribeiro