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DividedState t1_ixev0cj wrote

Reply to comment by Dontsaveme in Cristiano Ronaldo to leave Manchester United with immediate effect by judgyjudgersen

In every team he plays, he is a one man show and/or tries to turn the team into a one man show and he acts like the coach. Yes, he is an exceptional athlete with an astonishing fitness and control of the ball, but football is played by 11 man on the field.

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vostok412 t1_ixf11l4 wrote

He is also starting to loose his edge due to age. I think he's having a hard time dealing with it. He could be a one man show when he was in his prime but those days are ending. No reason he couldn't still be a very valuable player if he worked with his team. But that's not how he sees himself, and as his edge slips, I think he's lashing out a bit in frustration.

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SidewaysFancyPrance t1_ixi7ygl wrote

We see this a lot, and not just in sports. A person is so effective that other people overlook the harm they do to their institution and people around them. Eventually they lose that effectiveness and suddenly the problems and criticism catch up hard and everyone wonders why they put up with it for so long. The math changes.

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TSL4me t1_ixjm20b wrote

Every large sales department has dealt with this. Companies and mangers will put up with drugs, egos, harassment and often racism if the numbers are big. The second the sales numbers drop they all of a sudden pretend to care.

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SmashedPumpkin30 t1_ixfavs8 wrote

So he is Jamie Tartt?

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kingtz t1_ixha9ix wrote

No, more like Season One Roy Kent

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oxymoronhero t1_ixfegq1 wrote

More like a Lebron James

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hamiltonisoverrat3d t1_ixgkbgz wrote

Lebron is a poor comparison as he was consistently criticized for not taking over games and paasing versus driving or shooting in late game scenarios.

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jollyreaper2112 t1_ixewzum wrote

Not a sport guy but I've had it explained to me you can't be a one man team in soccer as with basketball. Requires a lot more coordination so if you don't do that, it's a lot more telling.

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TatteredCarcosa t1_ixgamlr wrote

Christiano could. Well, not really, but no team sport really allows for a one man team. But he was good enough to basically make a team competitive with just him plus average joes (average for top level pro players, not average for global population). He was very very good. But no athlete can avoid losing something with age. He's still good, but he's no longer "put the team on his back and make them a contender" good. He could still be an absolute threat that any team would love to have but he's used to being a God and he still wants to be treated like one.

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ThrowbackPie t1_ixg2sms wrote

even in basketball the best players will score 50 on rare occasions. Teams are making 100 points a game, you do absolutely need a team.

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01123581321AhFuckIt t1_ixglohj wrote

Of all NBA games played where a team has a player score over 60 points, 25% still resulted in losses for those teams.

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ThrowbackPie t1_ixgnsv6 wrote

I'm not sure if this is an argument for or against basketball being a team game.

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Jackshockey96 t1_ixg86n9 wrote

Recommending Blue Lock anime if you like anime and haven’t seen it yet! It’ll make you question if football is really played by 11!

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