Originally Posted by Originally Posted by sincher

Rubbish. )Most of the time he makes the wrong decision.

Originally Posted by Originally posted by Plechazunga

Sincher's spot on. He makes the wrong decision time after time.
I do think he'll mature into a great player. But by that time he'll be
playing for Madrid or Milan. I suspect if we'd bought someone like Duff
instead, we'd've missed out on some wonderful moments, but done better
as a team.

Originally Posted by Originally posted by Plechazunga

I do think he'll mature into a great player. But by that time he'll be
playing for Madrid or Milan. I suspect if we'd bought someone like Duff
instead, we'd've missed out on some wonderful moments, but done better
as a team.

Originally Posted by Originally posted by Plechazunga

Spot on...it not only slows the play down, it frustrates his teammates.
People say, "he had no choice but to dribble, no-one made any runs into
space." Well that works both ways...if I was Scholesy, I wouldn't bust
my asthmatic lungs to make forty-yard runs when 8 times out of 10, it's
going to end up with Ronaldo being tackled, falling over, shooting from
some stupid position, or choosing the wrong pass.

Originally Posted by Originally posted by Plechazunga

The reason Rooney gets less criticism than Ronaldo is because his
football brain is far better, resulting in less frustration even when
he's not playing well, and also because of his attitude to the team.

Rooney's priorities:

1. United winning
2. Scoring
3. Screaming at/clapping the ref
4. Pies

Ronaldo's priorities:

1. Ronaldo beating loads of men and then scoring
2. Ronaldo beating lots of men
3. Ronaldo looking good
4. United winning

Originally Posted by Originally posted by Plechazunga

Ronaldo does not have a great footballing brain. Robben, since he's
been mentioned, has a better one than him.