I've had a cup of tea to let this stew, and for this to happen only now really does seem like promises were broken with regards to new signings. My guess is the lack of a striker signing to-date and Ronnie's camp twisting the club's arm to ensure that we spend a new striker. Either way, it's a win-win for fans and Ronaldo.
Funny how leaks of us looking at that young Brazilian striker broke around the same time.
Or I could be reading too much into things.
I don’t think not bringing in a striker is what’s done it (he’s a vain fecker who’d probably prefer better service to competition) but moreover not brining in anyone at all, and mostly looking at young Erdervise players whilst our not particulalry glamorous matinee signing drags on and on…. It’s a cnuts move if he knew he was gonna leave and waited until now. No one would’ve blamed him if he’d said bye at the end of the season, but waiting until it’s still early enough to spook our targets but late enough to make it hard to find a replacement (especially after several previous leaks about him becoming impatient with progress) does look like he’s pulled the rip chord when he thinks the ship is sinking.
He wants CL, sure, but I reckon he’d stay if he felt we had a chance of competing for the league - however daft that sounded at any point! - or winning some cups…. The further this window goes on, the more it looks like we’re settling for another frustrating scrap.
It might be best for the long term, but it’s shitty timing in the short term… I know everyone likes to pretend the long game is all that matters, but the short is just as important. We wouldn’t be in half the shit we are if we’d taken our last managerial appointment or the January window more seriously. We fecked the short term then, and it’s costing our long game now.
Also, we have literally no strikers. Both the rapists have fecked us.