And again Carragher is right. Rio is acting like a kid fanboy, not the great United defender of his time and a star.He did. Funny that Rio his phone buzzed too. Exactly what Carragher put in that tweet
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They are pundits and what they speak of is their right. It's their job. They are free to voice it out the way they like, just like I am free to do my job the way I see fit for our team's benefit.
There is a difference once they have an agenda
Isn't Neville a Mancheater lad and was part of come the famous 92 youth team? It's Obvious were his loyalty would lie and that is seeing United winning games and performing like a proper team. I think it has helped that he has met Erik ten Hag too, getting to meet with him and picking his brains would have also made Neville rate him more as a person and as a Manager.
Yeah, that's why all that communicating about his role is bollocks, if he didnt missed preseason he'd be more fit and he'd have time to talk to ETH about his role. Saying it's ETH's fault he didnt communicate to Ronaldo about his role is horrible take by Rio and he keep avoiding the fact Ronaldo missed preseason cause it doesnt suit his agenda.
Is it meaning that if Ronaldo off load in last summer, we will buy Gakpo in a cheap price..
They have a public platform and they are ex-united. They should be displaying some level of loyalty to their club over a mate or at worst they should be staying out of it.
That's possible but tbh nobody knows. However if he left there's surely a better chance ETH could have persuaded the board to buy him a new striker. We'd also have like 500k off the weekly wages. It's already 24m a year. You throw in another 30m and you'd have a new striker I think. If he's young he'd be on 100k a week max or 5m a year.
Just kill it with fire.
And all of them included Man United paying 80% Ronaldo's wage. That's how football world values "Best player of all time"
Your second paragraph is even more annoying to me because ETH is the most exciting and promising manager we’ve had post SAF, we finally look like we’re heading in the right direction, and these clowns are throwing him under the bus in ways they never did to Ole or Moyes who deserved it way more.
This is not right. Ronaldo had started more than half our games since the international break. He played badly and lost his place, this is competition. He'd be incredibly daft if he needs to know how merit works. How can any player expect consistent selection when their performance is inconsistent? I'm not surprised though. last season when he threw that tantrum with Rangnick he was having a torrid game and still had the audacity to ask why he was the one subbed and not one of the younger players.
Its almost like your past form isn't relevant to your current form and players should be judged on merit instead of rose tinted glasses. A seemingly bizarre notion to all the ex-players who can't seem to understand the fantastically simple concept that just because you were the worlds best does not mean you always will be. And this is despite all of them going through some version of this as they aged out of being useful premier league players.
There is one thing you can't do and that is reason with deluded people. A player missed pre season and you expect him to play games?
We have done both in the Europa, to be fair.
Carragher is the only prominent pundit talking sense on Ronaldo and has been since we signed him.He did. Funny that Rio his phone buzzed too. Exactly what Carragher put in that tweet
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These off the record briefs are not getting through, they are too ambiguous and easy to ignore by loudmouth pundits.
I really like Carragher as a pundit honestly. And when you see the whole Ronaldo story he speaks all the right stuff unlike Rio and Keane who are just embarrassing themselves at this point.
That would completely destroy what's left between United and Ronaldo I think. Tbh I'd love to see that but imo from a business perspective our board would have to think twice before doing this. Ronaldo has a huge fanbase and they might want to do some business later with him. After all money talks. And all this should be kept as diplomatic as possible from United side imo. We won't look good either if we do that I reckon.
Wasn't Carragher the one who also said he is sure Martinez as a CB cannot work in the PL?
So what? If he would be right about everything, he would be a title winning manager, but he is just a pundit. Doesn't change the fact that his view on the whole Ronaldo at United saga seems to be spot on.
Let's be real, a lot of our ex-players are either:
He is also embarrassing himself saying things like that.
This is the problem. People point at someone making a mistake as proof they don't know what they are talking about. Someone who makes a mistake and admits to it is 10x the person someone who stubbornly sticks to their guns despite reality showing them how wrong they are.
Oh I am not bothered at all by that, don't through me in the mix with those who are. Being friends with an idiot sometimes means you have to accept looking like an idiot yourself.
Thanks, will try to find it later, I have to work, life sucks.
You seem like a cheery soul who definitely fits into your own C category. Maybe D too but it's too early to say.
I have my biases for sure. I'm also a grade A weirdo.
Hasn't Gary Neville come out to say United play better without him and they should get rid?
Yet our fans constantly bash Neville despite him loving the club, being one of our own, and being ever-present for us in our best years.
I'm sure not that's fair, I mean some definitely aren't worth listening to I agree but the reasons don't really stack up for me.
Rooney hasn't said too much but he's been pretty spot on too.
Another thing that they refuse to acknowledge is that Cristiano is no longer the player he was.
Just curious why promoting gambling a sell-out?
Maybe, he's not always right.
Neville campaigned for his mate Ole to get the job despite having no credentials for it, and campaigned for him to keep his job when it was clear we were wasting years under him. He was behind the "cultural reboot" and "likeable bunch of players" narrative that saw us waste 3 years and hundreds of millions all so one his mates could have a job he didn't deserve.
I agree if Ronaldo was present for pre season I don't think this would have unraveled the way it did. He also should have spoken to the club privately about leaving, not in the media using Mendes as a mouthpiece to get a feel for interest in the market. ETH has handled this situation almost perfectly. He's not criticised Ronaldo and I believe wanted him sold in summer but as per Luckhurst report the hierarchy intervened.
