[Marwood]

It's not the trick itself.

It's that this particular trick is just a bit silly. I'd imagine most of the players can do it.

Garnacho controlling the ball with that backheel move was great and nobody criticises it. I've seen Antony do that as well.

Where as Antony spinning round with nobody near him? It makes me chuckle more than anything.

Reminds me of that Dorking player doing a pirouette for no clear reason.

 

[TMDaines]

I'd imagine ETH was less impressed by the overhit pass and the failure to track back two mins later, than a superfluous trick.

 

[lex talionis]

The trick merited comments during the matchday thread, nothing more. And maybe ETH benched him for it, fine. But the berating he’s taken on social media is absurd.

 

[davisjw]

Let's be clear: it wasn't a trick worth commenting on. He spun in a circle a couple times with no one around him. I've seen 8 year olds do that with the same "sticky touch".

I don't mind showboating, especially if it's upsetting the opposition's fans. But let's hold him to a higher standard and demand proper showboating tricks.

 

[gza the genius]

I'm not in England so I can't say for sure the amount of attention this is getting but from the outside it seems like most pundits have made a bigger deal of this than Ronaldo refusing to be subbed on and then leaving the stadium.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Personally, I think it's a whole load of fuss over nothing.

It really is

 

[Robbie Boy]

What's Kerlon up to these days?

 

[Remember the geese]

It really is

Strange people.

 

[Foxbatt]

It's very entertaining for sure. I don't think all players can do that as some claim here. Some of them can't even control the ball properly every time.

 

[AndySmith1990]

I found it entertaining, and last time I checked sport was supposed to be about entertainment

 

[IRELANDUNITED]

When Jay Jay Okocha was showboating everyone loved it but because Antony plays for United he gets hammered for it. That sort of negative attention comes with playing for United. It’s also really sad to see the likes of Scholes calling him a clown, so many ex players are negative by choice towards current United sides. I’d imagine they can’t handle the fact they’re no longer in the spotlight and that’s why they try to bring down the players that are currently playing.

 

[MayfieldsFinest]

For feck sake, leave him off. Best used to beat a man, stop to let him catch up and then beat him again. As said above football is entertainment.

 

[Trex]

Ehmm I watched the game with at least twenty other United fans we all laughed watching it.
Its football, if he was a brain surgeon showboating on an open skull I'll get the outrage but its football. Understand his footballing culture, Neymar is his country numero uno, he grew up watching Ronaldinho. Its a culture that appreciate this side of the game. He wouldn't be a true Brazilian forward without an element of it. An overall he is very responsible with the ball and work his socks off.
So please everyone should take a chill pill.

 

[Stacks]

Looks like you guys have forgotten. Ronaldo was rightly admonished for pointless stepovers all the time. He would love to try and beat the same player twice and was slow to release the ball.

But he had the right manager in SAF who saw the talent and worked with him, gave him the platform to improve.

For the first two yrs 03-04, 05-06 he was this type of a player.

2nd half of 05-06, things started changing, we started playing beautiful football, with Saha instead of RVN, and then of course 06-07 and history was made.

I can agree but the point is he was mostly trying to beat players. Not just uselessly pivoting on one the spot standing still or passing backwards or sideways
I personally didn't criticise him mostly because he actually had the potential to beat players and cause havoc which is an essential skill. Our current wingers are terrified to run at players and take them on where as maybe Ronaldo did too much! polar opposites

 

[Oly Francis]

Perhaps the spin created the channel for the pass.

Should’ve looked who has was passing to ffs. Oh I’ll play it shorter because Casemiro is slow.

I got news for you, yeah, good players adjust their passes depending on who receives it. They'll try to play longer/shorter or place the ball on the left/right foot of said player so he receives it in the best condition possible.

Kinda ridiculous to think that a good passer will play the same ball for Mbappé or Giroud.

 

[Stacks]

When Jay Jay Okocha was showboating everyone loved it but because Antony plays for United he gets hammered for it. That sort of negative attention comes with playing for United. It’s also really sad to see the likes of Scholes calling him a clown, so many ex players are negative by choice towards current United sides. I’d imagine they can’t handle the fact they’re no longer in the spotlight and that’s why they try to bring down the players that are currently playing.

yet another false equivalence. Okocha, one of my premier favs, actually beat players, skilled them up, embarrassed them on a regular and took them out of possessions. Antony spent the whole game checking back and passing backwards/sideways to teammates whenever a defender was fronting him up and then does a pivot when NOBODY is challenging him as if he is really like that . its hella goofy. Like imagine Maguire just hoofs the ball every time a striker is near, then when he has time and space near our penalty area he starts doing pirouettes, flick flacks, stepovers, drag backs, like dudes spamming the right stick on FIFA, then passes back to our keeper you would think he was a goofball (I would actually find this funny)

 

[roonster09]

It would be a big shame if he stops doing that spin move, going by his post he won't stop it and rightly so. Will be funny to see all the outrage

 

[BerryBerryShrew]

I can agree but the point is he was mostly trying to beat players. Not just uselessly pivoting on one the spot standing still or passing backwards or sideways
I personally didn't criticise him mostly because he actually had the potential to beat players and cause havoc which is an essential skill. Our current wingers are terrified to run at players and take them on where as maybe Ronaldo did too much! polar opposites

I can definitely remember a match against Benfica when Ronaldo flicked up a ball and juggled it on his knee while running.....backwards towards his own goal. He looked like a right prat.

 

[Stacks]

I can definitely remember a match against Benfica when Ronaldo flicked up a ball and juggled it on his knee while running.....backwards towards his own goal. He looked like a right prat.

true but he earned that right to be a twat by ACTUALLY being a skill player

 

[FattyFooty]

I thought it was cool...

 

[Thom Merrilin]

I loved the spin, been waiting for him to bring it out and I hope he continues to do it. I fell in love with football because of players like Ronaldinho and Ronaldo. I'd like to see more skill and flair in the game not less.

 

[tenpoless]

It would be a big shame if he stops doing that spin move, going by his post he won't stop it and rightly so. Will be funny to see all the outrage

I'd like to see him on the sideline waiting for a throw in, receive the ball and do the spin twice in a row.

 

[mav_9me]

I can agree but the point is he was mostly trying to beat players. Not just uselessly pivoting on one the spot standing still or passing backwards or sideways
I personally didn't criticise him mostly because he actually had the potential to beat players and cause havoc which is an essential skill. Our current wingers are terrified to run at players and take them on where as maybe Ronaldo did too much! polar opposites

Could not agree more.

 

[kaku06]

You are like a 10 year girl when someone is after insulting her favorite boy band.

Saying the 'trick' was pointless is not overacting it is just commenting on it t.

The overreaction is having a meltdown just because you don't agree with someone else's opinion.

Every comment does not have an agenda it is just an opinion. If Scholes or someone else says they were not impressed by a bit play , that is all it means. It does not mean they have an agenda against he player.

Okay mate. Hope he does the spin multiple times a game to boil the piss of some of you. Go on Antony.

 

[r1z3mu]

So this amazing and hard to repeat trick - what should it be called? "Ballerina spin", "Hamster in a wheel"? I called it embarrassing because I love what Brazilian magicians can do and this so-called trick is not one of them. Now if he does "rainbow flick" and beats VVD one on one - I would be ecstatic. Or maybe does "elastico" (like Ronaldinho). And so on.

 

[BerryBerryShrew]

The trick itself was pointless but for me that wasn't the issue. I'd have been happy for him to do that against the Scousers and see Robertson melt down and Souness and Carra have a fit in the Sky studio.

But doing it against a weak team from Moldova just seems tacky. It's tasteless to punch down like that. These are players earning feck all money who all dreamed at playing in places like Old Trafford so treat them and beat them with respect.

 

[R'hllor]

It doesnt bother me, dont see such a big of an issue in that moment of time, am i weird, seems there is a huge uproar about it.

Is it because showboating is sign of a disrespect or something because if i was defender would see it as stupid.

 

[Betson]

Okay mate. Hope he does the spin multiple times a game to boil the piss of some of you. Go on Antony.

If that is what floats your boat fair enough , I hope he does something functional that actually helps the team win .

I suppose we both have different outlooks of football should be about , I much prefer seeing us win games than creating viral social media clips. It is probably a generational thing.

 

[the_cliff]

Needs to score next game against West Ham and then do so many spinarooni's he has to be subbed off cos of dizziness.

 

[Betson]

It doesnt bother me, dont see such a big of an issue in that moment of time, am i weird, seems there is a huge uproar about it.

Is it because showboating is sign of a disrespect or something because if i was defender would see it as stupid.

The uproar has mainly people crying over others saying it was a pointless trick and not that skillful. And very much on the cringe side of things.

 

[Plant0x84]

360 would have been fine, 720 was too much. Nothing but an upright Neymar.

 

[Relevated]

Sorry but these kind of skills show dominance and authority over the weaker teams.

You guys have developed a loser mentality, sorry to say.

 

[Relevated]

I loved the spin, been waiting for him to bring it out and I hope he continues to do it. I fell in love with football because of players like Ronaldinho and Ronaldo. I'd like to see more skill and flair in the game not less.

Exactly, if we were losing and he does it in the 85th minute then people have a point. But this is different.

 

[pratyush_utd]

There seems to be less tolerance for ETH and his signings. Especially from our “ex players”

I hope he does it again at Old Trafford and the stadium cheers him on.

 

[Giggs' right foot]

There seems to be less tolerance for ETH and his signings. Especially from our “ex players”

I hope he does it again at Old Trafford and the stadium cheers him on.

They want a manager they can message in WhatsApp... EtH couldn't give a feck about them or their opinions, and that doesn't sit well with them... Boo-hoo, someone grab the violins.

 

[Strootman's Finger]

There seems to be less tolerance for ETH and his signings. Especially from our “ex players”

I hope he does it again at Old Trafford and the stadium cheers him on.

Because they didn't want him or his players. So they need them both to fail in order to show they were right.

 

[Lyng]

It feels like our ex players are angry Ten Hag is doing well.

 

[IFC 1905]

Sorry but these kind of skills show dominance and authority over the weaker teams.

You guys have developed a loser mentality, sorry to say.

Messi walking would cause more dominance and authority than that.

 

[Jippy]

Let's be clear: it wasn't a trick worth commenting on. He spun in a circle a couple times with no one around him. I've seen 8 year olds do that with the same "sticky touch".

I don't mind showboating, especially if it's upsetting the opposition's fans. But let's hold him to a higher standard and demand proper showboating tricks.

Kanchelskis was amazing.

 

[dubplate warrior]

English pundits don't value flair or skill. They value clattering people and "letting them know you're there". They're usually always wrong about football in general though, just look at what the consensus was with Martinez.

Guillet was right by the way, our ex players don't help with their contributions in the media.