Pretty much.
I'm actually amazed how many people still think he's a top player.
It's delusion of the highest order.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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I'm actually amazed how many people still think he's a top player.
It's delusion of the highest order.
Ronaldo left United and spent his best years at other clubs. He doesn't own the club. He didn't build it up so what the feck is it to him if the football team isn't as good as it used to be. He's getting paid a fortune and let's face facts it's not exactly squalor either is it. His job is to perform on the pitch and he can't do it anymore. If this was a 28 year old peak power player then his interview might be relevant but he's past it and it's rather pathetic that he's off on a massive tabloid sulk.
Don't mix up the fact he's in denial that his ability is fading.
blaming United for that is surreal to me.
He's an old man in football terms he just needs to accept it.
United will be around long after he's forgotten.
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There was also a quieter minority who were both rather excited by it and also confident that it would end in tears.
I'm sure he is.
He's pretty much done everything possible to make sure Ronaldo's happy throughout the campaign. He made him captain recently and this clown has belittled him publicly like a child.
It's an embarrassment and he didn't deserve it at all.
Yeah you’re probably right. The only way to challenge agents’ power would be if clubs acted in concert, but that’s hardly likely to happen.
Those aren't United fans. The sooner the "In Cristiano we trust" brigade feck off the better. They can enjoy watching Saudi football or the Chinese super league.
That’s your new name? So you admitting you are my…..
Gosh - which Saturdays and Sundays were these?
Martial’s main reason for failing to turn up is that he’s usually injured.
Hopefully he doesn't play for us again.
His entire interview was a disgrace and he's sullied his image for good with a lot of United fans needlessly.
If he wanted out, he could have gone at the Glazers purely and he would have heralded as a hero. Instead, he came off like a moron.
She's head and shoulders above 99% of their cast and shouldn't be there. Their channel is a joke.
I hope Niall locks you out of the forum.
Of course they prefer playing without the guy who berates them at every turn, doesn't perform, throws his toys out of the pram when the team is doing well and generally couldn't give a shit about any of them. I doubt his teammates at RM loved him either. I'm sure they appreciated his contributions to the team but someone like Ronaldo is not a likeable person on a personal level.
I still don't get this respect, or a player feeling slighted thing, a manager is basically your boss, if he doesn't feel you're ready to play then that isn't disrespect, that's your boss telling you that you're not in the condition to contribute, so get your ass into gear and get in the condition to play, specially when you've just been given a couple of months off by said boss.
Imagine a regular employee in the same boat as Ronaldo over the summer, sick kid (it happens a lot) do you think their employer would let them take 2 months off with full pay?
Would the manager defend him to the CEO if the CEO caught that employee sending out CV's to other companies during the time off given to him to be with the sick kid?
Would the manager then integrate that employee when coming back to the office after no other company wanted him?
Would the manager again defend that employee if the CEO caught him leaving the office at 2pm?
Would the manager defend the employee if he refused to do the job?
The answer to all of the above would be a resounding no, you may get some leeway if your child was ill, but that isn't legally required and I'd bet 95% of companies wouldn't give 2 months paid leave.
If a regular Joe/Jane did the above to a regular company they'd have been out the door - makes me question why there are people defending the indefensible.
Imagine a regular employee in the same boat as Ronaldo over the summer, sick kid (it happens a lot) do you think their employer would let them take 2 months off with full pay?
Would the manager defend him to the CEO if the CEO caught that employee sending out CV's to other companies during the time off given to him to be with the sick kid?
Would the manager then integrate that employee when coming back to the office after no other company wanted him?
Would the manager again defend that employee if the CEO caught him leaving the office at 2pm?
Would the manager defend the employee if he refused to do the job?
The answer to all of the above would be a resounding no, you may get some leeway if your child was ill, but that isn't legally required and I'd bet 95% of companies wouldn't give 2 months paid leave.
If a regular Joe/Jane did the above to a regular company they'd have been out the door - makes me question why there are people defending the indefensible.
Of course he does.
If Ronaldo was ploughing his missus he'd be sitting in the corner playing with a fleshlight.
I like Luckhurst current reports but I don't like Luckhurst. #conflicted.
I think you are right in the way that Rio, in addition to Graeme Souness, are not really talking about United and Ten Hags communication with Ronaldo, which they know nothing whatsoever about. They are talking about their own experiences being laid off by Man United and benched for Liverpool. They are just so dense that they can’t see the difference. Rio seems to actually think he knows what United and Ten Hag has communicated to Ronaldo, based on free fantasy, Ronaldo’s delusional ranting and his own memory of being laid off.
Souness level off density is such that he claims he would never accept being benched when first told he will play, and he would never avoid benching a player he fisrt told to play of it was best for the team, and any manager that would bemch him thus or player that would complain about it is a toxoic moron and he would resign on the spot if it happened.
Some people should simply be spared the embarassment of public debate.
Maybe you should change your name to RonaldoFather?
Majority? Who are the ones that think he should play again? Ship them out too.
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Rashford, Martial, Bruno. I’m sure the likes of Garnacho and Antony look up to him a lot.
I wonder how Casemiro and Varane feel having played with him for so long, they must clearly be able to see he’s not the same player.
Perfectly summarizes it.
Honestly, this club has coddled him far too long.
Terminate his contract if it's viable legally and remind him he's not bigger than the club. Perez was a genius for calling his bluff.
Maybe they're just neutral.
Those who voted for the last option should be banned. Maybe go set up their own CR7.net and wank themselves silly over Ronaldo everyday. How embarrassing. There are ex club legends who have done less than him and never put on the shirt again. Ronaldo should have his contract terminated and never be allowed to step foot in Old Trafford again. I also hope he flops at the World Cup.
Indeed. I'd probably count myself amongst that group to be fair.
Its an easy win for Ronaldo fans, he scored 24 goals last year so shushhh.
However; he was a major part of us finishing 6th, getting battered in games.
We can have a player score 40 goals for us but if the team finishes 6th, its not amazing, compare to our highest scorer getting 20 and we get top 4.
People don't get this, every metric this season shows we are a better team without Ronaldo. Okay, some may say, stats mean feck all, visually, the eye test also shows we are better without Ronaldo.
Games we have pressed well and won the ball back high up the pitch, games where we came with intensity, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs we looked 10 x better without him.
Antony will also look up to his manager.
What we know so far.
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I just voted for all 4 options.
hope they lose every match after he limps off with an ACL tear after 4 minutes of the first game
You're a disgrace, ten Hag!
Pretty much nothing then
Well said
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