Ronaldo and Rooney are the best players since i joined reijn down..
All Ronaldo fanboys
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In the amusing irony stakes, the google ad for this page is one for an athlete's foot cure.
Maybe Ronaldo isn't a virus, but a particularly nasty fungal infection that can spread to the groin area if you're not careful?
Maybe Ronaldo isn't a virus, but a particularly nasty fungal infection that can spread to the groin area if you're not careful?
No player in the history of football has been asked questions like "Are you happy here", "are you going to stay at this club next season", "would you like to play for Madrid some day", more frequently than Ronaldo has.
And every time he was asked, if he kept quiet, he was being coy or sly. If he said something less than absolutely positive, his words will be twisted and misquoted to sound as though he wanted to leave. So after a while, he learnt to say whatever people wanted to hear.
I think it was clear that he was always going to leave some day, it was a matter of when. His background, his early influences always pointed him towards to the continent, to Madrid in particular. It's a matter of whether people could accept it. Some can, some can't. Those who can will find it a lot easier to move on peacefully, while those who can't now have the perfect excuse to stick it to him even more.
One thing is true about him - with Ronaldo, it's always polemic. He will no longer have my support, now that he no longer plays for us. But what a character ... and a decent footballer too.
And every time he was asked, if he kept quiet, he was being coy or sly. If he said something less than absolutely positive, his words will be twisted and misquoted to sound as though he wanted to leave. So after a while, he learnt to say whatever people wanted to hear.
I think it was clear that he was always going to leave some day, it was a matter of when. His background, his early influences always pointed him towards to the continent, to Madrid in particular. It's a matter of whether people could accept it. Some can, some can't. Those who can will find it a lot easier to move on peacefully, while those who can't now have the perfect excuse to stick it to him even more.
One thing is true about him - with Ronaldo, it's always polemic. He will no longer have my support, now that he no longer plays for us. But what a character ... and a decent footballer too.
Brad has a selective memory about the Ronaldo-dislike that existed prior to summer 2008.. He wants to say that all the reaction was justified - not just by the media/fan mutual conflagration version of events, but also just by what Ronaldo definitely did/said.
He doesn't want to admit that certain prejudices (for example about aspects of Ronaldo's character) just latched onto a series of events and remarks and ensured the worst possible versions appearing in those people's thoughts. He also doesn't want to admit just how much of the negative reaction was just because Ronaldo had jilted the person concerned.
Funnily, Brad actually admitted to the existence of those negative views about Ronaldo that later blossomed into the OTT reactions - though he was trying to make a different point. So (emphasis mine):
All those repressed negatives just came gushing out when the opportunity came around. (Previously it was just sniping about his 'play-acting' or him being a 'primadonna' - apparently these aren't negative responses according to Brad, but perhaps they are part of us idolising Ronaldo as far as he's concerned.)
Of course, some both had those negative impulses and were also openly contra-Ronaldo prior to 2008 as you yourself remember.
FS you really can be such a wanker at times
"a series of events and remarks"
You keep forgetting that nobody other than you believes your fantasy version of what happened last summer. You keep forgetting that the entire match day crowd was so pissed off at his actions that they went from universal belting out of Viva Ronaldo, to not singing about him at all
There's always been negative things to say about Ronaldo, much of it fair when regarding some of his conduct on the pitch. The argument was always that his diving, cheating, lack of tracking back, preening etc was all justified because of just how devastating he was for us. We'd debate about it, some not too happy, some not caring, but it didn't stop anyone from contributing to what was a pretty special relationship between player and supporter. Of course you get a picture of someone's character, and use it to judge them by. It's called context FS, a concept I know from your inability to read a simple transcript last summer you just don't understand one bit
You can't knock the way fans treated Ronaldo pre last summer, it was exceptional. His actions of the summer pissed a lot of people off, and killed off to some extent that 'bond' we had with him. I guess in some ways it was a good thing, because it's made his leaving that much easier to digest, but it all left a bad taste
Can't believe its still going to be honest.
i would definitely agree with the first, but a thumping win over real in the champions league final ( with ronaldo missing a penalty ) would be marvellous - oh and a hat trick for rooney too please
Attention those arguing that Ron's cuntishness back in 2006 was all a creature of the demonic British media. Listen to what god himself said in an interview:
"Sometimes you do things because emotions are running high, but Wayne is my good friend," said Ronaldo. "I can't regret it because I think the whole experience made me stronger.
"But looking back it was not the right thing to do and not something I would do any more."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5390896,00.html
"Sometimes you do things because emotions are running high, but Wayne is my good friend," said Ronaldo. "I can't regret it because I think the whole experience made me stronger.
"But looking back it was not the right thing to do and not something I would do any more."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5390896,00.html