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Body language matters.
He's an embarrassment.
Seems like someone has it out for Ronaldo
The hysteria is unreal
Of course not, it’s Ronaldo! He’s throwing a hissy fit the vain motherfecker. Boo! We want hard Irishmen!
Those of us who have seen Ronaldo play for 20 years are, of course, aware that this is his normal body language.
Ten Hag not being intimidated & calling him out is ok with me.
It’s a real shame Ron has chosen this tactic as I think had he just fronted up in May & stated he wanted to leave both sides could have come out of this looking far better. I don’t care how many accolades you have, when your manager, especially a new one in the role, is attempting to get their point across you could at least feign listening but overall it’s encouraging to see EtH not pandering & coaching the whole team.
To be honest, I'd take a Ronaldo who can perform for 30 minutes a match for one season. Not sure how his ego would cope with it, but if he was (theoretically) a sub every game and came on for 30 minutes every game, he'd still end up our top scorer and grab a ton of match winning goals. That's an extreme example but conceptually, let the younger guys try and tire out defences, then who better to take advantage when the game is in the end stages?
Give him the full 90 in Europa with the kids and tell him it we're focusing on the Europa and need him in top condition every game. That'd work, right?
Give him the full 90 in Europa with the kids and tell him it we're focusing on the Europa and need him in top condition every game. That'd work, right?
It’s absolutely bewildering that we have people in this thread saying he played well in the first half. He was shocking off the ball. He pressed once the entire half - the rest off the time he sat 10 yards off their CBs resulting in our CBs having to stay deep and us playing a low-mid block we have played at no other time this pre-season. We had zero control and any threat was transitional ala last season. When we had the ball he spent most of his time coming deep into our half to receive the ball - something I haven’t see Martial do once this month - and something Amad didn’t do. He never made any runs in behind - he constantly comes short because he hasn’t got the pace or physicality to play up against CBs anymore. Oh and for all those tweeting a sodding Goldbridge tweet as a source here’s the times verifying Jackson earlier in saying we haven’t commented on if he had permission to strut off. Hopefully he was told his effort level was unacceptable and he was hooked at HT:
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They weren't in the match day squad, I presume (Bruno et al).
No idea why Ronaldo was there, though (if he was).
Agreed. The body language is shocking. Like he knows better than ETH. That’s not a normal conversation. He doesn’t even look at him near the end.
but - he didn't behave any kind of way, that's the point. You got "brushed off the manager as if to say he was beyond told what to do." and "to behave like that". from this:
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and him getting back on to the pitch, but alas
What two adults having a conversation?
I actually thought he played well early on. Saying he played well in the first half would be an exaggeration because he basically stopped running after 20 minutes, because he’s so damn unfit after not bothering with a pre-season. But up until that point he did some good things. One or two very nice passes. I’ve no idea if what he was doing was what ETH wanted, mind you. Probably not.
Thats not two adults, it's one adult trying to communicate with a pampered man child who thinks he can act with impunity
Dalot wasn’t in the squad today though.
Several players were spotted in the box at the game, dont burst a vessel
People want him to pull out a pencil and a notepad and nod every time he's talking to Ten Hag or something?
Everything is so over analysed with Ronaldo it's kind of scary.
Everything is so over analysed with Ronaldo it's kind of scary.
Ronaldo does know a few things about football, yes
There's something tragic about this whole saga.
Cristiano Ronaldo. One of the best players who has ever played football issues a 'Come and get me' plea to football and no one comes.
I think we all know- apart from Ronaldo- that we're witnessing the Ronaldo end game and this will be a sorry chapter in his decline.
Cristiano Ronaldo. One of the best players who has ever played football issues a 'Come and get me' plea to football and no one comes.
I think we all know- apart from Ronaldo- that we're witnessing the Ronaldo end game and this will be a sorry chapter in his decline.
I have a feeling he will go to Celtic, Dortmund (to replace the injured Haller) or Sporting.
He’ll always have some lovely touches. His technique is pretty underrated I think - he’s very good at one touch passing/flicks which is probably what makes it infuriating - technically he is most definitely up to Ten Hag ball.
Ah OK so this is what it's going to be like until the season starts again. Completely made up illogical situations.
Any of them involved in today’s match? You know, the match which has a squad of players either on the pitch or on the bench.
Agree, I thought he was terrible. Static and lazy, culminating in that weird sequence where him and Garner passed the ball to each other around 5 times because neither wanted to take responsibility for doing something with it.
He just needs to go and stop stinking up the place.
That was so bizarre. A prime example of a player giving him the ball simply because he is Ronaldo.
You might want to read my sentence again, yes.
The sooner Ronaldo leaves, the better for all concerned. He’s a walking circus and we just don’t need that around the club. He’s not even very good anymore. I would swap him for a couple of competent squad players in a heartbeat.
I read your sentence just fine, I just don't think any sane person could infer what you did from that exchange. My point was, Ronaldo is an experienced player and will have his viewpoints when talking to the manager.
Now hes not even good anyway. Hahaha
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Mark Goldbridge vs The Times.
Does that mean he shouldn't listen to managers instructions?
So did he leave the stadium early or not?
Who said he didn’t?
He apparently did, but we have no reason to believe that he did so without permission.
That post sounded like he's allowed to not to listen.
No reason other than him acting out what he likes to do.
He must've caught the Pogba virus. I was hoping to have a drama free year but Ronaldo picked it up right when Pogba left it.
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