Could we make a direct player swap with Napoli? Ronaldo for Fabian Ruiz
Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)
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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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Yes, Ronnie, we get it. You've got the absolute peak physique for a footballer. Well done. I'm eating a packet of crisps and scratching my arse in front of the TV.
I recommend using a different hand for scratching your arse than the one you're using for crisps.
Where's the fun in that?
Judging by the picture, do we intend to play him in the under 21?
A player who has a meeting with his agent and the club leaders without even having taken part in the pre-season is not someone who is overly concerned about putting the team above his own self interest.
Of course the knowledge that he doesnt want to be there is going to have an impact on the squad. The degree of impact is largely individual, some will care more than others. The fact that other clubs have flat out come out and said that they dont want to sign him since he doesnt fit into their team profile, should also be an indication that there are more people than Redcafe armchair managers that see a problem with Ronaldos ability to function as part of a team, over a big time individual performer.
My initial thought before we got CR7 back was it was the wrong time and too late, I was against the transfer but then I like most got somewhat caught up in the excitement and the desire for him not to go to City..... ultimately my first instinct was right.
It was only Bayern that came out and spoke about it in detail and they didn’t actually state they wouldn’t sign him because of the reasons you’ve outlined. They said he didn’t “fit their philosophy” which could mean multiple things including how old he is (he’s ancient) and his salary. Kahn complimented him as being a great player in the same sentence.
Tuchel was coy and never actually gave an answer. Atletico Madrid president said the rumours were purely made up (never actually talked about Ronaldo’s quality as a player).
Any other team he was linked with was pure fiction as far as we know.
I’m absolutely fed up of this bellend. I hope he finds a suitor but no surprise he can’t.
So the damage control has begun.
yup
He's on very thin ice with the fans but i hope he doesn't get booed even though perhaps he deserves it. Pretty obvious ten Hag wants/rates him and I think we might need him, at least until a proper replacement is identified.
I hope he doesn't get booed as well purely on the basis of not wanting it to distract the squad from playing.
Leaving Madrid was such a massive and humbling mistake for Ronaldo.
The best thing the fans could do tomorrow is to ignore him completely.yup
He's on very thin ice with the fans but i hope he doesn't get booed even though perhaps he deserves it. Pretty obvious ten Hag wants/rates him and I think we might need him, at least until a proper replacement is identified.
That's fair enough I think. It's just business from now on.
He's going to go out there and score a few amazing goals and most of the angry fans will start singing his name again. It'll feel like deja vu.
The fact that a 37-year-old man makes a point to roll up his shorts like that to show off all his muscles is just so pathetic.
Imagine that guy in a midlife crisis
He will be cheered and rightly so i have more faith and respect for the match going fans than online haters
Footballers usually are immature for a good part of their careers but he is in a completely different galaxy.
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The coach that was supposed to get rid of him wants him. Shocking. Lets call a spade a spade fellas you guys just don’t like the man, for whatever reason (I can think of one pretty tiny one). I mean posters are getting mad at him showing his quads off, it is triggering them haha. What a bunch of losers. Can’t wait till he scores a hattrick and you lot moan about it.
Viva Ronaldo! Siuuuuuu CR7!!
You can just look at stats from our last few seasons and you'll seeWhen the feck did we press under Solksjaer
We didn't play high defensive line because of De Gea, not the defenders. If you look at the games with Henderson in goal, we played about 10m further up the pitch.
And we were going to a much more offensive, possession based play until Ronaldo came back.
But with him, no front line pressing worked and..well, both Ole and Ralf looked like fools trying to figure out a way to fit Ronaldo in this attack while not subjugation the entire team to him. And they failed.
I bet you could sleep with Ronaldo.
He'll get cheered tomorrow most likely, it's a friendly so imagine a lot of families and young kids will be present who will idolise him.
Be interesting how it goes once the season starts though, seems nailed to start on the bench against Brighton (Martial fitness permitting) so hopefully shouldn't disrupt things too much.
Be interesting how it goes once the season starts though, seems nailed to start on the bench against Brighton (Martial fitness permitting) so hopefully shouldn't disrupt things too much.
Ah come on, I'm as done with the Ronaldo drama as the next guy (I really wish he leaves and we replace him with quality from somewhere), but there's nothing in this - it's classic Ronaldo
There are posters like @shamans that follow me around everywhere I go. Pathetic is most definitely the right word
That still boggles the mind
I just hope Ronnie realizes his situation and becomes a leader for us this season. If ETH gets a motivated Ronnie upfront, playing his system, I’ll be very excited!!
If he's limited to substitute appearances to start with, ronaldo could be a really useful weapon. I don't think he deserves more than that but if he knuckles down and takes on board the tactical instruction, I don't see any reason to not integrate him back in, form dependent.
He's a bellend with an inflated ego. But he's also a winner. One more season and he can do one.
He's a bellend with an inflated ego. But he's also a winner. One more season and he can do one.
It's actually really easy to run a search on your posts. I'd say 90% of your posts in the last couple of months is focused on those two players. This is just two random pages....There are posters like @shamans that follow me around everywhere I go. Pathetic is most definitely the right word
Like damn dude...
I hope those impressive muscles of his are up to pressing from the front and not just for show as there is no point pressing unless everyone does it.
Getting Patrick Bateman vibes from this pic,the fecking narcissism
He needs to stay until we have good enough replacements. And no Martial is not good enough
Yeah, like in the Wolves game, where we conceded 15 shots and were saved by a couple of goal line clearances and then smash & grabbed the win with a flukey Greenwood shot that went under the keeper! And unless you think Henderson would’ve played the majority of games had Ronaldo not re-signed, you’re kind of agreeing with me….
I’m not denying he brought a bunch of issues with him, but the idea that we were so open and got thrashed so readily last season solely because one central striker didn’t press enough (a thing we never did under Ole anyway) just isn’t sensible - to me, at any rate…. And way too convenient.
I mean, if that was the case, why didn’t we play glorious free flowing football every time he was out of the side? When he flew back to Portugal for R&R and whatever? If the muscle memory was there, what was stopping us? Were we all traumatised by the spectre of Ronaldo that we instinctively played as if he was still there? If anything IIRC our stats were slightly worse without him. (Which isn’t to say he improved us btw, just that surely there would’ve been some difference if he was the main cause?)
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I don't know what to believe with regards to the rumours surrounding Ronaldo. Did he wanna go, didn't he? There's no smoke without fire, but he's the only quality finisher we have at the club. Until we find a ready replacement, i'm happy for him to be here.
Then how do Bayern, Madrid etc get away with it? Because lewa and benzema’s pressing stats are similar to him. Also to keep singling him out for not pressing is such a lame and stupid thing to do. Have you seen the rest of our team’s pressing numbers? If yes, then why keep singling him out? Just stop with the agenda.
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