Absolutely terrible idea. Why would you put this Twat around a load of impressionable adolescents?
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Now we just need a strong statement from the clubs supporters group to ensure the club knows CR7 should not wear the shirt again, so they truly know how most united fans feel.
Have there been a statement by any well recognised supporters group yet on this?
Have there been a statement by any well recognised supporters group yet on this?
Don't embarrass yourself man. Never go full ronald
You're taking them too seriously. These pundits are failed managers who keep displaying their shocking lack of tactical nous and understanding of the game. They played at the highest level, yet whenever they speak you can easily understand why England have never had a Premier League winning manager. Souness ( i know he's Scottish) in particular. Despite his role in Liverpool's decline, you would think a manager who had some of the success he had at Blackburn would have a lot more tactically and in terms of squad management to say, but he doesn't.
United and Ronaldo will most likely reach a compensation settlement, and I am sure Ronaldo will be receiving proceeds from all the television revenue his interview generates. Win win I guess?
I mean when you put it like that...
Perhaps he was the disease that cures itself in more than one way.
Can't see any benefit to the club for this action - best to move him on.
Do you assume that we would have played with 10 players if he wasn’t signed?
He destroyed the balance of the team.
Look at my post history. I'm not a Ronaldo fan, can't wait to see the back of him.
No serious team will touch Ronaldo, even more now than in summer, and he will end up in a joke league either in US or in China.
I'm not saying that he did, I'm saying there could be a case made for that because Ronaldo is always at the expense of the team since a few years into his Madrid time.
Haaland won't be the same sphere no, but I think Haaland will beat all kinds of goal scoring records
He has a long way to go. Time will tell.
We got worse with him.
We won two games before he signed and drew with Southampton. 78% of the points available at the time.
Without looking into it, I wouldn’t be shocked if that were our best run all season.
In the CL, maybe but anywhere else no. This season and the one before haven proven this to be a myth. Plus Ronaldo's insistence on playing every game pretty much killed competition at the position. Cavani and Martial got shit on for wanting to leave but they were 100% justified due to the blatant lack of merit at their position. Look what is currently happening when players have to earn their place. How come no one is telling him to put his head down and embrace competition? Martial wouldn't have had a sniff at the CF position if Erik was stupid enough to play Ronaldo till he found form. We backed Ronaldo lasts season only for his form to come when all was already lost.
That tweet is incorrect.
Think that's been the clubs biggest problem actually. Trying hard to appease fans when hard actions need to be taken. The truth is, they should have actually pushed Ronaldo out this Summer. However, everyone was trying to be diplomatic despite the aggression on his own end being apparent. Yes, the media and some of the fans who are now not on his side, would have attacked the club for treating a "legend" like that, but it's what other top sides would have done. The club did everything right by Ronaldo and went far and beyond to ensure that he was treated well, like we do with every player considered somewhat legendary ( which hasn't worked in our favour lately).
For me, due to the fact that they know they're not liked and have never been liked, the Glazers can be a bit too passive in addressing issues. Under Woodward, we allowed countless managers to stink up the place far longer than they should have, we have players in the club currently who should have been let go 3 years ago, we have kept patience with so many players who haven't been meeting the clubs standards and we have tried really hard to promote some of the academy players that we have despite the fact that a lot of them are nowhere near the quality United should have. Everyone talks about the Glazers being evil entities that have been running the club into the ground due to their sheer lack of care, instead I actually think they've hurt the club by not actually being aggressive. They've been far too respectful and therefore a bit too subservient to the media, the fans and the players. Call them what you want, but Bayern and Real Madrid have hyper aggressive executives who are not afraid to be ruthless when they are attacked. City's constantly sweep stories from the press under the rug and hardly give a response. You had a whole summer where fans were consistently berating the club over transfers despite the fact we had a good window, while the club gave responses of trying, stating they understand etc. We shouldn't be that generous in terms of responses.
Of course there's a case for it, but just going by the facts and what i saw - none of the other attackers stepped up last season. Cavani had 2 goals last season.
We won two out of the opening 3 league games last year without Ronaldo so that tweet is bollocks for a start.
I think he'll end up in MLS. He'll take a long break after the WC, MLS camps don't report until February right? He'll lap it up in Miami with the least annoying Neville brother.
And we beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup in January without him.
Ronaldo wasn't part of team then. He was signed 31st Aug.
Won’t start a new thread to ask this because I feel we don’t want too many Ronaldo threads…
But how do you personally feel about the Ronaldo saga?
Makes me sad because I was very excited when we re-signed him and he’s the most talented player I’ve ever seen play. And this taints his legacy which spans a very successful period at this club too. Obviously he does need to be released though
But how do you personally feel about the Ronaldo saga?
Makes me sad because I was very excited when we re-signed him and he’s the most talented player I’ve ever seen play. And this taints his legacy which spans a very successful period at this club too. Obviously he does need to be released though
we played the first three games of the season without him and won two of those, so the statement in itself is wrong. But if we don't count those games, it's only 5 games without him ... two of which were thrashings by City and Liverpool, which would have happened with him as well. Then there was the final game against Palace, which was a dead rubber in every sense of the word. That leaves two draws against Villa and Leicester, which obviously weren't great results - but then again, it's not like we didn't have any of those with him in the team.
Exactly. Neville is as big a fanboy as any one. But he is also United through and through unlike the likes of Keane.
First of all that is bollocks. 2nd of all we finished 2nd the season before, signed Ronaldo, had our worst points tally in premier league history, he will leave in Jan and we'll finish top 4 again....
How does that matter?
The tweet also conveniently forgets games that we were winning and then Ronaldo came on and we dropped points. Of the top of my head, Everton and Chelsea.
I love that you think that point strengthens your argument.
We also won in the FA Cup without him, so the tweet is still bollocks.
Well he wasn't in the team... Hold on, wait a minute, something ain't right.
exactly the point !
Still crazy that some people haven't seen the correlation towards tailoring our style of play to his needs and our worst points total in the PL era just because he scored a bunch of goals in a handful of games
Low and behold we're so much more fluid and tougher to play against without him on the pitch
Because he wasn't a United player yet obviously.
You are SO CLOSE to getting it
Ronaldo apologists will also gloss over the fact that we scored 73 goals in 20/21, then regressed to 57 in 21/22 after signing him. Yes, he scored quite a few of those, but the attack as a whole suffered greatly in comparison to the season before. We had to alter how we played to accommodate him, and I would argue that every single attacking player regressed as a result. Just pointing to Ronaldos goal tally doesn't paint the whole picture.
Which means that United won games without him in the team, last season. If anything the fact that we won games when he wasn't even near the building and then struggled, isn't a good look.
Yes you're right, it was a mantra I never believed in.
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