Wtf is going on Graeme fkn Souness now on Piers Morgan to talk about Ronaldo!
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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I didn't make any comparison, I responded to the claim that Cantona never misbehaved which isn't true.
Nobody totally believe him, it was Ten Hag and the club the defended his leave of absence.
This was when he was looking for another club, in talks with Chelsea etc and all of a sudden he’s crying off pre season? Why can’t Ronaldo see how bad that looks?
Oh Eric misbehaved a whole lot, but he never disrespected the club or the fans.
How can they believe him, but not believe him? They gave him the time off, at the time rumour was “family issues” so they gave him time off and respected his privacy by not revealing his issue to the public.
Maybe he expected the SAF “son take as much time as you need family is more important” approach. I agree that would be nice but in multi billion £ business that level of empathy is rare from directors, usually you’ll just get an “ok, when can you return?” Because thats really all the directors care about especially when you’re the most marketable asset. If he went to ETH, he’d have gotten a more empathetic response.
It's obvious what happened. ETH quite rightly decided that the team plays better without Ronaldo as a focal point, as backed up by almost every related metric this season. Ronaldo cant handle it...its nothing more, nothing less.
And he asked for privacy during the time. Meanwhile, United had a global pre-season tour and focused on the players actually training and playing. Did the club have to give a Ronaldo Roundup every week?
EtH has mentioned having direct conversations with Ronaldo and respected that in public, never giving any hot take material.
You think United or any Premier League club has 8 year olds running about on full size pitches?
I think everyone packed that in 20 years go.
He got personal time and missed preseason, what the hell does he want more.
They have a player care department that caters for all sorts through all different age groups, I believe they also have a school although I've not seen that.
I'm sure United have the same technology but they've never used it at underage level. City youth players wear EPTS from a young age and their performances are shown to the kids after.
Medical and sports science is also taught to the kids at a very young age using modern educational equipment to help explain body shape when running etc. It's hard to explain when I don't really understand the ins and outs of it
The pitches are sized to ensure the right age group benefit from training. 5v5 -7v7 etc.
Edit - What I will say though. United have by far the better coaching staff. They're incredible.
He's not fecking around though. Don't think I've ever seen this before in my life. A player giving an interview while being contracted to the said team and dragging the manager, the facilities, the owners, the management, ex team mates, even the chefs through the dirt.
It's actually incredible. He's lost his mind.
United need to sue here. There's grounds for dismissal without paying a penny and even getting compensation from Ronaldo. Ronaldo has no way of proving what he just said. He was given as much leave as required.
It's actually incredible. He's lost his mind.
United need to sue here. There's grounds for dismissal without paying a penny and even getting compensation from Ronaldo. Ronaldo has no way of proving what he just said. He was given as much leave as required.
He was on Talksport earlier - one of the few speaking in support of Ronaldo.
But half of me thinks it is to use the whole thing as a stick to beat United with - he has just criticised the club for their handling of it.
He spoke incorrectly though - he said United should have done everything they could to 'keep Ronaldo on-side' and to be fair, ETH seems to have tried everything: from calling him out (when he left the matche(s) early) to trying to give him a boost - making him the captain very recently.
I wanted to staff offline today just to avoid seeing certain posts on this Ronaldos situation but everywhere I go, I see and hear some Ronaldo and other club fan talk trash about ETH. I am
Feeling so emotionally angry seeing some fans blaming ETH for handling the Ronaldos situation the way He did.
I can condone the argument about poor investment in the club for the past 10 years
I can condone the argument that we have could have sold him during the summer but I get mad when someone is saying:
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That Ronaldo would have been been a regular for this team because he is a GOAT or because of what he has done for us! ( Rubbish, Messi is a far superior player to you)
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That Ronaldo was right to say he disrespect our manager! ( You don't come out and say you disrespect your employer)
I am just trying to pour out my anger here. Don't even know what I am typing but what will give me joy right now is for the club to issue a statement this night extending ETH contract by 8 years and thanking Cristiano for all he has done for the club and announce the contract termination citing gross misconduct and contract violation.
Never know I would be this angry about someone I never met
Feeling so emotionally angry seeing some fans blaming ETH for handling the Ronaldos situation the way He did.
I can condone the argument about poor investment in the club for the past 10 years
I can condone the argument that we have could have sold him during the summer but I get mad when someone is saying:
1:
That Ronaldo would have been been a regular for this team because he is a GOAT or because of what he has done for us! ( Rubbish, Messi is a far superior player to you)
2:
That Ronaldo was right to say he disrespect our manager! ( You don't come out and say you disrespect your employer)
I am just trying to pour out my anger here. Don't even know what I am typing but what will give me joy right now is for the club to issue a statement this night extending ETH contract by 8 years and thanking Cristiano for all he has done for the club and announce the contract termination citing gross misconduct and contract violation.
Never know I would be this angry about someone I never met
No. They have large pitches coned off to make them the right size.
Don't think he will be getting a stand named after him, in fact some might want to bury him under one.
He asked Piers "Parasite" Morgan`s advice. Looks like a great move!
Glazers are milking United like there's no tomorrow but the club is more than that. It was there before and will be after the Glazers. It's also about fans.
Every great player misbehaves or has an ego. The only one who hasn’t is Messi which is why I genuinely don’t trust him as a person and think there’s something off with him, better the devil you know kind of thing.
I was joking.
I can’t think of any rational reason for a pitch to be specially made for different age groups. A good surface is a good surface, at any age.
The anti-Griezmann
Some logic youve got there. Somebody never steps out of line, so dont trust them
If he doesnt accept mutual termination then he can rot in the reserves for the last 6 months of his career. And I do mean the last 6 months.
Glazer section quotes tonight apparently. Imagine these will be much more fan-friendly.
Not every great player misbehaves. Having an ego does not mean that you are a petulant man child.
Seriously?
I’ve been at training grounds for League of Ireland clubs, operating on a fraction of City’s budget and they have dedicated 7v7 and 9v9 pitches permanently marked out for their younger teams.
Visited Benfica’s academy pitches once (which were unbelievably fancy) and they were the same.
Don’t forget they also have the tallest floodlights in the football league.
Apparently there's more to come at 10pm
To he honest I though that as well until my son started training on a purpose built pitch.
I think having an area that was the right size helped him feel more relaxed and certainly developed his game.
So by the time they have realised the endless snippets there won't be any point watching on Wednesday anyway.Apparently there's more to come at 10pm
It's all a bit vague to me but you're sure United don't do any of this?
Do we still have kids playing 11 a side on full size pitches?
We don't teach kids how to look after themselves which I'm assuming is what you mean by sports science?
It just doesn't sound realistic to me. You'd think we're a Sunday league outfit the way its painted.
What I did hear from Nicky Butt is that we purposely don't make the surroundings too comfortable. The changing rooms for instance won't be a miniature version of the first teams. It'll be a bit more rough and ready.
But you just said they don’t have purpose built pitches? They use a larger pitch and mark out a smaller one on it with cones?
Totally agree that age appropriate pitch size is important but every club does that. How are City’s pitches different? Not being an arse. Genuinely curious here.
He's blaming everyone for judging Ronaldo without the full information, but he's the one keeping it for himself just to get more viewers.
For me this was the icing on yesterday's cake (win over Fulham)
Thank God we won't see Ronaldo for United anymore.
Thank God we won't see Ronaldo for United anymore.
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