Ronaldo Unhappy at Real Madrid

Richard Hillman

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of nastiness that is shown towards one of the finest players ever to play the game. I dont think you would get it in any other sport.

As the great man once said "People hate me because I'm rich, handsome, a great player'"

You cant argue with any of those sentiments

Chucky the tree

Richard Hillman wrote: »

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of nastiness that is shown towards one of the finest players ever to play the game. I dont think you would get it in any other sport.

As the great man once said "People hate me because I'm rich, handsome, a great player'"

You cant argue with any of those sentiments

There are plenty of rich,handsome and great footballers who are hated as much as ronaldo.

Bodhisopha

Richard Hillman wrote: »

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of nastiness that is shown towards one of the finest players ever to play the game. I dont think you would get it in any other sport.

As the great man once said "People hate me because I'm rich, handsome, a great player'"

You cant argue with any of those sentiments

I didn't notice anything particularly nasty on this thread. Gutted.

Rezident

He's a spoilt brat who wants attention. Ronaldo would be unhappy in heaven. Even if Messi and the Spanish squad and all the other top players were kidnapped by aliens and ronaldo was unequivocally confirmed as the best player in the world, after the posturing, he'd trot out his well-rehearsed tortured star routine and pout about it, because it would get more attention. Real heroes don't do it for the kudos.

opr

Love this picture. Where's Wally?



Opr

Cristiano Ronaldo is a super player however it goes without saying his ego is completely off the scale like most modern day footballers.

Unlike Messi and alot of other past and present legends like Maradona, Cruyff, Zidane, Best, Xavi, Iniesta, etc, i dont class Ronaldo as one of the true greats and that is just my honest opinion.

The concept of football being a team game seems to be lost on the lad. He is easy to hate with his behaviour, however, dont hate a mere cog in the football machine as the fact is that we all over indulge the machine both as football mad fans and as a society. From the media to the sky subscriptions to the overpriced match day experiences to forking out lumps of money on jerseys etc.

Footballers are 'godified' today and we're all a big part each and every one of their respective processes.

People need to wise up and see the game for what it really has become. A overhyped and overpaid circus. I still follow Arsenal as i have done since 1990 and its always nice to see them win still but i can honestly say be it through my own maturity as a person, obtained wisdom or both that my emotional investment in the fortunes of my favourite professional football club are 95% less then they used be.

Even up to my mid 20s i loved the game but then i went out in the big bad world and with each long transfer saga Arsenal were involved in i became a little bit more disillusioned with the way footballers and football operated. Here is was slaving away in a sh*te dead end job while Emmanuel Adebayor was getting his salary quadrupled to a measly £150k a week (before leaving next season to join City) and the penny finally dropped what i had been supporting all along. When Robin Van Persie left to join United this year i didnt even blink an eye.

Liam O

was that picture opr put up not taken after Ronaldo had chased around a load of Barca players in a piggy in the middle type situation? It's silly to use that as a stick to beat him with.

CSF

Liam O wrote: »

was that picture opr put up not taken after Ronaldo had chased around a load of Barca players in a piggy in the middle type situation? It's silly to use that as a stick to beat him with.

When people have an agenda, they use what they can find.

LiamoSail

Graham hunter was saying on off the ball that he's pissed off with the club for not lobbying FIFA harder on his behalf for the the ballon d'or

Pretty pathetic if true, however I've no idea if FIFA usually get lobbied by clubs for this sort of thing, so perhaps it could be the norm

As for people disliking ronaldo, obviously there's the usual club based rivalry tainting views, but a major part of it is how he comes across in public. Statements like 'I did not celebrate because I am sad' simply sound pathetic when spoken by a grown man. If he had have said he didn't celebrate because he was pissed off, or similar then fine, but this 'because I am said' business really does make him seem like a ten yr old girl

Imagine the reaction of someone in your workplace or social circle came out with that sort I thing. They'd be laughed out the door

happydayz182

LiamoSail wrote: »

Graham hunter was saying on off the ball that he's pissed off with the club for not lobbying FIFA harder on his behalf for the the ballon d'or

Pretty pathetic if true, however I've no idea if FIFA usually get lobbied by clubs for this sort of thing, so perhaps it could be the norm

As for people disliking ronaldo, obviously there's the usual club based rivalry tainting views, but a major part of it is how he comes across in public. Statements like 'I did not celebrate because I am sad' simply sound pathetic when spoken by a grown man. If he had have said he didn't celebrate because he was pissed off, or similar then fine, but this 'because I am said' business really does make him seem like a ten yr old girl

Imagine the reaction of someone in your workplace or social circle came out with that sort I thing. They'd be laughed out the door

Allegedly the spanish word for sad isnt as "sad" sounding in spanish if you get me. The translation comes across a bit worse/childish than the words spoken(not his actions tho)

Richard Hillman

LiamoSail wrote: »

Graham hunter was saying on off the ball that he's pissed off with the club for not lobbying FIFA harder on his behalf for the the ballon d'or

Pretty pathetic if true, however I've no idea if FIFA usually get lobbied by clubs for this sort of thing, so perhaps it could be the norm

As for people disliking ronaldo, obviously there's the usual club based rivalry tainting views, but a major part of it is how he comes across in public. Statements like 'I did not celebrate because I am sad' simply sound pathetic when spoken by a grown man. If he had have said he didn't celebrate because he was pissed off, or similar then fine, but this 'because I am said' business really does make him seem like a ten yr old girl

Imagine the reaction of someone in your workplace or social circle came out with that sort I thing. They'd be laughed out the door

I wouldnt believe anything Graham Hunter says. He is the biggest Barcelona fanboy in the media. He will stir whatever **** he can find to try and benefit his beloved Barcelona.

kryogen

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I wouldnt believe anything Graham Hunter says. He is the biggest Barcelona fanboy in the media. He will stir whatever **** he can find to try and benefit his beloved Barcelona.

Hunter was actually on his side by the sounds of him the other night. Certainly sympathetic toward him anyway

elefant

To be fair, Ronaldo's workrate has improved a lot over the past few seasons with Real.

I remember in his (I think) last season for United they were 1 goal up in a game going into injury time, and Ronaldo took a bit of a knock. Just walked off the pitch before the match was over. I couldn't believe a professional footballer would just leave the playing field like that when the win was very much in the balance. I don't think he would do something similar nowadays; as an example he worked very hard in the supercopa against Barca.

GavRedKing

Deleted User wrote: »

Cristiano Ronaldo is a super player however it goes without saying his ego is completely off the scale like most modern day footballers.

Unlike Messi and alot of other past and present legends like Maradona, Cruyff, Zidane, Best, Xavi, Iniesta, etc, i dont class Ronaldo as one of the true greats and that is just my honest opinion.

The concept of football being a team game seems to be lost on the lad. He is easy to hate with his behaviour, however, dont hate a mere cog in the football machine as the fact is that we all over indulge the machine both as football mad fans and as a society. From the media to the sky subscriptions to the overpriced match day experiences to forking out lumps of money on jerseys etc.

Footballers are 'godified' today and we're all a big part each and every one of their respective processes.

People need to wise up and see the game for what it really has become. A overhyped and overpaid circus. I still follow Arsenal as i have done since 1990 and its always nice to see them win still but i can honestly say be it through my own maturity as a person, obtained wisdom or both that my emotional investment in the fortunes of my favourite professional football club are 95% less then they used be.

Even up to my mid 20s i loved the game but then i went out in the big bad world and with each long transfer saga Arsenal were involved in i became a little bit more disillusioned with the way footballers and football operated. Here is was slaving away in a sh*te dead end job while Emmanuel Adebayor was getting his salary quadrupled to a measly £150k a week (before leaving next season to join City) and the penny finally dropped what i had been supporting all along. When Robin Van Persie left to join United this year i didnt even blink an eye.

The rest of your case is goo but the part in bold is just silly.

I'm far from his biggest fan, I'd pick Messi everyday of the week but the guy is one of the greatest footballers of all time, he really has it all and he is an unbelievable athlete to boot.

Wether people like him or not, you cant really doubt how good he is IMO.