Was Ronaldo professional? Yes, but only to serve himself. We have more mails on Ronaldo and some on Arsenal.
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End of days?
Forget the interview..,I’m just amazed that having two weapons grade, self obsessed f**kwits like Ronaldo and Piers Morgan in the same room didn’t tear an R-sole in reality, or trigger Ragnarok or something.
Marc, MCFC, Bolton
Is Ronaldo actually professional or just self-serving?
Ronaldo is a driven, dedicated human being, he has been the pinnacle of athleticism. He has never ever been about anything other than himself. His leadership qualities have always been about this ability to display the right attitude, to push himself to greatness, demand others do the same… push HIM to greatness. He has never been about self-sacrifice for a greater good.
When anyone tells me of Ronaldo being a model for young players I think, what young player? The one in a million prima donna who needs the platform or the overwhelming majority of players in most teams who need to do the hard yards, who aren’t going to be flair 10’s but press, track back, tackle and make run after run, creating space for those around them who are the platform.
Ronaldo is to professionalism what Gary Neville is to Loyalty. People always used to talk about Neville being a loyal “one club” man, you can add the whole of the class of 92 into that. But its easy being “loyal” to a club who wins everything, what sacrifice did any of the class have to make to stay at Utd? Money wasn’t an issue, all of them were paid well, maybe not THE BEST wages but Gary Neville wasn’t the BEST right back, they regularly won titles, European trophies, sponsorship deals, automatic England call ups, there was not sacrifice.
They didn’t need to sacrifice to be loyal, there were few clubs who could or would offer those players an enhanced offer and they didn’t even have to move out of their mums house to achieve it.
If you aren’t making that sacrifice for something then you aren’t a leader in Ronaldo’s case, or “loyal” in Neville’s case. Sacrifice is what made John Obi Mikel a holding midfielder, he showed young players what it takes to be a top player, that willingness to sacrifice his own personal skillset for the greater good.
Sacrifice is what made Matt LeTissier never win trophies. Sacrifice is Lassina Troare who goes to play in Doneskt and stays despite the outbreak of war when the team are allowing him to…
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