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Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo - Love Him? Hate Him?

January 14, 2009

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He writes for The Mirror, Paddy Power and Red News. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter.

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29 Comments

Christovski January 14, 2009

Oh man, the scarf!

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Mic January 14, 2009

Good advert, i'm undecided, I love him at the mo, but all the rumours has got me thinking, what if he's a lying little shit? Oh well, he's a United player and gets the benefit of the doubt :)

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johnpanda January 14, 2009

Great player but hate him.

He treated our great club as though it was inferior to Franco's Fascists. The devious Real Madrid scum aren't fit to clean United's boots.

Hate Ronaldo.

Love Scholes, Soskjaer, Keane, Cantona, Best, Edwards, Charlton, Law, Giggs, Gregg, Whiteside, Robson, McGrath, Foulkes, Styles, Crerand, Macari, Irwin, Bruce, Pallister, Meredith, Coppell, Hughes, Schmeichel.....

True Legends

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Anon January 14, 2009

haha, good one.
as long as he wears the red shirt, love him to bits.
the moments its any other crest resting on his chest, he is history.

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gotta hate tiny tears January 14, 2009

is there a "love the player
hate the way he treated united from fans to sir alex last summer" banner i can stand in front of

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The Red C January 14, 2009

Don't know the man, I only know the shit I read, but then again I read that Kaka would consider moving to citeh ...and what a load of bollocks that was!
I tell who who I trust though and trust to do the right thing for our Club...the Manager, SAF, The Gaffer. If Ronaldo was such a bastard as everyone would have us believe then he would not be there. He would be shipped off to Real Madrid along with the other United rejects. The fact that he is still here tells me that Madrid have made most of the running in this on going saga and it is they I blame now for ruining my summer!!

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Red-Manc January 14, 2009

I love to hate him.

He's a unloyal dick head, but a very good footballer.

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Tom F January 14, 2009

Love him when he's playing well.

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Jake January 14, 2009

give him a chance...we all used to hate Rio remember

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Haakon January 14, 2009

Let your hate go lads, he's our player. He's had his share of the stick, now he's using every possible possibility to state that he'll stay. Viva Ronaldo!

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Roman January 14, 2009

Hate him
He doesn't want to play for ManUtd
He is a great footballer, but he is NOT MANUTD RED

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red divil January 14, 2009

Is that quote "Your love makes me strong, Your hate makes me unstoppable." from ronaldo himself? I've never heard it before..
You have to love the guy i think, he's just so good when he wants to be

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SOFI January 14, 2009

lolll anyone who hates him shud jus stop watchin football coz the blokes brilliant!

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Ash January 14, 2009

Viva Ronaldo!

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invertedquestionmark January 14, 2009

Will love him if he proves his loyalty. Real are shit now, so he doesn't want to join them, so only time will show.

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excitedforunited January 15, 2009

Viva Ronaldo!

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BAMF January 15, 2009

I've got to love him. He might not say all the right things at all the right times, but he's been nothing short of spectacular on the pitch and I can't see any other reason to judge him.

He's done nothing more than Tevez has recently. He never put down the club or fans and his only real fault this summer was not saying anything. Tevez has come out, in a fit of rage I can only assume, and said he would sign for pretty much anyone so long as his future is clear (I obviously cant be bothered by researching EXACTLY what he said). Everyone knows that Latin players 'dream' of playing for Los Blancos, why should Ronaldo be different?

I agree with Anon, as long as he wears our red, I love him. I'm personally more worried about Tevez jumping ship, what with Hienze in his ear telling him United are going to screw him over. Rooney's out for at least 3 weeks, and I really, really hope Tevez shines with Berba so that we have no choice but to pay whatever he wants.

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Ricci January 15, 2009

This guy is just so good and has proven with his game so many times.... or else he wud not be the player of the year... love him or hate him...that is the truth.
Football Scores

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malice_mizer January 15, 2009

Man United - your love make us strong and your hate makes us unstoppable!

that is the way it supposed to be.

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johnpanda January 15, 2009

Football fans are notoriously fickle.

He treated the club, his team-mates, the manager and the fans like shit but as soon as he starts to play well again all the 'Viva Ronaldo' shit starts up again. Well i for one, won't be fooled again. Great player, but a vain, self-serving, devious, diving, lying, disloyal prick. You just have to compare him to Scholesy or Ole to realise what a wanker he is. He's an embarrassment to the club.

I agree with what invertedquestionmark said above. He no longer wants to go to Real because they're a club in disarray and United are at the top of their game. Ask yourself this: if united went through a bad patch, which rat would be first to leave the sinking ship? I think we all know the answer to that!

Viva United.

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w January 15, 2009

Citeh getting kaka for 100m pounds. Now we'll be able to see how good Ronaldo is. Will he chicken out and go to real or play with the big boys.

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RN January 15, 2009

Play with the big wuss you mean.

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ot070506 January 15, 2009

Re

johnpanda Said,

"Football fans are notoriously fickle.

He treated the club, his team-mates, the manager and the fans like shit..."

Do you think 'the club, his team-mates and the manager' are 'fickle' as well? Because they don't seem to have a problem with Ron.

I'm sure none of us know the true story of what had really happened in the summer, or what's going on at the moment. Any sort of conclusion based on what the press has told us could be wrong. But if I have to be wrong, I'd prefer my choice to be on the side of love, rather than hate - so instead of trusting the media I'll rather keep trusting and supporting our club, our manager and our best player for the good of United.

Viva Ronaldo! Viva United!

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Androo January 15, 2009

I hate to love him. If he goes this summer after his recent pledge to become part of United's history I will lose faith in almost all footballers.

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EastStandManc January 15, 2009

"He treated the club, his team-mates, the manager and the fans like shit but as soon as he starts to play well again all the ‘Viva Ronaldo’ shit starts up again."

Absolutely.

@ ot070506: You mention 'the club, his team-mates and the manager’

The club and the manager are basically one and the same thing, I think it's fair to say and they both realise that we have the best player in the world on our books and that to sell him while we are in the strongest position we've ever been in would be a huge step backward. Of course they're going to do their level-best to keep him onside.

I've not heard/read anything from his team-mates that would suggest support, either tacitly or explicitly. We've had ex-Reds and current United staff (notably Eric and Ole) telling him to keep his counsel and stay with us, though. Also, let's be fair, the players closest to him (e.g. Rooney, Nani, Anderson) are living in the same professional footballer bubble he lives in and hold no allegiance to United either.

Are you really able to rely on them to be the impartial, objective commentators on this situation that you think they are?

On the love/hate thing; I'm pretty much indifferent to him, to be honest. It might sound daft, but we invested a lot of 'love' for him over the previous 2 seasons and while we thought it was a 2-way street, it became patently clear over the Summer that it was just us nourishing his massive ego. It says a lot that recently, when we were chanting White Pele as the pair were warming up at Derby, his head noticeably went down. As soon as he heard Viva Ronaldo from a small section of the support, he perked up, smiled and clapped us.

His recent comments are all well and good, but the Summer will be the true test. If Real finish the season well enough, bid and *still* get rejected by Ronaldo - explicitly - I'll be more than willing to think about singing his name again. Until then, he's just another extremely talented player in our stunning array of attacking talent.

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unitedgirl15 January 15, 2009

What if you like him?

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TonyBee January 15, 2009

I like ant player that wears our shirt and TRYS..... but cannot get used to CR7 sitting on his ares compaining all he fucking time...... still think he's off to Spain in the summer.....

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suhayl January 16, 2009

he's going nowhere

ron loves SAF
Saf loves ron
Ron knows and realises now this is the right place for him and the grass isnt always greener or tuther side
Man utd dont wana sell
We have the paperwork
We ave the contract
SAf doesn not want him to leave
nor do Gill and the glazers
We are building a dynasty here
And Ron is the fulcrum of SAFS last masterplan

I hated him and still do a bit for whatever he did.....but slowly and surely i am open to be proven wrong to forgive a guys wrong ding and mistake. after all he aint half rcked OT like no other player

so at mo for me..it is Vi Ronaldo.....Not VIVA just yet....but in time if he keeps saying the things he is and things he does at present...then i'll starts singing and wearing his shirts again

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seanmc26 January 18, 2009

last may i loved him during the summer i was like fuck the papers he'll stay i know he will, then it was y dnt he come out and say he'll, then it was let the cunt go no 1 is bigger than united but he stayed as SAF said he wud. CR says he's staying now cause he knws which side his bread is buttered so i say i might take time but lets love him again because last year wudnt have happened without his part he played and while he's here its going to happen again