| Manchester United are a bunch of spoiled brats |
[Mar. 23rd, 2009|10:36 am] |
Sir Alex Ferguson claims this is the best Manchester United squad he has ever worked with in his time at Old Trafford. It's a pity Fergie didn't specify what he meant by the best.
They're multi-talented, for sure. But they're also a bunch of spoiled brats who lose the plot when they lose a game. They can't handle defeat and so they can't call themselves great.
The best teams, the greatest of all, have a composure, a calm about them. Ryan Giggs epitomises such qualities; even in defeat at Fulham on Saturday, he went calmly about his business, trying to soothe the furrowed brows and petulant brats around him.
It is said that Ferguson was incensed with Rooney after the Liverpool defeat, hence his decision to drop him for the Fulham match. What he really thought about the child-like Rooney after his two stupid bookings which brought a red card at Craven Cottage, remains a secret.
Rooney completely lost the plot because United were losing the match. When they're winning, he's a bundle of joy, smiling, running, linking and jinking. But when things are going against United, he's like a dirty bomb waiting to explode. That's not the hallmark of a great player. He needs only to glance at Giggs to see what greatness is all about.
To have one player like that might seem an expensive luxury but Ferguson has two. Cristiano Ronaldo never fancied it from the start at Fulham, waving his arms petulantly, getting booked for a wild lunge at Danny Murphy and then arguing with the referee so repeatedly that he could also have got a second yellow.
Frankly, it was all so unnecessary. For the fact was, United responded in the right way to the Liverpool setback, in the second half at least. Only some brilliant defending kept them out but the flaw was their inability to handle the frustration.
Teams of true stature don't react like a pack of yobs, a team of immature schoolboys who aren't man enough to accept a defeat with good grace. They take it on the chin and move on. Again, that was what Ryan Giggs was doing late in the game at Craven Cottage and afterwards. "We had a good week but it wasn't to be" he said with a maturity that quite eluded most of his colleagues.
"Even though we had 10 men, we were the better team in the second half."
But Ronaldo and Rooney aren't like that. They can't handle any setback in their pampered lives. So the flur flies and the team suffers.
Rooney's furious assault on the corner flag could see further charges being laid. His behaviour was a disgrace to a great club and to the game. He needs a lengthy spell in the cooler to calm him down.
It might well be that United will be better off without him for the moment. I still think they'll end up Champions. The trouble is, Rooney and Ronaldo seem to be doing their best to sabotage that ambition. |
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![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/85018430/18267769) | From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7) paulchrisjp
2009-03-23 10:57 am (UTC)
Agreed - MU can't seem to handle defeats | (Link)
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Can't agree with you more. The younger players, being more of prima donnas rather than fighting the United way like we all know.
Fergie lost the plot against Liverpool. Against Fulham, a full strength team was played, but the players failed to respond. They came out strongly in the second half, only to be denied with some excellent goal keeping from Schwarzer. But the players, so experienced they are, showing frustrations, whining, instead of getting on with the game. Shows a lot of immaturity. This can't go for long, else Fergie would have to make the heads roll. That's the only way to start winning big & with style.
From: branzal
2009-03-23 11:38 am (UTC)
Pressure on Ronaldo etc | (Link)
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The referee was poor, most referees have been conditioned by the press/other managers to believe that Ronaldo dives and cheats and every time they give a decision in his favour they have been conned. Now he only gets one free kick in 3 - he is being booed by the sort of morons that attend most English football matches - they don't realise that they are watching one of the worlds great players - every time he retaliates it is shown 5000 times on the TV from every angle.
Yes you are quite right he is spoilt - he cannot handle the pressure - but then again neither could George Best - and he played in the days when there wasn't a TV camera recording every time he got the defender back.
Anyway - this season will probably be his last in the UK - he will go to a country(Spain) where talent is appreciated. When he's gone then the fans might appreciate the loss.
Rooney worked like a trojan when he came on - and inspired United to the brink of victory - and showed his frustration by throwing the ball back - after being booked earlier for tugging Dacourt's shorts - good job the referee didn't book every shirt tug - the game would have ended with 3 players each. Of course Rooney should be more controlled, so should Ronaldo - but they are under constant attack from the press, their opponents and are never protected by the referees - no wonder they sometimes let rip.
Whilst there is - undoubtedly - substance in them, I see your comments about Manchester United, and I raise you...
...Arsenal.
An exemplary history of player petulance, a peerless attitude of Entitlement, & a belief that the rules somehow 'don't apply to them'.
Attitudes that - must, surely - be attributable to their boss; the most risibly one-eyed Manager in the game.
But they're from London, so the Gentlemen of Her Britannic Majesty's Press don't have a bad word to say about them, oh no;
it's all "ooh Arsenal - aren't they Brilliant?"
"Aren't they exciting?"
"Aren't they so Gloriously Pure in their commitment to Attractive Football?"
"Isn't their Manager such a Genius?"
"Ooh, just look at all the Gallic Flair...."
"Don't worry your pretty little provincial heads about the petulance, the disciplinary record, and the bizarre behaviour of some of their stars - they're Arsenal and they Can Do No Wrong...".
But I'm ahem 'not' ahem Bitter....
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