This is why I hate Cristiano Ronaldo

Liz

ha ha ha I would post a link to the clip on You Tube but I don't know how. There's a lovely picture of him with his head in his hands on the front of the Times website though: <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/>;

andy


Colette

oooh, lovely, Liz - that's made my morning. I think I loathe him more than any other player ever. Including Robbie Savage and Roy Keane.

David

He's a brave player mind. The amount of plastics in the Fullback was quite alarming last night. My solitary laugh at this moment rang around the student hall.

David

I wish we had RTE's coverage after games here:

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<em>"He's a disgrace, he's a cod"</em> - from about 2.30 onwards they slate the boy to the extent even I thought it was a bit much. The Lineker/Hanson smug combo doesn't come near this.

ShaunG

Eamonn Dunphy would almost persuade me to like Ronaldo - he's a professional controversialist who makes his living out of going over the top with his opinions on players and everything else.

But does anyone dislike Man U enough to be rooting for Chelsea this weekend?

Colette

Oh yes, and how. Although I'm not going to enjoy it. I don't hate Chelsea nearly as much as I used to under Mourinho. In fact, I quite like Avram Grant.

andy

I just don't care which multinational consumer brand wins. It's like asking me to get excited about Mastercard versus Visa.

David

I've never heard this phrase _"He's a cod"_ before. What does this mean? That Ronaldo is over fished and in trouble of disappearing for good? Surely Eamonn would be happy about that?

ShaunG

Irish word pretty much the same as "con". Bizarrely turned up during the (I think) Jonathan Aitken scandal, when there was much debate in the Guardian about a "cod fax", which just sounds messy.

Colette

Will you look at the state of his hair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7370319.stm

David


sophie

still attractive but i really can't work out why. i don't know if it's the leather jacket, or that even the fish has a bit of a cocky face on. or maybe it's just the presence of my most despised man in the world in the photo as well. probably chewing gum.

Colette

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!

Colette

Oh, they won anyway. Never mind.

David

Yes, but we still got to see him cry. And Collossal John Terry too. Even Le Sulk. For a final full of far too many wankers that was never going to end with both teams losing I thought we got our money's worth. Short of a couple of career ending injuries I'm happy.

jandb

> Short of a couple of career ending injuries I'm happy. Never really understood people who say stuff like that

David

Lighten up jandb. Its the world of fantasy. if it was considered OK for Eduardo to have his foot snapped off because the tackle wasn't meant, I think I can joke a little about something that never happened.

jandb

Never really understood people who say stuff like that - and then try to justify it

David

I can live with that. Unsubscribe already.

tosscat

Glyn

Can't we just live in a world of peace and respect where no-one really wants to break/remove the limbs of silky European/Brazilian tricksters whether they pay for the reds, or indeed, the reds.

Surely we can all be united instead in the joyous action of John Terry hitting the post and that.

Amen.

Colette

Boring.

I wanted them all to be horribly hurt, or disgraced. I can't stand this love to all men and the joy of football nonsense.

jandb

Nice.

andy


Liz

@ Colette - thanks for reviving the thread. Have been absent due to work for the last couple of days, but suffice to say that Ronaldo missing his pen was the only drop of joy I got out of Wednesday night. Luckily for me, as it turned out, I was in a pub with no TV so we listened to the shoot out on my radio, and I was spared the sight of Alex Ferguson doing his gnomic dance of joy.

Colette

@ Liz: "gnomic dance of joy" - absolutely brilliant - well done!

katiejane

@ jandb - it's David - he's cumudgeonly. And a sulky gooner who's smarting from Arsenal not winning sweet FA (no pun intended) for - errr - a long time.

David

that's right katiejane, we not won nuffin', init.

jandb

@katiejane - Don't worry, I've sent him a limited edition Smiths boxed set to cheer him up and keep him occupied during the summer months.