Is Sir Alex coddling players because he intends to retire in 1-2 seasons?
We have all have witnessed direct evidence of his conviction that no one player is bigger than the team - stam, beckham, keane were all moved out because of it.
But during this season, this key philosophy seems to have disappeared. Our team is suffering through its worst stretch that I can remember (if not in results - than in style, confidence, effort). There is only one reason for this - it is Christiano Ronaldo.
His selfishness and unbelievable self aggrandizement, once only seen in his style of play, is now an embarrassing and destructive attitude that has transformed a our once confident European and Premiership champions into a shadow of their former selves.
That we have a thread to discuss how much we missed berbatov yesterday is further evidence of this. Are we saying that the team from last season no longer has enough talent to beat villa?
The problem is one of confidence and chemistry. The problem is Christiano Ronaldo.
The sooner we get rid of him, the sooner our team will return to its rightful place - win or lose - a team that we can be proud of.
We have all have witnessed direct evidence of his conviction that no one player is bigger than the team - stam, beckham, keane were all moved out because of it.
But during this season, this key philosophy seems to have disappeared. Our team is suffering through its worst stretch that I can remember (if not in results - than in style, confidence, effort). There is only one reason for this - it is Christiano Ronaldo.
His selfishness and unbelievable self aggrandizement, once only seen in his style of play, is now an embarrassing and destructive attitude that has transformed a our once confident European and Premiership champions into a shadow of their former selves.
That we have a thread to discuss how much we missed berbatov yesterday is further evidence of this. Are we saying that the team from last season no longer has enough talent to beat villa?
The problem is one of confidence and chemistry. The problem is Christiano Ronaldo.
The sooner we get rid of him, the sooner our team will return to its rightful place - win or lose - a team that we can be proud of.