Happier times

The support Ronaldo received from United supporters last season was unbelievable - he was adored, idolised and comfortably established himself as one of the most popular characters at the club.
As Ronaldo's 42-goal haul helped United to a league and European Cup double - the fans were happy to put the Portuguese winger on a pedestal and compare his undoubted brilliance to the likes of George Best and Eric Cantona.
However, just weeks after Ronaldo lifted the Champions League trophy in Moscow - a growing number of the club's supporters, arguably a majority, want him out the door and whisked off to Bernabéu as soon as possible.
A group of United fans unveiled banners to that effect as Ole Gunnar Solskaer's reserves kicked-off their pre-season campaign with a win at Burscough on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Reds' travelling contingent sounded less than impressed with the player as Fergie's first-team won 2-0 at Aberdeen.
Fans have been left increasingly disillusioned following Ronaldo's latest comments. Weeks ago, he described a transfer to Madrid as a "dream" and a "forward move". Now, the 22-year-old has backed up comments from FIFA president Sepp Blatter that the saga lends itself to "modern slavery".
Ronaldo's job is to play professional football for Manchester United. It's a cliché - but the majority of the club's supporters would do that for free. He's paid an obscene amount of money to pull on the red jersey - yet considers himself a slave. He's hardly in touch with the working-class fans of Salford, is he?
Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't want Ronaldo to leave and that's understandable. Losing his most-valuable player to a top European rival will show weakness; and the Scotsman will also have to fill the void left by the winger's departure. However, the time has come for the club to bite the bullet and cash-in on Ronaldo.
He doesn't want to be here and the fans, after half-a-summer of Ronaldo's outbursts, want him gone. His transfer value will never be higher - so the club could do a lot worse than cash-in and spend the money on two or three world-class additions to the squad.
If this saga continues, expect a few flags at Burscough's Victoria Park to just be the tip of the iceberg.
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Quote:Arjen Ronaldo
Sell him. There is nothing worse than a want away player. Get a lot for him and buy Schweinsteiger. And get Alexis Sanchez as well, he is a superb player. Please don't get Berbatov, I would rather we waited and got Benzema.








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Quote:where was you lot when Wolves were the team to beat in the 50's ? ill tell you knowwhere
Quote:i suopport my local club and always have done who did you used to support ? perhaps liverpool when they was winning everything?




Surely Chelsea have the most glory hunters in Europe but i know why you do it. What else can a Wolves supporter do to keep themselves happy? Your team is useless and you know it, so will you be avoiding relegation this season? 

Quote:floyd streets feet
well atleast ive won this arguement.you cant answer the questions as you have probably only been to a couple of games live miles from manchester .my best mate is a utd fan he lives in manchester he was born in manchester and is a season ticket holder home and away,and he cant stand the likes of you lot who say your fans your the one's who ctually tarnish the club you say you support.(Sm127)



Quote:floyd streets feet
but you havnt answerd the questions yet..rogero has and fair play to him..you say your manunited4life so how many games do you actually attend? thats all i want to know.
As has been proven once again you have no point and you've cheered on a "glory hunter".