They Think It's All Over .....

So Real Madrid sign Van Der Vaart and this saga concerning The Slave
is all over ?

Fergie announced just hours after they made this signing "That's the
issue finished with now".

Calderon said "I think this will be our only signing this year".

I say "what a fiasco !"

This has been so unprofessional and childish it's beyond belief !
I always thought when you join a club then you play your heart out
for them or you don't join them. You have to be dedicated to the
cause or what are you doing there ?

The Slave has shown no commitment or loyalty at all during this
whole episode ! He worries about HIS dreams and HIS money. I
said 12 months ago he is greedy and ambitious to one cause, the
Cristiano Ronaldo cause. Seems I was right.

So now we have the question "How will the fans treat Ronaldo the
first time he runs out onto the hallowed turf of Old Trafford ?"

When I read stories about the likes of Albert Scanlon, Tommy Tay-
lor, Duncan Edwards, Liam Whelan, Harry Gregg, oh the list is
endless, it just makes you sit back in awe at their commitment !
They had loyalty second to none and they performed miracles.

Albert Scanlon spoke with the MEN back in February, I dont have
the article to hand but he was saying how, on match days, he
would get up with butterflies in his stomach, have a small meal
and then tie his bootlaces together and sling them round his neck
and walk to Old Trafford from his house in Salford.

They trained 5 days a week on top of this and were paid some rid-
iculous amount of money £10 maybe, probably less. Many of the
players back in those days had to have a second job just to survive !!

My God they played their hearts out too. They would be there for
the match no matter what ! Just as well because there were no
rest days back then, no substitutes to take your place if you were
a bit off colour. It was one way, once you ran on that pitch that
was it ... you finish the game.

So where did it all go so wrong ?

That question is for another day I think. All of this was way bef-
ore my time but I read about it and I am more in awe of these guys
from the Busby Babes era than ever before.

There was no questioning their commitment. They performed week in
and week out, winning league titles and cups left right and centre.
There was no cash cow or money carrot driving them on. The wages
were rubbish until the 80s.

It was all commitment and loyalty, shown by a rare few these days.

United have had some magnificent number 7s through the years but
right now we have .....

Ronaldo !!

Albert Scanlon Hit's Out At Ronaldo

MUNICH survivor Albert Scanlon has slammed United 'slave'
Cristiano Ronaldo - branding him 'a silly boy'.

Albert, who was one of the original Busby Babes hit out at the
£120,000-a-week Portugese 'star' after he backed FIFA president
Sepp Blatter's claim he had been treated like a slave by the Reds.

Albert is 72 years old now. He gains nothing from saying things
like this. So for him to feel it necessary to comment like this
kind of makes it hit home a little bit more than the rubbish we hear
about in the press. At his home in Salford where he has lived all his
life, Albert said Ronaldo's comments showed he was `naive' and
claimed he `lacked maturity'. At his peak Albert earned £25 a week !!



As reported by The Manchester Evening News Albert went on to say:

"He's not a slave is he? He is a silly boy. Who in their right mind would think that? He never has been - and if he
was I wouldn't have minded being in the same boat."

Ronaldo's future has been subject to a lot of speculation over the summer.

Real Madrid have continually stated their interest in him. He too has said it would be his dream to play for
them. I think Real Madrid need to learn a bit more about maturity and good manners too. For a club of their
stature and standing to behave the way they have is a disgrace !!

Ronaldo has four years of his contract to run and United have stood firm - prompting Blatter's outburst.

When asked about Ronaldo's `predicament' Blatter sparked fury by claiming: "In modern football there's
too much slavery."

And responding to the outburst in Portugal, Ronaldo said: "I completely agree with the president of FIFA."

Scanlon, who fractured his skull in the 1958 air disaster, tips Ronaldo to stay, but laughed off the claims
of the Portugese maestro.

"I've met him and he's a nice lad," he said. "But he's easily led and it looks like he's jumping on the
bandwagon by
agreeing with what headmaster Blatter has said."

Cristiano Ronaldo seems to forget HE DID HAVE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE TO CHOOSE WHO HE
PLAYED FOR
AND WAS HAPPY TO PUT PEN TO PAPER WITH THE NEW CONTRACT HE SIGNED 12 MONTHS AGO !!!!

He wasn't forced to sign it and he was reported as saying to the press at the time he was happy
at United.

You have a contract Mr Ronaldo and you signed it !!

You ARE obliged to HONOUR it.

Now shut up and get on with it !!