Letter of d wk
The TNP Postman asked readers if Cristiano Ronaldo's pleas for protection would sabotage or aid in Manchester United's title push. Most fans thought that Ronaldo was making excuses for a poor performance and some felt he deserved more protection. But our Letter of the Week winner declares that the Portuguese winger represents an arrogant but cunning breed of the modern footballers who make comments with ulterior motives...
Our Letter of the Week winner believes that Ronaldo should concentrate on playing football, and not mind games. --Picture: REUTERS
Cut out the arrogance, Ron
IN MY opinion, all great players should be humble and modest.
Yet, Ronaldo is full of arrogance. Especially the way he toys with opposing defenders.
Compare him with previous greats like Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Gabriel Batistuta and Roberto Baggio, and you can see the difference.
Ronaldo certainly does have the talent, but he needs to have the right temperament and attitude to grow as a world-class player like Kaka.
His statement will be taken with a pinch of salt as he is bound to invite the same rough tackles and fouls.
I don't think referees are that gullible to be affected by players' comments.
How many of you actually think he is really scared to show off his skills?
The Letter of the Week wins this Philips Internet Telephone worth $202.
He is simply using the oldest trick in the book to divert the attention from the unlucky FA Cup exit.
He is probably secretly hoping that this will improve his chances of winning penalties and praying that opposing defenders would not hound him as vigorously as before.
This reminds me of how Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas riled Blackburn manager Mark Hughes by asking him if he really did play for Barcelona before.
Seems like players are getting into the act of playing mind games as well.
- Mervyn Sng, 25, operations analyst, Blackburn fan
(He wins for himself a Philips Internet Telephone worth $202 pictured above and will be notified about collection after this month.)
THE TNP Postman Ernest Luis says: The times when players only let their feet do the talking seems to have changed indeed, with Mervyn's timely letter here.
I expect that in the first minute of a game, most opponents will continue to take their chances to knock off talented players, and in this case, throw Ronaldo off his game.
The referee may watch for it more, but if Ronaldo milks it too much, then all he's done is expose himself at the wrong time, and at the wrong stage in the title run-in.
Our Letter of the Week winner believes that Ronaldo should concentrate on playing football, and not mind games. --Picture: REUTERS
Cut out the arrogance, Ron
IN MY opinion, all great players should be humble and modest.
Yet, Ronaldo is full of arrogance. Especially the way he toys with opposing defenders.
Compare him with previous greats like Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Gabriel Batistuta and Roberto Baggio, and you can see the difference.
Ronaldo certainly does have the talent, but he needs to have the right temperament and attitude to grow as a world-class player like Kaka.
His statement will be taken with a pinch of salt as he is bound to invite the same rough tackles and fouls.
I don't think referees are that gullible to be affected by players' comments.
How many of you actually think he is really scared to show off his skills?
The Letter of the Week wins this Philips Internet Telephone worth $202.
He is simply using the oldest trick in the book to divert the attention from the unlucky FA Cup exit.
He is probably secretly hoping that this will improve his chances of winning penalties and praying that opposing defenders would not hound him as vigorously as before.
This reminds me of how Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas riled Blackburn manager Mark Hughes by asking him if he really did play for Barcelona before.
Seems like players are getting into the act of playing mind games as well.
- Mervyn Sng, 25, operations analyst, Blackburn fan
(He wins for himself a Philips Internet Telephone worth $202 pictured above and will be notified about collection after this month.)
THE TNP Postman Ernest Luis says: The times when players only let their feet do the talking seems to have changed indeed, with Mervyn's timely letter here.
I expect that in the first minute of a game, most opponents will continue to take their chances to knock off talented players, and in this case, throw Ronaldo off his game.
The referee may watch for it more, but if Ronaldo milks it too much, then all he's done is expose himself at the wrong time, and at the wrong stage in the title run-in.
posted by Mervyn at 2:12 PM
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