It's a shame that so many great talents in the game today are taken over by their own ego's, Ronaldo in my opinion typifies this.
1. His diving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7-DC0NwCPM#More or less a spot on representation of it. Of course most players in football will go down after a badly timed tackle, it's the fact that he seems to have been shot dead every single time, to then ressurect himself right back up onto his feet so he can clap the referee. When taking into consideration the respect campaign, how on earth does he get away with it, it's so disrespectful and can not be regarded as anything but mocking. Also the fact that he will roll over and over in order to exxagerate for effect - we all know why he does it - to get the player carded and I also think that is disgraceful.
2. His arrogance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLPng8LkbnM&feature=related#Well if you won't change mate then you'll always be a pr**k. I think he was pretty much summed up last weekend against City when he was being subbed off. Firstly he snatched his tracksuit and then made sure that he shook his head every single time the camera went onto him. That just shows how highly he thinks of himself, that is again disrespectful to even his own team mates not to mention the managers decisions. People may argue that it's a good thing, he wants to play all the time, but as a football player, you know that's not going to be the case and you are under instructions from the manager, he's the boss and therefore you do as your F***ing told.
I could post endless celebration videos on here but I decided against it, am I the only one who wants to physically punch him when he does the 'stand still, nod with petruding lips' after a goal?
I don't think anybody actually likes arrogance all that much, if he wasn't so up his own arse then maybe he would get more respect from global football fans.
3. Shitting on team mates
I think everybody remembers the moment when he got Rooney sent off during Portugal's match against England:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFCtBIOGN00#Watch out for the wink. That's just shocking.
I could go on and on in this thread but for now that'll do, anything else that people want to add to this? I'm sure there's plenty!
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