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		<title>By: Leah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t be bothered reading all this</description>
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		<title>By: K-BoI</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/the-price-to-pay-for-cristiano-ronaldo/7726/#comment-93160</link>
		<dc:creator>K-BoI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronaldo is so ungrateful. Sir Alex bred him till he became a thorough breed. N Sir Alex was also the man who protected him from the English fans after the infamous World Cup wink. N noe he wants to go to Real Madrid.
Well, I only hav tis to sae to him &#039;Get lost Ronaldo. With the money u bring, Man Utd can rebuild a better squad. Bt remember, u won&#039;t b a star at Real like how u r at Man Utd cos there are juz way too many stars at Real.&#039;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronaldo is so ungrateful. Sir Alex bred him till he became a thorough breed. N Sir Alex was also the man who protected him from the English fans after the infamous World Cup wink. N noe he wants to go to Real Madrid.<br />
Well, I only hav tis to sae to him &#8216;Get lost Ronaldo. With the money u bring, Man Utd can rebuild a better squad. Bt remember, u won&#8217;t b a star at Real like how u r at Man Utd cos there are juz way too many stars at Real.&#8217;</p>
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		<title>By: noy</title>
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		<dc:creator>noy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you the man sir bobby!</description>
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		<title>By: Sir Bobby</title>
		<link>http://soccerlens.com/the-price-to-pay-for-cristiano-ronaldo/7726/#comment-91649</link>
		<dc:creator>Sir Bobby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fallacy, that&#039;s what your assumption is...Teams are built around personel (plural)...and yes, he&#039;s an important piece of the puzzel....

I never claimed replacing Ronnie would be easy or painless..it won&#039;t, but history is on our side, and we will win when Ronnie is a memory...Geroge Best, ring a bell..?  We didn&#039;t replace Besty either, we just reloaded and won some more.

Better off...???  Glad you can fortune tell...knowing he will be better off with his new team (only if they win their league and the CL, then he be the same as this year, but not better off) ...fortune tellers...do you have the powerball #&#039;s for the weekend as well?

ABU, you guys kill me...win something and then we&#039;ll speak...don&#039;t go away pissed, just win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fallacy, that&#8217;s what your assumption is&#8230;Teams are built around personel (plural)&#8230;and yes, he&#8217;s an important piece of the puzzel&#8230;.</p>
<p>I never claimed replacing Ronnie would be easy or painless..it won&#8217;t, but history is on our side, and we will win when Ronnie is a memory&#8230;Geroge Best, ring a bell..?  We didn&#8217;t replace Besty either, we just reloaded and won some more.</p>
<p>Better off&#8230;???  Glad you can fortune tell&#8230;knowing he will be better off with his new team (only if they win their league and the CL, then he be the same as this year, but not better off) &#8230;fortune tellers&#8230;do you have the powerball #&#8217;s for the weekend as well?</p>
<p>ABU, you guys kill me&#8230;win something and then we&#8217;ll speak&#8230;don&#8217;t go away pissed, just win.</p>
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		<title>By: hmmm</title>
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		<dc:creator>hmmm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>clearly the game is about more then stats, that&#039;s why claiming how easily you&#039;ll replace his goals with the transfer fee is such a fallacy.  Stats don&#039;t tell the whole picture, but they do help illustrate how the entire team has been built around him.

He&#039;ll be better off, but the same can&#039;t be said of Man U</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>clearly the game is about more then stats, that&#8217;s why claiming how easily you&#8217;ll replace his goals with the transfer fee is such a fallacy.  Stats don&#8217;t tell the whole picture, but they do help illustrate how the entire team has been built around him.</p>
<p>He&#8217;ll be better off, but the same can&#8217;t be said of Man U</p>
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		<title>By: Sir Bobby</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sir Bobby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes hmmm,

i can tell you have played the game....claiming stats...the game is more than stats...would the person who replaces him not have any stats...?? I&#039;m assuming you play fantasy football as well..(stat driven) please, get a life...

Football is a team sport, 11 men... Eric Cantona said today, United won before Ronnie, and they will win after he leaves..very true  You can call SAF anything you want, but after this season, you can also call him the greatest of all times...

The United family will be sad when Ronnie leaves, but we understand football and how things work, so were mad today, and will forgive him next year...such is life


I doubt any of those boys (mates) would call SAF a teddy bear, more like a grizzley, but he produces, and he also gets loyality from the guys....this hmmm, is why he is so successfull, and not b/c of stats...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes hmmm,</p>
<p>i can tell you have played the game&#8230;.claiming stats&#8230;the game is more than stats&#8230;would the person who replaces him not have any stats&#8230;?? I&#8217;m assuming you play fantasy football as well..(stat driven) please, get a life&#8230;</p>
<p>Football is a team sport, 11 men&#8230; Eric Cantona said today, United won before Ronnie, and they will win after he leaves..very true  You can call SAF anything you want, but after this season, you can also call him the greatest of all times&#8230;</p>
<p>The United family will be sad when Ronnie leaves, but we understand football and how things work, so were mad today, and will forgive him next year&#8230;such is life</p>
<p>I doubt any of those boys (mates) would call SAF a teddy bear, more like a grizzley, but he produces, and he also gets loyality from the guys&#8230;.this hmmm, is why he is so successfull, and not b/c of stats&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: hmmm</title>
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		<dc:creator>hmmm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thinking this United team would be close to where they are with out Ronaldo is pure comedy Sir Bobby.  Simply check the stats, it&#039;s far more then his goals, if you take in his assissts he was involved in the majority of all his teams goals in the league this season.  Check the Prozone stats, there isn&#039;t another player that comes close to that for his team.  Second he scored the majority of first goals reliving massive pressure off the team.  Everyone rants about the space Rooney creates for Ronaldo, but fails to mention all the space Ronaldo created for Rooney.  He will be missed, and isn&#039;t replaceable.

I&#039;d also like to add a reason for him to leave.  Who would want Fergusson in their face every day.  He&#039;s clearly an egomaniac so it&#039;s got to be even harder to handle having an angry Scott whose rightly full of himself mouthing off day after day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thinking this United team would be close to where they are with out Ronaldo is pure comedy Sir Bobby.  Simply check the stats, it&#8217;s far more then his goals, if you take in his assissts he was involved in the majority of all his teams goals in the league this season.  Check the Prozone stats, there isn&#8217;t another player that comes close to that for his team.  Second he scored the majority of first goals reliving massive pressure off the team.  Everyone rants about the space Rooney creates for Ronaldo, but fails to mention all the space Ronaldo created for Rooney.  He will be missed, and isn&#8217;t replaceable.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d also like to add a reason for him to leave.  Who would want Fergusson in their face every day.  He&#8217;s clearly an egomaniac so it&#8217;s got to be even harder to handle having an angry Scott whose rightly full of himself mouthing off day after day.</p>
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		<title>By: Sir Bobby</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sir Bobby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Ruud,

who cares who&#039;s biased for the EPL, there are a many items you wrote that either your completely uninformed, or your a Madrid fan, which then we understand your bias.
Yes, Ronny made a good United team better, but don&#039;t be fooled, this team would have been right there.  SAF would have had a person in that position to score 15-20 goals, and their backup would have scored 5-10, but Yes, 40 goals you can not replace, so point taken on the EPL race would have been tighter than it was.

As far as Real and Caldron, your kidding yourself if you think he and his media buddies aren&#039;t in step with one another.  Their wives play tennis at the same club, you don&#039;t think they talk??....you&#039;re either naive or you tend to want to drink your own kool-aid, not wanting to believe the truth. 

This started, as it always does, after a breakout season like he had, his handlers saw the opportunity to cash in on the best player in the world....which means a pay raise...which also means bringing in another team, let&#039;s say Madrid to drive interest and price up...We all know as soon as SAF leaves United, Ronny would not be far behind, but leaving now is sheer madness especially since the team&#039;s in place, and the $50M transfer kitty for new faces will only strenghten the squad, not weaken it.  His dream (and his moms) may be to play for Madrid, but if you think Madrid is as balanced as United, you haven&#039;t been watching football lately, or you don&#039;t know football. 

Let&#039;s face facts, you are an ABU, and you don&#039;t like or care for United. You could be a scouse, or a Roma fan, doesn&#039;t matter, but your email above is commical, and reading it again, I laughed twice.

BTW, I am a United fan, I understand football, and understand when on top, people have a need to knock you down....no problem mate..just let&#039;s understand where you are coming from first, so we know how serious to take your rant..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Ruud,</p>
<p>who cares who&#8217;s biased for the EPL, there are a many items you wrote that either your completely uninformed, or your a Madrid fan, which then we understand your bias.<br />
Yes, Ronny made a good United team better, but don&#8217;t be fooled, this team would have been right there.  SAF would have had a person in that position to score 15-20 goals, and their backup would have scored 5-10, but Yes, 40 goals you can not replace, so point taken on the EPL race would have been tighter than it was.</p>
<p>As far as Real and Caldron, your kidding yourself if you think he and his media buddies aren&#8217;t in step with one another.  Their wives play tennis at the same club, you don&#8217;t think they talk??&#8230;.you&#8217;re either naive or you tend to want to drink your own kool-aid, not wanting to believe the truth. </p>
<p>This started, as it always does, after a breakout season like he had, his handlers saw the opportunity to cash in on the best player in the world&#8230;.which means a pay raise&#8230;which also means bringing in another team, let&#8217;s say Madrid to drive interest and price up&#8230;We all know as soon as SAF leaves United, Ronny would not be far behind, but leaving now is sheer madness especially since the team&#8217;s in place, and the $50M transfer kitty for new faces will only strenghten the squad, not weaken it.  His dream (and his moms) may be to play for Madrid, but if you think Madrid is as balanced as United, you haven&#8217;t been watching football lately, or you don&#8217;t know football. </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s face facts, you are an ABU, and you don&#8217;t like or care for United. You could be a scouse, or a Roma fan, doesn&#8217;t matter, but your email above is commical, and reading it again, I laughed twice.</p>
<p>BTW, I am a United fan, I understand football, and understand when on top, people have a need to knock you down&#8230;.no problem mate..just let&#8217;s understand where you are coming from first, so we know how serious to take your rant..</p>
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		<title>By: :)</title>
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		<dc:creator>:)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EPL has generated millions of fans because it has powerful tv rights than La Liga (especially here in Asia). I also consider EPL more because it gives a certain sense of unremarkable passion from the fans that I rarely see in La Liga. The fans in the EPL will stick through their team no matter what, with titles or without titles. Case in point, Arsenal and Wenger. I almost loved Barcelona FC then, but seeing 100,000 fans raising white handkerchiefs in front of their manager just ticks me off!.  
Going back to the issue: admit it or not, Calderon desperately wants C. Ronaldo to boost up the marketability of Real Madrid.  Beckham did it 5 years ago, making Making Real the most profitable club in the world. So can C-RON(oh no! so what&#039;s his number gonna be? - 23? haha just joking!) do it  for the second time in Real? Maybe, maybe not. &quot;The Future, No One Knows&quot;
If and when C. Ronaldo does leave, I hope he makes a gesture to the Man Utd Fans clearing up this whole mess. The fans doesn&#039;t deserve this issue going overblown and causing so much distress. I bear no ill feelings whatever his decision will be and I hope this DECISION will come ASAP!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EPL has generated millions of fans because it has powerful tv rights than La Liga (especially here in Asia). I also consider EPL more because it gives a certain sense of unremarkable passion from the fans that I rarely see in La Liga. The fans in the EPL will stick through their team no matter what, with titles or without titles. Case in point, Arsenal and Wenger. I almost loved Barcelona FC then, but seeing 100,000 fans raising white handkerchiefs in front of their manager just ticks me off!.<br />
Going back to the issue: admit it or not, Calderon desperately wants C. Ronaldo to boost up the marketability of Real Madrid.  Beckham did it 5 years ago, making Making Real the most profitable club in the world. So can C-RON(oh no! so what&#8217;s his number gonna be? &#8211; 23? haha just joking!) do it  for the second time in Real? Maybe, maybe not. &#8220;The Future, No One Knows&#8221;<br />
If and when C. Ronaldo does leave, I hope he makes a gesture to the Man Utd Fans clearing up this whole mess. The fans doesn&#8217;t deserve this issue going overblown and causing so much distress. I bear no ill feelings whatever his decision will be and I hope this DECISION will come ASAP!</p>
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		<title>By: hmmm</title>
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		<dc:creator>hmmm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why shouldn&#039;t he leave. Manchester is a post industrial hole, and the weather sucks.  I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if the poor boy hated the UK to begin with, especially after the way he was treated following the last world cup.  He&#039;s proven himself , and will struggle to top this season in England, why shouldn&#039;t he leave?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>why shouldn&#8217;t he leave. Manchester is a post industrial hole, and the weather sucks.  I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if the poor boy hated the UK to begin with, especially after the way he was treated following the last world cup.  He&#8217;s proven himself , and will struggle to top this season in England, why shouldn&#8217;t he leave?</p>
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